Pray until it happen

When the time is right I the lord will make it happen

Daily Message of Grace:

Don't give up before your miracle happens.
We're continually working behind the
scenes for you once you ask and then
your job is to have faith that it is all
working out in your favour. Because it
always is. Even if you don't know how,
or if the outcome looks slightly different
from what you expected.

When you ask, remember to say, 'this or
something better' so that you stay open
to the best for yourself. We see the bigger
picture of your life and are likely bringing
you something more wonderful than you
can imagine!

TRUSTING GOD IN LIFE BATTLES

Key Scripture: “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.” - 2 Chronicles 20:15 (NIV)

Life brings battles we cannot win on our own battles in our health, finances, careers, relationships, and ministries. Sometimes, the enemy seems too strong, the crisis too deep, the situation too hopeless. But nothing is too hard for our God! He is the same One who made a way through the Red Sea, brought water from a rock, fed thousands with five loaves, and raised the dead. There is no battle too big for the God who fights for His people.

In 2 Chronicles 20, King Jehoshaphat of Judah is warned of a vast army marching against him. Outnumbered and powerless, he doesn't run he seeks the Lord. As the people fast and pray, God speaks: “The battle is not yours, but God’s.” Jehoshaphat responds not with weapons, but with worship. As they sang, God caused their enemies to turn on each other. Not only did Judah win without lifting a sword, but they also gathered great plunder, what was meant to destroy them became a source of blessing.

When we respond to crisis with prayer and praise, God responds with power. He can turn what was meant to harm you into a testimony of triumph. What the devil meant for evil, God turns for good!

Lessons

1. Seek God first (v.3–4): Jehoshaphat didn’t call his army, he called a fast. The first step in every battle should be prayer, not panic.

2. Worship is a weapon (v.21–22): As they praised, the enemy self-destructed. Worship changes the atmosphere. It brings God into your situation.

3. The battle belongs to the Lord (v.15–17): God is not asking you to fight alone. He is asking you to trust. The battle is His; the victory is yours.

4. God turns crisis into reward (v.25): What was meant to be fatal became fruitful. Judah didn’t just survive they thrived. They collected so much plunder it took three days to carry it all!

Likewise, what you see as a setback, God will

There were so many times I didn’t think I would make it..
When I thought heartbreak, life or failure would finally overwhelm me.
The days when everything that could go wrong did and it took everything I had just to keep going.
People would tell me I’m strong, brave or whatever word they chose to use..
I just called it survival.
I didn’t have the answers and I rarely knew the way, all I knew for sure was that I couldn’t quit.
Underneath the misery and past the darkness in my life was a flickering light that kept calling to me..
It would whisper to me amidst my struggle..
“Don’t give up.”
Every time I wanted to throw in the towel, each time I thought I was done,
I would think of that distant light and muster up my courage to pick myself up, dust myself
off and press forward.
It was always painful and hard, never without strife and struggle, but I always found my way.
I had always lived in a constant state of fear-
holding my breath waiting for the next bad thing, heartache or disappointment.
That’s a tough place to live when you’re always expecting disaster around every corner.
I got to a point where I just got tired.. tired and fed up.
I was sick of living my life fighting for survival every day, holding onto the painful past and thinking that what I was doing would change my present or future.
All the anger, shame and guilt of where I’d been were burning me like a branding iron..
Searing the fear into my psyche that I couldn’t shake, shackling me and weighing me down so heavily I could barely smile.
I hit that wall and something inside of me clicked.
I was done living afraid of what might happen, who might hurt me or what could go wrong.
It would take a long journey and many battles, but I was determined to change my mindset, my heart and free my soul.
Looking back now, I realize that choice saved my life, because my downward spiral would have consumed me whole.
Maybe I don’t have the answers or even know where I’m going some days, but I know I’ll end up where I’m

19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
Jeremiah 32:19