T.O.D.A.Y.'S  ENCOURAGEMENT for Sept. 05, 2008

Good Morning!

 

I want to continue the message that The Lord has for us concerning the scripture I gave you in my last Encouragement . . . "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, BUT The Lord delivers us out of them ALL".  This is a "right now" message for all of us, so let's have "ears to hear what The Spirit is saying to the church"!  I am aware of the fact that the "first" part of that scripture is NOT "good news" to our ears.  However, it is a fact!  But wait!  The "last" part of that scripture IS "good news" and sounds like music to our ears!  The last part is not just a "fact" . . . it is the TRUTH and it is a COVENANT "promise" of God to us!  The word "delivers", in this verse, is "all-inclusive" and "on-going"!   God's "deliverance" for us, in any situation, is always "past, present and future"!  The Apostle Paul confirms this in 2 Corinthians 1:10 . . . I am going to be sharing that verse later in this message~ ~~~

 

If anybody in the world really knows about having MANY afflictions, it would be Paul!  In fact, I am sure that he experienced MANY more afflictions than I have experienced!  In fact, he said that some of them caused him to "despair" of his very life.  He tells about some of them in verses 8 and 9, and he says that in the midst of those afflictions, it was revealed to him that he must keep on trusting in the Lord and not in himself!  Think about this ~~~~~ it wasn't just him that was being "afflicted", but also his co-workers and team-mates in his ministry!   Hummm . . . verrry interesting!  You can read those two verses for yourself (The Amplified Bible really "clarifies" this much better than some of the other versions), but the facts are the "same", no matter what version you have!

 

Allow me to "paraphrase" verse 10 ~~~~ Paul said that The Lord "delivered us" (past tense), and that He "does deliver us" (present tense), and that He will "deliver us again" (future tense)!  I have experienced all of these "promises"!   The Lord has "delivered" me from MANY afflictions (past tense) . . . He is still "delivering" me from MANY afflictions (present tense),  and I totally trust Him to  "continue to deliver me" (future tense),  because I have His COVENANT promise to "deliver" me out of them ALL!  You know what?  You have that "same" COVENANT  promise!!!  I want to really encourage you to SAY this every day . . . "MANY ARE THE AFFLICTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS, BUT THE LORD DELIVERS ME OUT OF THEM ALL!    How many?   I am looking forward to hearing all of you say . . . ALL!

 

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