Get Back to the Basics and Keep Standing!
Here’s Another GREAT Coffee Break devotion by Lorraine Azell from last Friday! It’s a particularly timely and important message for everyone standing for marriage restoration, especially at this time of year. So if you’re feeling discouraged and thinking you can’t keep on standing, just remember that the devil comes to steal, kill and destroy and the only way he can do that as you stand for the restoration of your marriage and family is if you give up. So put on your favorite praise and worship music, pump up the volume, and tell the devil where to go and that you’re not giving up; because God is not a liar and NOTHING can stand against His Word and will and that you ARE victorious in the name and authority of Jesus Christ! Speak your favorite restoration verses and promises out loud to the devil and He WILL FLEE from you! And remember that James 4:6-7 tells us; But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. And PLEASE don’t forget that things so often look their very darkest and hopeless right before the dawn and your breakthrough! We’ve seen so many TOTALLY unexpected things happen lately, so we have to remember that we don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes; but God does and He’s in control of it ALL!! and He won’t let ANYTHING thwart HIS plans…ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! And if anyone knew that, it was Job, and in the darkest time of his life, when he certainly had cause to question God and what He was doing, he said “I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. (Job42:2) That’s the kind of faith God wants from all of us and we can’t lose with faith like that, so don’t let the devil steal your peace and joy in the Lord. You aren’t the only one feeling the pain of separation this Christmas season, and that’s the truth no matter what you think and no matter how totally otherwise it may appear!
Many marriages are restored this time of the year and I fully expect that many more will be again this year! We’ve been hearing about one sudden and unexpected marriage restoration after another among friends, relatives and acquaintances of FAM Fellowship members in the past few weeks, and that means we don’t know who could be next. But it could be you! So BELIEVE God; put your faith and confidence in His Word and you WILL BE blessed and encouraged!
“But unto you that fear my name shall the Son of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.” Malachi 4:2
If you are ever going to accomplish anything, you have to “stick with it”. If you are going to reach the “prize of the high calling in Christ” you have to keep pressing.
If you are going to win the race, you have to keep running. Whatever you endeavor to do in life, you have to stick with it until you “get to the end”. You can’t stop in the process, you can’t quit in the middle, you must continue and keep on going.
Many times the reason why Christians find themselves falling backwards is because they stopped in the process of spiritual maturity. They quit doing the things that were necessary to move forward. So they stopped. When they stopped, they became “stagnant”, then they started falling backwards.
If you are going to grow spiritually, you have to continue to do those things that cause growth. If you are going to build your faith, you have to continue to do those things that make it strong. If you are going to be victorious, you have to continue to fight the battle. You can’t stop. You have to “stick with it”. You have to “stay in the game”. You have to “hang in there”.
If you are feeling that you are falling backwards instead of going forward, check to see if you have stopped doing those things that are needful to help you in the process. Are you neglecting or giving attention to those things that make you strong in your faith, cause you to grow, build you up spiritually? If so, “pick them up” and get going again.
Have a great day. If you are going to accomplish anything, you have to “stick with it”.
Coffee Break is a morning devotional written by Lorraine Ezell and it’s sent by email free of charge for the asking from About the Master’s Business Ministry, Inc.
So please feel free to call Lorraine at (601) 833-5278 or E-mail her at mastersbusiness@bellsouth.net.
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