"The Feet That Wait for God are Soonest at the Goal"

Joseph did it for 10 years; 
David, for 15 years;
Moses did it for 40 years and Abraham for 100 years,
What did they do you ask? They waited.

Joseph waited in a jail cell for 10 years before being released, David was on the run for 15 years, Moses was kept in the dessert for 40 years, Abraham had to wait 100 years for his promised child. What are you waiting for?

Sometimes God makes us wait for the things that we want to our great horror. He is the God of all the Earth, all powerful, he could give us what we ask for in a millisecond but most times instead of just giving us what we ask for he makes us wait for it. 

Why does God make us wait? Why does he make us wait when we desperately want something? Well if we asked Joseph, David, Moses or Abraham they may all tell us the same thing; he did it in order to make their test into their testimony. 

God has to test our faith. Waiting is a trial. 
1 Peter 1:7 puts it this way "These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold--though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world." 

When God makes you wait, it isn't to punish you, it's actually to make you stronger in him, it's to make you trust in him and to promote you higher through your faith. He wants to make you victorious!

God is no less himself in 2014 than he was 2014 years ago. He is still the same God who created the universe, the same God who put the stars in place, flattened mountains and parted seas, and he loves you and wants to be to you what he was for David, Joseph, Moses and Abraham. Have Faith and Know that your Father is the King over all the Earth and he still had a great plan for you.

So on that note my challenge for you today is to be still and know that he is God.

"Haste not my heart, have faith in God and wait, although he seems to linger long, he never comes too late"- Bradford Torrey

Listen to Him

As you may already know, Wednesday, the 5th of March, marked the start of the Lenten season 2014. Lent is a time of penance when we make sacrifices to our king and master just like Jesus did in the Judaean dessert. 

As we reflect for these forty days of Lent we tend to remember God's grace, mercy and love as he sent his only son to die so that we could enter into his kingdom, as John 3:16 states "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life."

During this Lenten season, I want to encourage you to also remember this scripture taken from the gospel according to St Matthew chapter 17 verse 5 which states "This is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased, listen to him."

The last three words are probably the most disregarded words yet they are the most important, "listen to him." This lent, I ask that during your time of pray and fast that you remember to listen to the voice of our Lord Jesus Christ as he guides you along the right path for your life. God is fighting for you, a battle that you can help him win if you would take the time to simply listen. 

God of Many Names

Our God is the all powerful Almighty God. He is also a God of many names; he is still the same God, his many names simply portray his different attributes. When praying we need to remember who our God is and knowing the many names by which is is called can help us when specifically asking for something, for example, one of his names is Jehovah-Jirah meaning God our provider, when asking God to provide for you, you can use this name and thus remind God that he is provider. 

Some other names to use for God in prayer are:
Jehovah- Rapha: The lord who heals
Jehovah-Tsidkenu- The Lord our Righteousness
Jehovah-M' Kaddesh- Lord our Sanctifier
Jehovah-Shammah- The Lord is There
Jehovah Shalom- The Lord our Peace
Jehovah-Nissi- The Lord our banner
El Roi- God who sees
El Shaddai- God almighty
Adoni- Lord, master
Jehovah-mekoddishkem- The Lord who sanctifies you 
Jehovah-Saboath- The Lord of hosts
El Olam- The everlasting God
Jehovah-Raah- The lord my Shepherd
El Elyon- The most high God


Not only does his names carry power within them, they also stand as a way of giving us hope knowing that God has these qualities and can doubtlessly work the miracles we need. If we as Christian's loose faith in our master we have nothing. So keep on praying, keep seeking him, he loves you very much. If you have God, you have everything you need in your life!

Continue Having Faith in 2014

Hi everyone, I hope u had a wonderful Christmas season, and I wish you a happy and prosperous 2014!

Today, I want to encourage you to continue having faith in God; 2013 may or may not have been a good year for you, in spite of the way things were 2014 can be even greater. Your God wants to do so many great things for you this year, you just have to believe in him knowing that he wants what is best for you.

Friends there is nothing God cannot do, he has done so many things for you in the past and he will continue to love you and do good things for you in your life. Yeah, this year will undoubtedly bring with it obstacles, worries and sorrow, but remember your God is bigger. He has:

1. Allowed a 17 year old boy kill a giant with a slingshot
2. Closed the mouth of lions
3. Parted the red sea
4. Gave Hannah, who was thought to be barren, a son
5. Sent Ruth a husband
6. Saved Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego from the 7 times hotter furnace
7. Saved Saul on the road to Damascus
8. Allowed Sarah to conceive in her old age
9. Saved Jonah from the belly of a Whale
10. Saved the Egyptians from Pharaoh 
11. Sent his only son to die for you so you could have redemption through him

This is only a small list of the wonderful things God has done, I do not have enough space to type all the amazing things God has done in the past nor do I have enough space to tell of the amazing miracles God can do!

God is fighting for you and he's not going to stop fighting for you this year or next year, in fact he will never stop fighting for you!

God loves you, have faith in him like David, Jonah, Hannah, Shadrach Mechach and Abednego, Moses, Jonah, Daniel; they put their trust in him and God moved mountains for them, he can do the same for you, the question is, will you let him?