Are you afraid of the devil??

There was a man in the Hospital, he was having all kinds of trials.  The Local Pastor came to pray for him and said "You need to Rebuke the devil!"  The afflicted man replied "No, it might make him Mad!"...  How many times have we been afraid to mess with the devil??  Not to give him any glory but to expose him.  I have been guilty of not wanting to make him mad.  But if you really look he tries to Bully either way!  So Go  ahead and put him on the run with your Praise and Worship.  The Bible says Resist the devil and he will flee from you!  And when I'm really mad I remind him that Every knee shall bow and confess that Jesus is Lord and that includes him too!!  OH he hates that!  

This past summer has been hard with trials and life has seemed so uncertain at times.  Many times I felt like my Dreams were going down the tubes.  But I continued to believe that God has a Plan and a Hope for my future.  Pastor BJ Roberts preached "The devil has a plot, but GOD Has a Plan!!" (you can find the message at www.ctcwv.com  archive 7/14/13 BJ)  God does have a plan and I intend to Praise and Worship my way through!  God ALWAYS works everything out!  And as I said in my other Post God is "almost Always Almost late", But he Always comes through.  

This week I took a vow of Thankfulness, meaning I wouldn't ASK God for Anything. But would Praise, Worship and Thank HIM for 7 days!  Few times I had to stop myself from ASKING and instead turn it around and say I Thank YOU Lord for ______! I am so Thankful for a new level in Christ through all this, a New Desire and New Power from on High. I got God's Attention and I'm Victorious!  I DECLARED WAR on the devil Sunday and he has hit me with his best shots this week BUT THIS MORNING I PUT HIM ON THE RUN!!  IN JESUS NAME!!!  I'M VICTORIOUS IN CHRIST!  GODS GOT THIS and I'm just hanging on to his Right hand with Total Confidence in HIM!!

Does prayer really change things???

I seen a Post on FB the other day that said "God is Almost always Almost Late!"  Love this.  He is an on time God.  No matter the situation HE holds our every moment.   Sometimes it is when we are at the very lowest moment or Depths of Despair.  At that moment is when everything can change the Impossible is Possible.  Sometimes our situation doesn't change much but Peace will come.

About a year or so ago, there was a young lady from my home town that was dying of Cancer.  I didn't know her only from EVERYONES Facebook post.  A Facebook Page was created for her called Team Tony.  This young lady had a lot of support, from many people.   Many people had their FB profile picture changed to show support, shirts were made and anything else that could be done to support her.  Even 1,000's of people stood on the side of the road and welcomed her home from  treatments that had been out of town.  In other words everyone was praying for her from Christian Grandmas to Biker Dudes.  I was praying for her 1500 miles away.  I truly believed that God could heal her and What an amazing testimony that would be, right?  It would touch and reach 1000's of people.  Well the Lord didn't heal her and she passed away not to long after, she was in her early 20's.  So So So sad, her passing broke hearts everywhere.   I struggled for a long time after that and ask God WHY?  I couldn't understand WHY he didn't take the opportunity to Heal her and receive the Glory. I believe in the Power of Prayer and always have!!  My question was, Was there power in NUMBERS of prayers?  If one more person would have prayed would it have made a difference?  The answer is NO, because God is in control when we pray "have your will Lord".  After a few months the Lord spoke to me one day when I was Listening not questioning.  He said "Sometimes Prayer doesn't change the outcome but it will change the journey".  GOOD HONK right there it was a Revelation, to me.  All those prayers did change her journey while she was here on this earth.  Think about it sometimes Prayer only changes the Journey.  That also is not a negative thought, but a profound one.  He holds our Journey in his hand.  Ultimately Heaven is our gain!  This world is not my home, I'm just passing through!!!