“I know what I’m doing, My daughter. Trust Me. I have a plan and a purpose for your pain. You are known by Me. You are seen. You are not forgotten. You are beautifully and perfectly loved. I know that not everything I do for your good will always feel good at the time it is happening. I know that you are not always going to be happy with Me when I am removing something from your life or adding something to it that you do not understand. I know that your life is not always going to seem like the easiest place for you to exist, and sometimes you are going to wonder where I am. You are going to face moments in your life when you question My presence, My power, and My plan. You are going to wonder if there is purpose for you in the seasons of dryness and pain. I know that you may find yourself wondering if the suffering will ever stop, if the light will ever dawn again. Rest My child. Rest in Me. Rest in the Truth that I know every plan I have for your life. Rest in the Truth that I know what needs to be in your life and what needs to be removed. Rest in Me. Rest in assurance that I always have your best interest at heart. Rest in the Truth that I will never do anything to harm you. Rest in assurance that you are Mine – and because you are Mine – you will always be taken care of. Even in this season of pruning, of stripping, of peeling back the layers – even in this season – I am still good. All things will still work together for your good. You belong to Me, and there is nothing that can change that. Fear not, I am with you. You are My daughter. And that is enough. Trust Me, I am doing a new thing – and one day you will perceive it.”
Lord, I receive your truth! I receive your word of life and of love. You are my God. There is nothing that man can do to me. You are for me, who can possibly rise against you? I am safe in your hands. My life is safe in your hands. My present and my future are safe in your hands. May your kingdom come, your will be done – in my life, as it is in heaven. This I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen
(Read Isaiah 55:8-9; Isaiah 43:19; Jeremiah 29:11, Isaiah 41:10)
Alleluyah! I love You LORD . Your plans for me is wonderful, Nobody can battle with the LORD. I remain Yours Daddy for resting in You. Thank You JESUS for the divine unfaillling love You bestow on me and my family. Blessed be the name of the LORD.
Thank you dad for this message i needed this my heart needed this I hear you father thank you loving me not forgetting me and reassuring me in this time. I’m in aw right now beyond thankful. I love u father! Amen amen and amen
Thank you Jesus. I needed that more than anyone could ever know. I’m hurting because something has been removed but I know it’s for my best and I will shout and give testimony when he’s through puning this body. Thank you again because yes was wondering do you see my tears, do you feel my anguish, my anxieties. My lonliness, willing to go back through three hell you delivered me from just to have someone e all the while knowing I’m just a way to a means for him. Thanks for Hope for one more day
Wow!I am going through the exact same thing being removed from a 27year relationship of hellish stuff,I felt all that u named and still do but its been six months and I’m growing stronger and learning to trust God in this season of pruning, pain and perseverance. I decided to walk in my healing not swim in my pain!Because God knows what’s best for me JEANNETTE and He knows what’s best for you.I still cry but I’m know healing and restoration is mine!!!Be encouraged!GOD’S GOT IT!!!Watch! In Jesus Name!!!
Wow, I went through the same thing 18 years ago, what a pruning, loneliness, doubt, pain and hurt. We are not alone, I am so grateful that God rescue me, so I could see clearly that I was allowing another person to destroy my life and the plan he had for me. He was not loving me as Christ love the church and gave his self. I had to realize through the pain that he was not for me and I was not for him. No matter what the cost it will never out way God’s love for us. When I look back if he would not have wanted a divorce, we would have still accepted each others abuse. Thank you Jesus for saving me, and helping me to see truth. The word says, And you shall know the truth and the truth will set you free. For whom the SON set free is free indeed. Be blessed ladies, God is on your side. 🙂 John 8:36
Soneone understands besides my father thankyou for sharing that .my heart is in anguish to. Cant believe in back here. The fathers goibg deeper and deeper. I mess up and you atill there for me . thankyou DOTK helping understand ehere im at . whats going on. You definatly a place of refuge for me tonight and almost everynight cant wait to get here. These beautiful pictures. Incredible spectacular. My hearts in so much anguish. Fear of future all kinds of things. The word says do not worry about food shelter clothes. Scared but keep pushung back fear. So many unknowns right now. Which way do i turn from moment to moment fatigue exhauation. Yet energized by gifts along the way. Beautiful people put in ny path. Trying to shrd bad habits that have creeped back . so much confusion so much faith. Ny anger motivating me forward.Following my peace in every step and direction . it really is one moment at a time right now. Dont feel alone for a moment. Its been so much pain and loss and pruning. So many victories. Si much judgement sometimes self hatred. I think is this me really feeling this is this the devil a spirit. Fighting my way to the surface
Let your will be done my life is in a position that I really don’t know what is going on ..is like I am just existing. .God I rest in your unfailing love…the battle is yours
Thank you JESUS
Thank you..Papa..for listening to my heart..and letting me know what you are doing on my life…thank you daddy..i love you.. I will rest in you..Father..
“Good Good Father”
Oh, I’ve heard a thousand stories of what they think you’re like
But I’ve heard the tender whisper of love in the dead of night
And you tell me that you’re pleased
And that I’m never alone
You’re a Good, Good Father
It’s who you are, it’s who you are, it’s who you are
And I’m loved by you
It’s who I am, it’s who I am, it’s who I am
Oh, and I’ve seen many searching for answers far and wide
But I know we’re all searching
For answers only you provide
Cause you know just what we need
Before we say a word
You’re a Good, Good Father
It’s who you are, it’s who you are, it’s who you are
And I’m loved by you
It’s who I am, it’s who I am, it’s who I am
Cause you are perfect in all of your ways
You are perfect in all of your ways
You are perfect in all of your ways to us
You are perfect in all of your ways
You are perfect in all of your ways
You are perfect in all of your ways to us
Oh, it’s love so undeniable
I, I can hardly speak
Peace so unexplainable
I, I can hardly think
As you call me deeper still [x3]
Into love, love, love
[x3:]
You’re a Good, Good Father
It’s who you are, it’s who you are, it’s who you are
And I’m loved by you
It’s who I am, it’s who I am, it’s who I am
You’re a Good, Good Father
(You are perfect in all of your ways)
It’s who you are, it’s who you are, it’s who you are
And I’m loved by you
(You are perfect in all of your ways)
It’s who I am, it’s who I am it’s who I am
Dearest lord please grant me the grace to fully and completely find rest in you. Where can l go from your presence? ln your presence, l find rest n peace for my troubled mind,l find strength to move on in life. There is nothing like finding rest in God. Thank you God that in you l have found rest for my soul. Father Moses desired for your presence n in addition you assured him that you will go with him n also give him rest. There is rest for the people of God.
Amen. Not my will but your will be done in my life, job, family and marriage. Help me every day, moment and situation in my life to always seek your will never shld I force myself in situations that aren’t yours in Jesus Name amen. Always remembering that all things work together for the good of them that love the Lord.
,oh Lord help me to trust you in all ways. When you’re removing unwanted things help me to endure .When you’re adding help me to be patient. Thank you Lord.
In Jesus name. Speak to me oh Lord!
Amen and Amen and Amen! ! God is good all the time and all the time God is good. Amen!!!!
Lord hallelujah Thank you Father God for your plans for my future is and your hands I have received your words and truly trust God word Thank you Lord I’m walking by faith and the blood of Jesus it will be done Amen. This was a real and true devotion for me just morning. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEVOTION JUST MORNING DOTK FAMILY MINISTRY
I love you daddy!!! Thank you for all you do and for speaking to me!!! Bless all my sisters reading this!!! Amen!!!
Oh my!! Thank you! You will never know how much this has touched me. I’ve been struggling for a very LONG time. When I read this I cried. It reminded me that my Lord loves me all the time no matter what! Some days you just need to be reminded. Thank you…it brought me much needed rest for my weary soul.
Glory be to God! I recieve this word from Gods’Heart, in the Name of Jesus. Thank you Lord! Thank you God!
Let your Kingdom come Lord, let your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven. In the Name of Jesus!
Let your Will be done Father
Thank you Heavenly Father God for your blessings and for this word. You know I so needed to hear this. I love you!
I love you Heavenly Father God, I love you Jesus Christ, I love you Holy Ghost. Amen Amen and Amen.
” I LOVE YOU LORD”
Thank you God for this message I trust and know you will do what you say you will do. Thank you for doing a new thing in me, adding to and removing what don’t belong. Thank you Jesus what you are about to do HALLELUJAH JESUS, THANK YOU JESUS IN JESUS NAME AMEN!!!!!
Thank you father for Your plans, Your love and Your will that you has promise me..I will rest on it , in Jesus name.
Thank you Jesus for such a timely word, my heart is filled with awe for you. You are my all and all. You are the words and the music, you are the harmony, you are the melody praising You makes my heart sing. Oh bless the Lord oh my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name.
This is right on time father I have pain and you know it and we are going to work it out
:-)….. I love you in Jesus name
Psalm 18
(personalized prayer for me, Cricket, Crystal Marie.)
1 I love you, Lord;
you are my strength.
2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
He is my shield, the power that saves me,
and my place of safety.
3 I called on the Lord who is worthy of praise,
and he saved me from my enemies.
4 The ropes of death entangled me;
floods of destruction swept over me.
5 The grave wrapped its ropes around me;
death laid a trap in my path.
6 But in my distress, I cried out to the LORD;
yes, I prayed to my God for help.
He heard me from his sanctuary;
my cry to him reached his ears.
7 Then the earth quaked and trembled.
The foundations of the mountains shook;
they quaked because of his anger.
8 Smoke poured from his nostrils;
fierce flames leaped from his mouth.
Glowing coals blazed forth from him.
9 He opened the heavens and came down;
dark storm clouds were beneath his feet.
10 Mounted on a mighty angelic being, he flew,
soaring on the wings of the wind.
11 He shrouded himself in darkness,
ceiling his approach with dark rain clouds.
12 Thick clouds shielded the brightness around him
and rained down hail and burning coals.
13 The Lord thundered from heaven;
the voice of the Most High rebounded
amid the hail and burning coals.
14 He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies;
his lightning flashed,
and they were greatly confused.
15 Then at your command, O Lord, at the blast of your breath,
the bottom of the sea could be seen,
and the foundations of the earth were laid bare.
16 He reached down from heaven and rescued me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemies,
from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
18 They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress,
but the Lord supported me.
19 He led me to a place of safety;
he rescued me because he delights in me.
20 The Lord rewarded me for doing right;
he restored me because of my innocence.
21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
I have not turned from my God to follow evil.
22 I have followed all his regulations;
I [shall never again] abandon his decrees.
23 I am blameless before God;
I (Emmanuel, God with me, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit living in me, my Blessed Messiah) have kept myself from sin.
24 The Lord awarded me for doing right.
He has seen my innocence.
25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful;
to those with integrity you show integrity.
26 To the pure you show yourself pure,
but to the wicked you show yourself hostile.
27 You rescue the humble,
but you humiliate the proud.
28 You light a lamp for me.
The LORD, my God, lights up my darkness.
29 in you
Amen cricket crystal Marie Lord made stronger this scripture blessed my worried soul this morning I’ve really been going through the fire for just loving Jesus
29 In your strength I can crush an army;
with my God I can scale any wall.
30 God’s way is perfect.
All the LORD’s promises prove true.
He is a shield for all who look to him for protection.
31 For who is God except the LORD?
Who but our God is a solid rock?
32 God arms me with strength,
and he makes my way perfect.
33 He makes me as surefooted as a deer,
enabling me to me to stand on mountain heights.
34 He trains my hands for battle;
he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.
35 You have given me your shield of victory.
Your right hand supports me;
your help has made me great.
36 You made a wide path for my feet
to keep them from slipping.
37 I chased my enemies and caught them;
I (Emmanuel, God with me, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit living in me, Blessed Messiah) did not stop until they were conquered.
38 I (Emmanuel, God with me, Jesus Christ, Blessed Messiah) struck them down so they could not get up;
they fell beneath [our] feet! (Sweet Victory through You, my Beloved Jesus!)
39 You have armed me with strength for the battle;
you have subdued my enemies under my feet.
40 You placed my foot on their necks.
I have destroyed all who hated me.
41 They called for help, but no one came to their rescue.
They even cried to the LORD, but he refused to answer.
42 I ground them as fine as dust in the wind.
I swept them into the gutter like dirt.
43 You gave me, (Cricket,) victory over my accusers.
You appointed me, (Crystal Marie,) ruler over nations;
people I don’t even know now serve me.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they submit;
foreign nations cringe before me.
45 They all lose their courage
and come trembling from their strongholds.
46 The LORD lives! PRAISE TO MY ROCK!
May the God of my salvation be exalted!
47 He is the God who pays back those who harm me;
(Hallelujah! And you shall do it with the same lovingkindness You have shown me!)
he subdues the nations under me, (Crystal Marie,)
48 and rescues me from my enemies.
You hold me safe beyond the reach of my enemies;
you save me, (Your sweet, adorable Cricket, who chirps incessantly unto Your heart from her heart to Yours, which is really Your heart to hers and back to Yours again, day and night) from violent opponents.
49 For this, O LORD, I, (Cricket, Crystal Marie made stronger IN Jesus) will praise you among the nations;
I will sing praises to Your name.
50 You give great victories to (Your little shepherd girl who sings lullabies with and counts sheep into her Lord and Savior, in her heart, soul, body, and FINALLY NOW, IN HER MIND! HALLELUJAH!);
You show unfailing love to Your anointed,
to (Crystal Marie, Your highly favored and immeasurably blessed, aboundingly graced and beautifully ordained chosen one, Your prodigal daughter who loves Jesus with a relentlessly crazy love that is upside down in nature, because the Creator of my soul loved me first) and all of my descendants forever.
-Psalm 18, personalized just for me, Crystal Marie.
God loves you, Crystal Marie.
He loves you so much!
You just think you know how much!
But you don’t really know!
You think you know how sovereignly I hold you,
but you don’t really know, do you, my beloved??
Ha ha.. a little chuckle of amusement in a moment of bewilderment.
Do you get it, My sweetness!
Yes, my adorable little girl who runs and plays with me in the field today.
I met you here long ago.
You did not know me to be here with you then.
You were frightened here long ago.
But, My beloved, I did not ever, ever, ever let you go.
I have a great purpose for you, My dear child.
I am guiding you and protecting you.
No one can stop this!
Now YOU know this! Don’t you?
Let go and let God, we have!
Jesus, we afflicted, yet, lifting up!
I love You the absolute, absolute most!
Oh, Lord of heavenly hosts, You helped me let go!
I owe You my life, and yet You
just wanted to remind me of a love unknown!
You rhymed Your way into a stone, cold heart!
How did You do it, my Lord?
You have me in awe of Your love for me!
Glory to God! Thank You, Jesus!
Hallelujah!!
You call me unto a beautiful heart that sparks a refining fire that sets me apart, and I shall not be stopped! This call on my life is irrevocable! Watch in wonder, as I do too, with what God is going to do with me!!
Do you sense the different tone here???
Watch it, perceive it, breathe it, hone in on it! Hone your senses on the fire in my soul!!!
It is here!!! The fire living in men is the Holy Spirit that leads and guides me! The One that Jesus left for me! Hallelujah! I am set apart! I am taken apart! I am chosen for this purpose! I shall go and preach the gospel for You, my Lord! Just see me through! That’s all I ask! I am just a willing vessel of weakness! I am only strong because of Who lives in me!!! Hallelujah!!! God ain’t through with me!!! My feet are on fire now, my Lord! I shall just wait for You to set a path for You and I to trail blaze upon!!! Come on!!! This is a revival!!! Lift up yout hands unto the Lord!!! Set a fire down in all of our souls, my Lord!!! We stand in anxious anticipation, knowing You shall knock our socks off!!! Hallelujah!!! We stand bare foot on this holy ground. We stand down from our pride and arrogant stance, and we say we accept love, trust, faith, and humility in fullness and completion! Go on and show out now, my Lord! My insides are shaking now!!! You andbrhankbt inside of me!! Oh, hallelujah!!! I am breaking up the final piece of the clay pot of the old me!!! Oh, hallelujah, Your grace completes me and releases me to receive wholeness in every feat and on every battlefield! I am complete in King Jesus! I am Your blessed and highly favored daughter of the King, sweet Jesus! I love You forevermore and my soul is and always shall be only Yours! You are my One and Only! God, thank You. These words are nonsensical to give to the best Father that was, is, and ever could be. Thank You anyway though. Take my small words and make them infinitely more than they could ever be!!! Yes! Yes! Yes! You, sweet Jesus, blessed the process. Thank You for helping me to obey the Father in all of my stubborness and prideful weaknesses. You are the best friend I have or will ever have. No one can take Your place in my life! Can I get a witness? I love You, Jesus! In Your Name I pray and stand and declare all Your promises as my own, to be mine, irrevocably, forevermore! In the Name of Jesus, I say Amen and amen and amen, again and again, infinitely more and more! Amen!
Hallelujah cricket crystal Marie made stronger by the Lord
I’m calming this scripture as well
I touch and agree with you conformation on some things in my life the blood of Jesus Christ I cdo plead
Thankyou smiling cricket .been away for a bit to wondered if you back next scroll was yours just what I needed agian. Every scroll down breathes a little more life back inti my soul enciuraging this strong soiritvin tge lord weak and weary body keep chirping thr birds sing in all seasons somethingvto look forward to every morning
Amen cricket!amen!
Thank you God for your love and kindness and always thinking of me…
Thank you so much for being a vessel of the Holy Spirit and blessing us with God’s words each and every day. Today was spot on for me as I have been suffering and questioning and the Lord answered me through His Spirit which is overflowing in you. I praise God for Him leading me to your site and pray abundant blessings on you all.
Thankyou i receive your blessings
God I thank You. I love you with my whole heart. This message came right on time and it has blessed me. I know that with you I am never alone, but I thank You for the reaffirmed word. This has been a season for me, but I know that in the end I will understand it all. Thank You for loving me enough to give your life just for me!!!!!
TGBTG Good afternoon my beloved Sisterhood
After reading this message I was wanting to cry out on my knees getting prayers up before the throne room. ……
Please sisterhood stay in prayer for the devil is really upset with the assembly of God’s people yes there is a war going on between good and evil
The devil never gives up remember (it) does it’s job well with its crew of demons to shift God’s people as. Wheat
I’m surly praying on this morning some SISTERS will be blessed after reading this LESSON
I LOST WHAT I HAD IN PRAYED LORD PLEASE ALLOW ME TO TRY OVER AGAIN. ….
February 22nd Friday 2016
PLEASE READ THE BOOK OF REVELATION
The end is nearthe devil is trying to take as many of soul’s before the bottles pit don’t allow it to live in your body it needs a body to live in you will be confused fighting against one another hurting your love ones ect.
Screaming and pointing fingers with three pointing back at yourself only wondering Lord Jesus why did I allow the devil to make me so upset with the person who really knows what the devil is really doing it’s ugly and a very difficult time in one’s own life when you know that you know what Jesus wants from you always remember that the devil knows your business like Jesus knows I’m so glad that Jesus is praying on my behalf how about my sisters in Christ
TGBTG
BE THE GLORY FOR THE BLESSINGS AND PROMISES THAT IS COMING TO US THOUGH OUT OUR JOURNEY OF LIFE IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST I DO PLEAD
AMEN
Scripture:
Matthew 14:22-33
Purpose: to comfort listeners with the reality of Christ’s intercession and challenge them to find Christ reaching out his hand in the storms of life.
There are two storms we all must face in life.
The disciples in the night we see them in our text were literally churning waters. They had been out on the waters and had gotten to the middle of the lake. But out of nowhere a notorious squall blew in against them. They had to pull down the sails and for hours had been rowing to keep their boat from being swamped. Perhaps they were fearing for their lives. Certainly they would have felt depressed in their futile efforts to get across the lake.
And as Matthew records this event for the early church in Northern Judea, I’m sure there were many times those early Jewish Christians felt just like those disciples that night. Sometimes persecuted, often toiling away at the work of Christ’s Church, but feeling alone. Feeling like those disciples on the oars: “We’re getting nowhere.”
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Maybe you’re a (SISTER) facing problems a frustrating. Or maybe you lost your job and felt you could manage;take me for instance i hade three doctors to disable me pushing so hard to keep my mobility and I have to keep my mind focus totally on the Lord people judging me mocked me laugh, they knew my pain they knew my story yes I’m still fighting for my life after months you’re overwhelmed and depressed. I’m sure you’ve been in such a storm. If not right now, certainly we’ll all face family problems, a love one getting ill over night now your whole life change you have to make decisions maybe you have to take care of your love one with so much love I should say death and grief, an accident or illness. Such storms can blow in as unannounced visitors at any moment. The daily struggles are the first set of storms.
2.) But the second set of storms we face on the sea of life are the storms of doubt! We’re tempted to think God doesn’t care. He must be unaware. If He does know about my storms, He’s distant and cold, and not here! In the storms of doubt we often just accept the drudgery and despair. And we fail to look up!
But picture what Matthew recorded. There is a solitary figure 1200 feet up above the storms. He’s kneeling their on the hills of Sea of Galilee. And just like God’s eye is even on the smallest sparrow, so too Jesus the Saviour of the world has his watchful eye on that storm tossed boat. That doesn’t come as much comfort, yet when we realize that it was Jesus that sent them out into the storm in the first place, does that help?
Our text begins with Jesus dismissing huge a crowd of at least 15,000 people. He had been teaching them all day, right up until the end of the day. Now they’re hungry. The disciples say, “Send them away!” But Jesus says, “I’ll show them that I am the Saviour of the world, the living God, who fed the children of Israel manna, bread from heaven, in the desert in Old Testament.”
So Jesus did it! He broke the bread, and we know it was a miracle. It is just good to feed poor hungry people! That is a wonderful part of what Christ’s kingdom is about in this hungry world. We all ought to have a part in that action.
But there is more here! Jesus was making a sign, a blinking neon light to the Jews: Hello, this is what God did in the Old Testament and Jesus is doing it here again!! Even more, Jesus is saying for the whole world, “I am the bread that comes down from heaven. The same way you need daily bread as the staple you live on, so I am the spiritual bread every person needs for life with God. All you need for life, protection, for love, for purpose you will find it all in me – I am God, I am your Bread of Life! (John 6)But the people don’t care about that. They see the miracle and think this guy could make us rich. This guy could drive out the Romans. Look, he has got us men seated in groups of fifties like an army. He’ll make life easy for us. Let’s make him king and march into Jerusalem!
And that is where our story begins. Jesus says, “That’s not what I’ve come to do! It’s not what my kingdom is all about. You crowds, go away! You disciples, go over to the other side of the sea and I’ll meet you there to teach you more. Yes, the Saviour of the world commands his disciples to go out on Lake Galilee that evening. He has a plan that the disciples know nothing about! But pretty soon they will likely be wondering, “Why did he send us out onto this lake with such wind?”
But Jesus sees the wind too. After a few hours, say 9 pm, they’ve made it about half way across the lake. Hours of straining on the oars and now they point the boat into the waves to avoid death! And Jesus, who could have come to their rescue, right away doesn’t come! In fact, it’s not until 3am that Jesus miraculously comes over the waves to save them! Why didn’t He come sooner?
Don’t you feel that way in your life too? In the hardest times of our lives, in the greatest struggles, it often seems we’re all alone! We feel God has abandoned us. We’re tempted to give in to despair in our personal lives. And we give in to drudgery in our church life. Giving up on God, we’re tempted just to live for small pleasures, without God at our side! We give up on God’s purposes. Our tank is empty of any love to accomplish God’s work.
Sometimes, we can even feel that if there is any supernatural involvement in what we’re going through, it must be a hostile power. Like those wearied disciples we’re unsure of the spiritual realm. They thought Christ coming to them was a ghost, some powers of darkness. And we may feel that God’s work in the storms of our lives is only as an angry God getting back at us!
But Matthew wants the early Christians for whom he wrote this gospel to picture the disciples coming to the end of their rope. And where is Jesus? More importantly, what is he doing? He’s above the storm praying for them with all wisdom and all powerful love!
Do you ever think of that great work of Jesus praying for you in your life? Have you ever had a vision of Jesus as your Great Intercessor?
Dear sisters , in the first place, our text teaches us to find Jesus above your storms – praying for you!
It’s wonderful to know you have a friend praying for you when you go through a hard time. But imagine if every time you face a storm, you could know Jesus, the Saviour of the world, is praying for you in that storm. Imagine he’s working things out with God the Father for you to get through the troubles! It’d be like you’re in legal trouble with some town officials. You find, out of the blue, that one of your neighbours, an expert lawyer, has voluntarily gone to work fixing the bind you’re in with the authorities! That’s what Christians believe Jesus role in the universe is. He is the only Mediator between God and man! Matthew is saying that you may be in the storm but, rest assured, Jesus is the Mediator of world. Know he is working out all of our troubles and tests, in prayer with the heavenly Father!
See, just like in the miracle of bread from heaven in the feeding of the 5000, so too here Jesus is making an Old Testament picture to show to us that He is God working in our lives! Do you remember in Exodus, after God’s people are freed from Egypt, how they had to travel through the desert? Remember in that time of testing in the desert, the Amalekites attack them? A battle breaks out. Moses the Old Testament leader and mediator must go on the hilltop. While he is praying with arms uplifted, the Israelites were winning the battle. When his arms drooped, they were losing. Jesus is saying, “I am the one who is praying for you on the mountain but, unlike Moses, my arms never get tired! My prayers will always be answered for you!”
That’s the great work of Jesus after the cross, after dying for your sins, and rising again, He went into heaven, presented the perfect sacrifice that makes you right with God. If you’ve trusted in His work, then now you can know that He ever lives to make intercession for you! Hebrews 7 reminds us, “Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.” Hebrews 7:25
Intercessory prayer is Jesus’ job in this stormy time of our world’s life. He’s comes to the Father on your behalf and mine and says, “Look at these guys in the storm-tossed boat. I made them right with you and now they’re struggling and I know their struggles inside out. Now, I pray Father, make it good for them, give them strength to get through the way you want them to. Turn the evil to good for them. Save them completely!” That’s the position Jesus is in as the God-man who came to earth to know our struggles completely and then returned to heaven as our intercessor. Yes, now Jesus is still praying on our behalf
Our Lord Jesus perfectly understands your struggle and cares deeply for you in your storm. But He also perfectly understands God’s will – praying for that to be activated in your storm! Don’t you love Jesus for this? He understands you completely and is praying that God will achieve His purpose for the trials and deliver you through them. Listen to Jesus pray for the Apostle Peter in a later stormy trial he’d face! “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” (Luke 22:31-32).He prays in John 17 for all his disciples: “Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name,” which is a way of saying, “keep them safe in this world of trouble, but protect them from the evil one. Transform them by your truth. Give them your glory!” And if you’re wondering whether Jesus prays for you still today, he does. Listen to another verse from Jesus’ own prayer in John 17: “My prayer is not for them (the disciples) alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message (that includes us), that all of them may be one.” (John 17:20-21)
So the disciples are at the end of their rope, straining at the oars, in the middle of the darkness. Jesus often lets us get to that point so we’ll turn and look up to him in faith and trust! Are you praying to him in the storms of your life? The disciples couldn’t look above the gloom of their situation. We, however, know Jesus rose from the dead and is seated above all our storms. We know he has been given all power and authority to work salvation in your life and mine. So we can and we need to look up to him in our storms!
The heart of the gospel is even better than this truth that Jesus is now interceding for us. The disciples didn’t look to Jesus. They failed the test. But still Jesus comes down to them. It’s like a little child running to her mother’s room in a thunder storm. She says, “Sure, mom, I know God is with me. But, Mom, I want a God-with-skin-on!” And that’s what Jesus is. He says, “I won’t leave you orphans, I’ll come to you!”
So, in the second place, our text teaches us to find Jesus in the storms of doubt: speaking God’s Words of promise.
The disciples weren’t sure yet that Jesus was the Son of God, ready and willing to work in their lives! In fact, in the gospel of Mark we read after they got in the boat and the winds died down, “they were completely amazed, for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.” (Mark 6:51-52). Ever feel like that? You just don’t get God. You put him on hold in your life, and harden your heart to him. We think to ourselves, “Jesus, alive, sending His Spirit and Word to lead and guide and empower me today? Nah, I’d rather just go through the motions, I’ll keep my head down in the sorrow, I’ll walk alone!”
And that is the point of the miracle of Jesus walking on the water. Sure, there’s an awesome, gravity-defying miracle that proves Jesus is God. Sure, there’s fulfillment of Old Testament prophesy; God says, “I AM he who treads on waves.” But what’s the big deal in this miracle? Jesus doesn’t stop the storm! No, he does not stop the storm. But he comes to be with his disciples in the middle of it! He walks on the storm and says to us in the middle of it all: “Take courage. It is I.Don’t be afraid!” That “It is I” is literally Ego eimi, in the Greek, which is I AM, the covenant name of God, Jehovah or Jahweh. Jesus is saying: “I am the presence of the living God with you, so take courage for life; don’t be afraid! – Cheer Up!”Of course, he’s not saying that in a flippant way, but cheer up because I am the living God coming to you personally! (. Ps 91)
This is the gospel. Jesus came into the middle of our mess to proclaim that He’s with us. Jesus comes in the middle of our storms of sin, suffering, brokenness, depression, darkness and says, “Load it on me. I’ll take it to the cross. Your sins are forgiven. I’ve secured God’s favour for you. I’ll rise again and you with me! Come and by my Spirit I’ll give you the power to walk over these storms!”
And it’s interesting that just the form of Jesus, his physical presence, couldn’t deliver them. But when they hear his voice, that’s the ahamoment that brings deliverance! Jesus only becomes the Deliverer, when he speaks his Word, and the disciples recognize him! If you have religion, but don’t yet have Christ, you need this moment: Jesus speaking words of promise into your life, your storms, your drudgery!You who are new to this God-stuff, maybe open to spirituality, you need this ahamoment – a flash of recognition that, by his promises to you, Jesus has come to you in the power of his Spirit. You who are new Christians and you who have been Christians from as early as you can remember, we all need this aha moment in Jesus’ words of promise. We need to hear in his promises that God is saying: “It’s Me. I am in your life, I’ll save!”
What about you today? Which promise do you need to hear? Are you in trouble? Do you need peace? Are you facing death or depressed? Do you need to know your sin is forgiven? Need to know your tears register and that they’ll be turned to laughter? Dig up the promises of God. They are all fulfilled in Jesus! Isaiah said it so beautifully: “For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, ‘Do not fear; I will help you.'” (Isaiah 41:13)
We need to be like Peter saying, “Yes, Lord Jesus, I’ll join you, I’ll walk through the storm on the waves, through the trials with you, Jesus! I’ll go through the valley of the shadow of death, believing you’ll show up. I’ll do as you command. I’ll keep serving in your kingdom and strain on the oars in this your church. I will walk with you, Jesus my Saviour, through and over all this! Your promises ring true in my storms, my darkness, and the drudgery of my life.”
Sure we, like Peter, see the waves. I think we can excuse his wavering, and the sinking. But Peter does the right thing in that storm of doubt. He cries out: “Lord, save me.” And look at Jesus’ response. Even our little faltering faith is enough: “Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him.” (Matthew 14:31).
This story isn’t a moral like “Be bold like Peter” or “Don’t be rash like Peter.” It’s about Jesus and his way with all who will recognize him as Saviour. All who will take hold of his promises!
Are you turning to him, trusting him when the chips are down? This Jesus is too wise to make a mistake in the trials and tests he brings us through. He’s ordained them to draw us to him, to purify our faith! And he’s too loving to ever withdraw his hand from any who come to him in faith!
So Jesus says, “You of little faith…” And if we’re honest, we know that’s all of us! But then he puts his finger on the only question that remains: “why did you doubt?” (Matthew 14:31). Jesus’ rebuke isn’t about Peter sinking in the waves. We’ll all do that from time to time. Jesus knows our feeble frame and He is a compassionate Saviour. He’s not expecting perfect faith from us! No. Jesus is rebuking the disciples for what Peter voiced when he first came: “Lord, if it’s you…”
Right now from heaven, Jesus is here by the Holy Spirit in your life, in your storms, and he is speaking his gospel promises to you with outstretched hand. He’s saying, “Don’t doubt me as One who is praying for you! Look up to me and claim my words of promise, and you will experience me as God who meets you in the storms of life!” And full of faith we’ll do as the disciples did: “Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, ‘Truly you are the Son of God.'” (Matthew 14:33)
Love you my sisters, sisterhood
Be so blessed wait on the Lord Jesus Christ for your life, future
Bonnie, God bless you for sharing. I pray that God strengthens you in your very own storm. I really was touched by your insight. I am sorry for your struggles with your health. I will be praying for healing and restoration for you. I will also be praying for healing and restoration for you in all areas of your life. I saw another reply the other day that you posted and was hurting about something. I am sorry that at that time I could not respond. I am being heavily oppressed from the outside in my life now. Glory to God, the oppression on the inside is much better though! My mind is healed and renewed! I am so thankful to Jesus for the blood.
Bonnie, I just feel like you need a hug. I wish I could give you one personally, but would you allow me to hug you in spirit, my dear friend. I see your tear stained face without actually seeing it. I know the pain of being sick and being alone in that. I pray for complete healing and restoration for you, mind, body, and soul. But beyond that, I pray that Jesus will hug you so tight when you feel alone in your fight. I feel like I am supposed to tell you that you are stronger than you think you are. I feel like I should tell you, you are more beautiful than you can imagine! I feel like I should tell you that you are a beautifully made, intellectually, gifted, awesomely wondrous, amazing daughter of the King. Obviously, He wants you to know this. I pray that this blesses you immensely. I pray that the intensity of the fire will be consumed in graceful explosions of living water balloons, saturating you in abounding grace that takes away the bitter taste of the sweat from your brow pouring down unto your mouth!! I pray that God opens that door that is locked! I pray that He shows you where the key is and that you take it and use it for His divine purposes! I pray that He closes the doors that keep leading you in the wrong directions! I pray that You blockade her in sovereign protection and that the blood saturated soul deep! I pray that for every tear she wraps, You love on her tenfold! I pray that all the gold in the world could not tempt her soul away from the voice that speaks truth unto her ear. I pray that you bless her written word more and that you Sovereignly protect her from the enemy stealing her gift away. Clear her mind completely and wholly today. I pray because You, my sweet Jesus, pray for me in intercession. So now I understand why You taught me to do that first! I love You because it was me, You loved first!! Thank You, for always being my dear friend Bonnie’s Best Friend, just like you are mine. I am happy to be Your Valentine to the end of time! Jesus, You plant the rhyme! I receive and shall not deny! I am not alive unless You beat inside this heart of mine! Hallelujah! Beat through! See it through, King Jesus! Bonnie Blair, Bonnie Blair! I know you are still there! I see you there! Don’t cry in despair! Don’t fret and pull at your hair! Don’t stare and dare your mind to solve the rhyme! Just smell the roses and breathe in the rhyme. Wipe away every tear and be reminded that I love you, My beloved child! You make me truly happy when you talk to me!
God, bless Bonnie. Help her in all areas of her life, as she struggles to live for You, my Lord. Make her stronger than before! In the Name of Jesus, I command the enemy to stand down. I bind the enemy and all of his demons, evil spirits and principalities. I command the tricks and schemes of the enemy to die. I bind the spirit of persecution in the Name of Jesus. I bind the spirit of infirmity in the Name of Jesus. I bind the spirit of doubt in the Name of Jesus. I bind the spirit of deceit in the Name of Jesus. Loose, Holy Spirit. Heal and restore everything inside and outside of Bonnie’s heart, mind, body, soul, and life. Fix it all for her, my Lord! I pray for my beautiful sister Bonnie Blair! Her love for the Lord is in the air! I intercede on her behalf! You laid her right smack dab on my own hurting heart! I need to stand up and lift my sister up by the hand.I am standing with you, my sister. I see your tears behind the firm stance of strength! You are strong Bonnie, dear! You are strong because Jesus is close to the brokenhearted and crushed in spirit. You are clothed in strength and dignity, and laugh at the future before you. Stand up and be honored by the Lord, Your God, who loves you and sees your faithful stance. I love you, my sister, Bonnie. I don’t know what you are going through. But obviously, I stand with you in spirit. Jesus sees to it. God bless it! I prayed to be your friend, and so I shall be, according to the Will of God. Jesus sees me through unto fullness and completion! He shall see you through! He is faithful to His promises. He is faithful to hold me to mine! I love Him, My Sovereign Valentine Who lays down the rhyme! Let’s worship Him together! I love you, my friend, Bonnie! I feel like we love the Lord in heart and spirit together! We love and worship together! Where are two, joined by the Holy Spirit, who transcends all space and time! My rhyme is your rhyme today. My time is your time today. My love is your love today! Here, Bonnie, my dear sister and friend, take this late Valentine, from a dear friend who wishes to bless you in a special way this very day, because God said you needed it! Hallelujah!! I pray that this strengthens you in your time of weakness. I pray that it confirms truth to be true, when confusion whispers lies to your soul. I pray that it lights a way in the darkness, and that you also begin to glow! Holy Spirit, breathe upon my sister Bonnie and let Your love ruffle Your feathers upon her heart and tickle her ears with divine prophecy. Deliver us from the tricks and schemes of the enemy for Your Namesake. I deny the involvement of Satan in my prayer life! I want nothing to do with the devil and his demons! I reject and resist their attempts to trip me up! Thank You, Jesus, for this freedom to breathe Your Holy Spirit now! I am lifting Your Name up, Lord Jesus! Jesus, I love You so much. I don’t know how I made it this far without You. Oh, I know how, that was the Sovereign Hands of Grace holding me until the time for me to break out! The time is now! Show up and show out, Jesus! Hallelujah! Who can compete with King Jesus??? Not me!!! Thank God, You love me in spite of me, my Lord! All blessings and honor bestowed upon You! Your Name shall be written upon my heart for all eternity. My purpose is to love You first! Thank You, so much for teaching me how to do this. If You hadn’t, I would be of no use to my sisters! Show me how to be nust what You want me to be now, and no more, until You have prepared me completely and say, it is time to move out now. We shall get up and dance on this brokedown palace floor now! I polished the floors, my Lord, in Your blood, sweat, and tears, and You allow me to tell the evil step mother that I did it myself, so she will stay off my back. I don’t know why I deserve it. I know who I really am. I know what that dress looked like before you gave me my new one. I know there’s no magic wand, just a resounding amen, followed by Hallelujah! Your Love is perfectly sovereign, my Lord. God bless you, my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! In Your Name I pray. Amen.
Amen cricket crystal Marie made stronger by the Lord
Hallelujah you really blessed my soul thx you for the big hug and the spirit I can feel the pure enbrace wow it just feels so heavenly the breeze of the pure air blowing likely
How I do long to meet you
It seems like you know me well it’s just amazing
I really look forward to hear from you
It seems to bring out the truth in me
Yes I do agree I’ve loved you for a while
Something about you draws you to me only the Lord knows why
Thank you for praying for me holding up my hand in this army
I saw the vision that I was holding a friend’s hand up in the spirit yes the Lord has all gloryI will keep you in prayeryou feel free like you should be so strong for every one
Take the time to love you I actually know you’re a beautiful daughter of the king most highly favored by the Lord the blood of Jesus Christ keeps you covered just thinking about washing in the blood of Jesus Christ
We are saved all because of jesus’ blood
Yes I stand by your side walking together for Jesus sake your writing blessings me every time I read it keep up kingdom building
I’ve been asked the same someone told me Bonnie you’very been commission to go out into the world I was almost in tears of joy because I to know this the Lord has so much for me, but the Lord Jesus Christ told me Bonnie you’re not alone this time it’s going to be done right this time truly the Lord brought the right person into my life you remind me so much of this individual that keeps me pushing to try
Yes I really hope in pray that the right door will open in my life I deserve to hold that beautiful balloon setting in a hot tub with snow coming down melting away while I feel so related and warm from life just for that moment my heart long for that very moment it really means so much to me to exprience loving inside my house until I go out for a short period until I get back to the warmth of the inside yes my mind, body soul and spirit feels free sometimes in my life I feel like in eagle soaring beyond the clouds flapping my beautiful wings yes I would love to have another eagle flying beside me in the supernatural ream heavenly places it’s something about the blood of Jesus Christ
I do trust the Lord knows my destiny life, future it’s all encontrol what ever you need God’s got it I think God that his phone line is never busy
I thank the Lord for you Cricket crystal Marie made stronger by the Lord stay blessed! !!
God bleas you thankyou for some answers sime reminders the sriprurws the written word the trutb the encouragement. Understanding
AMEN, I’m claiming my blessings and trusting you Lord, I don’t seem to understand your purpose and all the plans you’ve in store for my life, but I’ll believe you and trust you today God cause you’re able no matter my circumstances. Lord take control of my mind and removed doubt and confusion, In Jesus Name, Amen 🙇
I am going tru some changes in my life I don’t do well with the unknown. I was talking t9 the lord this morning about my fears when I saw a clear picture of how my. Sweet sweet lord and savior has always provide. Me with everything I need. I love you my lord Jesus diane
God bless you Diane. Beautiful. I felt your love for the Lord! May He bless you and continue to develop a deep and intimate relationship with you. May He provide and keep you in all ways, as you grow closer to Him. In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.
Greater is he who is in me, than he sho is in the world, thank you lord, renew and restore,injn Amen
Amen, Thank You, Father.
I give you all of me I am yours Lord. I surrender all to You Take my life control it and have your way in me for your honor and your glory. I thank you Lord for choosing me and putting me above and not beneath and the head and not the tail.
Amen. Thank You Jesus for this word from You. I trust in You, believe in You. You are my Father and have my life in the palm of Your hands. Show me Your way Lord. Help me Father, show me Your ways. Amen. Thank You!
Thank you for your timely words . I am just asking for intercessory prayer for Adri who is having a problem wit h his heart pray that when he goes for a test he will get a favourable answer as God would intervene.
Father God, I pray that You touch and heal any sickness or disease in Adri. I pray that Adri would get a good report because You will put all things back into proper alignment, heal any sickness or disease that lies there, and bind the spirit of infirmity from touching Adri. I pray Father, that You will show up and show out for Adri! And You will be lifted up and we will be smiling with joy in the Lord, for we shall know how much You love us, in a new and most assuredly sovereign way, my Lord. Please bless Paulate in mind, body, and soul. May Your Will be done and Your Kingdom come in her heart, mind, body, soul, and life. God touch the hearts, minds, bodies, and souls around her for the glory of God! Hallelujah! Thank You, Jesus for healing and restoration! I pray You would heal, restore, and bless us all in heart, mind, body, and soul. We, who speak up and claim Your Promises as our own in the Name of Jesus! I claim my healing and restoration! You always make a way! Hallelujah!! God bless Your Holy Name, Jesus! It is in Your Name we pray as we lift up praises unto Your Holy Name! Amen and amen.
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Really your words oh God is living and active. This message for today is very powerful, alive and kicking to my very soul. How beautiful is the feet of those people who bring good news.
The battle is not yours bonnie Blair ,its the Lords!! Its very clear you pose a threat toward Tue enemy with your anointing and calling that you have on your life!Its very clear of that. But I want to encourage you my sister on those trying and struggling days that you feel inadequate or discouraged, Remember who’s daughter you are and fix your CROWN!!God bless you sister!
Amen Bridget B I praise the Lord Jesus Christ for you I do agree I must fix the crown on my head you made me think may the Lord open up the windows of heaven for you that you will not have room to receive blessings to you
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I declare that I trust You Lord, I say You are my God and all my times are in your hands. Hallelujah the devil shall not win cause I’m keeping my eye on the prize no matter what 😊🙇🙆💙
I so needed this, after loosing my sis in-law on saturday 13th,and y mum 5 days after. I trust God but I really felt ledt alone. I even prayed “God You does the inpossible & miraculous for Your glory”, can’t the dead be raised again? Yes, I do beleive and still believe, but He knows it all. This message is just for me.
My deepest condolences Chika for the loss of your dear love ones. May you be strengthened and comforted by the Father’s love at this time! Rest in Him my Sister.
Dear Heavenly Father,
What beautiful place to come to, and to receive your word of love, compassion, tenderness, conviction, and salvation Lord. Seeking your face, telling you how much we love you Father cannot describe in words.
Father God when open your passage of your Holy Spirit, and read many of my sisters passages, the door that You had prepared Lord for each of us so awesome Father God.
After reading your Holy Spirit I could hear your voice speaking clearly with truth, and so much love! Father God my cancer is all your victory Father, my pain and suffering is all your victory Lord.
I will open my hands raise my hands to sing your praises, Lord I am Content in You. You are enough Lord You are Sufficient!
Dear Precious Heavenly Father I love you! Thank you Father God for your words Thank you DOTK!
Love my precious sisters in Christ!
On february 18th 2016 at 3:15pm my father passed away. I couldnt sleep, couldnt eat. I couldnt understand why God let this happen to me and my family. Weve served God for so long, worked hard in the ministry, and then one day… just like that, my dad was gone. That night me and my family slept around my mother to comfort her, around 3am the next day we heard a sobbing cry, and again, our hearts were torn, at her pain of losing my dad. Around 4am, i get a notification from DOTK and it was this very message that was given. This exact word comforts me in so ways. I not only ready the daily word from you guys but i read this too everyday. I just want to thank you. So much. Thank God for you. Love you dad, God knows we cant wait to see you again in thw Kingdom.