ONLY BELIEVE

Mark 5:36 NKJV As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not be afraid; only believe.”

When Jesus stopped to talk to the lady with the issue of blood it looked like he’d helped her at the expense of Jairus’s daughter who had died while Jesus delayed. Things looked bad but Jesus told him to not be afraid but to keep his faith working even though he’d had a bad report!

I wonder if we sometimes think someone else has had our blessing or our healing, or whatever we’re believing for, and so there’s none left for us, and our faith feels like it’s taken a bashing? When Jesus fed the 5,000 it taught us there is more than enough of whatever we’re believing for, for however many are in the crowd!😊

In the same way, God wants to remind us that whether there are delays along the way, whether it looks like someone else has had their healing and we still haven’t received ours, or someone else has had a blessing we’ve been waiting for, no matter what the enemy is whispering in our ears today, if we’ll not be afraid and just have a grain of faith, we will see God work out His best solution for our lives. 

Jesus is still in the restoring of health business, still in the providing all our needs business, and when we decide to not doubt His ability to turn things around, when we focus more on the promises and not on the problems, we release His power and His outcome.😊

This is to encourage us all that it’s never too late, no one and nothing is too far gone that God can’t turn it around. If your faith is a bit battered, listen to God’s words “Do not be afraid or discouraged… I will help you, strengthen you, uphold you.” If your healing has been delayed for some reason hear Jesus words, “Don’t be afraid. Only believe.” If your need is provision, “ My God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus …” 

Whatever your need, God says don’t be dismayed, don’t be afraid, and as your week unfolds stay in faith and keep believing.😊 Amen.

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UNEXPECTED BLESSINGS

Ephesians 3:20 NKJV Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

A couple of years ago our pastor gave us all a list of 31 declarations to declare over our lives, one each day of the month, and I've been doing that ever since on most days. One of them says this, 

“I declare God is opening the windows of heaven over my life and I am experiencing the abundant life Jesus came to give me. Unexpected blessings are coming my way.”

Well I just wanted to testify to God’s faithfulness to His word because an unexpected blessing came my way this last week. I have been given a huge blessing of an amazing computer to replace my very out of date desktop. I was needing to go and buy a new one, but now God has given me this brilliant model to do what I need to do! 😊

It’s one of those ‘above and beyond all I could expect or imagine’ blessings, something I would never have gone out and bought for myself. It came at just the right moment, and yes, I’ll have to learn how to use it, and I admit it’s very challenging, but with God all things are possible!🤣

 I just wanted to encourage anyone reading this to not give up on God’s promises, to declare them over your life, day in and day out, to persevere and know that God is faithful to His word. Jesus said all things are possible to him who believes. Keep believing!😊

Can I ask what promises are you standing on and declaring over your own life? If you’ve let them slip, get those promises out again, declare them daily over your circumstances, believe what God says and trust Him to bring them to pass in your life. God is never late, His timing is always spot on!

2 Corinthians 1:20 NIV For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

As we go into our new week let me encourage you to speak this blessing over your own life, 

“ God is opening the windows of heaven over my life and I am experiencing the abundant life Jesus came to give me. Unexpected blessings are coming my way.”  

Believe it and receive it, and remember we walk by faith, and not by what we see at this moment!😊 In Jesus name. Amen. 

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