Page 21 - 1. Grace Connections November Issue

Now you may think that the
enemy can’t come and steal the
word from you. Let me ask you a
question. How many times have
you been in church, heard a good
word, even acknowledged to the
Pastor that it was a great word, yet
an hour later you cannot
remember one thing the pastor
said? Quest what? The enemy just
stole that word from you. Hey, he
has done it to me as well.
That's one of the reasons why
I love the technology that we have
today where we can videotape and
audiotape the word. We can
greatly decrease his ability to rob
us of the word.
When we find that we are
having difficulty trying to
remember what the Pastor said, we
can jump online hear and/or watch
it. You can hear it again and again
watering it each time with faith.
You can get that word seed in you,
you get that word watered, and
that word starts to grow in your
spirit.
The end of that verse says I
come that they may have life and
they may have it more abundantly
OK hold on just second here.
Who are “they” that can have life
in Jesus and who are “they that
can have it more abundantly?” ME
and YOU. Jesus came that you and
I may have life now, not just life in
eternally. Yes, we have life
eternally, but we don't have to wait
until we're in the eternal here after
part to have life more abundantly.
He came to give us life and life
more abundantly.
Why do we walk around broke
busted disgusted all the time? We
need to get into the word and
discover the authority we have and
how to deal with daily
circumstances and stop let the
enemy steal and kill things.
Remember when he steals the
word from us, he is stealing the
manifestation that was meant for
us.
If I walk around all time sick,
has he stolen a word of healing
from me? If I walk around all the
time but I don't have two pennies
in my pocket, worried how I'll pay
my next bill, has he stolen the
word of prosperity from me? If I'm
walking around in gloom and doom
all the time, has he stolen the word
about joy from me?
Some random thoughts that I
am throwing out here hopefully for
you to studying seeking the truth
for yourselves.
Until the next time, this is
Pastor Joe saying may you walk in
the fullness of His grace, blessed,
healthy, and prosperous in all you
do.