"I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News" (Philippians 1:12).
If you want to be all Father created you to be, you need to view every problem from God's perspective. Joyful people have a larger view. They recognize the big picture. When you do not look at things from God's perspective, you get frustrated, discouraged, and disappointed.
No matter what you're experiencing in your life - the good, the bad, and the ugly, God is working it out for your good. Paul knew this. He states in Philippians 1:12, "I want you to know my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News."
Paul became a Believer on the road to Damascus, he had one great dream. He wanted to preach in Rome, the center of the universe at the time. His dream was to preach the Gospel in the most famous city in the world.
However, God had another plan. Instead of sending Paul to Rome to preach crusades, God made him a royal prisoner of Caesar, who was at that time, Nero. Nero was about as wicked and as wrong as you can get.
As a royal prisoner, Paul was chained to a royal guard 24 hours a day for two years, and the guard changed every four hours in prison. Over two years in jail, he witnessed to 4,380 guards. Who was the real prisoner here? Who had the captive audience? Philippians 4 says within two years, some of Nero's own family had become believers because of Paul's witness in the royal court in Rome.
Paul knew that God had a bigger picture, and he could be happy because he saw what God was doing through his problem.
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GOD'S REQUIREMENT
"Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows" (Ephesians 6:7).
GOD'S REQUIREMENT
Don't you know that when you refuse to forgive o negate your own forgiveness granted to you by God? Check out Matthew 6:14-15 which states, "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. The Word of God is the truth. We can't change it to suit us. The Word of God means what it says. There are no other alternatives or acceptions that will eliminate it.
There is no such thing as small or big sins. Actually, many believers think this way. However, this trend of thought is a trap of the enemy, and it's not established in scripture. Also, Jesus made it clear that if we did not forgive others, we would not be forgiven. Jesus stated, "If you have anything against anyone, forgive... (See Matt. 5:24). Anyone means you! Since Father has forgiven you, who are you not to forgive one, He has forgiven? Remember He is not like us and judges us righteously
"Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons, and perform many miracles? Then I will tell them plainly, I NEVER KNEW YOU. AWAY FROM ME, you evildoers!" (Matt. 7:21-23).
This is a message from God's Word of love, mercy, and warning!!!
GOD'S REQUIREMENT
Don't you know that when you refuse to forgive o negate your own forgiveness granted to you by God? Check out Matthew 6:14-15 which states, "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. The Word of God is the truth. We can't change it to suit us. The Word of God means what it says. There are no other alternatives or acceptions that will eliminate it.
There is no such thing as small or big sins. Actually, many believers think this way. However, this trend of thought is a trap of the enemy, and it's not established in scripture. Also, Jesus made it clear that if we did not forgive others, we would not be forgiven. Jesus stated, "If you have anything against anyone, forgive... (See Matt. 5:24). Anyone means you! Since Father has forgiven you, who are you not to forgive one, He has forgiven? Remember He is not like us and judges us righteously
"Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons, and perform many miracles? Then I will tell them plainly, I NEVER KNEW YOU. AWAY FROM ME, you evildoers!" (Matt. 7:21-23).
This is a message from God's Word of love, mercy, and warning!!!
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