'God Prevented A Disaster.'
Genesis 20:6.
a) God said to Abimelech in the dream:
b) "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this,
c) "And I also withheld you from sinning against Me,
d) "That is why I would not let you touch her."
(This QT reveals that God Prevented A Disaster)
PRAYER: Tell God about our potential 'disasters' and not try to deny them, ask God to help us escape from them.
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'Still Waiting.'
Romans 8:23.
a) Even we Christians,
b) Although we have the Holy Spirit within us
c) As a foretaste of future Glory,
d) Also groan to be released from pain and suffering
e) We too,
f) Wait anxiously for that day
g) When God will give us our full rights as His Children,
h) Including the new bodies He has promised us -
i) Bodies that will never be sick again and never die.
(Through this Second one I know that I am Still Waiting)
PRAYER: For God's Keeping Hand to be on our lives as we Wait For That Day.
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Chris.
The Bible tells us that pride comes before a fall! This is still current information for today's World. God obviously loved Abraham and He was the one who held Abimelech back from sin.
One of the things that pride holds us back from is honest and humble Prayer. Instead of praying personal, humble and Bible-based prayers, we begin to pray as if we just simply "command God and receive from Him", this is heresy and a big mistake.
One of the reasons that we receive the Holy Spirit as a Gift from God is to help us live for God, walking honestly and humbly with God. Any 'teaching' that would take the Fruit of the Holy Spirit away from our lives is incorrect 'teaching'. Any 'teaching' that would give us a bloated and false understanding of ourselves is incorrect.
There are four helpful basics I was taught to teach others when I was a young servant of the Lord:
1-READ. Bible reading for ourselves is important. If we cannot understand it well, join a Church Bible study group and study together with other True Believers.
2-PRAY. We should be able to pray personally, make a 'prayer-list' if necessary. Also join together with other Believers in prayer meetings and prayer times held in, or by, the Church.
3-ATTEND. Wherever possible, we should be able to worshipfully attend a Local Church.
4-TELL. Personal witness to other people through our lives and sometimes even through our words.
We can see here the importance of the local Church. We should be a part of a Church, where we can study the Bible together with others, pray together with others, and share a missional vision together.
