Find Out Later

Find Out Later 11 6 16 (PDF download)

November 6, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“You Will Find Out Later”
Greet people
I love what God is doing in this season of life. Ministry across the globe is finding new traction. Religious walls
are falling as people have returned to the truth of the Gospel. I believe this to be true, but I am fully aware that there is much resistance to the truth. There will likely always be a group of people who will go to their grave focused on sin. Instead of focusing on the story of Jesus. The only thing that can change the heart of a sinner and restore them to eternal life. I would encourage you to enjoy every moment of your life. In sadness, turn to Him for comfort. In storms, remember that He is your peace. In failure, when the enemy is condemning you. You feel unworthy and alone. Remember that He loves you, and He will never leave you nor forsake you. In your joy, give Him all the glory. Be strengthened and empowered by His amazing love for you. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Prayer

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I want to share some thoughts today titled, “You Will Find Out Later” Ecclesiastes was written approx. 937 BC. Which means it was written approx. 2953 years ago. It is considered one of the poetry books. Written by Solomon, who called himself the preacher, the theme of the book is the vanity of life. The word from the original Hebrew means gatherer. Chapter 3 begins this way.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 NASB
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.
Following is the text of the next 7 verses.
“A time to give birth and a time to die;-A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.-A time to kill and a
time to heal;-A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to weep and a time to laugh;-A time to mourn
and a time to dance.-A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;-A time to embrace and a time to shun
embracing.-A time to search and a time to give up as lost;-A time to keep and a time to throw away.-A time to
tear apart and a time to sew together;-A time to be silent and a time to speak.-A time to love and a time to hate;
A time for war and a time for peace.”

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Covers everything pretty well. Following these verses are 7 remarkable verses where we will spend some time.
Ecclesiastes 3:9-15 NASB
9 What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?
10 I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. God Set Eternity in the Heart of Man
11 He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime;
13 moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.
14 I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take
from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him.
15 That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.
Preach-I love this stuff

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Verses 9 and 10 seem to be in conflict with God and His purpose. There is questioning the relevance of it. Message says, “But in the end, does it really make a difference what anyone does? I’ve had a good look at what God has given us to do—busywork, mostly.” Could it be that Solomon was having the same issues we have. The process is taking too long. I don’t like the process. God just has me working at it all day long and I can’t see any results. “I love this passage!!!” Now get this one as we read verse 11 again.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 NASB
He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not
find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Amplified
He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity, a sense of divine
purpose, in the human heart, a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God, yet man cannot find out, comprehend, grasp, what God has done, His overall plan, from the beginning to the end. WOW

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If you have any of the characteristics of ADHD or OCD this is torture. “Why is it taking so long?” Kids, Job, Finances, Healing, Church etc, etc. Joseph, Abraham, David, Daniel. Nehemiah, Esther, On and on. Some knew the end, but some didn’t. They had a beginning which committed them to a process. Not knowing what would happen in between. Preach-If we knew every step we wouldn’t need Him. We would not need to pray. To have faith. To build
relationships. At times the process seems like it is just busy work. Accomplishing very little or nothing at all. Job is an excellent example. Another poetry book.
Job 23:8-10 NASB
8 “Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
9 When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
10 “But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Preach-He knows the way

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We must hold the same confidence in God that the Apostle Paul had. I want to share 4 verses from the Message Bible that He wrote to the church in Rome.
Romans 11:33-36 Message
33 Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It’s way over our heads. We’ll never figure it out.
34 Is there anyone around who can explain God Anyone smart enough to tell him what to do?
35 Anyone who has done him such a huge favor that God has to ask his advice?
36 Everything comes from him; Everything happens through him; Everything ends up in him. Always glory! Always praise!-Yes. Yes. Yes.
The process you are going through may seem much like the cry of Solomon. I am so busy doing stuff that the big
stuff goes undone. My results seem insignificant. On and on we go wondering when and why. Here is your answer. “You Will Find Out Later”

Atmosphere of Revelation

Atmosphere Revelation 10 23 16

October 23, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“The Atmosphere of Revelation”
Greet People
This has been an awesome week. God has blessed Betty
and I with strength and favor as we follow Him. It is our
consistent honor to serve this congregation. There is a
bond here that is strong. It is something that the enemy
has attacked more than once. We must all give God
praise for His consistent blessings and favor as we walk
together in His Holy purpose.
We are yet to be perfected, but the process continues to
move us forward.
I have thought much this week on the power available to
the church from the presence of God. I am hungry and I
believe that this hunger for God is stirring people
throughout the world. It is a hunger for change. Taking
down walls of doubt. Ridding our minds from the boxes
we fill with people who are not like us.
A hunger for change will require us to reject our
limitations and stretch ourselves in faith.Page 2
Augustine said, “If you want change in your world.
The change will come when the change comes
through you.”
I want to share some thoughts today titled, “The
Atmosphere of Revelation”
Before I get into my scriptures I want to share some
words from a song written by St. Bernard somewhere
around 900 years ago. “We taste Thee, oh Thou living
Bread, And long to feast upon Thee still: We drink of
Thee the Fountainhead, and thirst our souls from
Thee to fill.”
There is a hunger for His presence.
1 Samuel the 4 th chapter records a very sad event in the
history of the nation of Israel. Eli was an elderly prophet
in the land and the people were in a war with the
Philistines. The 2 sons of Eli brought the ark into the
area and the people were excited and began to shout so
that the earth was filled with the noise. The Philistines
knew the ark was there and they began to be afraid of
being destroyed. “They encouraged themselves.”
“You must believe in what you have!!!!”Page 3
1 Samuel 4:9-11 NASB
9 Take courage and be men, O Philistines, or you will
become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves
to you; therefore, be men and fight.”
10 So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated, and
every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very
great, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot
soldiers.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of
Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
A man from the battle ran to Eli. The prophet asked
about the noise from the battlefield. He replied, Israel
has been defeated, your sons are dead, and the ark of
God has been taken.
1 Samuel 4:18 NASB
When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat
backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and
he died, for he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel
forty years.
Eli’s son Phineas had a wife who was pregnant and
about to give birth. When she heard of the death of her
husband and father in law she gave birth and it caused
her death. Before she died she named the boy Ichabod.Page 4
The name means the glory has departed. The Hebrew
word means, no glory.
I Samuel 4:22 NASB
She said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the
ark of God was taken.”
The word glory from the Hebrew means this, glory
honour, glorious abundance, abundance riches,
honour, splendor, honour dignity, honour reputation,
honour reverance.”
“They lost all this because they didn’t understand what
they had”
They had been a divided nation for generations.
Preach Vision
David eventually came and got the Ark. Long story in
between for another time. He brought it to Jerusalem
and put it in a tent. Many of his Psalms were written
while He worshiped in the tent, in the presence of God.
In His glory.Page 5
I will try to finish with this.
In Exodus 32 Moses had spent a long time on the
mountain talking with God. The people needed to see a
God so they had Aaron make one. This created quite a
problem and God sent Moses down to see. Near the end
of the chapter Moses said I am going back up to see if I
can fix this with God. Exodus 33 begins with God
saying the people are obstinate. I will send an angel
before you but I am not going. “Moses Intercedes”
Exodus 33:13-16 NASB
13 Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in
Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know
You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider
too, that this nation is Your people.”
14 And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I
will give you rest.”
15 Then he said to Him, “If Your presence does not go
with us, do not lead us up from here.
16 For how then can it be known that I have found favor
in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going
with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be
distinguished from all the other people who are upon the
face of the earth?”Page 6
There has always been something different about the
people of God.
Preach
Exodus 33:17-18 NASB
17 The L ORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of
which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My
sight and I have known you by name.”
18 Then Moses said, “I pray You, show me Your
glory!”
Let me remind you what Moses was asking God to
show him. honour, abundance, riches, honour,
splendor, dignity, reputation, reverance.”
That is what makes glory. Moses had entered His
presence. He hungered for His presence.
Jude 1:24 AMPC
Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling
or slipping or falling, and to present you unblemished
(blameless and faultless) before the presence of His
glory in triumphant joy and exultation with
unspeakable, ecstatic delight.
The word presence means, “Before the face.” The
word glory means “magnificence, excellence, dignity,
and grace.” Preach in His Glory!!!!!

Learn to Know

Learn to Know 10 16 16

October 16, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“Learn to Know”
Greet People
I love the Lord. I see with the confident eyes of faith
His greatness moving in this world. His grace has not
been depleted and His love is everlasting. What an
amazing time we live in. Fields ripe for harvest.
Footsteps ordered with favor and blessings. Trials,
tragedies, failures, and more have brought many to their
knees in prayer. Prayer is the beginning of revelation
and healing. Nothing happens until you pray. God is
moving across this land.
It is my love for Him that continues to move me
forward. I have always been in His hands, and I will
always be in His hands.
“For God so loved Marvin, that He gave His only
begotten Son, that when Marvin believed in Him, he
shall not perish, but he shall have eternal life.”
I want to share some thoughts today titled, “Learn to
Know”Page 2
There is a hunger in my life to know Him in His glory.
I believe that this is happening across the world. Young
and old. Many have served the Lord for years. There is
a hunger for His presence. I speak of an inward
anointing. It is easy to make the flesh feel good. It takes
God to move from the inside out.
I have several passages to share with the hope that as we
close, the need for more will arise in our lives.
John 17:1-5 NASB
1 Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to
heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify
Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,
2 even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to
all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.
3 This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only
true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
4 I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the
work which You have given Me to do.
5 Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with
the glory which I had with You before the world was.
There are some things that need our attention.Page 3
The word glorify found twice in verse 1 comes from the
Greek word, dox-ad’-zo, it has several meanings. I will
share the relevant ones. “hold in honour, to make
glorious, adorn with lustre, clothe with splendour,
render it excellent, render illustrious, to cause the
dignity and worth of some person or thing to become
manifest and acknowledged”
Preach-“Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son,
that the Son may glorify You”
In verse 5 the word glorify has the same meaning. The
word glory is taken from the the Greek word, dox’ah. It
is more specific. It means, “magnificence, excellence,
preeminence,a thing belonging to God, the kingly
majesty of the Messiah, the absolutely perfect inward or
personal excellency of Christ; the majesty”
“Preach-Now, Father, glorify Me together with
Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before
the world was.”Page 4
All of these awesome descriptions of God’s glory and,
and the glory that Christ shared with Him in Heaven.
What does all this mean to us? Let’s read verse 3 again
from the Amplified
John 17:3 Amplified
Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the
only true supreme and sovereign God, and in the same
manner know Jesus as the Christ whom You have sent.
The word know means, “to come to know, learn to
know, perceive, to understand.”
Preach knowing Him
Philippians 3:7-11 NASB
7 But whatever things were gain to me, those things I
have counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
8 More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of
the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord,
for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and
count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ,
9 and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness
of my own derived from the Law, but that which is
through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes
from God on the basis of faith.Page 5
10 that I may know Him and the power of His
resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being
conformed to His death;
11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the
dead.
Verses 7-8 are Paul sharing the tremendous loss that he
had when he followed Christ. He was very educated in
philosophy and the law. His tent making skills could
have been a source of wealth but instead he used them
to survive and help others.
His encounter with Christ changed his thinking. “He
gave it all up to know Jesus”
There is something about an encounter with Christ that
changes our priorities.
Verse 9 is awesome. Paul is saying I am not righteous
because I obey the law. My righteousness comes from
God because of my faith in Christ.
Preach Grace-God’s undeserved favorPage 6
verse 10.
Philippians 3:10 Amplified
And this, so that I may know Him experientially,
becoming more thoroughly acquainted with Him,
understanding the remarkable wonders of His Person
more completely and in that same way experience the
power of His resurrection which overflows and is active
in believers, and that I may share the fellowship of His
sufferings, by being continually conformed inwardly
into His likeness even to His death dying as He did.
Preach
to know Him
To experience Him
Understanding Him
Jeremiah 9:23-24 NASB
23 Thus says the L ORD , “Let not a wise man boast of his
wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might,
let not a rich man boast of his riches;
24 but let him who boasts boast of this, that he
understands and knows Me, that I am the L ORD who
exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on
earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the L ORD .
Preach-We must learn to know Him

The War For Greatness

War for Greatness 10 9 16

October 9, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“The War For Greatness”
Greet People
Well it seems the years are moving faster than ever.
What a joy and blessing for Betty and I to have
ministered together with such an awesome group of
people. We love you and we pray for you daily.
We believe that God has positioned us to make a
difference in this region. As I have said for years this
church has plowed a path to Christ that previously
excluded people deemed unacceptable by religious
standards. What an awesome God that continues to
honor and humble us with His presence. It is not a
coincidence that He is faithful in this area. He is
strengthening us, encouraging us, establishing us,
redeeming us, loving us with His unconditional love.
By His Kingdom authority that He has vested in me,
and you as well. I want to speak a blessing over you and
your families. “May the richness of His favor and the
joy of His presence bring you peace and unity; In
Jesus Name”Page 2
I want to share some thoughts today titled, “The War
For Greatness”
I have shared many times that everything we need to
live in victory. Live in Kingdom authority. Live
redeemed and fulfilled because of the story of Christ.
When Christ ascended the Spirit came to lead, guide,
reveal, fill, and confirm everything that the Bible says;
as well as the universal and individual mission of the
church and its members.
There is nothing else that God can do to establish His
kingdom in our lives, and give us the full authority of
His Finished Work.
“Here comes an indisputable truth”
There is a war that goes on for greatness. There is a
price that must be paid to achieve the greatness of God
in any area of life and ministry.
“God has provided everything we need. The war for
greatness is not between us and God, It is between us
and us.”Page 3
Buckle your seat belts!!!
Let me confirm what I have just said.
John 1:12-13 NASB
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the
right to become children of God, even to those who
believe in His name,
13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the
flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Verse 13 Amplified
who were born, not of blood natural conception, nor of
the will of the flesh physical impulse, nor of the will of
man that of a natural father, but of God that is, a divine
and supernatural birth—they are born of God—
spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified.
Preach Preach
Proverbs 16:1-3 NASB
1 The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer
of the tongue is from the L ORD .
2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But
the L ORD weighs the motives.
3 Commit your works to the L ORD And your plans will
be established.
What is Solomon telling us?Page 4
Verse 1-Keep what is in your heart to yourself. Only
speak the words that God has approved.
Verse 2-You may think you have all the answers but
God measures your decisions by your motives.
Verse3-Classic Amplified
Roll your works upon the Lord commit and trust them
wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become
agreeable to His will, and so shall your plans be
established and succeed.
The Apostle Paul mirrored the wisdom of Solomon
when He wrote to the Corinthian church.
2 Corinthians 3:5 AMP
Not that we are sufficiently qualified in ourselves to
claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency
and qualifications come from God.
It will never be about our qualifications, our talents or
abilities. It will always be about the provision that God
gives us to accomplish the purpose He has given us.
Preach-“It is Christ in us the hope of Glory”Page 5
Galatians 5:16-17 NASB
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry
out the desire of the flesh.
17 For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the
Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one
another, so that you may not do the things that you
please.
Verse 16 has some words that need attention from their
Greek beginnings. “walk is translated, to make one’s
way, to make due use of opportunities. Spirit, the way
which will emphasize His personality and character.
Carry out or fulfill, means to bring to a close, to end.
Lust or desire, means to desire, crave, or long for what
is forbidden. Flesh, means our human nature apart from
divine influence.
Preach-There is a war going on. A war for our
attention. A war for our character. A war for our
opportunities. A war that is often fought in the heavenly
realm. There is a war fighting our ability to love, to
forgive, to pray kingdom prayers.
There is a war for greatness and it touches every area
of our lives.Page 6
“It’s not a war with God, not even with Satan. It is a
war with us.”
Galatians 5:17 Amplified
For the sinful nature has its desire which is opposed to
the Spirit, and the desire of the Spirit opposes the sinful
nature; for these two, the sinful nature and the Spirit are
in direct opposition to each other continually in
conflict, so that you as believers do not always do
whatever good things you want to do.
By the Spirit and the word we have been advised.
Romans 13:14 NASB
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision
for the flesh in regard to its lusts.
Amplified
But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and
make no provision for nor even think about gratifying
the flesh in regard to its improper desires.
Preach-Put on, clothe, means to sink into.
Become one with Him!!!!!

Destiny Empowered

Destiny Empowered 10 2 16

October 2, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“Destiny Empowered”
Greet People
Betty and I are so thankful for the grace and presence of
God in our lives and in this church. Amazing Life has
been on the cutting edge in this area since its inception.
Not because of me or any individual. It is because of
God and the anointing of His revealed word.
There is nothing deeper than the story of Jesus. His life,
death, resurrection, and ascension are what the Bible is
all about. It is the beginning, the end, and everything in
between. If not for His story the Bible would simply be
an interesting historical record with little relevance for
today. From the beginning His destiny was to redeem
God’s people. He would live, die, resurrect, and ascend
fulfilling hundreds of OT prophesies. He sits at the right
hand of the Father because He fulfilled His destiny.
Let me explain destiny and the confusion some have
with it. {Some think life has no meaning or purpose}
“Heaven or Hell” What an empty hole in someone’s
life. No purpose or process, just waiting to die.Page 2
Many others will die not having the opportunity to
know Jesus because of people who believe they have no
Godly destiny on earth. Please pray God’s love to
intervene in their hopelessness of life.
Life is a gift. I refuse to believe that I was born, or you
were born, just to die with nothing in between. I was
born to live, to dream, to walk in a living purpose
towards a living destiny. Anything else is not
acceptable. Anything else is an insult to the greatness of
God.
I want to share some thoughts today titled, “Destiny
Empowered”
Before we can ever accomplish the things God has
established for us, we must understand what He has
done for us. We must understand the power He has
invested in us.
Jesus put the power of Kingdom Authority in very
simple terms when He said this. These remarkably
powerful statements from Christ are found throughout
the Gospels.Page 3
John 16:33 AMPC
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have
perfect peace and confidence. In the world you have
tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be
of good cheer take courage; be confident, certain,
undaunted! For I have overcome the world. I have
deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it
for you.
Preach-Nothing can hinder your destiny
The Apostle Paul consistently reminded his churches
and his followers of the life that Christ came to give us.
One awesome example is found in his letter to the
church at Rome.
Romans 8:31-39 NASB
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for
us, who is against us?
32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered
Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him
freely give us all things? “Freely Give?”
33 Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is
the one who justifies.Page 4
34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He
who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right
hand of God, who also intercedes for us.
35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 Just as it is written, “F OR Y OUR SAKE WE ARE BEING
PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG ; W E WERE CONSIDERED
AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED .” Psalms 44:22
37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer
through Him who loved us. “Not Just Conquer”
38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor
angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things
to come, nor powers,
39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing,
will be able to separate us from the love of God, which
is in Christ Jesus our Lord. “Are You convinced?”
Preach-What an awesome word
With this kind of backing what could possible stop me,
you, or anyone from completing the process and
walking out their destiny?
Probably the most common reason is the lack of hunger
for the things of God.
Jesus said.Page 5
Matthew 6:33 Amplified
But first and most importantly seek aim at, strive after
His kingdom and His righteousness His way of doing
and being right—the attitude and character of God, and
all these things will be given to you also.
Preach
I often look to the OT for revelation of the church and
the things God planned by the coming of Christ. Ezekiel
34 is one such chapter of the amazing restoration of
God’s people. You need to read the entire chapter when
you can.
Ezekiel 34:23-27 NASB
23 “Then I will set over them one shepherd, My servant
David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself
and be their shepherd. “see written notes”
24 And I, the L ORD , will be their God, and My servant
David will be prince among them; I the L ORD have
spoken.
25 “I will make a covenant of peace with them and
eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may
live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
(Covenant of peace is referring to peace with God.
Restored to a relationship of love and grace)Page 6
26 I will make them and the places around My hill a
blessing. “God intends His people to be a blessing to
their world” And I will cause showers to come down in
their season; they will be showers of blessing.
27 Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the
earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure on
their land. Then they will know that I am the L ORD ,
when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have
delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved
them.
“delivered from our sins and our past; and the fear of
death”
Preach—– “When you become a blessing to others,
and walk in the blessings of God, people will know the
Lord.”
What confidence we can have when we know and
understand the plan of God for our redemption and for
our Kingdom empowerment. His grace and love is
everlasting. There is nothing that can keep you from His
amazing love.
“4 quick verses to end this today.”Page 7
Also an OT chapter that is prophetic of the Messiah.
Isaiah 54:7-10 NASB
7 “For a brief moment I forsook you, But with great
compassion I will gather you.
8 “In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a
moment, But with everlasting lovingkindness I will
have compassion on you,” Says the L ORD your
Redeemer.
9 “For this is like the days of Noah to Me, When I
swore that the waters of Noah Would not flood the earth
again; So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
Nor will I rebuke you.
10 “For the mountains may be removed and the hills
may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed
from you, And My covenant of peace will not be
shaken,” Says the L ORD who has compassion on you.
WOW-Preach Preach

What Will He Find When He Comes

When He Comes 9 25 16

September 25, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“What Will He Find When He comes?”
Greet People
What a lovely name, the name of Jesus. What a promise
of love and grace. A promise of forgiveness, spiritual
healing, revelation and eternal life. All of this and more
define the life that Christ has offered to us by faith in
Him. Eternal life!!!
Never hungry because He will be our sustenance. Never
thirsty for when you drink of Him you will never thirst.
Never sad for happy are the people whose God is the
Lord. No turmoil or confinement for He is our peace,
He has broken down every wall.
I believe there is a Divine purpose for every living soul.
It’s degree of influence is in the plan of God. Small does
not mean insignificant. God calls and equips according
to the purpose He has defined for our lives.
If you fulfill your destiny by reaching one you have
accomplished the same as one whose destiny would
reach millions. You have obeyed the Lord!!!Page 2
I want to share some thoughts today titled, “What Will
He Find When He comes?”
In Job the 42 nd chapter He had neared the end of the
great tragedy he had dealt with. Yet throughout the
process he had questioned God, received bad council,
and expressed His lack of understanding. I want to read
you the 1 st 6 verses from the Message to begin our
journey of destiny today.
Job 42:1-6 Message
1 Job answered God.
2 “I’m convinced: You can do anything and everything.
Nothing and no one can upset your plans.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this muddying the water,
ignorantly confusing the issue, second-guessing my
purposes?’ I admit it. I was the one. I babbled on about
things far beyond me, made small talk about wonders
way over my head.
Preach This Verse
4 You told me, ‘Listen, and let me do the talking. Let me
ask the questions. You give the answers.’
5 I admit I once lived by rumors of you; now I have it
all firsthand—from my own eyes and ears!
6 I’m sorry—forgive me. I’ll never do that again, I
promise! I’ll never again live on crusts of hearsay,
crumbs of rumor.”
Preach listening to what sounds pleasing to the earsPage 3
Job is describing reactions that he had about God and
the things he was dealing with. Many of us are guilty of
one or more of the mistakes he made. Myself included.
“Ever second guessed God. Griped about things you
didn’t like. Listened to everyone else and their take on
your circumstances. Their belief and their theology.
Disregarding the word and the promises of God.”
Preach-Guilty
When you come clean and admit Job gave us the
example of what to do. “I’m sorry—forgive me. I’ll
never do that again, I promise! I’ll never again live on
crusts of hearsay, crumbs of rumor.”
Preach who you let speak into your life.
The Father by the destiny of Christ has given us the
responsibility to know His will for our lives.
Romans 12:1-2 NASB
1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God,
to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice,
acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of
worship.
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you
may prove what the will of God is, that which is good
and acceptable and perfect.Page 4
Let me read verse 2 a couple of different ways.
NLT
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but
let God transform you into a new person by changing
the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s
will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Message
Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you
fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your
attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out.
Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly
respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always
dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God
brings the best out of you, develops well-formed
maturity in you.
The word world from the Greek has a very interesting
meaning. The word ahee-ohn’ means, “for ever, an
unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity”
Our word eon probably came from this word. The word
eon in astronomy means a unit of time equal to a billion
years.
You are wondering where this is going.Page 5
The story of Job, Romans 12:1-2 are in this amazing
collection of divinely inspired writings for this reason.
For the last several thousand years. Should Christ tarry
another several thousand years, and so on and so on.
These words are here to remind every generation that
the ability to obtain maturity in God is directly related to
how long you remain immature.
Preach-There is always going to be stuff.—- “The best
way to deal with it is pray.”
Here is an example.
Luke 18:1-8 NASB
1 Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all
times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,
2 saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did
not fear God and did not respect man.
3 There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming
to him, saying, ‘Give me legal protection from my
opponent.’
4 For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to
himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor respect
man,Page 6
5 yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her
legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she
will wear me out.’”
6 And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge
said;
7 now, will not God bring about justice for His elect
who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long
over them?
8 I tell you that He will bring about justice for them
quickly. However, “when the Son of Man comes, will
He find faith on the earth?”
The last part of verse 8 is written in red. Signifying
these are the words of Jesus. It is one of the saddest
questions asked in the Bible.
“when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the
earth?”
AMP
“when the Son of Man comes, will He find this kind of
persistent faith on the earth?”
Preach Preach-What will He find when He comes?

Destined for Excellence

Destined Excellence 9 18 16 (PDF download)

September 18, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“Destined for Excellence”
Greet People
I love the Lord. I am so thankful for His amazing grace and His unconditional love. Unlike many in the
American church today I see fields awaiting harvest. The only thing lacking is being watered with the story
of Jesus. It is the life giving ingredient that will activate hunger and hope in every soul that is looking for
purpose. Last week I talked about the destiny of the church. Our role as a collective. A local body and a global collective of churches throughout the world. The destiny of the church is generally the same whether it be in America or in foreign lands. Tell the story of Jesus. Reveal Him to a dying people. Help them find their path of destiny all the while teaching and strengthening them with the Word and the Love of God. Care for the poor, and financial support of the ministry and the church.

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Obviously we can get a lot more specific but these things are pretty well the foundation for the church and it’s reach into the world. Today I want to share some things about personal destiny. Let me establish this from the beginning. I Believe that everyone has a purpose. Yours may be small and seem insignificant but it isn’t. Every purpose is like a stone in the wall of a building. The building won’t look right nor be as strong if a stone is left out. If you have never really understood destiny and what God’s plan for you is let me state this emphatically. You are never too young nor too old to begin your journey of destiny. Even if you knew your purpose but have not walked it out for a while. You can pick back up where you left off when you are ready. “Jonah is a perfect
example.” I want to share some thoughts with you today titled, “Destined for Excellence” I will begin by sharing our example for walking out our destiny.

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Hebrews 12:1-2 NASB
1 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Verse 2 Amplified
looking away from all that will distract us and focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of
faith the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity, who for the joy of
accomplishing the goal set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right
hand of the throne of God revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work. I have to get back to this in a little bit. Sometimes an event will activate your path to destiny. Circumstances that God allowed can often create within you the very dream and purpose that God had designed from the beginning.

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Nehemiah 1:1-4 NASB
1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capitol,
2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and had survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem.
3 They said to me, “The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.”
4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven. His brokenness created within him a vision of restoration. Nehemiah was in captivity but the favor of God was upon him. He devised a plan and was given the means and the leave to go and rebuild His homeland and
the temple. Preach, “All too often we look at tragic circumstances as the end. We should look at them as the beginning.” Preach Preach

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Destiny is moving forward.
Philippians 3:13 NLT
No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead.
Preach-Forget your mistakes, delays, failures, all of your poor me’s. Look forward. Your destiny is not behind you it is in front of you. Fulfilling your purpose will take determination. I mentioned that I would come back to Hebrews 12:2 so let me read it again.
Hebrews 12:2 Amplified
looking away from all that will distract us and focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity, who for the joy of accomplishing the goal set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work.
In Luke I read a passage that greatly interested me.

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Luke 9:51 NASB
When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem.
Amplified
Now when the time was approaching for Him to be taken up to heaven, He was determined to go to Jerusalem to fulfill His purpose.
He wasn’t looking at the process, He was fastened on His destiny. His persecution was the process. Returning to the right hand of the Father a perfect ascended sacrifice for the sins of all mankind was His finished work. His destiny.
What are you focused on? Preach process and destiny.

The Unified Purpose

Unified Purpose 9 11 16

September 11, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“The Unified Purpose”
Greet People
It is my honor to stand before you each week and share
the heart of God. It is my consistent and persistent
prayer that God will encompass you with His favor and
grace. Blessing you with peace beyond your
understanding and surrounded with His unconditional
love.
We are living in an amazing time. Churches with vision
and faith are being positioned by the Holy Spirit to
change their communities and the world. These
churches, of which ALC is one, are churches that pray.
“Persistent, consistent, passionate, and compassionate
prayer will change your life, your family and friends,
and the world you live in.”
Before I share the message today let’s join together in
unity and pray this awesome prayer.Page 2
Matthew 6:9-13 NASB
9 “Pray, then, in this way:‘Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 ‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as
it is in heaven.
11 ‘Give us this day our daily bread.
12 ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven
our debtors.
13 ‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us
from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and
the glory forever. Amen.’]
I want to share some thoughts today titled, “The
Unified Purpose”
My theme will be destiny for a couple of weeks,
personal and corporate. It is my sincere belief that
before we can begin to acknowledge our personal
destiny we must align ourselves with His destiny for the
church. Although we each have an individual purpose it
is designed by God to fit into His plan for His church.
The proverbs give us a couple of ideas to reach for in
our quest for destiny.Page 3
Proverbs 16:3 NASB
Commit your works to the L ORD And your plans will be
established.—–Explain
Proverbs 15:22 NASB
Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with
many counselors they succeed.—–Explain
A passage from The Apostle Paul to the Ephesians will
begin our journey towards destiny as He tells us the
importance of connecting your destiny to the church.
Ephesians 3:8-12 NASB
8 To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was
given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches
of Christ,
9 and to bring to light what is the administration of the
mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who
created all things;
10 so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be
made known through the church to the rulers and the
authorities in the heavenly places.
11 This was in accordance with the eternal purpose
which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,
12 in whom we have boldness and confident access
through faith in Him.Page 4
Preach- “The role of the church is to bring
understanding of the Gospel to the Heavenly realm
and the unfallen angels.”
God called His church to educate the angels in heaven
about His grace. How, “By example.”
Hebrews 2:16 NLT says, “We also know that the Son
did not come to help angels; he came to help the
descendants of Abraham.”
Our Kingdom Authority reaches beyond what we can
see. Our destiny is bigger than you can imagine.
Corporately as a church, a body of Christ, and globally
the church of our Lord Jesus Christ is the single most
powerful institution the world has ever known.
It must be driven forward with compassion and love for
people and for God. It is not about creating boxes that
confine His purpose, it is about setting people free.
“Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it
is in heaven.”
Preach-It is the destiny of the church!!!!Page 5
Hebrews 6:16-18 NASB
16 For men swear by one greater than themselves, and
with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of
every dispute.
17 In the same way God, desiring even more to show to
the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His
purpose, interposed with an oath,
18 so that by two unchangeable things in which it is
impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge
would have strong encouragement to take hold of the
hope set before us.
Verse 18 AMPC
This was so that, by two unchangeable things His
promise and His oath in which it is impossible for God
ever to prove false or deceive us, we who have fled to
Him for refuge might have mighty indwelling strength
and strong encouragement to grasp and hold fast the
hope appointed for us and set before us.
Preach Jesus
The body of Christ has been set apart in the world with
an unmistakably clear destiny. We have been called to
represent Jesus to the world, encourage one another in
our journey. Proclaiming freedom and individual
purpose to everyone we can.Page 6
The global Body of Christ is represented by many
members and each one has a distinctive purpose to
fulfill.
1 Peter 2:9-10 NASB
9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE , A royal PRIESTHOOD , A
HOLY NATION , A PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION , so
that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has
called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
10 for you once were NOT A PEOPLE , but now you are
THE PEOPLE OF G OD ; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY ,
but now you have RECEIVED MERCY .
Message
9-10 But you are the ones chosen by God, chosen for
the high calling of priestly work, chosen to be a holy
people, God’s instruments to do his work and speak out
for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he
made for you—from nothing to something, from
rejected to accepted.
Preach—-Your destiny begins with the story of Jesus.

The Lord Is The Maker Of Them All

No Respector 9 4 2016

September 4, 2016
Amazing Life Church
Proverbs 22:2 NASB
“The rich and the poor have a common bond,
The L ORD is the maker of them all.”
Greet People
It seems the roller coaster has continued for another
week. Actually I never tire of God and His awesome
purpose. Even when Betty and I are called to do a home
going service it is an honor to serve others and do the
work of the Lord.
I am continually humbled that God could speak words
of hope and love through such a flawed vessel. His
grace and mercy have always been my source for the
hearts of those whom God puts in my path.
I love Him so much. My mission always is to help
someone who feels unloved and flawed beyond use,
know that God loves them with a passionate love.
He is not mad at you. He is patiently waiting to embrace
you with His arms of love and grace.Page 2
I want to share some thoughts today that I have titled
with a scripture. Proverbs 22:2. “The rich and the poor
have a common bond, The L ORD is the maker of them
all.”
This message came to me late in the week. Someone
must have prayed for me so that God’s word for the day
would get through. Before I get into the message I want
to share a paragraph from a very old writing by St John
Climacus. He was a Syrian Monk born in Syria around
579 and He died in March 649. He died on Mt Sinai.
Little is known about him except for this book or
training manual if you will, titled, “The Ladder of
Divine Ascent.” On the 1 st page there is a paragraph I
found very poetic and it is in agreement with the title of
my message.
“God belongs to all free beings. He is the life of all,
the salvation of all—faithful and unfaithful, just
and unjust, pious and impious, passionate and
dispassionate, monks and seculars, wise and simple,
healthy and sick, young and old—just as the diffusion
of light, the sight of the sun, and the changes of
the weather are for all alike; ‘for there is no respect of
persons with God’.”Page 3
1 Peter 1:17-21 NASB
17 If you address as Father the One who impartially
judges according to each one’s work, conduct
yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;
18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable
things like silver or gold from your futile way of life
inherited from your forefathers,
V18-Message
“It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end,
empty-headed life you grew up in.”
19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished
and spotless, the blood of Christ.
20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the
world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake
of you
21 who through Him are believers in God, who raised
Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your
faith and hope are in God.
After I read these scriptures the word reboot came to
mind. The Writers of the New Testament were often
reminding people of where they came from and who
brought them out.
“I asked myself why?Page 4
Reboot is generally used as a computer term that means
turning the computer off and then on. In doing this the
system fixes things. It uploads new versions of software
installed on the system It will also update the operating
system of the computer.
I suspect the scriptures I read and the word reboot speak
to our relationship with Christ.
Preach-Sometimes we grow cold-satisfied-
discouraged.——We look beyond our relationship
with Christ and try to find contentment in people,
places, and things.
The Apostles reminded people then, and by extension us
today. That who we are and what we have is all because
of Jesus.
Isaiah 64 is a prayer for mercy and help. In verse 8 the
prophet reminded God of their relationship.
Isaiah 64:8 NASB
But now, O L ORD , You are our Father, We are the clay,
and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your
hand.Page 5
Preach the work of His hand-Job Said in 34:19 “Who
shows no partiality to princes Nor regards the rich
above the poor, For they all are the work of His
hands?”
All of this brought me to this somewhat familiar
passage.
Jeremiah 18:1-4 NASB
1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the L ORD
saying,
2 “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I
will announce My words to you.”
3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he
was, making something on the wheel.
4 But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled
in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another
vessel, as it pleased the potter to make.
Jeremiah 18:4 Message
Whenever the pot the potter was working on turned out
badly, as sometimes happens when you are working
with clay, the potter would simply start over and use
the same clay to make another pot.
Preach-Same ClayPage 6
What an awesome thought. God can make us over and
over again. Using the same flawed clay and makes it
fresh and new. A vessel that will hold His presence,
formed in His will by hands of love.
A vessel that will honor Him. A vessel with a destiny
that is exceptional to each vessel He has formed.
A destiny that only you can fulfill.
There are those here today who need a reboot. Maybe
another turn on the Potters wheel. Preach

When You Have Turned Again

When You Turn 8 28 16

August 28, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“When You Have Turned Again”
Greet People
It has been an amazing week. God has blessed
abundantly with His presence and peace. I love the Lord
more each and every day. His words have moved me
and strengthened me.
We are living in amazing times. Times of refreshing and
revelation. Do your best to avoid the gloom and doom
people who will only bring confusion and fear to your
life. Align yourself with people who understand the
greatness of God and His ability to bring change to the
world.
We are His hands and feet as we move forward always
in His purpose for our lives. Even if you are not sure of
your personal destiny. You can be sure of the destiny of
the church and each individual member. “Love God
with all your heart, love your neighbor as yourself,
and tell everyone you can the story of Jesus. His life,
death, and resurrection.”Page 2
After a lot of thought this week I want to share a word
titled, “When You Have Turned Again”
Daniel 9:1-6 NASB
1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of
Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom
of the Chaldeans—
2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the
books the number of the years which was revealed as
the word of the L ORD to Jeremiah the prophet for the
completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely,
seventy years.
3 So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him
by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and
ashes.
4 I prayed to the L ORD my God and confessed and said,
“Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps
His covenant and loving kindness for those who love
Him and keep His commandments,
5 we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly
and rebelled, even turning aside from Your
commandments and ordinances.
6 Moreover, we have not listened to Your servants the
prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our
princes, our fathers and all the people of the land.Page 3
There are some amazing things going on in these 6
verses. In the 1 st two verse we find Daniel in captivity
and looking for revelation from the scriptures. He most
likely read these passage form Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 25:11-12 NASB
11 This whole land will be a desolation and a horror,
and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy
years.
12 ‘Then it will be when seventy years are completed I
will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’
declares the L ORD , ‘for their iniquity, and the land of the
Chaldeans; and I will make it an everlasting desolation.
The next 4 verses are awesome. They would be a great
pattern for us all to follow as we pray.
“Verse 3 Daniel approached God with his full attention
and with great humility. In verse 4 Daniel began to
declare the glory and the righteousness of God. While
verse 5 and 6 find him repenting for himself and for his
people.”
Preach-He prayed in the midst of his circumstances
He didn’t pray a selfish prayer. He prayed for his people
and reminded God that He keeps His word.Page 4
A lot of things take place for the rest of chapter 9 and
the beginning of chapter 10. Read it when you can.
Gabriel shows up with a vision of things to come.
Granting Daniel revelation. Then we find this in answer
to Daniel’s prayers.
Daniel 10:10-13 NASB
10 Then behold, a hand touched me and set me
trembling on my hands and knees.
11 He said to me, “O Daniel, man of high esteem,
understand the words that I am about to tell you and
stand upright, for I have now been sent to you.” And
when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up
trembling.
12 Then he said to me, “Do not be afraid, Daniel, for
from the first day that you set your heart on
understanding this and on humbling yourself before
your God, your words were heard, and I have come in
response to your words.
13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was
withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold,
Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I
had been left there with the kings of Persia.
Now most likely this prince of the kingdom of Persia
and the kings of Persia were fallen angels.Page 5
A demonic presence sent to obstruct the answer to
Daniel’s prayer. They most likely had some authority or
influence over the physical kingdom of Persia. Hence
they were dispatched to stop the answer. The reason
being, “the answer involved the overthrow of the
Persian Empire.”
His prayer was hindered but still answered. The enemy
withstood the answer for 21 days. How did the answer
make it through. “Daniel had laid before the Lord for
those 21 days.”
Daniel 10:2 NASB
In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three
entire weeks.
Paul warned us through His letters to the Ephesians
about the same forces of darkness that hinder today.
Ephesians 2:2 AMP
in which you once walked. You were following the
ways of this world influenced by this present age, in
accordance with the prince of the power of the air Satan,
the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient the
unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God.Page 6
Ephesians 6:12 AMP
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood
contending only with physical opponents, but against
the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces
of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of
wickedness in the heavenly supernatural places.
Preach-Do you think your prayers can be hindered
today?
Of course they can because the answer to
your prayers will effect the kingdom of darkness. Why
do you think sometimes things get worse before they
get better.
The enemy is fighting your answer and you must
remain faithful to pray for the answer to get through.
Luke 22:31-32 NASB
31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded
permission to sift you like wheat;
32 but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not
fail; and you, when once you have turned again,
strengthen your brothers.”
Satan still seeks to cause you to fail. When you have
turned again, strengthen someone.
Preach-Preach-Preach “Not about perfection, it’s
about prayer.