Thursday, June 23, 2011

PERSIST to POSSESS!

“You have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.”

So muster your mettle and endure till the end my friend. Because there’s millions of “starters” but the promise is for “finishers.”

There’s always time between sowing and reaping, between start and finish, and during the “race” - your strength will diminish. So you must be prepared to press through the pain and strain to obtain. For when human strength ends, God’s strength begins. And when you’re at wit’s end, God’s wit begins.

God’s power you’ll not know, until you GO, and “give all you’ve got” then His Glory will show.

If you’re not fully exerted and completely extended, there’s no need for Him to add His strength to yours, for yours has not ended.

So it’s time to pray, and GO ALL THE WAY, otherwise what will you say, on judgment day?

Persist to possess, because you’re Possessed to persist.

Heb 10:35-36
35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
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“You have need of endurance…” “… And My God shall supply all your need” (Heb 10:36, Phil 4:19)

You “can do all things through Christ who strengthens” you. (Phil 4:13)

So “be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man” Eph 3:16

And “Fight the good fight!” 1 Tim 6:12

“Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might!” Eph 6:10

2 Cor 12:9-10
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Heb 6:11-12
11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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Luke 14:28-35
28 "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? 29 For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, 30 saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'

31 "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.

34 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.

"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
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Num 13:30b
"Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it."
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