There is no limit to the goodness of Jesus Christ Living God in your life. Jesus is His name, Christ is His title, He lives, and He is God, the second part of the Holy Trinity; Father, Son, Holy Spirit, as ONE and as GOD. His blessing on your life never runs out. It's always present and always plenty of it; that's grace - unmerited, undeserved favor, the living God giving us what we do not deserve!
God's very own people, the Hebrews, the Israelites, walked in the grace of God after being rescued from their oppressors, the Egyptians, on their way to the promise land, all the way to Mount Sinai. Even amidst their whining and complaining, without cease, God continued to bless and provide for them because He wanted to. He chose to! He just wanted His chosen people to be His children and for Him to be their God; but they chose to separate themselves from Him, to stand on their own accord, rather than depending on Him, and so He gave them the 'Law - Mosaic Law - Law of Moses,' another story for another time - BUT - every male over the age of twenty, died in the desert, never seeing the promised land, 'why?' because they refused to see His goodness and they would not believe.
Point is, could God have made, or make it any simpler? "Trust in me and be blessed with me fighting your battles and blessing you, with eternal life included," * OR * "Trust in the world who hates you, fighting your own battles, without my help, or blessings, or eternal life?
Christians, continue missing God's FREE GIFT of GRACE. Therefore, my suggestion would be, if you're going to pray small prayers, rather than big prayers, at the least, believe, and DO NOT ASK, but thank Him for what's already on the way according to Mark 11:24! Thank Him for what is not, as though it were, and so it shall become, because that is God's message in the likes of Mark 11:24, John 14:13, or Matthew 21:22, as mere examples: "If my people will just pray and believe and not doubt, I will honor it because of unwavering faith.
"I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours," yet, are we to doubt God, who does not lie, that He doesn't really mean what His living word is telling us?
I know a wonderful man of God who sat on the board of a church I pastored, and to this day, does not believe Jesus turned water into wine. Where did that lie come from, apart from the devil himself! how nuts is that? Must we be gullible enough to believe in the gap-theory, also? We who are born-again, believing in Jesus Christ as our personal Lord & Savior, must harness sooner than later that we are all children of the Almighty living God, author of life, promised Messiah, and Savior of the world. He not only wants us to believe and not doubt one iota of all 31,173 verses worth of His living word, He also wants us to take the limits off our requests and expectations, and believe and not doubt for more-than-enough blessings in every area of our life, which in turn allows us to become a blessing to others.
In our giving and receiving, 2 Corinthians 9:7-9, Paul tells us: "You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully." And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. As the Scriptures say, “They share freely and give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will be remembered forever.”
The scriptures prove to us that when a father was about to pass away, he would place his hand on the heads of his children who would receive the inheritance, and speak a blessing over them. This blessing was meant to set the course of their future. It was a destiny moment for them, and one that every child wanted to receive from their earthly father.
Psalm 139:5 tells us of God, "You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head." - If you want to know how much you mean to God, read all of Ps 139.
When Abba Father placed His hand of blessing on you ...
He marked you for greatness
He marked you for favor
He marked you to overcome obstacles
He marked you for increase and abundance
You're not marked for defeat, by failure, or by your past - instead - you are marked by the hand of the living God. Nothing can stop the Father's blessings from being yours to receive and walk in; His will, will be done! This is not about a wishing well or crystal ball and selfishly driven motives - but instead - a simple matter of believing and not doubting that all needs, and hearts desires will be filled according to promise in the living word, so believe already!
The promise of the Father's blessing doesn't do you any good if you think you're limited. If you think, I've been through too much, I never get any good breaks, or my time has passed, think again my friend; if there was more involved, if you had to earn something under grace by some form of hidden works, then Jesus would not have given us John 6:29 that says: "This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent."
Once again, that's grace - the living God giving us what we do not deserve!
So, no, the hand of God, not 'god - idolatry - man's god,' BUT the hand of Jesus Christ Living God on your life by faith and belief and trust only, is greater than any mistake you've made or any circumstance that comes against you.
LIMITED THINKING WILL LEAD TO A LIMITED LIFE, but ... BELIEVING WITH A BLESSED MINDSET WILL LEAD YOU TO A BLESSED LIFE - void of worry, fear, and doubt.
If 'WE' say we can't, we're right - for that is mere logic and common sense!
Similar thinking suggests, "Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble," which is all about the path we choose for the mind, body, soul, and spirit, while discipling ourselves to RESIST THE DEVIL who must flee from the Christian, who should know this best, for the devil lost 100% AUTHORITY OVER US when he lost his authority over death, at the resurrection of Jesus, who defeated death.
And how does this clown devil still keep control over the Christian? He continues to remind us of the sins of our past, long forgiven and forgotten, never to be remembered again by God at salvation, but we, as a result of receiving Performance Based Christianity teaching, convincing us that we must continue to earn God's blessings, WHEN THAT IS NOT GRACE BY DEFINITION, as a result, we surrender our authority back to the devil, thus living with unnecessary worry, fear, and doubt; all vaxxed and masked up to boot! TRUTH HURTS!
Yet, if we will just humble ourselves under the mighty power of God, at just the right time, he (God) will lift you (us) up in honor (1 Peter 5:6).
God can favor you in a famine, on your death bed, in the midst of a PlanDemic, in finding the career change needed, the bride or groom to be, etc., etc.
Your circumstances don't determine the blessing. All the conditions may say, 'You can't and will not have a harvest,' or 'there is no cure for your cancer (hidden for 80+ years),' 'that that dream close to your heart won't come to pass,' or 'you don't have enough funds,' and on the list goes and grows, but that is not the God of the Holy Bible - but it is what we allow it to be by believing the devil and his demonic influences, challenges and attacks by his naysayers; aimed at convincing us to quit, to surrender to mediocrity, to live a limited life, and not be chasing after our dreams, that are most likely God's purpose within us to be fulfilled.
When those lies try to push you down, remember, the blessings is more powerful than any words that have been said about you, or against you. It's more powerful than the lies the enemy whispers in your ear - especially when we know that 1 John 4:4 tells us "But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world."
Or how about, Philippians 4:13 that says, "For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength," or Romans 8:31-33 that tells us, "What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself." THIS LIST IS TOO GREAT!
The Father's blessing will override every negative voice that's trying to hold you back.
When doubt, worry, or uncertainty try to tell you that your time has passed, or that you can't go any further in life, remember the promises of God for you in HIS LIVING WORD ...
"Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father" ... (James 1:17)
"Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think" ... (Ephesians 3:20)
"Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand." ... (Isaiah 41:10)
"You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head." ... (Psalm 139:5)
For our part, we must learn to BELIEVE and NOT DOUBT, in the living word. If God says something, such as found in Luke 1:37 “For the word of God will never fail,” then we must believe it and not doubt, while knowing additionally that God cannot and will not lie.
NUMBERS 23:19 – God is not a man, so he does not lie. He is not human, so he does not change his mind.
HEBREWS 6:18 - it is impossible for God to lie.
PSALM 89:35 - I have sworn an oath to David, and in my holiness I cannot lie.
ISAIAH 45:23 - I will never go back on my word.
We must learn to receive these promises, to believe for the blessings, to take the limits off God, because otherwise, we're rejecting GRACE, the living God giving us what we do not deserve - and why should He bless us, when we are not expecting it - and if we are not expecting it, is that not also telling God we do not believe enough to trust Him at His word?
Mark 11:24 is not filler for God's living word that says, "I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours."
God is saying - BELIEVE AND DO NOT DOUBT
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I thank you ... and I thank you, Jesus, amen and amen!
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