92: Walking In Power!

 It’s A New Season

 

Return to your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you (Psalm 116:7).

A soul once bitten is twice shy.  When a soul is trampled on my disappointment, fear, rejection, false accusation, and evil imaginations, it begins to become weary at the delay of its vindication.  In the waiting period, it cries out like the soul of Hannah: And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish.  Now Hannah spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard (1 Samuel 1:10, 13).

A troubled soul sometimes cries out to God with no sound, the pain so deep, no utterance can come out.  This is praying with supplication.  The Lord hears such prayers and knows exactly how to give rest to such a soul—to stop the trembling, to release the pain, and allow it to experience God’s comfort, replacing vexation with making melody.

You may be going through some hard times right now; and you don’t know how to pray, or what to say if you do open your mouth.  Go to that quiet place, or enter the church temple, get on your knees and cry out to the Lord for relief, for a way out, for the way to take that will keep you from falling off His narrow path. 

Then Hannah made a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, and will give Your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, . . . (1 Samuel 1:11).

Our God is a covenant-keeping God: By faith, you enter into a covenant with God—He’s your Father; you’re His child—and you receive all the benefits that come with this covenant every time you cry out “Abba, Father!”  What is your covenant to the Lord?  What have you promised to give to the Lord?  In Psalm 116:12, David asked: What shall I render to the Lord for all His benefits toward me? And Hannah answered, “I will give him to You, Lord, all the days of his life.”

Your vow can be like Hannah’s and so many others who understand that there is nothing you can pay our God for all His goodness toward us.  So, the only thing we can give is our life to Him—a life for a life: “Jesus’ life for my life.”  Give your life to Christ Jesus, and your soul will be delivered from strife, your eyes from tears, and your feet from falling, so that YOU CAN WALK IN POWER!

After Hannah explained that she was a woman of sorrowful spirit and was pouring her soul out to the Lord, the Pastor answered, Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him.  So she went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad (1 Samuel 1:17-18).

Hannah was filled with God’s comforting presence when Pastor Eli spoke these assuring words to her.  You will know that He’s answered your prayer by the peace that comes into your soul.  Then the miracle unfolds right before your eyes!  Hannah conceived and bore a male child. God dealt so bountifully with her that she conceived another 3 sons and 2 daughters (1 Samuel 2:21); and we know that Samuel became God’s chosen Pastor and Prophet over Israel. 

 

You can have this same testimony as I share mine with you.  God has done wonders all throughout my life and ministry; and on 7^th March, He answered my prayer to begin a Children’s and Teens church to His glory!  My team and I worshipped the Lord with 73 young souls as we shared God’s Word in conversation with “Real Talk” Teaching Tracts for children and teens in church.  Twenty-five gave their lives to Christ; and souls of children and teens who don’t regularly attend church walked through our doors in the morning service and came back during our evening service.

 

Pray that we continue to WALK IN POWER as the Lord’s favor extends mightily into the salvation of young souls.

Your prayer support and donations to keep this ministry going is needed. By your gift, we can create choir robes, dance costumes, and supply our young souls physical nourishment with breakfast and refreshments after morning service. Instruments and the hiring of music teachers to enhance our worship are also needed.

Financial gifts to sustain the operations of this maiden church and the planting of new Children’s and Teens Churches can be sent to THE LIGHT IN ME ENTERPRISE – UBA Bank Acct. No. 00412927002555 or by Mobile Money to +233 – (0)24-055-7183.  God richly bless you, your family and all that is yours by the love and generosity you give to us! Amen.

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