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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP554 INSPIRED BY HISTORY

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP554 INSPIRED BY HISTORY

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  INSPIRED BY HISTORY

What I am about to share with you was left out of our bibles but it is in Fox’s Book of Martyrs and is widely accepted as the truth of history. The book of Revelations was written by John. He had been exiled to the island of Patmos. But our Bibles left out a story that could be used for inspiration along with stories of the three Hebrew men, David and Goliath and Daniel in the lion’s den.

Many have been martyred for the gospel. Others the enemy tried to destroy and God had other plans. Just like John. He was making Rome nervous with his loud declaration of the gospel of Christ. He was so passionate about his task of spreading the gospel that they could not stop him. Threats, decrees nothing would shut him up.

Rome could not have people turning from the empire to Christianity.  They decided to make an example of him, by public execution.  They hoped to put fear into the people. Many gathered to watch the execution. They got a cauldron of oil and set it over a flame. They heated it until it was roughly boiling. They lowered John into the pot of oil. But instead of a brutal screaming display of John dying, he was fine.  No harm came to him.

The fire of God inside of him protected him from the fire under him and the hot oil that surrounded him.

Rome was afraid that if the people saw him walking around, it would increase their faith in Christianity.  They exiled him to the isle of Patmos. It is generally believed that he wrote Revelations from that island. Although some argue he wrote it in Ephesus.  

The point is that many have died for this gospel. Many others have made great sacrifices to further the gospel. It is not to be taken lightly. Now the torch has been passed to us. What will our story be, will we stand strong no matter what we have to face?  Will we be bold and brave in the face of adversity?

The times in which we live, has its own set of struggles. Many people in other countries are being jailed and martyred for the gospel. God gives his people what they need to withstand their adversities. We are here for such a time as this, because there is much to be done to gather the harvest.  

Just as all who have gone before us had their tasks to further the kingdom, we too have ours. Each day we have a choice to make; do we keep going or do we give up. We owe it to all of those who have died to further the gospel to stand strong. Fight the good fight of faith. We owe it to all the lost souls to share this beautiful gift we have been given.

We all want to finish our course well. Knowing that we left nothing undone. Be encouraged we live in an exciting time. We are about to see an amazing move of God. That will be worth it all.

Matt 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Go out today and make a difference, let your light shine.

Until next time,

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING — EP479 HIDDEN

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING — EP479 HIDDEN

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  HIDDEN

What would you say if someone had a cure for a disease but withheld it from the sick? Any reasonable person would think that was a terrible thing. But if we are not careful, we become that cruel person. Sin is a disease; we know the cure. Many are sin sick and need the cure that only Jesus can give, but we neglect to tell them we know the cure.

2 Cor 4:3-4 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:  4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

It’s hard to witness to people, especially if you don’t have an outgoing personality. I get it. But we are going ot have to find a way to be bold and be brave. Even when we feel as timid as a mouse.

We must find a way to reach out and let the light of Christ shine. If we draw closer to him and become saturated with his presence and anointing, it will be easier to shine a light into the darkness. The enemy’s voice will not be very loud and we can dismiss him and his lies. Satan is the little “g” god of this world. He has blinded people by his lies. They are used to the dark and do not know how amazing it is to have light.

For centuries mankind has used the sun to navigate. Sailors used the stars to navigate at night. Both are sources of light. Without the sun or stars they could not be sure of their direction. They would be left in the darkness. We need to shine enough light to give people a sense of direction until they can get to the real light source; Jesus.

We are like the moon, it has no light source of its own, it reflects the light of the sun according to scientist. But when we get Jesus in our lives we reflect that light that is within us.

John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

We don’t receive just any light. It is just not enough light to shine on our path. But we will have the light of life.  This light will pull people out of the dark and show them that there is life everlasting in Jesus Christ.

We can dig down and find the strength to be bold and tell the world that Jesus saves, heals, delivers and sets free those who are broken, sick, hurt and lost. We just have to be brave enough to let our light shine.

The enemy has suppressed the gospel around the world. He has caused Christian’s to become complacent about witnessing. But there is a great big world out there that doesn’t know the gospel, who have never heard of Jesus. It has been hidden.  It is time now that we do all we can to uncover it and allow the world to find Jesus.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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