Give Thanks In All Things

In Romans 8:28 the Word of God says; “And we know that all things work together for good to them who love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.”

The startling command of 1 Thessalonians 5:18 bewilders even committed believers at times: The verse says: “In everything give thanks for this is the Will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

How do we give thanks in times of catastrophe? For what are we grateful when disaster strikes?

As foreign as it may seem, we give thanks to God in all things because His sovereign, loving power is able to weave our grief, sorrow, and pain into the fabric of His eternal plan for our lives. God does not cause evil, and neither is He conquered by it.

His purpose for us cannot be thwarted by our problems. For that, we can give thanks in the midst of our adversity.

Listen to this Evangelist: The sovereignty of God is the one impregnable rock to which the suffering human heart must cling. The circumstances surrounding our lives are no accident: they may be the work of evil, but that evil is held firmly within the mighty hand of our sovereign God.

Listen: All evil is subject to Him, and evil cannot touch His children unless He permits it. God is the Lord of human history and of the personal history of every member of His redeemed family.

Tuesday’s Praise/Worship and Bible Study

Location: First Assembly of God Church Campus located at 601 S. Market St., Brazoria, TX 77422.

Date/Time: Each Tuesday from 10:00a.m., until 12:00 noon.

A reminder to all in the vicinity of Brazoria, Texas area, or if you are just passing through to stop by for a time of {Praise and Worship} with music and song guaranteed to bless you plus prayer followed by an anointed {Bible Study - Message}. Main speakers: Brice Fowler (Bible Study Director) and/or Ron Little (Evangelist), plus other special invited anointed men and women of God.

We issued a guarantee about this Bible Study/Prayer group. Which is: You will not be disappointed and will not leave the same way you came; because of the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. We have seen bondage's such as; (fear, unforgiveness and guilt to name a few) broken, bodies healed. In other words folks have been saved, healed, delivered and set free because of the Cross of Jesus Christ and His finished work plus the anointing power of the Holy Spirit.

Everybody is cordially invited and there is only one requirement: Come expecting a Miracle from God.

Strength for the Wilderness - by Peggy Little

Numbers 21:4 – “Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way.

            The Israelites had been traveling through the desert wilderness to the land of promise. But we do not know if they went around the south of Edom or to the north, between Edom and Moab. As they traveled it was hot, and there was little water. But God promised them He would guide them and provide for them. Like many of us they became discouraged. If only they had trusted God’s promise that He who had led would continue to lead, if only they had believed that he who had supplied would continue to supply, instead of being discouraged they would have been encouraged. When we get down to discouragement it turns into encouragement when we look away from our circumstances and focus our eyes on the Lord.

            So let’s all keep our eyes on Christ as David did in 1 Samuel 30:6 which says: “And David was greatly distressed fort the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God”. When in the midst of trouble, there is where he got his strength. Today things may not look to good and you [personally] and especially our nation may be in the wilderness and it may be easy for us to get discouraged. You need to remember discouragement is a tool of Satan. But victory comes from our Lord Jesus Christ and his finished work at the Cross of Calvary.

            Will our distress drive us to despair and discouragement or to God? May we, like David find strength in the Lord!

            Someone has said, “To look around is to be distressed; to look within is to be depressed; to look up is to be blessed.”

            I pray that the Lord will bless each of you as you walk with him daily. Walk as Christ walked.