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The Chief of Police and Psalm 91…

Before leaving on a mission trip to India, the Lord kept giving me Acts 18:9-10: “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent! For I’m with you and no one shall attack you to harm you- many people in this city are for Me.”

While in India, a woman from Holland gave me this same scripture. Then, in a major city with millions of people, the Chief of Police came to visit me. He begins quoting Psalm 91 to me, “No matter what happens, the arrows that fly by day will not touch you.”

God had this man waiting all along, from the beginning, confirmed by scripture. Whether your life is in danger or not, if you’re with Him, He’s there – not just with you, but ahead of you, before you, taking care of your future before you get there.

The Lord says, ‘Do not fear. Wherever you go-the most dangerous place, or just down the hall – I’ll be there ahead of you, waiting for you, taking care of all of it before you get there.’

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.  Matthew 10:26

Step out in faith today and go against your fears to do the will of God – knowing that the Lord has made a way for you to become victorious.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Torchbearer…

Olympic runners are charged to carry the flame from the place the last Olympics occurred to the place of the next Olympics. What a task. You and I are the real torchbearers.

We carry the torch of the gospel, the Word of God, the Spirit of God, and the great commission passed down from generation to generation, handed off like a relay race.

You have an incredible responsibility and task to keep your light burning. Keep your torch burning at all times.

Wherever you go, spread the gospel and keep your witness shining. Keep spreading the love of God and the word of God. When you go home, when you work, when you play, and at all times keep that torch lit and raised.

Share the torch of God’s Spirit, the Word and Light at all times, wherever you go. Let your light so shine and men will see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

The Olympic torchbearer is just for show; you are for real. Lift up that torch and let it shine because you are the true torchbearer of God.

Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. Daniel 12:3

Take the light of Jesus with you wherever you go today. Lift Him up that everyone might see.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always

Ed

The Proof Of Pentecost…

Pentecost is the Greek name of the Hebrew Feast of Weeks – Shavuot. Shavuot was the holy day that launched the reaping of the summer harvest. It was also the feast during which the Holy Spirit fell, the disciples spoke in tongues, and three thousand came to the Lord.

Acts 2:42 reveals what happened next: “They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.” Shavuot or Pentecost wasn’t just an experience. It was real. And something real has to become a part of daily life.

Most of your walk is not made up of special experiences, events, or holidays. Most of your walk is made up of daily life. Too often, believers are good at the holy days, but not in daily life. But if you want to have a victorious and joyful walk and life, you need to learn how to become good at daily life.

Bring the power of God from the holy day of Shavuot/ Pentecost into your everyday life – and every day of your life will become a holy day.

In all your ways, acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:6

Bring the power of the Spirit into every part of your life today. Whatever you do, even if mundane, do in the anointing, the flowing, and the power of the Spirit.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

Breaking The Law Of Cause and Effect…

The Law of Cause and Effect states that every effect has a cause and every cause produces an effect.

Two thousand years ago, Yeshua; Jesus was killed. Yet within weeks of His death, His disciples were proclaiming the Good News of salvation to their nation and then to the ends of the earth.

In just a few weeks, they had become the most joyful, confident, and powerful of peoples. The Law of Cause and Effect would dictate that the disciples would have ended up depressed, discouraged, and finished.

But something changed the Law of Cause and Effect… the Resurrection and the outpouring of the Spirit of God. The world works according to the Law of Cause and Effect, but God’s kingdom works by the law of the new life and the Spirit. Maybe you’ve been rejected, abused, abandoned, or unloved.

The Law of Cause and Effect says you’re stuck, but the Law of the Spirit says to forget the past and walk in the newness of life in Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free from the law of sin and death… the law of cause and effect.

For in Christ Jesus, the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:2

The Passover Resurrection Power Determine, by the power of God, to break out of every law of cause and effect that isn’t good, every cause and effect of sin, of habit, of temptation, and the past.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Middle-aged God…

In Greek Mythology, Zeus was married to the goddess Hera, and their marriage needed a lot of help. He continually cheated on her, even taking on animal forms to do it. According to the mythology, he became a swan, a bull, and a cuckoo bird. He had issues. The marriage had issues.

In reality, Zeus was a projection of Greek men. He was a myth created in the image of a lot of frustrated middle-aged Greek men with marriage issues and looking at younger women. Zeus was a god in the image of man.

Even in the Lord, believers often make God into their own image, molding the Word of God to their wants and desires, diluting the Word of God into their own image. But our faith is not pagan. You can not mold or dilute the Word of God to fit your life.

As a child of God, you must mold yourself to fit the Word; and the Word will mold you into the image of God. Find the Word today and let it mold your life into His image. Because anything else… is pagan.

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. Deuteronomy 10:17-19

What parts of God’s word have you not followed or submitted to? Today, bend your life to conform to the Word of God.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Grasshopper…

One of the greatest lessons of faith is that of Joshua, Caleb, and the 10 spies. They went to the promised land to spy it out. Ten of the spies came back saying, “There were giants in the land… and we were like grasshoppers.”

What do we know about grasshoppers? They’re dumb. They jump in almost any direction, even if it’s the worst or most illogical direction to jump in. They’ll even jump into their problem, into a wall.

So when you don’t walk by faith, as the ten spies didn’t walk by faith, you end up thinking and acting like a grasshopper. Without faith, you just look at the giant, at the problem, and you beat your head against the wall.

You might be stuck in the past, dealing with the same problem and acting the same way to solve it. Stop dwelling on that giant. Stop dwelling on your past and the darkness.

Live by faith. Focus on the promises of God. If you live by faith, the giants will stop being giants, the problems will stop being problems , and you will stop living like a grasshopper.

He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly, I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” – Matthew 17:20

Every time you start to feel discouraged, or inadequate, or unable to declare to yourself and the world that you can do anything with God.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Treasures Of The Tent…

The Israelites had to build a tabernacle so that God’s presence would dwell with them. They were to build it using their own costly possessions and materials – their treasures.

We want to have a good relationship and walk with God, to know Him and be in His presence, but so often we’re careless. We give God leftovers of our time and wonder why we don’t have the kind of walk and life we should. Learn from the tabernacle.

God would only dwell in a tabernacle made of costly things. Knowing God and dwelling with God will cost you, but it’s worth it. It’ll cost you to have a glorious life, but the treasure is without price.

We must treasure our time with God, make Him the most precious thing in your day. Treasure God’s presence and the time you spend with Him- let it cost you. Give up things for it, your costly things.

You’ll have a true tabernacle, and God’s glory and presence will dwell with you and your life. You give Him your best, and God will do the same for you. For His best is what He’s done already.

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6:6

What costly thing in your life can you give up in order to be with God – a television show? Time on the internet, entertainment, and indulgence? Give that time instead to the Lord, to use to be in His presence.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Evil Witness of God…

Atheists and skeptics argue, “If there’s a God, how could there be all this evil in the world? If there’s evil in the world, there can’t be a loving God.” The truth is exactly the opposite. Evil doesn’t speak against God, it speaks against the world.

You couldn’t know evil without good. If there was no God or good, the evil would not cause a conflict. So they’re actually arguing for God. In the same way, when you see evil in the world, you have to look beyond it to God.

Things may be going wrong and you may be dealing with all sorts of wrong and evil things, but don’t get discouraged with God. It’s just one more thing pointing you away from the world, away from trusting in people or anything else, and pointing you to trust only in God.

Get your eyes off the world, off the people, off your problem, off yourself. Depend on and rejoice in the only One that will never fail you, never leave you, and never falter. God is different from this world and everything else – That’s why He’s God.

For since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made so that people are without excuse. Romans 1:20

Let every bad or challenging experience today and every wrong lead you to what is good – and closer to God.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed