A Must Read!: "Broken Church Homes"

Last month we read an amazing post from Pastor G. Craige Lewis of Exministries. It is called "Broken Church Homes" and Pastor Lewis expressed his deep concerns about the state of marriages in the body of Christ. It is a thought provoking article that addresses the many issues that Christian marriages are facing today. The Enemy is really attacking what God has ordained to be sacred and holy. We urge everyone to pray and intercede for the marriages in your local church, your families, friends, church leaders and pastors. The devil is doing a work and we need to counteract. Prayer is our most valuable and powerful weapon against this spirit of divorce, infidelity, division and confusion. To read the article click here or copy and paste the link below.

http://gcraige.blogspot.com/2011/08/broken-church-homes.html

"But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, ⁸ and the two shall become one flesh’; so then they are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹ Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Mark 10: 6-9

Finding Blessings in Disappointments

I received an e-mail two weeks ago from a former supervisor at an internship I worked last summer. She was the VP of wholesale and her whole department was laid off last September. It actually happened while she was on her honeymoon! To make it worse, she and the owner/designer were friends. But she took it all very well. She was not bitter and she never said anything bad about her former boss.
She continued to have an upbeat attitude even though she and her husband are currently unemployed. She told me in her e-mail that she was interning for a costume designer and for the first time she is enjoying what she is doing. She also said that she is making a lot of contacts and might be an apprentice to the designer.
I responded and told her that sometimes disappointments can be blessings in disguise. God revealed to me that he is always in control. And that every “no” you hear, every job lost, every relationship that goes wrong, or every opportunity that gets a way just means that God has something else or better in store.
The story of Joseph is a good example of someone who had so many disappointments in their life. God had revealed to him at a young age, what his destiny would be. The devil did not want Joseph to fulfill his destiny so he used Joseph’s brothers and Potiphar’s wife to stop it from happening. The beautiful thing is that God was with Joseph through it all and blessed him in those trying times. In the end, Joseph’s dream came true and he was second in command in Egypt and brought his family into the country to avoid the famine in the land.
Joseph said to the enemy in Genesis 50:20 “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.”
So if you are facing life’s let downs, know that God is in control. Pray and ask the Lord for wisdom and understanding. Trust in His divine plan and serve the devil notice that you do not believe his lies. Let him know that you will endure the pain of rejection, loss and disappointments because your blessing is around the corner. So Praise the Lord because you are blessed and highly favored by the Most High God. You are a STORMRIDER!