He Will Be With You, through water or fire.

He Will Be With You, through water or fire. But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you. (Isaiah 43:1-2) Fear not, I have redeemed you, you are Mine, God says. Whatever you go through, He will be there with you. In any situation, you will never be overwhelmed. Like Daniel’s friends, even the smell of smoke will not come upon you. There will be no evidence that you have ever been opposed.

God Helps you stay free from oppression.

God Helps you stay free from oppression. Behold, all those who were incensed against you Shall be ashamed and disgraced; They shall be as nothing, And those who strive with you shall perish. You shall seek them and not find them, Those who contended with you. Those who war against you Shall be as nothing, As a nonexistent thing. For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, Saying to you, Fear not, I will help you. (Isaiah 41:11-13) What is it that you feel that is coming against you? Is it fear, or worry, shame or hopelessness? Those things hindering you shall themselves be ashamed and disgraced. They shall be as nothing, they shall perish, die. If you were to look for them, you will not find them. Those who battle against you, to stop you following God, shall be as nothing, as something that doesn't even exist. For - Because - This is the reason why ..... I will be holding your hand and speaking to you saying: Fear not, I will help you. [What is God saying to you?]

God helps you because you are His Right Hand Man (or Woman).

God helps you because you are His Right Hand Man (or Woman). You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions, And said to you, You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away: Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. (Isaiah 41:9-10) Do you know that God has chosen you to be part of His family? And once chosen you cannot be cast away. Did you notice that "fear not" is a commandment. And whatever God commands, He empowers. You are empowered not to fear. Here is the "fear not" key - God says "I will be with you". Don't be dismayed (or worried) because I am your God, personally. God Himself will strengthen you to do whatever is needed. He will personally help you. You cannot fall, He is holding you up with His right hand. You are His right hand man (or woman).

We Have A Helper.

We Have A Helper. 

With God you need never feel as if you are going through life on your own.

Unless you are insistent on going it alone, always refusing the help of others.

 

The nation of Israel went through some tough times when Isaiah was around and God used Isaiah to comfort His people.

God's words to Israel still apply to us today, especially in the area of being helped.

Location - World Overcomer Street, Overcomer County, Heaven.

Location - World Overcomer Street, Overcomer County, Heaven.

You are an  overcomer, because Jesus in you is greater than he who is in the world. (1 John 4:4)

Is Jesus in you?  Are you Born Again? Then you are an overcomer.

Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? )1 John 5:5)

Do you believe that Jesus is the Son of God?

Then you are an overcomer.

What is your spiritual location right now? Heaven.

Whatever negatives you are experiencing here, you have already overcome them.

Location - Overcomer County.

Location - Overcomer County.

Revelation 3:20-21 tells us:

To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

Overcomers are sat in Jesus' throne with Him.

He loves you so much that He wants to sit next to you forever.

Everyone sat with Jesus is an overcomer.

The Bible says that all believers are overcomers.

Location - With Jesus.

Location - With Jesus.

John 12:26 tells us:

Where I am (Jesus said), there My servant will be also. 

And John 17:24 tells us:

Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am.

Where is Jesus right now? Seated in heaven with Father. Therefore so are you.

NOW - not later on, not when you die - NOW.

Enjoy the pleasure of being with Jesus permanently.

Check Out Your New Location.

Check Out Your New Location. Colossians 3:1-3 Tell us: If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. So if you have indeed been risen, seek the things that are up there. Have a look around at the things that pertain to heaven and get accustomed to it, it is your new home. Now you the spirit - set your mind on heavenly things. Tell your mind to line up. For you died? What does that mean? You died with Jesus on the cross of your sin, so you could be Born Again. Now your real (heavenly) life is hidden (from the enemy) with Jesus. The devil won’t know what is happening in your life until you open your mouth. Say no more.

Location - Heaven.

Location - Heaven. Here is the truth from Ephesians 4:5-6: Even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved, and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. We have been (past tense) raised up and seated in heaven. Why not say it out loud: “I am raised up with Jesus and I am sat in heaven with Him”. Your spiritual location is heaven. No matter where your body is, or where your mind may be wandering. Why seated and not standing? There is nothing else to do - it is finished. You have already won.

Spirit and Soul Location.

Spirit and Soul Location. Pastor Stephen Wood remembers reading 1 John 5:18 at a Bible study just after he was Born Again. He said - "The Bible says if I am born of God I don't sin". Others convinced him at the time that he was wrong. But much later on, he found out that he had been right. When he discovered the truth through Kenneth Copeland who said: "I am a spirit, I have a soul, and I live in this body". Who "I" am takes on a whole new meaning to the Christian. We too can say: "I the spirit, the real me, cannot sin because I am one spirit with Father God". So can your spirit and your soul have different locations? Yes.

LOCATION.

LOCATION. Location, Location, Location is a Channel 4 property programme. The title is based on what are considered to be the three most important issues when choosing a house. But how important is knowing your location as a Christian? 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 Tells us about going to be with Jesus and then being there always. This speaks about our change of physical location at the “Rapture”of the church. What about the location of your spirit?

The Flight Of Your Life.

The Flight Of Your Life. In the words of someone who was there last week. If we can give our lives to the pilot believing he will take us to our destination. Then what more can Jesus not do for us, if we give our lives to HIM. God bless you PASTOR STEPHEN WOOD. I was really blessed today.

Your Hotel Above.

Your Hotel Above. In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. (John 14:2-3) Jesus has our future all prepared for us. You don't have to accept His plan. But it is the best there is. Wherever we go, He is there with us and there on our arrival. He has chosen your hotel and will be there to welcome you. Choose Jesus as you captain and fly with Him.

Seated Above.

Seated Above. And raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:6) Sat, comfortably, relaxed in His presence. Seated with Jesus as the Captain of your flight. You have chosen this way of living and you will arrive at His chosen destination. Now you can look forward to the hotel chosen for your arrival.

Focused Above.

Focused Above. If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. (Colossians 3:1-2) Enjoy this new aspect of your life. Living above the turmoil of everyday life. Enjoying the peace. No traffic jams up here, life just flows. There is nothing else you need to do. If you find your mind drifting back to the things of the world. Remind yourself where you are, on your life flight with Jesus.

Up There With Jesus.

Up There With Jesus. He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust. (Psalm 91:1-2) I enjoy flying and usually try to get to know the stewards, they are always very helpful. You have now chosen to be up there with them, so enjoy it. Up there with Jesus you too can enjoy the journey. Once you have chosen to fly with Jesus, let Him minister to you. If you need something to eat or drink on your life's flight. Just ask, He will supply all your need.

Flying With Jesus.

Flying With Jesus. So you decide like Paul to go to Spain, you check the flight times and prices and decide when to go. But you could still change your mind. You book the tickets, they arrive in the post. You could still change your mind. You go to the airport and then something happens that you can't go back on. Suddenly, you are airborne. You are going to Spain, there is no other option. Now you are completely in the hands of someone else, the pilot. It is just like that when you hand your life over to Jesus. You may as well relax, He has it all taken care of. Paul knows that wherever he goes, he will come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. (Romans 15:29) So will you.

How Far Will You Go For Jesus?

How Far Will You Go For Jesus? Whenever I journey to Spain, I shall come to you. For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.(Romans 15:24) Would you go as far as Paul? How keen are we to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Multiple Forgiveness.

Multiple Forgiveness. Then Peter came to Him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times? Jesus said to him, I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. (Matthew 18:21-22) That's 490 times a day for the same sin. Why should we be so liberal with other people’s sins against us? 1. We might soon need that liberality ourselves. 2. Jesus has already paid the price to forgive their sins. You can afford to be generous when all of your sins throughout your life were forgiven before you were born.

Forgiveness Forgets Sin.

Forgiveness Forgets Sin. No more shall every man teach his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more. (Jeremiah 31 The power of forgiveness forgets sins. If God forgets the sins He has forgiven us for. Who are we to remember the sins of anyone we have forgiven. If you repent of a sin sincerely today. Then tomorrow you repent of it again, Father will say He doesn’t know what you are talking about, it has been forgotten.

Far Away Sins.

Far Away Sins. As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. (Psalm 103:12) The power of forgiveness removes sins, and places them in an unreachable place, opposite to where we are. Wherever you are, your sins have been placed by God in the opposite place. Father does not want our forgiven sin anywhere near us to taint us again.

Do The Maths of Psalm 84:10

Do The Maths of Psalm 84:10 One day spent in your house, this beautiful place of worship, beats thousands spent on Greek island beaches. (The Message) Or ten minutes in His presence is like seven days on a Greek Island beach. (Our Cover Photo) There are 6 of ten minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week. 6 x 24 x 7 = 1008 Enjoy your week long holidays on a daily basis.

Forgiveness Drowns Sin.

Forgiveness Drowns Sin. Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. (Micah 7:18-19) The power of forgiveness drowns sins. The depths of the sea are miles down, completely unreachable. Corrie Ten Boom said that there are signs around the shore of this sea that say - No Fishing. Once forgiven, you cannot drag it up again.

When You Pray - Forgive.

When You Pray - Forgive. And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses. (Mark 11:25-26) Not IF you pray, but WHEN you pray. Forgive if you have anything at all against someone. Forgiving turns the power of forgiveness on for you too. If you do not switch that switch, that power cannot reach you. It is a two-way thing, like buying something from a shop. If you don't give them the money, you can't have the goods. Father seems able only to forgive those who understand the principle of forgiveness. But you don't have to wait to be forgiven, Jesus already did that when He hung on that cross. You just need to receive it. And accept that Jesus has already forgiven the other person too.

Coming Out Of The Snare.

Coming Out Of The Snare. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. (2 Timothy 2:25-26) Once they accept the truth you have been led to share, they can sort themselves out. Now they have come to their senses. Now they can get out of the devil's trap on their own. The first thing they need to know is, how they got in the trap in the first place. What made them step over into his territory. Was it their sin or the sin of someone else? Either way, you get out of that trap only by forgiveness. Did you know that you could be in unforgiveness toward someone and they might not even know. Unforgiveness does not hurt the person who sinned against you. It will only harm you.

The Servant Of The Lord

The Servant Of The Lord And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. (2 Timothy 2:24-25) Each one of us needs to be in a position to help others. Instructing means - to chastise, to castigate, to train. So who are we to instruct? Those who are opposing themselves. (NKJV opposition) This is not just opposition, but actively working against yourself. Like eating the wrong things while complaining about gaining weight. Or refusing to tithe and wondering why you are always broke. The words you speak by the Holy Spirit will help break that cycle. So that God will help them repent and accept the truth. What if they refuse to hear what you are saying? You have done your part - you just have to leave it with Him.

Look After Your Wife.

Look After Your Wife. Every one of us looks after our own body. We clothe it, feed it, rest it. So gentlemen - make sure that your wife gets all the clothes she needs, good food and times of rest. The Bible says we can prove we love ourself by loving our wives. Let's all love one another and help one another grow in God. (Ephesians 5:28-29)

Washing With The Word.

Washing With The Word. Jesus is our example of how to be a husband. Gentlemen - just love your wife like Jesus loves her. Wash her in prayer with the water of The Word. Speak words of blessing over her when you pray. So you can present her to Jesus and say: I have looked after this wonderful lady that you blessed me with. (Ephesians 5:25-27)