My Dear Friends in the Faith:
Today across the state of Texas is a day of worry, stress, anxiety, doubt, fear, and severe intensity for many. Why? Grade level students are taking the TAKS test. TAKS stands for the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test. It is an examination that students must take and pass that measure their progress in the areas of reading, writing, math, science and social studies. This test is so important across the state of Texas until seniors cannot graduate from high school without a passing score on this exam.
Isn't it amazing how God permits and allows us moments of examination? God does not keep us from moments like this at all. But, He knows that nothing can bring you closer to Him like a test can. So He allows and permits them just to get you closer to Him. So while you are in His presence just don't stand there, pray something!
As you read this week’s devotional there are principals that are on the edge because they know that if their school does poorly on this test it is a reflection of them and their ability to lead. There are teachers who are looking at students who are in class every day that come from challenged environments at home and they know that the only way for that student to pass this test is for a miracle to take place. There are counselors who are on pins and needles today because they have to make sure everything is in order regarding the test and if it is not, it is a horrid mark on their ability to do their job effectively. And, there are some parents who have done their best and given their all and yet they know that today will be difficult for their child.
What do you do when you have given your all, done your best, and exhausted all of your resources? What do you do when it is test time and you have prepared yourself to the max and still you know that the exam looms about you like a dark shadow? What do you do when you know that the examination that you are faced with is not going to go away? Here's one good suggestion straight from the heart of the pages of Holy Writ...PRAY!!!
Prayer is...........
An earthly license for heavenly interference
The slender nerve in the hand of God that moves the heart of God
Carte Blanc access into the essence of the eternal
Height without a top
Depth without a bottom
Width without a measured circumference
Admittance into the holy of Holies
A VIP pass into the board room of the Almighty
A talk with the God of the Galaxy
A conversation with the maker of oxygen
A chat with the architect of the human anatomy
A ticket into the hallowed sanctuary of the maker of matter
Listening to the still voice of God
Touching the untouchable
Reaching the unreachable
The incubator for every miracle
The birth place of healing
The production line of deliverance
The place where you commune with Jesus Christ!!!
In fact, here's a really good devotional question to ask you. Have you prayed about it today? I mean I know that you have thought about it, some of you have worried about it and yes still others of you have suffered some degree of anxiety about it, but have you prayed about it? If you have not prayed about it, I have some sound advice for you that is going to bless you tremendously. Don't just stand there, pray something!
By now you have to know for yourself that God really does answer prayer. Here's what the Word of God has to say on the issue.
St. John 14:13-14
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
1 John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
St. John 15:7
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
James 5:15-16
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Isaiah 65:24
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Have you ever heard the old cliché' "don't just stand there, say something"? Well, in my opinion we've done enough talking at this point. I challenge you right now to just stop right where you are and do it! Pray something!!! Pray for principals, counselors, teachers, curriculum coordinators, students, mothers, fathers, grandparents, and those who need healing, deliverance and blessing. Do it! Pray something! And, remember when you do God will answer you!!!
Your Friend and His Servant,
Dr. John R. Adolph, Pastor
Today across the state of Texas is a day of worry, stress, anxiety, doubt, fear, and severe intensity for many. Why? Grade level students are taking the TAKS test. TAKS stands for the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test. It is an examination that students must take and pass that measure their progress in the areas of reading, writing, math, science and social studies. This test is so important across the state of Texas until seniors cannot graduate from high school without a passing score on this exam.
Isn't it amazing how God permits and allows us moments of examination? God does not keep us from moments like this at all. But, He knows that nothing can bring you closer to Him like a test can. So He allows and permits them just to get you closer to Him. So while you are in His presence just don't stand there, pray something!
As you read this week’s devotional there are principals that are on the edge because they know that if their school does poorly on this test it is a reflection of them and their ability to lead. There are teachers who are looking at students who are in class every day that come from challenged environments at home and they know that the only way for that student to pass this test is for a miracle to take place. There are counselors who are on pins and needles today because they have to make sure everything is in order regarding the test and if it is not, it is a horrid mark on their ability to do their job effectively. And, there are some parents who have done their best and given their all and yet they know that today will be difficult for their child.
What do you do when you have given your all, done your best, and exhausted all of your resources? What do you do when it is test time and you have prepared yourself to the max and still you know that the exam looms about you like a dark shadow? What do you do when you know that the examination that you are faced with is not going to go away? Here's one good suggestion straight from the heart of the pages of Holy Writ...PRAY!!!
Prayer is...........
An earthly license for heavenly interference
The slender nerve in the hand of God that moves the heart of God
Carte Blanc access into the essence of the eternal
Height without a top
Depth without a bottom
Width without a measured circumference
Admittance into the holy of Holies
A VIP pass into the board room of the Almighty
A talk with the God of the Galaxy
A conversation with the maker of oxygen
A chat with the architect of the human anatomy
A ticket into the hallowed sanctuary of the maker of matter
Listening to the still voice of God
Touching the untouchable
Reaching the unreachable
The incubator for every miracle
The birth place of healing
The production line of deliverance
The place where you commune with Jesus Christ!!!
In fact, here's a really good devotional question to ask you. Have you prayed about it today? I mean I know that you have thought about it, some of you have worried about it and yes still others of you have suffered some degree of anxiety about it, but have you prayed about it? If you have not prayed about it, I have some sound advice for you that is going to bless you tremendously. Don't just stand there, pray something!
By now you have to know for yourself that God really does answer prayer. Here's what the Word of God has to say on the issue.
St. John 14:13-14
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
1 John 5:14-15
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
St. John 15:7
If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
James 5:15-16
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Isaiah 65:24
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
Have you ever heard the old cliché' "don't just stand there, say something"? Well, in my opinion we've done enough talking at this point. I challenge you right now to just stop right where you are and do it! Pray something!!! Pray for principals, counselors, teachers, curriculum coordinators, students, mothers, fathers, grandparents, and those who need healing, deliverance and blessing. Do it! Pray something! And, remember when you do God will answer you!!!
Your Friend and His Servant,
Dr. John R. Adolph, Pastor
You know I find it amazing that we think of our situation all the time and never take the time to pray about our situation. But this sermon was a reminder to not just stand there and think about it but yet we should pray about it.
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