My Dear Friends in the Faith:
It was the summer of 1982 and a small group of high school students made their way to New Day Deliverance Church on Mesa Drive, in Houston, Texas. Bishop Taylor was the leader of the flock. We were in prayer at the altar when a woman moved by the spirit of God approached a young man that was with our group whose name was Allen Hebert. He would spend the summer months with us and then return home afterwards. His parents were poor so he didn't have much at all. In fact, that day he was wearing a pair of run over tennis shoes from a K-Mart blue light special and a t-shirt with a hole under the arm. But, he was at the altar!
The woman that had approached Allen pulled him out of the crowd and took him aside to pray with him. She told him to hold his hands up before God because he needed to surrender. She said to him "young man I can see things in your life because the Lord is showing them to me." She said to him "there are times that you steal and you are poor right now, but you have the hands of a rich man. Poverty has run through your family for years but God is going to reverse the curse starting with you. Your situation is about to change." She said "you have been smoking, I can see smoke coming out of your mouth. But, smoke no more says the Lord. Your situation is about to change." The woman of God said, "you have been cursing. Curse no more says the Lord!" She said to Allen, "You have been chosen. Live like you are chosen. Walk like you have been chosen. God says your situation is about to change!"
The word that the Lord gave Allen years ago is the Word that I want to speak over the life of every believer reading this devotional right now. Hear the Word of the Lord for your life today, your situation is about to change! If you are sick in your body I want you to plant this in your soul, your situation is about to change. If you are sharing this lesson and you have been struggling all year long the Lord of heaven has given me some great news for you. He says "your situation is about to change." If you are reading this devotional and you have struggled with financial disparity the healing news of the moment is this, your situation is about to change. If your going through a legal trial, if you are dealing with marital discord, if you have a wayward child in your home and if you are in the midst of a demonic attack from the corridors of hell, the Word of the Lord for you is this, your situation is about to change!!!"
When ever you read the gospels regarded in the New Testament canon one thing happens to everyone who comes in contact with Jesus Christ. Their situation soon changes! In John 5;1-9 a miracle takes places with a man that's been lame for thirty eight years. Here is what it says,
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the Sabbath (John 5:1-9, KJV).
Just like Jesus changed this lame man's situation, He can change yours too. Here is how you know that your situation is about to change.
First of all, you know that your situation is about to change when your condition demands the flava of His favor. The passage says that there were several groups of people at the pool of the Bethesda. But, Jesus looked and saw a "certain man." Can you hear that? It is a group of sick people, but when Jesus looks at the whole group there is something about this one man that makes Him say, "today is your day!" Now that my friends is favor. Hear this, the blessings of the Lord are for everyone who believes but, not every believer will get them. You have to have the favor of the Lord with you. And the way you get His favor is to have His flava. This man is in a situation that only the Lord can fix and that demands His favor. Has God every done it for you before? Has He ever fixed it? It was because you had His favor on that day and if He's done it before He will do it again!
Secondly, you know that your situation is about to change when the Lord steps into your story just to flip your script. The man at the pool had been there thirty eight years. It had been a long sad story. But, Jesus passes by just to turn things around. The Lord poses a question to him. He says, "do you want to be made whole?" The word whole is the opposite of the idea of shattered. In short, Jesus says to him, "I can see that you are shattered. Are you ready for me to take your pieces and make you a master piece?" Here's the shocker, the man does not shout yes. He had been down so long, he was not ready to get up. But, when the Lord is about to change your situation not even you can stop it! Jesus commands the lame man to rise. Could that be what the Lord is saying to you right now? In other words, I found you lying down, but today you are going to stand up! I found you out, but today you are going to get in! I found you sick, but today you are going to get well! Jesus says "Rise!!!!"
And lastly, you know that your situation is about to change when what use to make you cry becomes the source of your shout. Notice that Jesus tells this man not just to rise, but to take his bed with him. That bed had been a sore spot for him. It held his tears, his hurt and his pain. But Jesus tells him to take the bed. Why? Because it use to carry him and now he is carrying it. Wow! You see, what once made him cry would now be the very source of his shout. Every time that lame man looked at his bed he would remember from whence he came and thank God for what He had done in His life. Praise the Lord! Have you ever watched God take a problem from your past and cause it to be the source of your praise for the present? When this happens in your life, your situation is about to change!
In closing today I have a question for you. What would you do if the Lord sent you a message via the web that told you that your situation was about to change because you have the flava of His favor? How would you act if you knew that God was going to change your situation for the better? How would you bless the Lord? What would you say to Him? I've got goodnews for you, that is the Word of the Lord for you today! God has seen your hurt, He knows your affliction, and He has watched your tears and the spirit of the Lord says this to you....."your situation is about to change." Yes, you have cried but it is about to change. Yes you have struggled but it is about to change. Yes there have been days when you have thought about giving up. But your situation is about to change! And, yes you may have been down but, you are going to get up!
It was the summer of 1982 and a small group of high school students made their way to New Day Deliverance Church on Mesa Drive, in Houston, Texas. Bishop Taylor was the leader of the flock. We were in prayer at the altar when a woman moved by the spirit of God approached a young man that was with our group whose name was Allen Hebert. He would spend the summer months with us and then return home afterwards. His parents were poor so he didn't have much at all. In fact, that day he was wearing a pair of run over tennis shoes from a K-Mart blue light special and a t-shirt with a hole under the arm. But, he was at the altar!
The woman that had approached Allen pulled him out of the crowd and took him aside to pray with him. She told him to hold his hands up before God because he needed to surrender. She said to him "young man I can see things in your life because the Lord is showing them to me." She said to him "there are times that you steal and you are poor right now, but you have the hands of a rich man. Poverty has run through your family for years but God is going to reverse the curse starting with you. Your situation is about to change." She said "you have been smoking, I can see smoke coming out of your mouth. But, smoke no more says the Lord. Your situation is about to change." The woman of God said, "you have been cursing. Curse no more says the Lord!" She said to Allen, "You have been chosen. Live like you are chosen. Walk like you have been chosen. God says your situation is about to change!"
The word that the Lord gave Allen years ago is the Word that I want to speak over the life of every believer reading this devotional right now. Hear the Word of the Lord for your life today, your situation is about to change! If you are sick in your body I want you to plant this in your soul, your situation is about to change. If you are sharing this lesson and you have been struggling all year long the Lord of heaven has given me some great news for you. He says "your situation is about to change." If you are reading this devotional and you have struggled with financial disparity the healing news of the moment is this, your situation is about to change. If your going through a legal trial, if you are dealing with marital discord, if you have a wayward child in your home and if you are in the midst of a demonic attack from the corridors of hell, the Word of the Lord for you is this, your situation is about to change!!!"
When ever you read the gospels regarded in the New Testament canon one thing happens to everyone who comes in contact with Jesus Christ. Their situation soon changes! In John 5;1-9 a miracle takes places with a man that's been lame for thirty eight years. Here is what it says,
After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the Sabbath (John 5:1-9, KJV).
Just like Jesus changed this lame man's situation, He can change yours too. Here is how you know that your situation is about to change.
First of all, you know that your situation is about to change when your condition demands the flava of His favor. The passage says that there were several groups of people at the pool of the Bethesda. But, Jesus looked and saw a "certain man." Can you hear that? It is a group of sick people, but when Jesus looks at the whole group there is something about this one man that makes Him say, "today is your day!" Now that my friends is favor. Hear this, the blessings of the Lord are for everyone who believes but, not every believer will get them. You have to have the favor of the Lord with you. And the way you get His favor is to have His flava. This man is in a situation that only the Lord can fix and that demands His favor. Has God every done it for you before? Has He ever fixed it? It was because you had His favor on that day and if He's done it before He will do it again!
Secondly, you know that your situation is about to change when the Lord steps into your story just to flip your script. The man at the pool had been there thirty eight years. It had been a long sad story. But, Jesus passes by just to turn things around. The Lord poses a question to him. He says, "do you want to be made whole?" The word whole is the opposite of the idea of shattered. In short, Jesus says to him, "I can see that you are shattered. Are you ready for me to take your pieces and make you a master piece?" Here's the shocker, the man does not shout yes. He had been down so long, he was not ready to get up. But, when the Lord is about to change your situation not even you can stop it! Jesus commands the lame man to rise. Could that be what the Lord is saying to you right now? In other words, I found you lying down, but today you are going to stand up! I found you out, but today you are going to get in! I found you sick, but today you are going to get well! Jesus says "Rise!!!!"
And lastly, you know that your situation is about to change when what use to make you cry becomes the source of your shout. Notice that Jesus tells this man not just to rise, but to take his bed with him. That bed had been a sore spot for him. It held his tears, his hurt and his pain. But Jesus tells him to take the bed. Why? Because it use to carry him and now he is carrying it. Wow! You see, what once made him cry would now be the very source of his shout. Every time that lame man looked at his bed he would remember from whence he came and thank God for what He had done in His life. Praise the Lord! Have you ever watched God take a problem from your past and cause it to be the source of your praise for the present? When this happens in your life, your situation is about to change!
In closing today I have a question for you. What would you do if the Lord sent you a message via the web that told you that your situation was about to change because you have the flava of His favor? How would you act if you knew that God was going to change your situation for the better? How would you bless the Lord? What would you say to Him? I've got goodnews for you, that is the Word of the Lord for you today! God has seen your hurt, He knows your affliction, and He has watched your tears and the spirit of the Lord says this to you....."your situation is about to change." Yes, you have cried but it is about to change. Yes you have struggled but it is about to change. Yes there have been days when you have thought about giving up. But your situation is about to change! And, yes you may have been down but, you are going to get up!
Today is your day, your situation is about to change!
Your Friend and His Servant,
Dr. John R. Adolph, Pastor
Your Friend and His Servant,
Dr. John R. Adolph, Pastor
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