Tag: Ships Anchor

I met a man many years ago who in fact changed my life.

He turned my life from a Church back pew warmer to a Church Leader.

But the thing that amazed me most about him was his Faith.

No Matter what happen to this man, he always had a smile and always said thank you Jesus, whether good or bad…

Daniel 3:17 “If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.”

STORY: Pastor Frank

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We must understand that the King of this world is Satan, and he has only one aim and that is to keep you from Jesus, by letting little things get in your way and become an obstacle between you and salvation.

Don’t let the little troubles in life get you down. Jesus knows what you are going through, He knows your problems. He says “just put your truth in Me and I will take care of you.”

There are many Storms in life that we fight everyday, and if we try and fight them with our human strength we will fail, it is only as we depend on Jesus and put our trust in Him that he will enable us to meet the trial ahead and in His name be Victorious!

Let us Pray!

When thing are going bad for you, can you still hold up your head and say Praise you Jesus?

Bad things may happen, but if a bad thing happens at the right time is it still a bad thing?

Story: The Van in Florida:

When God has His hand over His people there is no need to worry, He is taking care of the little matters that we forget.

Have you ever been between a rock and a hard place?
Where no matter what decision you make it is going to be the wrong one…

Look at what happen to Jesus:

Some of the leading priest of his times, who he came to save; gave Him the hardest times and made His life very bitter.

Mark 12:14 “And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?”

What a deception, if they knew that he was a true teacher, why did they keep on him with their malicious hate?

Continually they kept-up with their words of hate and drought. Beating upon God’s dear Son for no other reason then because He was different.

His holy life made there sinful life all the more revealing; In the presence of Jesus they could not hide or cover up there Sins.

15: Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

Jesus fully understood their motive and read into their malice therefore He said unto them

16: Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar’s.

17: And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.

Even though Jesus was the Son of God, He did not use any of His Godley power to withstand the attacks of satin,

He just like us today must fully rely on the protection of the Father.

We too, need to learn this lesson; many times we try in our ‘Human way’ of thinking to do it our own way, and it never works…

Too late sometimes, when all we needed was to trust in Jesus!

When in time of trouble, don’t worry about what you are going to say, just rely on Jesus, He will give you the right words to say that will convict the hearts of people who are truly seeking.

Hardly any stories in the Bible matches the Faith of three Hebrew young Men.

Story: One day a King made a decree, All he was trying to do is to get every one on the same playing field.

There were problems in the kingdom and so he made a plan to resolve it.

This is about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

All the King was asking for was a little compromise, a little helping out here, you scratch my back and I am going to scratch yours.

Was that too much to ask? He made this ‘decree,’ and it must be obeyed.

Everyone else was making a compromise, no one will care about you Hebrews, and you can go back to servicing your God tomorrow.

Daniel 3:16 “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17: If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
18: But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.”

Many times in our life we become entangle in a storm that seam like there is no way out.

If we would only trust in God and not in Man we too would say “our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the fiery furnaces of Life, and he will deliver us out of hands of the king’s of this world.

Jesus will take all who put their trust in him through the fire’s of Life.

Story: Fire at Sea….

It was just an ordinary winter day back in February 1976. The M/V Aleutian Island was loading up to make another run to an offshore rig that was a little over 100 miles out to Sea. She was loaded with Drill Mud and 48 inch Cashion and had a full load of Fuel, Water and other drill rig supplies.

The weather started out very nice but by the time the Aleutian Island made it out to the Field the weather started getting bad.

Little to the Knowledge the crew, it would be a night they would never forget.

It all started while in transit from one Platform to another the first of many problems started.

1. Port Main Engine Exploded and caught the Engine room on fire.
After the fire was put out, they continued to the rig on one engine.
2. The Starboard main engine exploded and it too caught the engine room on fire again.
3. All they had was the ship’s anchor while they waited on a rescue tug.
4. Weather was getting bad.

That night there was 70 mile an hour winds and 30 foot seas, the ships anchor was not designed to hold in weather like this!

The Anchor stopper plates were kicked out by the force of the waves, the electrical brake was burnt out, the manual brakes was all they had left and they were not holding. Little by little the chain was being pulled out.

But somehow with God’s help the anchor chain held until the storm passed and help arrived.

No one could believe that we made it through that storm on one little anchor.

God will keep you through the storms of your life if you will trust Him.

Story of Paul:

Paul was taken prisoner, but he did not fear. Why? Because he knew that sometimes, bad things happen to God’s good people. But he was not going to let it get in his way, or let Satan have the victory.

He was going to find a way to let the bad things praise God.

He was put on a ship to go to Rome where he was to answer to Caesar because of his faith in Jesus

Acts 28:3 “And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
4: And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
5: And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
6: Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.”

Each and every one of us will have trials that come before us, there will be times when it will look like the whole world will be against you, and more then likely it will be.

Our Hope must be in Jesus

Look at Isaiah 54:13 “And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
14: In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.”

We have the promises of God that those who remain faithful that He will be their protector.

Psalms 91:5 “Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6: Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7: A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8: Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9: Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10: There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11: For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12: They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.”

There is not a Christian today who can say he is not without trials in life.  If you are having problems give Jesus praise for it.

Thank Him that you are counted as worthy to be tried

1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

Satan is not seeking his own people to persecute, they are already in his bag, he my friend, is after God’s people. To try them and to make sure their life is as bitter as he can make it!

All he is asking for is a little compromise, you will not have to give up much and you can go right back serving your God tomorrow.

Look at what the Bible says:

Revelation 12:17 “And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”

God’s people will love him so much that they would rather die then to sin.

Revelation 17:14 “These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

While we may drink of a bitter cup now; the daylight of Christ’ return is coming. A day of hope and gladness for all who have kept the faith and put their trust in Him.

We are told by the Prophet John in Rev 21:1 “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2: And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3: And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5: And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6: And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7: He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.”

Daniel 3:17 “If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.”

Our God whom we serve will save His people from the fiery trials that Satan puts us through, because greater is He that is in us then he that is in this world.

So if your life is in the midst of a storm just remember Jesus, and like Peter, cry out from the bottom of your heart, Jesus save me, and He will be there to take your hand and lead you out of the fire, but only through your faith.

God bless and keep you my friend

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