GOOD MORNING INDIA
PG Vargis
You Can Do All Things Through Christ
PHILIPPIANS 4:13 NKJ 13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
God often makes statements in the Bible that go against what we feel like, or what it looks like to us at the time.
God is trying to move us to a higher plane of faith where we depend on Him and not on what we feel like.
Others try to evade the issue by saying that a verse only applies to someone else -- like the Apostle Paul -- not to them.
Well, if you don't believe, you won't receive help. But help is available. And that help and strength is just as available to you as it was to the Apostle Paul, because the Lord does not play favorites.
Paul didn't say, "I can do all things because I am an apostle." No, it is "through Christ" that he was enabled to do what he needed to do. And you, as a believer, are in Christ just as much as the Apostle Paul was.
You choose. Either step out in faith in God and say you can do it with His help, and watch God raise you up to that level. Or, cower back in fear, and say you cannot do it.
SAY THIS: I CAN do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
p g vargis and team
PG Vargis
See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright-- but the righteous will live by his faith” – Habakkuk 2:4
As a young man preparing to go to China, Hudson Taylor determined to learn to live by faith alone while he was still in England. His resolve was "to learn before leaving England to move man through God by prayer alone." He worked for a doctor and Hudson was paid quarterly. When the time drew near to receive his salary, Hudson was disturbed that his employer said nothing about it. Hudson had only one half-crown piece, but he determined not to break his resolution and ask for his salary. While visiting a needy home on a Sunday, Hudson felt led of God to give his last coin to the needy family. The next day he received an anonymous gift through the mail, four times what he had given to the poor! The following Saturday, the doctor finished up his work and said, "Taylor, is not your salary due again?" Hudson told him that it was and became disappointed when he learned that the doctor had forgotten about the salary due and sent all his funds to the bank! Hudson prayed about the matter (for he had bills of his own to pay) and left it with the Lord. That evening, the doctor visited Hudson and said that one of his richest patients had come over after business hours to pay his bill! He gave the money to Hudson, who rejoiced. He had learned he could trust God and therefore go to China as a missionary.
We grow in righteousness when we live by faith in Jesus Christ. Today in prayer, ask the Lord how you can trust Him more.
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Believe You Receive When You Pray
MARK 11:24 NKJ 24 "Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
Prayer is communication with God. It should be more than just asking for things. But that certainly is a valid part of prayer. In this passage in Mark 11:22-26 Jesus gave us instruction on praying to receive things. You can't expect to receive what you pray for unless you follow the Lord's directions.
So what can you expect to receive in answer to your prayer? Only what you believe you receive when you pray.
You don't have to believe you have your answer already in the physical realm. But you must believe that God has granted your request, that the answer belongs to you and is on its way into your life.
Too many people approach prayer just hoping that something might happen. But Jesus gave us clear instruction.
What did Jesus say you are to believe when you pray? He said you are to believe that you receive what you ask for.
Jesus did not say you are to believe that God is going to give you an answer sometime. You must believe God gives you the answer when you pray, and that the answer is yes.
Jesus told you to "believe you receive when you pray."
This may seem strange to you. But this is what God requires of us. It is called "faith in God."
What you believe will affect your attitude and your conduct. You can't make God do something by acting like you believe. But if you truly believe something, you will talk and act in line with that belief.
When you believe you receive the answer, you will quit talking and acting like you don't have the answer. You will begin to rejoice and be glad. You will quit asking others to pray for the answer. You will quit complaining about not having the answer.
You may wonder how you can believe you receive the answer if you are not sure it is God's will. You can't! This means that you should not be praying about things you are not already sure are the will of God.
So you need to go to God's written Word, the Bible, and find out His will before you pray. Then you can pray confidently knowing you are asking something that is God's will.
(Although the Bible does not provide specific details about things like which person you should marry or which job you should do, it does give guidelines so you can know God's will.)
1 JOHN 5:14-15 NKJ 14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
If you trusted me, and I told you I had deposited a large sum of money into your bank account, would you keep worrying about not having any money?
Even though you had not yet seen the money, you could believe that the money was yours. You could believe you had the answer to your problem even though your only proof was me telling you I had deposited money into your account.
God is utterly dependable -- more than any human. God has never lied, and never fails. So He expects you to trust Him.
SAY THIS: Jesus said I must believe I receive the answer when I pray.
Yours to count on to see India is evangelized in our life time. No one can do it alone. But together...we can do it. Let us do it... together...now,
PG Vargis
“See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright-- but the righteous will live by his faith” – Habakkuk 2:4
As a young man preparing to go to China, Hudson Taylor determined to learn to live by faith alone while he was still in England. His resolve was "to learn before leaving England to move man through God by prayer alone." He worked for a doctor and Hudson was paid quarterly. When the time drew near to receive his salary, Hudson was disturbed that his employer said nothing about it. Hudson had only one half-crown piece, but he determined not to break his resolution and ask for his salary. While visiting a needy home on a Sunday, Hudson felt led of God to give his last coin to the needy family. The next day he received an anonymous gift through the mail, four times what he had given to the poor! The following Saturday, the doctor finished up his work and said, "Taylor, is not your salary due again?" Hudson told him that it was and became disappointed when he learned that the doctor had forgotten about the salary due and sent all his funds to the bank! Hudson prayed about the matter (for he had bills of his own to pay) and left it with the Lord. That evening, the doctor visited Hudson and said that one of his richest patients had come over after business hours to pay his bill! He gave the money to Hudson, who rejoiced. He had learned he could trust God and therefore go to China as a missionary