One Word

I was thinking why so many people don't see big changes in their lives.

Then God gave me one word.

Courage

You must have courage to apply the word of God, to sacrifice your life on the altar, to go after what you believe is your right etc...

As I posted yesterday God said to Joshua "Be strong and courageous".

Do you want your life to change?

You must have courage.

God's advice

"Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. ⁷ Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. ⁸ This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. ⁹ Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." 
Joshua 1:6-9

Jacob's Fight

“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.”  James 4:7,8

The devil will not voluntarily run away from anyone. He wants to show who he is in the lives of human beings, that he came to kill, steal and destroy. He will do anything to avoid leaving a person’s marriage, health, love life, family, and finances. So what power does he sense in certain people, a power that’s stronger than his own, that makes him flee?

Without a doubt, it is sacrifice-based faith. Sacrifice resists the devil, always. If the devil insists on staying in someone’s life, it’s because he has not yet seen that devouring power in his life.

“Resist” conveys a sense of opposing an adversary, refusing to run away, standing firm, refusing to give in or yield, and only those who are tired of who they are, and what their lives are will do it. This determination causes them to place all their strength into their fight and sacrifice.

This is what Jacob did when he wrestled with God in the valley of Jabbok:

And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.  Genesis 32:28

Jacob struggled with men… meaning that he fought with himself because he no longer wanted to be who he had been. Jacob struggled with God… meaning that he basically said: “Lord, You have to bless me for the sacrifice I made of separating myself from everything — the goods and the people — and being alone with You.”

In Jacob’s fight with himself and God, who lost? It couldn’t have been God, He is invincible. It wasn’t Jacob because he overcame… but someone did suffer defeat. Without a doubt it was the devil.

The day that you find yourself alone on the altar with God, you will destroy the devil and he will flee from you. Everyone saw Jacob change, and in the same way, everyone will see you change.

The devil doesn’t flee from money, even when it appears to be a lot. He flees from sacrifice, even when it appears to be little. When he sees sacrifice, he sees God.

This is the Israel Challenge.

Bishop Romualdo

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I will wrestle with God - Song

Do you know Him?

God had revealed himself to Jacob as the God of Abraham and his father Isaac.

Jacob then made a vow with God saying that he would be his God if he provided him with his needs when he was running away from his brother.

But 20 years after when he was about to leave Laban he said "unless the God of my father had been with me i would have left empty handed".

Jacob was now rich but he was still referring to God as the God of his Father and not his God.

Why?

Because Jacob was still carrying the same name, he had riches, wives, children but inside was still the same Jacob the deceiver.

The same happens with many people who are in church today, they have received many blessings from God, healing, prosperity etc... But they still don't know God, for them He is the God of the Universal Church, pastor, friend, father or mother but not their God. They are still the same, lying, cheating, deceiving, full of grudges, fornicating etc...

Jacob was tired of being himself he wanted more than the blessing of God, he wanted the Blesser, he wanted to be the blessing himself, for this to happen he had to sacrifice and be alone with God.

The same must happen to you Jesus said: "What does it profit if a man gains the whole world and loses his soul and what can a man give in exchange for his soul".

 ^"Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ Mt 7:22,23 NKJV

What about you, Do you know him? Are you sure of your salvation?

If not the Campaign of Israel is specially for you who want a new identity.

God Bless you,

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