Note: We have moved our Monthly Day of Fasting & Prayer to the first Wednesday of every month.
My Times are In Your Hands
One of the most comforting truths of Scripture is the reality that our lives and times are in God’s hands. The history of Abram, is a powerful illustration of how God calls, guides, provides and ultimately fulfills His purpose for our lives and our purpose in His kingdom.
We must fully believe that God has a purpose and destiny for our lives.
Just like Abram, God calls us to himself and into His eternal kingdom. If we respond to the Lord by choosing to follow Him, we enter into the destiny He has planned for our lives. Like Abram, we may be required to leave our country, relatives and immediate family to go where He wants us to go. However, the reward for our obedience is beyond anything we could imagine!
The journey to our destiny will require us to continue to walk by faith and trust God.
God had promised to bless Abram and that through him all the nations of the world would be blessed. But it would happen in God’s timing and not his own. Like Abram, we must trust that the promises God has made to us, will be fulfilled according to His timing and not ours. It will require that we learn to ‘wait’ for God to bring the breakthroughs necessary to fulfill our destiny within those plans.
Our God is a God of breakthroughs.
God made a promise to bless Abram and Sarai with a child who would be their heir. Years had passed and they were wondering if God was going to make good on His promise. It looked like an impossibility but our God is one of breakthroughs. They even felt like God might need their help to fulfill that plan. So Sarah suggested and Abram agreed to have a child through Sarai’s servant. This unleased untold misery for them all. We need to reject any good suggestions or plans that are not divinely-ordained by God. This is a kingdom principle; the enemy will try to get us to take matters into our own hands to bring about the promises of God. He desires to send us a counterfeit before the true promise; don’t settle for an ‘Ishmael’ when God has promised an ‘Isaac’. We need to be patient and allow him to bring His promises to reality, the way He chooses and when He chooses to do it.
God will fulfill all that He promises, but we must be patient. He invites us to commit our futures in His hands and trust Him to bring it all to pass, because our times are ultimately in His capable hands!
Pastor Barry Risto
Prayer Points
Scriptures: Genesis 12:1-7; 15:1-6; 16:1-16; Psalm 119:133; Psalm 31:9-15
Confess any known and unknown sins.
Lord, I thank you for giving me life and sustaining me and my household this year.
Father, I thank You that I am able to participate in today’s fasting program.
Lord, let Your goodness and mercy follow me in the month of November.
Gen 15:3-4 – God Almighty in Jesus’ name I will enter into my destiny.
Gen 15:3-4 - God Almighty, my household will enter into their destiny in Jesus’ name.
Gen 15:12-16 – Jehovah El-Roi sustain (myself, household, church) as we wait for our breakthrough(s).
Gen 15:14 – Lord break every stronghold against my break through.
Gen 12:2-3 – Jesus’ let every divine word spoken over my life concerning my breakthrough(s) come to pass.
Gen 12:2-3 – Lord, let every divine word spoken over my household, church concerning our breakthrough(s) come to pass.
Gen 16:1-3 – Lord keep my (household, church and nation) from any kind of premature hurry, hustles or breakthroughs in Jesus’ name.
Gen 16:2 – Father help me to reject any good suggestions or plans that is not divinely ordained.
Gen 16:2 – Lord, let our political leaders (local, provincial, federal) reject any good suggestions that is not divinely ordained.
Gen 16:11 – The God who hears listen to my cry and let my breakthrough(s) come speedily. (mention them by name)
Gen 16:13 – Jehovah El-Roi, the one who knows my difficult situations (mention them by name) come through for me in Jesus’ name.
Psalm 119:133 – Lord, order our (household, church) steps so that we will not be overcome by evil.
Psalm 119:133 – Lord, guide our political leaders (local, provincial, federal) to make the right decisions and not out of convenience.
Psalm 31:15 – Like David, I commit my future into Your hands.
Psalm 31:15 – Father, I commit the future of my household (mention them by name) church and country to the One who sees and hears me.
Pray for the sick among us for total and complete divine healing. (mention them by name)
Unleash Your protection and providence upon the persecuted church globally in Jesus’ name.
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Followed by our Worship & Prayer Service at 7:00 pm at PPT.