Showing posts with label Bethel. Show all posts
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Why You Should Remind God of Your Prophetic Words - Jennifer LeClaire (Charisma Magazine)



Finally fed up with Laban’s dishonesty, Jacob decided to return to his country. Laban pursued him, and Jacob boldly confronted his uncle—but when Jacob learned that Esau was coming out to meet him, fear struck his heart. Jacob did what we need to do when it looks like our prophetic word can’t possibly come to pass—when it looks like the devil is devouring our prophetic dreams. When the enemy comes in with fear that what God said will never happen, we need to take the prophetic word back to its author in prayer.
“Then Jacob said, ‘O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, "Return to your country and to your family, and I will deal well with you": I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which You have shown Your servant; for I crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I have become two companies. Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and attack me and the mother with the children. For You said, "I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude"’” (Gen. 32:9-12).
But Jacob didn’t stop there. Jacob wrestled with God over the issue until the break of day. You’ll recall the determined words of Jacob’s mouth: “I will not let You go until You bless me!” (v. 26). Jacob got his blessing, but he walked away with a limp.
Of course, God always intended to keep his prophetic word to Jacob. There was never a question in God’s mind that He would watch over His word to perform it (Jer. 1:12). And the same holds true for you. Although some prophecies are conditional, some are set in stone—no man on earth or devil in hell can stop what God has planned. But we can stop it with our doubt, unbelief, fearful mindset, complacency and apathy.
So if you’ve been waiting for months, years or decades for a prophecy to come to pass—and when you're afraid people and circumstances are going to kill your promise—do what Jacob did. Pray. Remind God of His prophetic word. Wrestle with God in prayer until you have the faith to get up and run toward His perfect will despite what things look like—even if you have to run with a limp. Amen.
You can download a sample chapter of Jennifer's new book, The Making of a Prophet, by
 clicking here.

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Jennifer LeClaire is news editor at Charisma. She is also the author of several books, including The Spiritual Warrior's Guide to Defeating Jezebel and The Making of a Prophet

You can email Jennifer at jennifer.leclaire@charismamedia.com or visit her website at www.jenniferleclaire.org.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Israel Hayom - "In the footsteps of ancient Israelite kings"

In the footsteps of ancient Israelite kings


Do the stories of the Bible have an actual historical basis or are they myths? • The controversy over the birth of the Israelite nation stems partially from sparse archaeological artifacts, but archaeologist Adam Zertal's discoveries are changing that.
Dror Eydar

A Gilgal in Rimonim
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 Photo credit: Assaf Solomon