"Arise My Love" Come Away Prayer Events
Learning How To Live In God's Grace and Favor!
Learning How To Live In God's Grace and Favor!
BE A "JULIUS"
✅ God is amazing how He sends FAVOR in the worst of times.
✅ Apostle Paul in Acts 27 is on his way to Rome to present his case as a Roman citizen. He has been harassed and arrested in Jerusalem by the Jewish leaders. Herod Agrippa and Festus have left him in chains to be tried in Italy as a Roman citizen. 🇮🇹
✅ Paul is given into the custody of JULIUS, a Roman Centurion Soldier. All night long they sailed by the coasts of Asia. In the morning they docked ship in Sidon, Lebanon.
✅ JULIUS guarded Paul in the lower deck where the common criminals were jailed. He loved to hear Paul sing and pray. JULIUS somehow had a soft spot in his heart for Paul. He discerned Paul was different.
When all the people were leaving the ship to refresh themselves for a day in beautiful Sidon, the prisoners of course were detained in their cells. BUT NOT PAUL!
✅ In the disembarkation process, JULIAN released Paul from his cell and his chains to go and refresh himself with his friends and family on the beautiful beaches of Lebanon!
✅ JULIUS stuck his own neck out and trusted Paul to return to ship the next day‼️ He could have lost his own life if Paul had decided to escape.
✅ Faithful Paul enjoyed the day with friends grateful for the glorious FAVOR of God. He was on a missionary journey to Rome and loyally returned to the ship in the morning to once again be chained in his cell on the lowest “poop” deck where prisoners were held.
✅ God knows what you are going through. He will lovingly send people who will FAVOR you even in the worst of times.
✅ BE A JULIUS. —— LOOK 👀 for God’s mistreated people to love and shower with FAVOR! ❤️ God always rewards loving kindness. He blessed JULIUS!
BE A JULIUS - God will do the same for YOU!❤️
Balaam - What an interesting character in the book of Numbers, chapter 23!
His name in Hebrew means: Balaam = "not of the people".
Isn't that strange since the Bible records that he is from the family of Abraham, specifically the descendent of the beloved Isaac through Esau, one of Isaac's twin sons.
So in his grasp were all the promises of God given to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He was as Jewish as one can be, with a fine pedigree but he refused his heritage benefit package for his own plan of prosperity!
How Come you may ask? Well, it looks like he left the community of believers in the desert making their way to the Promise Land for a
Quick Get Rich Scheme!
Sounds like he was sick of the manna bread God gave every day and tired of all the faith tests of Divine Leadership in the desert. No cucumbers, not much meat in the diet, constantly looking for water and regular war with neighboring nations! Balaam was finished with this faith life! He needed some results right now.
He decided to move 400 miles away to Pethor by the Euphrates River with the Assyrians where the kings came to pay tribute. The very name Pethor in Hebrew means "soothsayer" - a place of paradise dreams.
He would find a way to get rich there!
While there he foretold specific details concerning specific people and events. In time these events transpired just as he prophesied. He made a big name for himself in Pethor. Even the King knew who Balaam was.
He Didn't Stay Close to his people or God.
But he lived away from the people of God, away from the congregation, away from God's laws and love.
He was heading nowhere fast. The devil loves to move you away from the people of God. Divide and conquer is his game.
Balaam walked away from the blessing of God too! Why did he walk away? When would he return to the Lord?
God shared his benefit package with Balaam's Great Granddaddy Abraham in Genesis 12: 1 - 3
God had just two conditions for his Abraham Benefit Package. LEAVE and GO!
Leave Your Country - Leave Your Family - Leave Your Father's House - Go where I will show you...Gen. 12:1
Abraham believed God and left!
God kept His part and did all five of the promises He offered to Abraham.
IF you do - THEN I will...
1. I will Make a Great Nation of You.
2. I will Bless You.
3. I will make you a Big Name.
4. I will Knock down your enemies.
5. All the families of the earth will be Blessed In You!
Why would Balaam walk away from such a great Benefits Package?
He had his eyes on quick easy money now - Not a life of faith and waiting on God's timing.
But wait until you see what else he will lose if he stays in Pethor.
God had a huge golden parachute package just waiting for him if he will return to God and His people. I'll tell you more ...READ NUMBERS 23 in the Holy Bible