So
Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them. [That
disciple] was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked,
"Lord, who is the one that’s going to betray You?” When Peter saw him, he said
to Jesus, "Lord—what about him?”—John
21:20–21
The first thing you do after God speaks to you is critical. Jesus was telling
Peter what type of ministry he would have and what type of death he would suffer
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"Therefore,
King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.”—Acts 26:19
God does everything for a reason. God met Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus road
for a purpose (Acts
9:1–9). Saul had planned to persecute Christians, but his encounter with
Christ changed him forever. God did more in that encounter than sav
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So
Peter turned around and saw the disciple Jesus loved following them. [That
disciple] was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and asked,
"Lord, who is the one that’s going to betray You?” When Peter saw him, he said
to Jesus, "Lord—what about him?”—John
21:20–21
"Therefore,
King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.”—Acts 26:19
God does everything for a reason. God met Saul of Tarsus on the Damascus road
for a purpose (Acts
9:1–9). Saul had planned to persecute Christians, but his encounter with
Christ changed him for
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And
the Lord told Moses, "Go to the
people and purify them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes and be
prepared by the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in
the sight of all the people.—Exodus
19:10–11
I
searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap
before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no
one.—Ezekiel
22:30
God looks for those whose hearts are prepared to be intercessors before Him.
Intercessors have hearts in tune with God's heart. They are so acutely aware of
what is at stake, for their land, that they will stay before God as long as
necessary in order to obtain God's an
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Now
to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think—according to
the power that works in you...—Ephesians
3:20
At times we feel as if we could impress God with all we are trying to do for
Him and His church. Yet God has yet to be impressed with even the most grandiose
human aspirations (Ps. 8:3–4). You
will never set a goal so big or attempt a
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