God Is Our Comfort

First of all, we would like to extend our gratitude for all of the IAFB Australia Churches for participating in the last Family Camp. We’ve done it again, this is another milestone for all these churches to come altogether to approach the Throne of Grace of our God, to experience the Love of Christ, and there to command the blessings of God to pour His Spirit upon us all.

I personally declare continuous growth in all the seeds that God has scattered on you as you all been taken cared by Him and became a good soil patterned from our Lord Jesus, The Christ. With His Spirit, we can do all thing through Christ who strengthen us (Philippians 4:13). As we have just gathered together, the eye of the devil is back on us tracking every details of our lives moving on the ways established by Christ in us. Therefore, be attentive to the devil’s scheme as it always feels and looks good but the end is destruction.

Let us continue to welcome the Holy Spirit always in our lives to give us the boldness and courage, to gain the Godly wisdom, and act in Love of Christ as we keep ourselves nurtured by Grace of God, our very salvation freely given to those whose faith were founded in Christ Jesus. Be prepared in the battle we are about to face or may have been facing already, the battle is to the Lord.

Ephesians 6:12 – For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

God encourage us, His children, to be mindful of the real enemies we face in every battles in lives and not to the person you are dealing with, or any circumstances that is happening on our lives, or any external situations that highly distresses our lives. The battle to deal with is in heavenly places, the real realm to deal with, the spiritual forces of evil which Jesus has already defeated many years ago with His resurrection and His ascension seated at the right hand of God. Claim God’s victory over the works of the devil, it’s all yours as Jesus has overcome it.

And as the psalmist says in Psalm 23:4, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” And if we feel the burdens of the battles in our lives are heavy, these only mean that we are holding on to it for quite a while. Jesus made an invitation to us in Matthew 11:28 – “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

Rest in the presence of God and take His rod and staff, for these will comfort you in the times of all your distresses in lives.

God bless you all.

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