WEDNESDAY'S WORD - SUDDENLY - 02/08/17 Sadell Bradley - New Life Covenant Cincinnati

"Every day is an unknown land, and I can change things suddenly." That's the thought that the Lord awakened me with this morning. SUDDENLY means occurring quickly and unexpectedly, or without warning. It expresses that the thing you've been anticipating, hoping or praying about for years is imminent. It is important for us to increase our awareness of the presence and power of God to move on our behalf at any time. He has the authority and the ability to change things in a moment: to restore what has been lost, to open doors of opportunity, to heal what is broken or divided, to change policy, to vindicate, to bring elevation, or revelation, to answer questions and prayers that have been on your list...or callings on His list for decades - SUDDENLY. In Acts 9, Saul the Pharisee, who had for years been persecuting and killing Christ Followers with zeal in God's name, was on the Damascus Road when: "...suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him."  This momentary encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ changed the entire trajectory of His life and ministry. "He fell to the  ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" 5 "Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked. "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting," he replied. 6 "Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do." This unexpected event collided with all of his previously held beliefs, changed his entire circle of companions and armed him with the grace to suffer for the cause of Christ. It made his enemies his family, and his former foes his mission field.   In Numbers 12, Miriam and Aaron had spoken against their brother Moses because he'd married an Ethiopian woman. They intimated that they were as prophetic as he was and just as qualified to lead. The LORD heard it. Verse 4 says 'the LORD spake suddenly' to them and brought them into the Tabernacle and said, "If there is a prophet among you, I the LORD, reveal myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams. But this is not true of my servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house. With him I speak face to face clearly not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?" (Vs. 6-8) When the cloud lifted from above the tent, Miriam and Aaron were suddenly struck with leprosy. Moses' leadership was instantly vindicated. He didn't have to say a word. In Acts 3, Peter and John encountered a man who was lame from his mother's womb begging at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple. "When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. 4 Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, "Look at us!" 5 So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them. 6 Then Peter said, "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk." 7 Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong. 8 He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God." The LORD, through Peter and John, instantaneously reversed a condition that had never been whole! The man had never known the freedom and liberty to walk and God restored him - not to just to a limping state, or even to a walking one...but to the level of leaping and praising as if he'd been mobile and healthy all along! God is saying to you and to me, "Every day is an unknown land, and I can change things SUDDENLY!"

SUNDAY Worship

11:00 AM Worship
The Great Room Sunday Class
9:30 AM Youth Room Basement
at Wyoming Presbyterian
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