Saturday, November 19, 2005

We Are Kept By God Himself

“I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me, for they are Thine. And all Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to Thee. Holy Father, keep through Thine Own Name those whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are One.” John 17:9-11

Hallelujah Jesus prayed for us and there is no stronger and no more eternal prayer than Jesus’. Jesus told Lazarus to rise from the dead and he did! Jesus told the lame to walk, the blind to see, the water to be wine, and the storms to cease, and A-men they obeyed His every Word! And here Jesus prayed that He would be glorified through us and praise God He is! Jesus prayed that God would keep us, and He prayed that we would be one with God and one with each other through Him and A-men we are! Jesus always receives what He asks God for, He never asks amiss! Now stop and really take hold of what Jesus asked God for us to have! Jesus prayed that God would keep us! Jesus prayed that God Himself would keep us, not an angel, not a bishop, not even ourselves, but that God would and A-men He does! “I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from evil.” John 17:15 “And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto His Heavenly Kingdom: to Whom be glory for ever and ever. A-men.” 2 Timothy 4:18

Just as God kept Jesus, that is how we are kept. They wanted to throw Jesus over a cliff for reading God’s Word, but God kept Him and Jesus just walked away! They wanted to stone Jesus for telling the Truth, and yet God kept Him and He just walked away! Satan wanted to tempt Jesus after He had fasted for forty days, and yet God kept Him and Jesus just told satan to leave and that old defeated dog had to flee! Herod tried to kill Jesus when He was just a child and God kept Him and delivered Him! Death tried to hold Jesus, but God kept Him and raised Him up from the dead and delivered Him from the grave and because God did, we are alive this day in Him and praise God no weapon that has been formed against us will ever prosper! Praise God because He did, we are now more than conquerors through Christ that ever lives to intercede for us so that we might be saved to the uttermost! Hallelujah we are kept and praise His Holy Name we are preserved by God Himself! This is the day that the Lord has made and through His glorious power we are able to rejoice and be glad in it!

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