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God Will Establish You

It’s a promise

This world is a tough place.

It’s supposed to get us to wake up and turn to God, so He can save us and help us.

We fall on tough times. We have a spouse who betrays us. We have kids who reject us. We have friends and family who throw us under the bus. We lose jobs and homes and friends. We are ruined, even by people who claim to be good Christians.

But, God will establish you. Just turn to Him.

He promises.

“the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.”—2 Thess. 3:3 KJV

Speak this promise to yourself to build up faith. Faith comes by hearing the promises of God. Speak it to yourself and hear what it says, and believe it.

“The Lord is faithful. He will establish me and keep me from evil.”

Jesus prayed for you, “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.”—John Chapter 17 (verse 15) KJV

It’s going to happen.

Just turn to Him. Pray and ask Him to save you and help you. Trust Him. Follow Him.

We can look at Joseph. ( Genesis Chapter 30-Chapter 50 KJV)

His brothers betrayed him and threw him into a pit.

That’s just like how you’ve been betrayed or lied to or destroyed by people claiming to be family or friends or others.

They were going to kill him, but God used one of the brothers to speak mercy, because God had a plan.

He has a plan for you. He has made a way for you to escape. Trust Him.

They sold him into slavery.

They lied to his father, and anyone else who might need to know. They covered up their lies and betrayal.

When you do good you don’t have to hide it. When you do God’s will, it’s ok if you get found out.

But, God was with Joseph.

I’m sure there were some times, when it was scary, and Joseph didn’t know what was going to happen. There were probably times the devil whispered into his ear to get him to fear and doubt.

I’ve had the same. You probably have to.

But, God came through.

Joseph went to work for a decent man named Potiphar, who God used to lift Joseph up to the highest place in that man’s household.

God established Joseph. He set him in charge of everything. Simply because Joseph trusted God.

What the devil tried to destroy, God saved and established. What his brothers sought for evil, God turned around for good.

And He can do it for you. He’s done it for me, and will again.

But, the devil wasn’t done with trying to derail God’s plan.

Potiphar’s wife came tempting Joseph.

The type of temptation is irrelevant.

The devil can use all kinds of things to try to trip us up.

He tempts our flesh to see if we will bite. Then he destroys us. It could have been theft, or too much wine. It could have been an accident or misunderstanding. It could be a bad boss who the devil uses to get you to fail. If you fail, just turn to God, confess it and let Him grow you.

But Joseph did not fail. He resisted and resisted.

He wanted to be right with God. The God who had established Him. The God who had given him everything.

But, Potiphar’s wife lied and falsely accused Joseph. And he was thrown into jail.

You might have been lied on. They might have twisted things to destroy you because you would not submit to their evil ways or abuses. They might have listened to the rantings of a petty person who always wants to get their way.

Remember God sees. Revenge is His, He will repay.

And He will establish you. Which is probably the best revenge. Keep your heart pure, despite their evil.

God established Joseph again. He made him head trustee in the jail.

That’s God. He can bless you in the midst of terrible things.

When they seek to do you wrong, know that God will establish you and keep you from evil. He will bless you. He turns all things around for our good. Just turn to Him and love Him.

All that time in Potiphar’s house, and being trustee in the jail was preparing Joseph and training him. Not just in practical things, but preparing him in spirit. Joseph continued to abide in God and trust Him.

Till the time came for the blessing to break free.

And God raised him up and established him again, as the head of Egypt. It was an Egypt who needed a wise worker from the darkest pits.

God established him, and He will establish you.

“The Lord is faithful. He will establish me and keep me from evil’

It’s a promise.

Turn to Him. Trust Him. Abide in Him. Have a relationship with Him. Endure the attacks that come and stay with Him.

God will establish you.

Your faith in Him and His promises will move mountains.

And on that final day, you will be with Him in Paradise.

Bio: Chris Bunton is a writer, poet and blogger from Southern Illinois. He has published in several magazines, and has written a poetry eBook called “Against the Man” and an Addiction Recovery eBook called “Made Free: Overcoming Addiction“ a collection of dystopian short stories.“The Future is Coming” and his latest book “The Latter Days‘ is a book on Bible Prophecy and avoiding the deceptions to come.

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It was a miracle no one was hurt

It was in the late 90’s when I was driving a semi-truck for a living.

I was traveling with a heavy load through the state of New York. It was winter. The roads were clear but there was white on the ground everywhere.

The road I was cruising on looked like an interstate with four lanes. It had a median in between them. I cannot remember exactly which road it was.

My tractor pulled the heavy load slowly up a hill. As I went over the top and started to descend; I noticed that cars in the other 2 lanes heading the opposite direction as me, were flashing their headlights.

At this point the road curved downward around a giant stone hill. The bottom of the hill and road was blocked from view because of it.

The flashing lights were a warning, so I started covering my brakes to slow the heavy truck down.

As I rounded the hillside, I could see that all the traffic below me was at a dead stop.

I began to apply the brakes to get the truck stopped as well. But, the load was pretty heavy and was pushing the truck down the hill.

When you are braking a semi- truck, you have to make sure you don’t burn up the brakes, and make sure that you don’t run out of air on the air brakes. That’s the goal.

So, you apply the brakes at an even steady rate, so it will slow you and stop you but still have time for the air to catch up with your usage. If not, you lose brakes.

So, I’m apply the brakes and the truck is slowing. But over time, the brakes are feeling sluggish and the air is running out.

The length of the down hill grade and the weight I was carrying fought against the brakes.

I wasn’t sure if I could get the truck stopped, so I made a decision to wreck the truck into the median rather than hurt anyone. I switched to the left hand lane and kept applying the brakes.

I finally got to the bottom of the hill and was slowly approaching the cars stopped below.

The air in the brakes was gone and I was still not totally stopped. I was waiting for the air to rebuild but it was not fast enough. The truck rolled toward a car with a family in it.

So, I decided to drive the rolling truck into the median. Remember I’m in the left hand lane so I turn the wheel slightly and the truck started to roll out into the median.

But, at the very last second, some thing took over. It was not me.

I whipped the steering wheel back to the right, which sent the truck traveling along the shoulder instead of out into the median. Then, I whipped it again to the right, which turned the truck back into where the cars were sitting, and applied my brakes which were now full of air again.

The truck stopped; sitting perfectly in the left hand lane. I had somehow veered the truck in a “C” shape around three parked cars, drove along the shoulder and whipped back into the lane perfectly.

Right after I got stopped, a man came running up to the truck and beat on the door. I opened it and he yelled,

“I bet you need some toilet paper! That was the craziest thing I’ve ever seen!”

And it was crazy.

It wasn’t me.

But, it was just one of the many times God has protected me and others in my life.

Bio: Chris Bunton is a writer, poet and blogger.

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Everyday is a new chance at a different life.

Every morning when we wake up we can choose how our day goes.

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I have fought to think rightly in the face of a life that seemed stagnant and dead.

So, I’m not just blowing smoke.

I have waited for years for change to occur. I have done everything I can realistically do to make those changes occur and nothing has happened.

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Today it can change for the better.

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“Cow Farts” is a talking point.

It is a fallacy in reasoning. A False Narrative, a Strawman and an Appeal to Ridicule.

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I have not even mentioned the terrible cruelty these animals and the natural world around these farms face.

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Stop caring.

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Basically, since the parents didn’t know God. The children would suffer from it. Drunken parents who don’t know God, lead to drunken kids, who do not know God. And when the kids hit rock bottom, they do not know who to cry out to because they were never led to know God.

As Christians we are grafted in to Israel. That means that on a spiritual level; in the eyes of God, we are adopted children. We are in the covenant. We are treated as equals and joint heirs. (Romans 11)

So as believers we look at what happened in the past and we learn truth from it. Paul said,

“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” —Rom 15:4

So, we can apply this verse in Hosea to ourselves, and what we see in our churches and our own households, and nation.

We are destroyed because we do not know God. We know about Him. We have heaped to ourselves teachers. We go to Church, Bible Studies, and read the latest fad book, from the best Christian authors. But, do we know Him? We sit in our church or car and clap to our favorite Christian music, but do we know Him?

If you knew Him, you could not help but tell others. You could not stop telling about the good things God has done for you. You could not help but want to grow closer to Him.

Do you tell people about Jesus? Have you read the entire Bible, or is all your Bible knowledge from what your Church told you?

You cannot know Him, unless you are born again and let the Holy Spirit teach you.

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” Is not about more information. It’s about knowing Him.

Are you saved? Ask God to save you and grow you. (Acts 2:21)

Turn to God and confess to Him that you believe Jesus is the Lord, and you want Him to be your Lord. Believe that He rose from the dead. This is believing God. It is believing what God has told you in His Word. (Romans 10:9-10, Romans 4:3)

Ask God to fill you with His Holy Spirit and teach you. (Luke 11:11-13, John 16:13)

The Bible says, “But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.”—1 John 2:27

This means that God himself is perfectly capable of teaching you. Believe this. Trust this, and let Him. This is the relationship.

Just talk with God. Just be real in prayer. Do you believe He is real? Do you believe He is with you always? Then, talk to Him like He is. Do you believe He is your father and friend? Then, talk to Him like He is. Be real with Him.

Do you really believe He can teach you? Then treat him like your teacher.

When you read your Bible. If you do not understand something. Or get confused. Instead of running to the preacher, or a friend or the commentaries. ASK GOD.

Pray about it. This is part of the relationship and growth. Ask Him. Then trust that He hears you and will open the scriptures to you. Then, move on. Keep reading and living and praying.

It might take time. This is part of learning patience, and learning to trust God. But, as you read and study, one day you will come across a verse that will jump out at you. This is called “Quickening”. The Word comes to life.

Then, the question you asked will be opened up to you, and this new verse, will make connections to the verse you asked about and it will make perfect sense. It will be an “Aha!” moment. This is God teaching you. Not only does this teach you. But, it builds your relationship with God, and strengthens your faith.

But if you run to the pastor, and ask them about the verse or question. You miss the chance to know God. It becomes head knowledge about the author of the Word, instead of knowing the Author. When you take time and care to know the writer, a transfer of relationship occurs. God will teach you. Trust Him.

You must remember that on Judgement day. The worst thing to hear is “Depart from me I never KNEW you.” (Matt. 7:21-23)

What I am telling you is how you come to know Him. Did you really get saved? Or is it just words you spoke and words you hear every Sunday? Our salvation, opens the door to knowing Him. If you never got saved, then you can’t know Him. If you don’t care to know him. Then, you probably did not get saved.

Jesus said, “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.”

If you won’t tell people about Jesus, then you gotta ask if you really know Him? Are you really saved?

Look at the story of the Gadarene demoniac. (Luke 8)

Jesus cast demons out of a man and saved his life. Jesus then told Him “Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee.”

That is our testimony. That is how we overcome the enemy. We tell people about Jesus. We tell people about the great things God has done in our lives. (Rev. 12:11)

But if we cannot do this, we gotta ask ourselves, why? Do we really know him? Have we really seen Him doing great things in our lives? Or are we just going to church?

If every Christian told all their friends and family and Facebook friends about the great things God has done in their lives, what would our country look like?

But, you can’t tell others if you don’t know Him.

How else does the Spirit teach us? He teaches us through our lives. If we read scripture and do not understand something, we can ask God. Now, sometimes God might show us in the Word. Or He might bring a teacher to us. Or He might open something else up to teach us from our lives.

For example, we can learn a lot about how God loves us and treats us by looking at how we love our own kids. We are His children. If we love our kids, how much more does he love us?

Does this lead to more questions? Then, ask God and He will show you.

God has gifted people to be teachers of the Word. Teachers of the Spirit. God will lead you to the ones He wants you to learn from. Again, this is something between you and God. HE is teaching you. But, He has led you to someone that is teaching what God wants you to learn. God can lead you to different teachers or many teachers. But, it is God who is teaching, if you let Him guide you to the one He wants you to learn from.

You are not here by accident.

There are times of trouble which can come into our lives. If we turn to God, He will help us and can use it to show us things about Himself. Again, we want to KNOW God. Not know about Him. When we face trouble, and draw closer to God we learn of HIM, when we see Him move in our life.

Our life turns to shambles, when we don’t turn to Him and know Him. This shambles is a call to turn to Him. It’s a chance to know Him.

Do you know Him? Let Him grow you.

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