Victory Blog

“And the kine went along the highway, lowing as they went.”¹

THAT two milch kine which had never borne the yoke should move quietly along the high road, turning neither to the right nor to the left, and lowing for the calves they had left behind, clearly indicated that they were possessed and guided by some mysterious power, which we know to have been God’s. And if He were able thus to overpower the instincts of their nature, and to compel them to do his will, may we not infer that all circumstances, and all men, however unwittingly, and against their natural instinct, are subserving the purposes of his will, and bearing on the Ark? The fish yields the tribute money; the colt of the ass waits where two ways meet to bear the Redeemer; the man with the waterpot leads to the upper room; the Roman soldiers enable Paul to fulfill the mission of his life, in preaching the Gospel without hindrance in the very heart of Rome.

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1. 1 Samuel 6:12 [↩]

Dear Christian Friends,

We want to thank all of you who have responded to our request for pray.  Thank you for your prayers and concern for us.  We love you folks in the LORD!

Debbie is alive and well this morning.  However, she is in a lot of pain.  Perhaps all this will help her with her back pain as well as the headaches she was having.

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“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee”.¹

There are those that teach that the God of the Old Testament is not a God of love and compassion. This verse should debunk this contention.

God tells his people that he loves them with an everlasting love. His love, unlike ours, is eternal, unchanging and unconditional. God’s love for us is infinite and is never exhausted. His love is pure and holy and always has our good as its goal.

The direct result of the love of God is that he draws us to himself with lovingkindness, or his loyal love, unfailing kindness and devotion. There is no one as loyal as our God. No one so seeks our benefit as God. No one as truly kind as God.

God is holy, emphatically yes, but God loves with an eternal love and that love is expressed towards us: in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us; in that it makes us this own precious people; in that he truly cares for us…

- Pastor Stevens

1. Je 31:3 [↩]

“Let us build with you.”¹

At first the world does its best to intimidate the Church; then it asks to be permitted to join with it. A most subtle temptation this. The child of God is greatly inclined to yield; the proposal seems so harmless, and so likely to be a means of blessing to the poor, hungry, weary world. But there is only one condition on which the world may be admitted; it must yield a true and humble submission to the cross, and be willing to give up all for Jesus ?? conditions which the world will not consider for a moment; and so its heart is filled with bitterness and gall, and it sets itself to hinder where it had professed willingness to help.

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1. Ezra 4:2 [↩]

“ …I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” ((Heb 13:5))

Ever wondered where God was when you needed him? I mean those times when friends forsake you and life has left you in a pit. Or when you lose all hope. Or when you are hurting so bad that you wished you were dead.

God’s promise to his children is this, “I will never leave nor will I ever forsake you.” Leave means to abandon. Forsake means to desert.

In the Greek of this verse, the first verb is preceded by a double negative and the second by a triple negative.. This is a emphatic promise from God, I will never, ever abandon you; I will never, ever desert you. These words describe the impossibility that God would ever leave you.

So no matter the circumstance or how you feel, your God is there, with you in the midst of your life. Do you believe it? Do you live like you believer it?

- Pastor Stevens