[Faith-talk] FW: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] Don't look at the storm by Kenneth Copeland

[Eric Calhoun]

Original Message: 
From: Donna Kiser <kiserdonna5 at gmail.com>
To: URCTCPrayerGroup2 at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [URCTCPrayerGroup2] Don't look at the storm by Kenneth Copeland
Date: 
Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:34:31 -0400

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Don't Look at the StormKenneth Copeland

But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to
sink,
he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth
his
hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith,
wherefore
didst thou doubt?

- Matthew 14:30-31

If there's any way the devil can get your eyes away from the Word, he'll
do
it. He'll cause trouble. He'll make the circumstances around you pitch
and
roll like a rowboat in a hurricane. He'll do anything he can to get you
to
concentrate on the realm of the physical senses and the situation around
you
instead of on the promise of God--because he knows that if he doesn't,
you'll take that promise and beat his brains out with it.

That's what he did to Peter. When Peter first jumped out of the boat that
day in response to Jesus' word, what happened? He walked right across that
water without a problem. His whole being was fastened on that word Jesus
had
spoken to him, "Come!"

But when he took his eyes off that word, he started looking at the storm.
He
started looking at the impossible thing he was doing. After all, he was a
fisherman. All his training and experience told him when the waves were
that
high, you were going under. He started to focus on what he knew in the
natural instead of what Jesus said. When he did that, his faith slipped
out
of gear and he started to sink.

Don't let that happen to you. Once you get a revelation from the Word of
God, hang onto it. Don't focus on anything else.

The devil will do everything he can to get you to turn loose of it. He'll
stir up things around you. He'll try to get you into fear. He'll push
every
button he can from the past to get you back into your old way of
thinking.

But don't let go. Keep your eyes on the Word of God until it's more real
inside you than anything else. If you do, you'll be able to walk your way
across the water just fine.

Scripture Reading: Matthew 14:22-33

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Donna K
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-- 
*He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable
and
fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand]
Ps
91:1*