God, Ltd. [Limited] 3/27 Friday Faith

This is a favorite that I rerun every couple years.

Have you been to Canada?  Do you know when I went to Canada for the first time there was one thing that struck me peculiarly?  The signs would read, "John Brown, Ltd." ...
I was holding meetings in the old St. Andrews Church in Sidney.  I asked them one night why they did not put their national symbol on their churches.  They wondered what I meant.  I said, "Every other business house is 'Ltd.' Why don't you put it over the church?"
And old Scotchman said, "We don't have to .  Everybody knows it." 
Limited?  Sure it is limited.  Limit God, limit ourselves, limit His grace, limit the Word. Sure, our God is a little bit of a God.  Most of us could carry Him in our vest pocket and it wouldn't budge the pocket -- our God with the "Ltd." on Him.
Brother, sister, that challenge comes to us today to LET GOD LOOSE.

-- John G. Lake

A Good-Sized God 3/26 Thursday Thoughts

If any saint would dare to say, "I am done with disease and sickness; I will never be sick again,"  90 percent of you would say, "Keep your eye on that person. He will be sick in a week.  The devil sure will get them."  You believe the devil is bigger than God.  Your God is about one-and-a-half inches high, and the devil is one-and-a-half feet high.  What you need to do is to change gods and change gods quick.  There have been only a few folks that had a good-sized God.

-- John G. Lake

Who's Bigger? Devil or God? 3/25 Wednesday Wisdom

Another man said, "Brother, I believe in the dual nature.  I believe that when I would do good, evil is always present with me, and I thank God that evil is always there."  You live it and believe it, and God cannot do anything with you.  You magnify failure and you deify failure until to the majority of you the devil is bigger than God.  And you are more afraid of the devil than you are of God.  You have more reverence for the devil than you have for God.  (to be continued)

-- John G. Lake

The Triple Curse 3/24 Tuesday Truth

Sin, sickness, and death are doomed -- doomed to death by the decree of Christ Jesus.  Sin, sickness, and death are the devil's triumvirate -- the triple curse.
Heaven is the absence of this triple curse -- heaven is sinlessness, sicklessness, and deathlessness.  This is the ultimate of Christ's redemption.

-- John G. Lake

Christ In You 3/23 Monday Meditation

Suppose I could get inside of Mrs. Lake.  Can you imagine such a thing?  She would be 190 pounds heavier than she is now.  She would have a voice like a pirate, and all the other characteristics of me.  She would be me.  Do you see it?
Oh, listen.  There is a divine secret in Christ's salvation.  It is Christ in fact in you by the Holy Ghost, dwelling in you, speaking in you, living in you, blazing in you, flashing from you, bless God.

-- John G. Lake

A Prayer About the Corona Virus Concerns

This prayer was prepared by the Assemblies of God.  It covers every issue and concern very well:  

Here is the prayer focus our worldwide Assemblies of God family will be praying:

• Father, thank You that “Your name is a strong tower, where the righteous can run to You and are safe” (Proverbs 18:10).
• We pray for those on the front lines of this response, including health officials who are working around the clock to protect us. Give them supernatural wisdom as they seek to create a vaccine and antidotes to combat this virus.
• We pray for courageous first responders in the medical field who are working for the health and safety of our communities in hospitals, clinics, and emergency rooms.
• We pray for You to grant wisdom to governmental leaders throughout the world, on both national and local levels, regarding actions to be taken to protect the citizens they serve. Your Word assures us that if any person lacks wisdom, we can ask You and You will give it generously.
• Lord, we lift to You our concern for people who are more likely than others to become severely ill from COVID-19—the elderly and people with chronic health conditions. Protect them from harm and be their comfort in this time of uncertainty.
• We pray for the health and well-being of those who have already been affected by this virus. Lord, during Your ministry on earth, You showed Your power by healing people of all ages from physical, mental and spiritual ailments. Be present now to people who need Your healing touch due to COVID-19. You are a God who heals ALL of our diseases.
• Lord, please also take away the fear, anxiety, and feelings of isolation from people receiving treatment and those under quarantine. Protect their families and friends and bring peace to all who love them.
• We pray for those who have been impacted financially from this interruption. Thank you, Lord, for supplying their needs according to Your riches and glory.
• We pray for a faith that will not only endure through this, but will grow, and lift up the name of Jesus—our Savior, Baptizer, Healer, and Soon-Coming King—as we remember Your greatness and know that NOTHING is too difficult for You.
• We pray for a spirit of peace and that a pandemic of hope would spread globally as Your people, who are called by Your name, live out their faith in the midst of this crisis.
• You have not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind (2 Timothy 1:7). Thank You that You are the source of hope, and that You will fill us completely with joy and peace because we trust in You (Romans 15:13).

Decline in the Church 3/20 Friday Faith

Every decline that has followed the history of the Christian Church has first had its inception when men began to lay down on the subject of the Holy Ghost.  If you want to spell death to an organization that is now alive spiritually, all you have to do is to get them to lay down on the subject of the necessity of the Holy Ghost and the baptism of the Holy Ghost.  There will soon be nothing left but a corpse.  That is the history of Christianity.

-- John G. Lake