35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Prayer Warriors,
What's the difference between a conqueror and more than a conqueror?
Well, who doesn't like to win ,or conquer things...... I have to admit, when I've prayed about a situation and it gets resolved right away. I feel victorious but then I'm on to the next one, not really felling satisfied in my soul.
Alexander the Great, had conquered the world, at the age of 33 and when he looked around, he felt there was no more to conquer. He went on a ten day, drunken state, wondered the streets, caught ammonia and died. The soul wasn't satisfied.
How about the prayers we labor over, the trials that seem to last a lifetime. Wondering why He won't answer that one prayer. Lord, why are you so quiet right now. What are you doing?
Christ, wants us to be more than conquerors. Here are some great examples:
Daniel 3:16-25 (NKJV)
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.
18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up."
Acts 7:58-60 (NKJV)
58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Luke 22:41-42 (NKJV)
41 And He
was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and He knelt down and prayed,
42 saying, "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done."
When we're going through the fire, He is walking with us and people see Him.
When people throw stones at us, we can look up and forgive them.
When we're taking up our cross daily, and we can say," Not my will, but yours be done."
Our children, family and neighbors are watching and may they see the Love of Christ in us.
Nothing, can ever separate us from the love of Christ, for in Him, we are more than conquerors.
Blessings,
Christina
When people throw stones at us, we can look up and forgive them.
When we're taking up our cross daily, and we can say," Not my will, but yours be done."
Our children, family and neighbors are watching and may they see the Love of Christ in us.
Nothing, can ever separate us from the love of Christ, for in Him, we are more than conquerors.
Blessings,
Christina
