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Dear Christian
Believers,
God bless you and your families in the name of
Jesus Christ.
Another "new year" begins, and it
seems as though we just started 2005. I told the Fellow
Laborers not so long ago that 1 year for me, seems as
the blink of an eye. I'm sure 2006 will move quickly and
it will be filled with wondrous things, places to go and
people to teach. More ministering, signs, miracles, and
wonders. New believers will be born-again and will manifest
the power of GOD in their lives. There will be new adventures
with GOD, and new GOD moments to experience and treasure.
There will also be new and old challenges because we all
live this thing called life, and we live in a not so friendly
world. Why do I say these things? Because that's the way
it has been since the fall of man, and for us since we
first began Christian Family Fellowship Ministry.
In early December, a wonderful Christian woman
gave me a card and in it were some scripture references
from the Book of Job. I got inspired
to revisit the Book of Job and once again read about his
woes, and his deliverance. Chapter 29
caught my attention, because in it, Job was reflecting
on the past about himself. He was remembering who the
real Job was, even though he was dealing with a most difficult
time of challenge in his life.
Job 29:1-6
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 Oh that I were as in months
past, as in the days when God preserved [watched
over] me;
3 When his candle [lamp]
shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked
through darkness;
4 As I was in the days of
my youth, when the secret [intimate counsel]
of God was upon my tabernacle;
5 When the Almighty was
yet with me, when my children were about me;
6 When I washed my steps
with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
Verse 6 has an oriental
meaning: "washed my steps with butter"
meant an abundance or prosperity; "the
rock poured out rivers of oil;" refers to the
oil gotten from the precious green oils. They would hew
out a basin on a large rock, and with a smaller rock they
would crush the olives, and oil would pour out into the
basin hewed. This was a special oil used for anointing
purposes. Job was remembering that he was a prosperous
anointed believer of GOD. Job remembered the good times,
when GOD'S blessings were upon his life. If you'll continue
reading Job 29, Job remembers what kind
of man he really was and can be again. There is a great
lesson to be learned from how Job handled adversity and
challenge, that came into his life. Through it all, he
remembered how important GOD was to his life, and he remembered
who he was. This surely had to give him hope for the future.
Job remembered the goodness of GOD that he had experienced
with GOD being involved in his life. The joy of family
and prosperity GOD made available. The wisdom and counsel
HE supplied when he looked to GOD, and his special GOD
moments of intimacy. Job knew from whence his prosperity,
wisdom, and strength came from. He remembered who he was
with GOD in the forefront of his life. Perhaps we should
all take a trip down memory lane. It is a new year. I
don't know all the adversity and challenges you were faced
with in 2005, but I we should take the lesson of Job,
the lesson of remembrance, of the person we are with GOD
in our lives. Remember what HE has made us in CHrist.
remember what the scripture says we are and what the will
of GOD is for our lives. III John 2 says... Beloved,
I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be
in health, even as thy soul prospers. That is
still the word and will of GOD for our lives and it behooves
(is necessary) for us to remember it, and believe it.
God continue to bless you on 2006,
and pour out prosperity and health to you and your families.
"Happy New Year"
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