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Fight Only your Battles

“After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.” He said, “Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.” Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.” (Genesis‬ ‭22:1-3‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

God told Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son of promise.

There is a reason why God did not ask Sarah do it. He knew that she would not be able to.

After being ridiculed for decades for being barren, she finally had her only son after much patience, perseverance, and probably tears.

Asking Sarah to sacrifice her son as an offering is akin to driving her insane and probably suicide. There is no mention of Abraham telling Sarah about God’s instruction.

Abraham probably left home with a heavy heart, just kissing Sarah goodbye and telling her that he was going out with Isaac to spend some time together. We don’t know exactly what he told her, but it is probably not, “Dear, I am bringing our son now to be offered as a burnt offering because God said so.”

God saw Abraham’s heart and knew that he would be able to pass the test.

“No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” (1 Corinthians‬ ‭10:13‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

When God tests a person, it is not because He does not know the outcome. He wants to teach us something through the test, enabling us to grow closer to Him and know Him better.

In the case of Abraham’s test, we are taught that someone restrained Abraham from sacrificing his son, but at the cross, no one restrained God from sacrifice Jesus, His only begotten Son. There was no substitute. Jesus had to bleed and die so that we would be saved.

If you are married, your marriage is also a partnership. Your spouse has a unique set of gifts, anointings, and a calling that is different from yours. God will use you for what you are good at (what He designed you for), and He will use your spouse for what he/she is good at. This way, your family unit will benefit from both sets of graces.

As a married person, your role is not to do everything, as God will delegate tasks to you and your spouse. Trust that He knows what He is doing.

Abraham’s test was designed by God for Abraham, not Sarah. Fight only your battles.

If you have an urge to do everything yourself, it is time to release that control into God’s hands. He wants you to enjoy a level of restfulness that comes from each person doing what he/she has the grace and capacity to do. The Holy Spirit will lead you!

Learn how to flow with God’s appointed time and ways, to do the right thing at the right time. In “God’s Appointed Time”, you will discover how to experience restful increase and unceasing fruitfulness through tapping on the Grace that this available to you in every time and season of life: https://bit.ly/god-appointed-time

"Pastor Prince, I first heard about your ministry some years ago when I was locked up in prison. My mother shared with me about your teachings on the gospel of grace and God’s love for me. I would love to tell you that when I got released from prison I ran back to God and started living right, but I did no such thing.

Drugs and alcohol had such a hold on my life that it seemed as though I would die with a needle in my arm or a bottle in my hand or both. After many bad decisions, I was at a place where I had reached rock bottom. I had failed at being a wife, mother, daughter, friend, and person. I was completely lost and broken.

One day, I remembered your sermons and began to watch them daily. They filled me with the hope and knowledge that Jesus loves me and died for my sins so that I can be brought into His family. I realized that God was not angry with me and loves me more than I can imagine.

Today I have been free from heroin for two years and alcohol for over a year. I have seen my life change dramatically just by trusting in God and being conscious of His love for me instead of being conscious of my sins. The Lord is continually changing me from the inside out and helping me grow.

My relationship with my parents and son have been restored in full. I also have a wonderful, godly man in my life who prays for me and watches your sermons together with me. We plan on getting married and buying a house soon. I’m also planning to go back to school to become a paralegal and help others who are as lost as I was.

Thank you, Pastor Prince, for your ministry. I still listen to your messages daily and have been deeply blessed by them. They have brought me back to the love of Jesus, who saved my life."

Heather Doty | Texas, United States

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Beloved, what God has done for others, He wants to do for you as well. As you read this story, I pray that it builds up your faith with the confident expectation of good for your future. Be encouraged because your breakthrough is next!

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His Banner Over me is Love!

“He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.” (Song of Solomon‬ ‭2:4‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

In a Jewish wedding, the wedding couple get married under a canopy called a “Chuppah” which consists of a big sheet (like a banner) stretched out over four standing poles.

This scene is a picture of two people in love sealing their marriage by a covenant.

Imagine Jesus standing with you under the canopy, affirming His love for you. He sealed the New Covenant of Grace for you by shedding His own precious blood.

Perhaps that is why I was led to color the carpet as red because we are standing upon the foundation established by His blood.

““You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. The work of the skillful workman shall it be made.” (Exodus‬ ‭26:31‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Without realizing it until the picture was done, the colors I used reflect the four colors of the veil in the Tabernacle, and the golden wings of the cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant. The Chuppah is like a tabernacle—you are preserved from the corruption of the world and kept from harm in God’s dwelling place.

“For the woman that has a husband is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law of the husband.” (Romans‬ ‭7:2‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

A covenant between two is dissolved when one of the two parties dies.

You already died once when you first placed your faith in Jesus. You shared in His death at the cross, His burial, and His resurrection. This means that the covenant between you and God can never become null and void!

When you know that you are united with Jesus by an everlasting covenant, you will not be afraid of falling out of His favor or of any enemies.

His banner over you is love. Just look up and see His love spreading out over you, enveloping you, keeping you safe and protected under the shelter of God!

Keep studying God’s word and growing in your understanding of His ways. Our Patreon community is currently on a Bible study series called “My Faith Declarations” which looks at the Spirit-inspired utterances of the authors of the Psalms. They wrote about the trials and tribulations they experienced, so the book of Psalms is very relatable.

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