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April 11, 2014 / 11 Nisan 5774 / Shabbat HaGadol! / Shabbat Shalom
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MADU Odiokwu Pastorvin
IT IS NOT LATE.
The Scripture says,“But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.”
(2 Peter 3:8, NIV)
Have you ever thought, “It’s too late for me?” That’s what two sisters in the scripture thought, Mary and Martha. Their brother, Lazarus, was extremely sick. They sent word to their good friend, Jesus, to come to their city and pray for him. A day went by and Jesus didn’t show up. They asked the messengers, “Did you tell Jesus it was us?” “Yes, we told Him.” “Did you explain how sick Lazarus was?” “We explained it to Him.” They couldn’t understand why Jesus wouldn’t come immediately. Lazarus ended up dying. Four days later, Jesus showed up. Mary said, “Jesus, if You had been here sooner, my brother would still be alive.”
Have you ever felt like God showed up too late? If He’d just got there a little sooner, maybe things would have worked out. That was the way these sisters felt. But Jesus spoke to Lazarus, and he came back to life.
The sisters wanted Jesus to come and heal their brother. But Jesus wasn’t thinking about a healing, He was thinking about a resurrection. A healing would have been good, but Jesus had something better in mind. Always remember that God has another option. No matter how bad your circumstances look, it’s never too late with Him. God bless you.
The Scripture says,“But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.”
(2 Peter 3:8, NIV)
Have you ever thought, “It’s too late for me?” That’s what two sisters in the scripture thought, Mary and Martha. Their brother, Lazarus, was extremely sick. They sent word to their good friend, Jesus, to come to their city and pray for him. A day went by and Jesus didn’t show up. They asked the messengers, “Did you tell Jesus it was us?” “Yes, we told Him.” “Did you explain how sick Lazarus was?” “We explained it to Him.” They couldn’t understand why Jesus wouldn’t come immediately. Lazarus ended up dying. Four days later, Jesus showed up. Mary said, “Jesus, if You had been here sooner, my brother would still be alive.”
Have you ever felt like God showed up too late? If He’d just got there a little sooner, maybe things would have worked out. That was the way these sisters felt. But Jesus spoke to Lazarus, and he came back to life.
The sisters wanted Jesus to come and heal their brother. But Jesus wasn’t thinking about a healing, He was thinking about a resurrection. A healing would have been good, but Jesus had something better in mind. Always remember that God has another option. No matter how bad your circumstances look, it’s never too late with Him. God bless you.
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Father, today I choose to trust Your timing. I trust that my days are in Your hands. I ask that You breathe life into my circumstances as I give You the glory for everything in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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If you’ve been under pressure for a long time and have difficulty making ends meet, it’s easy to develop a limited mindset. “I’ll never get out of this neighborhood.” Or, “I’ll never have enough to send my kids to college.” No, that may be where you are now, but that’s not where you have to stay. God is called El Shaddai, the God of More than Enough. Not the God of Barely Enough. Not the God of Just Help Me Make it Through. No, He’s the God of Overflow.
Today, no matter what you may be experiencing, stir yourself up in faith and declare who God is in your life. Declare that He is well able; declare that He is more than enough. Declare that your cup runs over with the blessing and victory He has prepared for you.God bless you.
Today, no matter what you may be experiencing, stir yourself up in faith and declare who God is in your life. Declare that He is well able; declare that He is more than enough. Declare that your cup runs over with the blessing and victory He has prepared for you.God bless you.
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God wants to do supernatural things in your life this year. He wants you to be an example of His goodness. Start declaring that this year is going to be your best year yet. Start declaring that this is the year you will see your dreams come to pass. Start declaring that this year will be your year of abundance.
PRAY
Father,I thank You for the good plan You have for me. I trust that You are working behind the scenes on my behalf. I lift up my eyes from the natural realm into the spiritual realm. Help me see the blessing and abundance You have in store for me in Jesus' name.Amen.
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Father,I thank You for the good plan You have for me. I trust that You are working behind the scenes on my behalf. I lift up my eyes from the natural realm into the spiritual realm. Help me see the blessing and abundance You have in store for me in Jesus' name.Amen.
J.John
You can never speak to the wrong person about Christ.
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Joy is the serious business of heaven.
C. S. Lewis http://t.co/rBYwR8jCd5
===C. S. Lewis http://t.co/rBYwR8jCd5
Events
- 1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1598 – Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots. (Edict repealed in 1685.)
- 1612 – Miyamoto Musashi defeats Sasaki Kojirō at Funajima island.
- 1613 – Samuel Argall captures Native American princess Pocahontas in Passapatanzy, Virginia to ransom her for some English prisoners held by her father. She is brought to Henricus as hostage.
- 1699 – Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the Tenth Sikh Guru, Created Khalsa on this day at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.
- 1742 – George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.
- 1796 – The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India.
- 1829 – The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 gives Roman Catholics in the United Kingdom the right to vote and to sit in Parliament.
- 1873 – The Colfax massacre, in which more than 60 African Americans are murdered, takes place.
- 1902 – James C. Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
- 1909 – The Turkish military reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
- 1919 – Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British troops gun down at least 379 unarmed demonstrators in Amritsar, India; at least 1200 are wounded.
- 1943 – World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government in exile in London from the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
- 1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
- 1944 – Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
- 1945 – World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
- 1948 – The Hadassah medical convoy massacre: In an ambush, 79 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital and a British soldier are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarra near Jerusalem.
- 1953 – CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program MKULTRA.
- 1960 – The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
- 1964 – At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
- 1970 – An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the Moon.
- 1974 – Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the United States' first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite,Westar 1.
- 1975 – Bus massacre in Lebanon: An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
- 1976 – The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
- 1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
Births
- 1506 – Peter Faber, French theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (d. 1546)
- 1519 – Catherine de' Medici, Italian-French wife of Henry II of France (d. 1589)
- 1570 – Guy Fawkes, English soldier, planned the Gunpowder Plot (d. 1606)
- 1573 – Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1625)
- 1618 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (d. 1693)
- 1735 – Isaac Low, American merchant and politician, founded the New York Chamber of Commerce (d. 1791)
- 1743 – Thomas Jefferson, American politician, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)
- 1771 – Richard Trevithick, English engineer (d. 1833)
- 1780 – Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer, invented the Screw-pile lighthouse (d. 1868)
- 1825 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1868)
- 1828 – Joseph Lightfoot, English bishop and theologian (d. 1889)
- 1851 – William Quan Judge, Irish occultist and theosophist (d. 1896)
- 1866 – Butch Cassidy, American criminal (d. 1908)
- 1880 – Charles Christie, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the Christie Film Company (d. 1955)
- 1889 – Herbert Yardley, American cryptologist (d. 1958)
- 1892 – Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish inventor, invented the Radar (d. 1973)
- 1899 – Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and game designer, created Scrabble (d. 1993)
- 1906 – Samuel Beckett, Irish-French author, playwright, and director, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
- 1916 – Phyllis Fraser, American actress, journalist, and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (d. 2006)
- 1917 – Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American activist, founded American Atheists (d. 1995)
- 1923 – Don Adams, American actor and director (d. 2005)
- 1931 – Jon Stone, American screenwriter and producer, co-created Sesame Street (d. 1997)
- 1940 – Max Mosley, English race car driver and engineer, co-founded March Engineering
- 1944 – Jack Casady, American bass player (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and Jefferson Starship)
- 1951 – Peabo Bryson, American singer-songwriter
- 1962 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers and What Is This?) (d. 1988)
- 1963 – Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player
- 1994 – Elvis Merzļikins, Latvian ice hockey player
Deaths
- 548 – Ly Nam De, Vietnamese emperor (b. 503)
- 799 – Paul the Deacon, Italian monk and historian (b. 720)
- 814 – Krum, Bulgarian ruler
- 1592 – Bartolomeo Ammannati, Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1511)
- 2001 – Robert Moon, American postal inspector, created the ZIP code (b. 1917)
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