The earth is filled with trouble but God has made provision for us in the "time of trouble"! The Bible never tells us that the journey of faith is without trouble, in fact, it says just the opposite. We are in this world but are not of this world.
The Just shall live by Faith and we walk by Faith, not by sight. Peter makes it clear in his writings that our Faith will be tried by fire. The fire burns away the flesh that our Spirit man can shine through the darkness of this world!! Notice what David says about trouble on this earth;
"For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock."(Psalm 27:5)
Trouble can make us weary, depressed, disillusioned, down and out in every way!! If your trouble seems to come to stay, in time your friends will start dropping off your train, one by one, it will come down to you and God!! In the "time of trouble" trust God to hide you and set you up on the ROCK!!! Go to the Word of God, read it, believe it, receive it and God will take you through the fire without you being burned and through the water but you will not drown!!!
"When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee." (Isaiah 43:2)
David experienced times of trouble just like us but he also learned the secret of strength in God which surpasses anything we will ever find within ourselves!!!
"I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." (Psalms 27:13)
God's Goodness is also in the earth, ask for it, believe for it and by Faith look for it because it is on its way to you NOW!!! GOD IS GOOD....that's all....
I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner
Walk with the Wise....
There is an old saying, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer". PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS, it should only be done by trained professionals that doesn't know any better!! "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."(Proverbs 13:20)
I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner
Quit condemning yourself!!!!
Please do not trade your past for your future. If you are obsessed with your past failures, you have no future!! "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before;"(Phillipians 3:13). Whatever you are haunted by in your past, confess it, put it under the Blood of Jesus Christ because He nailed it to the Cross for you so you could walk down the street with your head held up and the freedom of forgiveness in your life!!! Let it go and get ready for God to take you places you never dreamed existed!!! "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."
Romans 8:1 KJV
God loves you enough that He sent His Son to die for you that you would not be condemned but that you might have eternal life and eternal life started the day you met Jesus!!!
"For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." John 3:17 KJV
I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner
God can make it happen for you!!!
"For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I WILL CAUSE the remnant of this people to possess all these things."(Zechariah 8:12)
"I WILL CAUSE" If you are criticized by your peers, it is usually because you have succeeded where they failed. There is one thing for sure, people will forgive you for anything but being successful and happy. They are miserable and won't be happy until you are miserable. Please don't allow the negative people around you to cause you to feel guilty because God has Blessed you so much that you can be a Blessing."Thou shalt be blessed above all people;"(Deuteronomy 7:14). If you will obey the VOICE of God, He will bless you beyond measure!! ";so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong."(Zechariah 8:13)
If you need the planets to line up in your life, always remember, God created the universe!!
I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner
God can make it happen for you!!!
"For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I WILL CAUSE the remnant of this people to possess all these things."(Zechariah 8:12)
"I WILL CAUSE" If you are criticized by your peers, it is usually because you have succeeded where they failed. There is one thing for sure, people will forgive you for anything but being successful and happy. They are miserable and won't be happy until you are miserable. Please don't allow the negative people around you to cause you to feel guilty because God has Blessed you so much that you can be a Blessing."Thou shalt be blessed above all people;"(Deuteronomy 7:14). If you will obey the VOICE of God, He will bless you beyond measure!! ";so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong."(Zechariah 8:13)
If you need the planets to line up in your life, always remember, God created the universe!!
I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner
"Politically Correct"
Two words that have become a catch phrase by which people are defined is the phrase "politically correct". If you are not "politically correct" then you are accused of being a bigot, hater, racist, etc... Just for the record, I never set out to win a popularity contest so I'm probably not going to be defined as "Politically Correct"! However I'm not mad at anyone, I don't hate anyone and I try to express the Love of God to all men. I am a human, I make mistakes, I have regrets but I have been saved and endeavoring to preach the Truth of the Gospel since 1982. My lovely wife, Kari and I were married on August 15, 1981. We had no idea how God was going to turn our worlds upside down, put us together as one and call us into the ministry of preaching the Truth of God's Word!! Truth is the only thing that will make you free but you must know Truth first and that is why God calls preachers to preach. "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?"(Romans 10:13-14 KJV). We need to be honest with ourselves and with God, we are in trouble in our country, our schools, our homes and our churches are only as strong as our homes!! We desperately need the heavens to open and God to pour out His Spirit on us today!!! "Get hungry or die empty!"
I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner
I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner
"We believe and are sure"......
My course is set, I've stepped over the line and cannot turn back because there is nothing behind!! My hope for tomorrow is greater than it's ever been, so much bigger than the vision I had at day one. The meek shall inherit the earth so the vision must grow by journey's end!! We must not forget the promises of our God!! We can be distracted so easily but our steps are ordered by the Lord. "Will you walk with me", the Lord says? At one point in the ministry of Jesus Christ all the people left the meeting and went home. Jesus turned to the 12 disciples and asked, "Will ye also go away?"
""Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God." (John 6:67-69 KJV)
Choose Jesus and Stay the course!!
I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner
""Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God." (John 6:67-69 KJV)
Choose Jesus and Stay the course!!
I Believe,
Scott L. Boatner
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