GOD WILL BRING YOU THROUGH
Sam Luke
I’ ve got good news for the church in the 21st century; no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and any enemy that comes against you one way shall flee from you seven ways, and every tongue that rises up against you in judgement shall be condemned; for greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. Thanks be to God who causes us always to triumph over the enemy through Christ; hallelujah. God brought Paul through, and God brought Joseph through, and God brought Peter through because he lost his bearings spiritually. Matthew chapter 26 beginning in verse 69 tells a story. You know, Simon Peter was a two-fisted kind of a guy; he was a rough and rugged individual. When Jesus found him, he was fishing and he and his partners were struggling with an overnight problem. They
had fished all night and caught nothing, and they were washing their nets. Now why would you wash nets you haven’ t used? Frustration!
They haven’ t caught anything all night and Jesus said“ where’ s your fish?” I believe Peter looked up and he cut his eyes at him and said what do you mean where’ s the fish? We fished all night; we worked hard, and didn’ t catch anything. And then Jesus turned it all around and told him to launch out in the deep, and of course you know the story of how the net was full of fish. By the way Jesus told them to cast out their nets; do you know what they did? They reached in and got an old rotten net that was up under the bough of the boat that they hadn’ t washed, and at your word; nevertheless at your word; see you’ ve got to anticipate the
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