God has a call and plan for your life – Jeff Lee
Whatever God has orchestrated for your life He will bring it to pass.
You can’t thwart the plans of God; He has had it since the foundations of the world and that plan will absolutely and definitely come to pass. The meaning of “thwart” is, “to hinder, obstruct, or frustrate plans, etc. The synonym for thwart is “frustrate,” which means: “to cause to have no effect, bring to nothing; counteract; nullify…to frustrate plans. To prevent from achieving an objective; foil, baffle, defeat…to frustrate an opponent; thwart implies frustration by blocking or acting in opposition to a person or thing moving toward some objective.”
God’s plans are designed for a specific time and season. Nothing can derail them. Nothing happens before its time. God’s timing is perfect. He is never too early or too late. When we begin to understand and believe this fact, then we can rest assured that God will bring to pass HIS perfect will.
Ponder on these scriptures for a moment and rest in the faith it will build in you as you read and meditate on them.
For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back? (Isaiah 14:27).
Then Job answered the LORD and said, “I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted” (Job 42:2).
“There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD” (Proverbs 21:30).
“The Lord foils the plans of the nations [the wicked]; He thwarts the purposes of the [wicked] peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations” (Ps. 33:10,11).
”O Lord, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in Heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can withstand You” (2 Chron. 20:6).
”Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails” (Prov. 19:21).
”The Lord works out everything for His own ends –even the wicked for a day of disaster” (Prov. 16:4).
”The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good man rewarded for his” (Prov. 14:14).
Anyone who fights against God’s will, even if he perceives himself to be making headway, is ultimately fighting a brick wall (Ps. Ch. 2).
Anyone who thinks he can obstruct, prevent, or defeat God’s plan is only going to injure himself (Exodus 15:7; 1 Sam. 2:10; Ps. 68:1, 2).
Those who are faithful, God helps, but the arrogant, the greedy, and even those who align themselves with rebels, will incur upon themselves disaster, distress, and pain from God’s hand (2 Chron. 19:2 // Luke 1:50-53 // Eph. 5:6).
The plans of God will come to pass, be patient and believe God in His timing.
Shortly after I got saved the Lord spoke to me and said I have called you to be a preacher in these last days that lay ahead for the world around you. I was not a good speaker and could not do well sharing even my testimony. People told me I don’t know if you heard from God as to whether you will be a preacher. God continued to reveal to me what He had spoken over me and kept reminding me that His plans will come to pass. Several years later the Lord woke me up with a vision and a dream that revealed to me He was calling me as an Evangelist into full time ministry. I knew it was God and Tammy was sure as well. Friends eight years went by before the time came for me to sell my business and step out and walk-in full-time ministry. Many trials, obstacles, circumstances and many people tried to defer me from what I believed the Lord spoke to me. Many people I looked up to said, “You need to do this or don’t need to do that. In the waiting I had plans of my own to speed things up, but God allowed my plans to fail over and over because the timing wasn’t right. Something unforeseen needed to happen so that everything was according to HIS perfect plan and His perfect timing. This is because every detail had to be taken into account. God’s plan are all-inclusive. It is based on God’s omniscience (knowing all), so that everything past, present, and future is taken into account. God’s omniscience includes all things which will actually occur, as well as all things which could possibly occur. Every contingency is taken into account in God’s plan. Isn’t that awesome!!!!!
When you feel like things aren’t going the way you think they should or you feel like people are hindering you or being obstacles to what God has called you to, just remember it is a spiritual battle you are in my friend. It is not flesh and blood you fight. What the devil means for evil, God will work it out for good, in your favor my friend. No need for you to worry. The enemy may continue to hinder God’s plans for your life but he cannot stop it no matter how hard he might try.
Remember this as you read about the lives of Moses, Ruth, Joseph and Job. You will see and be encouraged that nothing can nullify GOD’S plans.
The plans of God always includes seemingly insignificant details which excludes “good luck” or coincidences. When Joseph wandered about in a field looking for his brothers, he did not just happen to be found and told where his brothers had gone (Genesis 37:14-17). And the fact that the pit into which he was thrown in was empty was no coincidence (37:24). And the passing caravan, which was headed toward Egypt, was no accident either (37:25-28). Everything was part of the plan. The fact that Ruth would “happen” upon the field of Boaz, a near kinsman of Naomi, was not mere chance but a matter of God’s providential control (Ruth 2:3).
This is to show you that no matter how the enemy may come at you – (suppresses you, overlooks you, denies you, rejects you, oppresses you) – God has taken and factored in all those things in his plans for you already. They are not mere coincidences. Don’t let those things get you down. God has everything covered. God’s plan is unchangeable and nothing and no one can stop that plan.
The Bible tells us the steps of a righteous man are ordered of God, not the enemy, not yourselves, but of God. So live life as it unfolds before you. When you hear the voice of God, obey it. When you know what to do, do it. When you know what is right, follow that. When Jesus promises us “I will never leave you nor forsake you,” that is a promise that cannot be broken. Ask him to guide you in all your undertakings and give you wisdom in fulfilling your tasks. Be encouraged my friends in the fact that God cannot be hindered, by anything or anybody. Time, circumstances and situations cannot hinder God. It doesn’t matter what is happening, how long you have been waiting, or the many obstacles placed in your way, God’s plan in your situation will stand. Isaiah 14:27 – For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? Our God cannot be restricted. He will use stumbling blocks as stepping stones to come through for you.
Trust Him. He is His only limit. He can do whatever he wants, whenever He wants. His desires, plans and will are the only controls that are placed upon Him. God allows obstacles, and chooses obstacles, to show His great might in situation after situation so that he alone gets the glory in it all.
Friends don’t allow the enemy to torment you with the “what if’s” of your life. Believe in God and know that no plan of His can be thwarted!
Evangelist Jeff Lee
POWER FROM ON HIGH – Jeff Lee
Just moments before Jesus ascended into heaven after His resurrection; He gave His final message to His disciples. We can be assured it was of most importance. Luke 24:46-49 reads, “…and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.”
He instructed them to remain in Jerusalem until they received the promise of the Father, which was the gift of the Holy Ghost. He made it very clear to them that even after spending three years with Him they were not equipped to do ministry the way He intended until they be endued with this Power from on high.
If it was important for those trained and taught by Christ Himself. It is absolutely important for us today. We must be filled with the Spirit of God. He is the one who enables us to effectively be the preachers of this hour. Bible colleges, talented and well-trained ministers, evangelism seminars and great evangelistic programs are all significant. But I’m here to tell you the Disciples of Christ we read of were mostly ignorant and unlearned men who didn’t have all that we have today. Yet, they turned the world around them upside down. In Luke 3:16, John answered, saying unto them all, “ I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.”
Acts. 1:8 says, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” The one essential above everything is for us to experience our own personal baptism of the Holy Ghost.
Once His disciples were filled with the Holy Ghost they overcame their timidity and fear. They began to preach with great power and boldness. After the Holy Ghost had come upon them the Pharisees perceived Peter and John to be ignorant and unlearned yet marveled and took notice and said; “ these men must have been with Jesus. THE POWER was evident, thousands were saved and signs followed them that believed. If we are going to face this dark world in the hour we live we must be filled and lead by the Power of God!!!
Get before God BELIEVE and RECEIVE for this same PROMISE of the father and you also shall be baptized of the Spirit. You will have full power over all principalities and powers, the ability to loose the bands of wickedness, to mend broken hearts, to let the oppressed go free and break every yoke of bondage. To cast out demons, lay hands on the sick to recover, to give sight to the blind and preach the GOSPEL to the poor. You will began to break away from your self-efforts and be a disciple with Dunamis Power in which revival will be breaking out all around you, everywhere you go. The baptism of the Holy Ghost was not a suggestion.
Jesus’ last message needs to be heeded and proclaimed over and over again until a slumbering, sleeping and barren church becomes alive with this Baptism of the Holy Ghost and fire.
Jeff Lee
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
The greatest message that can prove that Jesus is real, that can draw others to the Lord, and bring about growth in soul winning and church discipleship, is simply a body of believers working together in LOVE and UNITY; a church that manifests and demonstrates Love one for another and works together as a team. Jesus never intended for the work of His kingdom to be a one man task. Jesus chose 12 men and worked very closely with these men and taught them all things the father told Him. These men were in training for a greater assignment to come. These men would multiply men of God by the Power of the Holy Ghost through the preaching of the Gospel and making disciples of all teaching them everything Jesus taught them. Reproducing like kind is what God is all about. When He made Adam and Eve He said, ” Go and reproduce”, yet sin entered and they begin to reproduce like kind, more sinners. Jesus the second Adam came to change this, to save men with a new birth of His spirit then send these born again believers to reproduce like kind. MORE DISCIPLES, MORE CHRISTIANS (little Christs). He said greater works you will do because I go to my father. Greater meaning more men than just one or 12 but many. He says to all born again believers, “ Go into all the world and preach the Gospel”. But so many believers have not headed to the call. The Harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. Go saith the Lord to us today, GO into the harvest collect the fruit before it rots and ends up in hell. It takes more than just a few when you have such a plenteous harvest waiting to be picked!!!!!! God has prepared a body to go out , THAT IS YOU CHURCH, YOU, FULL OF LOVE ONE FOR ANOTHER AS YOU WORK AS A TEAM TOGETHER TO WIN SOULS!!
The bible says “ Redeem the time for the days are evil ” Look around at our world right now!!!! Church, its not Gods will that any perish, but come to repentance.
CHURCH LETS WORK TOGETHER AND HELP EACH OTHER TO GO AND COLLECT THE FRUIT !!!!!!! What are your fears, what hides your light, what keeps you under a bushel, what hinders you? Lets help encourage one another in Love and work together. Don’t be discouraged, don’t be afraid, But be filled with the Spirit for God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of Power, and of Love, and of a sound mind. !! God will help us as we GO!
Be blessed, Jeff Lee
May 15, 2020
What a privilege we have as the church of the living God, the redeemed, the hands and feet of Jesus, to be called laborers in the hour we live. We should daily give thanks and praise for the sacrifice that JESUS made on our behalf. This sacrifice was the ultimate expression of God’s love, so wonderfully expressed by sending His son Jesus to die on the cross for our sin (Roman 5:8). The wages of sin is death and Jesus went to His death and then rose and ascended back to His Father so all who would believe could have abundant life and life eternal. In Jesus we have received the love of God, the grace of God, the forgiveness of God and a sanctified new life that only He can provide. Hallelujah!!!
GOD’S LOVE IS NON-JUDGMENTAL
Remember God’s goal in sending his Son from heaven to earth was not to condemn us, or to show us how bad we are, or how unworthy we are. but to show us how much He loves us. Jesus didn’t come to rebuke us, but to rescue us. He didn’t come to criticize us, but to cleanse us. He didn’t come to punish us, but to pardon us. He didn’t come to destroy us – He came to deliver us. Church lets praise Him!!
However, this does not mean that God is not a God of judgment. For there is a huge difference between recognizing right and wrong and being judgmental. There is a difference between judging the unrepentant sinner and being judgmental. Being judgmental means that one has a critical spirit that only looks for the bad in people and then is quick to condemn them when it is found. God on the other hand will judge man’s sin and even sentence all to hell, but only as a last resort if we refuse to believe in Jesus and the sacrifice He made.
Fellow laborers may we never forget the Gospel is good news not bad news! What a time we live in where God is causing everyone in the world to be shaken. God’s wrath comes to judge sin, but His greatest desire is that all would be saved from His wrath through Jesus Christ. This is good news!!
BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST AND LET HIM LEAD YOU TO GO TELL YOUR WORLD THERE IS HOPE
April 17, 2020
“We live in a very critical, yet glorious hour. Jesus is about to return for HIS bride (the Church). There is a plentiful harvest of souls to be reached in this world right now. (Matthew 9:37)
The Bible tells us that it’s not God’s will that any man perish. (2 Peter 3:9) The Lord has been speaking to us and working diligently to build faith in our lives, making us the vessels that He has called us to be in this dispensation. Church, we are the preachers in this critical hour.
We must preach the Gospel and by His Grace live out our faith like never before outside the walls of the church building. Behind the walls we talk about God’s saving Grace, sing songs like, “Because He lives I can face tomorrow,” shout praises, dance, lay hands on the sick, and talk of His miracles. We read and study His word. We preach about faith and peace, that God is our rock and refuge, and that He will never leave us nor forsake us. Church, in the midst of what we are facing right now, can we still shout and sing praises? Can we shout “hallelujah,” dance, and speak about His wonderful works, preach about His saving grace, and lay hands on the sick OUTSIDE the walls of a building?
REAL faith produces REAL fruit inside a building AND outside. The Faith of God is what we must live by, not by sight. Jesus asked the question, “Will I find faith on earth when I return?” The hour has come and our redemption draws nearer than ever! Church, we need to allow the same baptism of fire that gives us boldness inside the church walls to be the same outside the walls! God, fill us with the Holy Ghost and Fire, that we may be the hands, feet, and mouth you’ve called us to be in this hour that we are so honored to live in!”
Jeff Lee (Evangelist First New Testament Church )