Ascend

For 7 years Midian ruled Israel, attacked them, destroyed their crops.

They finally cried out to God. And God said, “Come up here, get higher.”

God always sends His Word and if we apply it to our lives, trouble must flee.

He sends forth His Word and heals us. No one else can save you.

Your wisdom can’t save you.
Your own works can’t save you.
Your money can’t save you. Every decision must be based on God’ Word.

God wants us to rise (ascend) and that’s why we face challenges. Take the Word and correct our lives so we can ascend.

God sent Israel a word for them to obey so the situation could change.

If you are oppressed and pushed down, God has a higher place for you to go.

I don’t what 7 more years of bondage, do you?
ENOUGH I SAY!

Listen, sometimes we are frustrated with the storm outside but God Is frustrated with the storm inside of us. What is in your heart?

The only way to ascend is with His Word. Why does God want us to ascend? Because He wants environments and situations to change.

We ascend so we can come back down and help people.
The higher we go the more people we can help.

Yours for revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong

The Blank Page, It's Time To Fill It In

Isaiah 42:8-10

Change leads somewhere. It can be difficult at times, but it does take us somewhere.

Change leads to something NEW! Any new thing is intimidating at first.

When something is NEW it can bring the freshness back into our lives.

We get excited, invigorated, energized, passionate. Something ignites in our hearts. We are FIRED UP! Especially when the new thing is from God.

Our new experiences bring life back when only a short time earlier we were desperately searching for it, trying to satisfy our spiritual hunger.

When Joshua became the leader after Moses died, suddenly everything was NEW!

The bondage of the wilderness was about to end. NEW LAND. A fresh mandate. A blank page. Now they needed a new attitude and skills.

No longer just talking, they were now doing. THIS was their NEW DAY. Canaan was within sight.

They were about to conquer the land that had seemed so impossible to conquer.

Suddenly these former slaves were now landowners.
Caleb shouted ,“GIVE ME MY MOUNTAIN!”

Caleb waited 45 years for this day. He was 85.
Joshua was about 100.

Now the time had come, new energy surged through their bodies. Their WAIT WAS OVER.

Their desperation was rewarded, their faithfulness paid off. VICTORY was assured.

So what is your mountain? What new and fresh territory has God led you to conquer? IT IS TIME.
Your long wilderness trek is over. Oh praise the Lord!

Yours for revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong