A couple of weeks ago I came across a notebook someone had
given me several years ago. When I found the notebook and opened it, I had
written some things in the front of the book. Let me tell you what I had written in order of what I wrote.
“God can not heal what we shield”
The first seal of the
United States depicted the flight of the Israelites leaving Egypt and Ben
Franklin proposed the words “Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God”
“Israel” was the new name God gave to Joseph’s father,
Jacob. It means “wrestle” or “struggle”
with God.
The Jews” A second creation Gen. 1:28 instructs all living
creatures to “multiply and increase” over all the earth”
God’s first attempt at creating a good world was creating
human beings – Cain, Adam and Eve’s first born, killed his brother, Able and
more deterioration of humanity followed.
God regretted creating humans in Genesis 6:5-6 – already by
chapter 6!
Then God sent the flood and destroyed all mankind except
for one Godly man, and his family.
Question: was Noah’s family “Godly” in any verses?
God then game some basic moral laws and principles = they
were
1. No
murder
2. Have
children
3. Don’t
consume the blood of any living creature
4. Every
human is created in God’s image – get that line especially – EVERY human
Exodus 1:8 says A new King rose out of Egypt who did not
know Joseph.
NOTE: How quickly we forget – Even generation to
generation, we forget what God has done for us.
GOD WANTS US TO REMEMBER
The book of Exodus begins with forgetting. The Pharoah forgetting how a son of Israel
(Jacobs new name) Joseph, saved Egypt from famine.
(Exodus 2:24) God
hears groaning and complaining of Israel and remembers his covenant.
(Exodus 13:3) Moses
leads Israelites out of Egypt and urges they remember this day
(Exodus 20:8) The
Israelites are ordered to remember the sabbath day
Who are we without our memories as a family? As a nation.
I will be honest, I had no idea why I had written down so
many things, and what I was thinking at that time.
There are so many struggles going on in this nation right
now. The ladies in my groups have had
huge things going on in their lives, as well, and we have prayed for each other
many times.
Then I went to see the movie “Jesus Revolution.” Many of us in this room lived during this
time. One leader of Tuesday morning
Beautiful was actually part of the Chuck Smith’s church at the time of this
revolution. The changes were amazing. I
believe this type of revival is needed again.
A new generation is coming up and they need to hear what
God has done for YOU and what you are doing to serving HIM.
Much of what was written in my lost notebook was about
REMEMBERING. What things do we forget
and need to remember?
Remember to pray for our family everyday. Pray that God speaks to them. Grandchildren
need to learn that remembering what God has done for them is important. Share what God has done for you with them so
they see and hear about results of prayer.
Remember to tell our children and grandchildren about God. Deuteronomy 11:18 & 19
says “Fix these words of
mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them
on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit
at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get
up.” Times have changed, but God’s word
doesn’t, however, there are other places you can now speak to your children and
grandchildren, like when they are in the back seat of your car or when you take
them sky diving.
Remember, you can set an alarm
in your phone to remind you to pray for your family. Mine is set at 10:28, and has been for
years. This never interferes with
anything else because if you have appointments, they are probably on the hour
or half-hour, not on the 28 minute mark.
You don’t even need to label what the reminder is for when you have an
odd time.
When someone asks for
prayer, remember to stop what you are doing and pray immediately so you won’t
forget. If it was a call, pray with them
on the phone. Then, set a reminder in
your phone for a time like 9:28 in the evening to pray for all of the requests
you have been asked for that day. About
18 months ago I returned to Moffitt for a couple of months to assist a director
while she looked for anew admin. I knew
she was a Christian and one day she mentioned a new job she knew would be
opening within the next year. She was
nearly finished with her PhD in nursing and she really wanted this job. That was when I prayed for her in the office,
which we began doing EVERY day, and I put the 9:28 reminder in my phone and she
did in her phone, as well. She would
know that at 9:28 every evening she would know we could pray together for the
new job. On February 1 she took over the
job. I am still keeping that reminder in
my phone for 9:28 in the evening to pray for all of the requests that have been
texted for that day. When I say I keep
them in my phone, that is correct, but they buzz my watch to remind me to
pray.
Remember, remember, remember
all God has done for YOU. How did these
things happen? Because others were
praying for you. We all need each other
to survive.
