| Intro from Larry Sparks:  Rather than immediately dive into the "How Tos" of responding to disaster, the first truth we need to take hold of is that we have a Father, and He is good! Then, in view of who God is, we respond—not react—to our present circumstances. From sickness to financial upheaval, from relationship struggles to global calamity, we discover everything in its rightful place when measured next to the character and nature of Father God, as revealed through Jesus. He has something to say about everything we are going through.
Enjoy this life-transforming, easy read and allow these words to stabilize your heart, no matter what is coming against you today. You have the Father—Jesus Christ reveals who He is. So, you have a Bible blueprint that empowers you to handle everything that comes against you from a position of security, confidence, and victory—because Jesus secured that victory for you! Be settled and unshaken. Don't pretend away problems in the name of faith. Just simply refuse to exalt any crisis or disaster above the name of Jesus. (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.) Larry Sparks
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http://www.elijahlist.com ************************************* "Jesus' Response to Problems" Bill Johnson, Redding, California  Jesus healed all who came to Him, no exceptions. He also healed all the Father directed Him to heal. Setting another standard than what Jesus gave us is unacceptable. Jesus stilled every life-threatening storm that He encountered. We never see Him using His authority to increase the impact of a storm or to bring calamity of any kind. Never once did He command the storm to destroy a city so that its citizens would become more humble and learn to pray, thus becoming more like Him. Today, many of our spiritual leaders announce why God sent the storm—to break the pride and sinfulness of a region. Obviously God can use any tragedy to His purposes. But that doesn't mean the problem was His design. Jesus didn't deal with storms in that way. Regardless of how or why the storm came about, Jesus was the solution. In our world many insurance companies and newspapers call natural disasters "acts of God." Perhaps they got their theology from us.  By thinking that God causes our storms, diseases, and conflicts, are we resorting to the same reasoning as did James and John when they said, "as Elijah did"? (See Luke 9:54.) They justified their thinking by using an Old Testament standard for a New Testament dilemma. Are we truly justified for having such a response because we can find a biblical precedent in the Old Testament? (Photo via Piqsels)
Whatever you think you know about God that you can't find in the person of Jesus you have reason to question. Jesus Christ is the fullest and most precise revelation of the Father and His nature that could ever be made known. Why did Jesus rebuke the storm instead of just telling it to stop? The implication is that the powers of darkness were involved in the storm, and they needed to be dealt with because they violated the heart and purpose of God on the earth. And if the devil is involved in the storm, we don't want to be found saying the storm is the will of the Father. Deliverance came to all who asked. This is Jesus. He illustrated this when... (continue reading) Find us on:
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