From the desk of Steve Shultz:
I can surely relate to this message of "contending" for our breakthrough. In fact, it is one of my life's greatest messages and I've been preaching it at events and sharing my own personal story of contending for breakthrough...it's vitally important!
In Karen Hardin's latest article, she poses some important points to us:
Do you need a blessing today? Have you been standing, waiting and watching as others have received their blessing? Have you have asked, "Lord, where is mine?" Have you attended meetings where everyone else seemed to receive a word, and yet, you left seemingly empty-handed? Where others received promotion and you felt invisible? Where it seems your prayers to Heaven have hit a lead ceiling? Don't stop. Contend.
Amen...I couldn't say it any better. Be encouraged as you read through this word and CONTEND. (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)
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"Contend Until the Breakthrough Comes"
Karen Hardin, Tulsa, OK
Everywhere I go there is confirmation for the word that has been released in this season of blessing and double. My husband and I have seen confirmation after confirmation and yet...
This breakthrough year has not been easy. Anyone else out there feel that way? I know I'm not the only one. I believe that is because there is a second part to that word of breakthrough which is: CONTEND!
It's Time to Contend
I was talking to my friend, Kim Potter, recently. She had texted me several times letting me know she had felt prompted to pray for me. There was a reason.
In the last couple of months, some incredible doors have opened even as I have faced some incredible battles. Recently, I was able to speak before the United Nations. I also just received an invitation to the National Prayer Breakfast. Doors within the area of government have opened this year and I have been amazed. But even as I have seen breakthrough in one area, as the owner of a small business, I have taken hit after hit. An unexpected repair. A cluster of unexpected bills. Multiple clients who were ready to sign a contract, and suddenly they had to delay the project. Every client who was on a monthly retainer stopped due to their own challenges. Every. Single. One.
Just when it seemed breakthrough was on the horizon, it delayed. So in the midst of incredible new open doors, this giant of lack kept getting taller all the time. What is your giant that mocks you? He is about to be felled.
"Even after this hard year of struggle, every single day I get up with the expectation that THIS will be the day of breakthrough. I am not letting go. When we refuse to let go, we will see breakthrough for He is the God of breakthrough." |
As Kim and I compared notes, we recognized that while we had both experienced some tremendous breakthrough this year, there were other areas in which we had not yet seen anything AT ALL! Not an ounce. If this is a year of double blessing (and it is), then why are we all not walking in it yet?
"I think we are to contend for it," Kim stated as we talked.
It wasn't just a comment. It was an anointed word. We both sensed it. It is a word for us all. Blessing and breakthrough are...(continue reading)
