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THE LORD OF MY BREAKTHROUGH
I have been waiting, Lord...I have held on to your Word...I have tried everything within my natural abilities...But now, I need a BREAKTHROUGH!
There are "cliffhangers" in the cycle of destiny when you find yourself waiting for the powerful burst of force in your life that sweeps away the obstacles and impossibilities. It does not come peacefully - it tears through your heart, your life, your loved ones, because there has to be a change in you on the very core, foundational level. This burst sweeps through your life, and it will not remain the same afterwards.
BREAKTHROUGH in your life happens when God meets you at the intersection of your Despair and your Desire.
Luke 5:17 (KJV) "And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them."
The backdrop of the greatest miracles and breakthroughs in the scripture was a "life or death situation". And two elements had to be present: despair and desire. There was a depth of despair that preceded it, and the desire that was stronger than despair.
On that certain day there was a multitude of people gathered around the Son of God and there was power of God present to heal all of them. Some (Pharisees and doctors of the law) were there in desire of supernatural, but they lacked despair, they knew not they were spiritual invalids, who needed healing more than lepers and paralytics. One has to be broken before he can become whole.
Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matt 5:3. The inheritance of the heavenly is achieved through brokenness, that makes us recognize that we do not exist or function properly apart from our Creator. It is not a step that can be missed. Without it we cannot comprehend just how awesome and wholesome God is.
But despair in itself is not enough. So many of us just stop at despair and allow Satan to win.
I remember one of the most shocking phone calls in my life, when we called a pastor who has traveled with us to Russia, had a thriving ministry here in the States. We had lost touch with him for a couple of years and called to reconnect. He had killed himself after committing adultery. The unbearable guilt drove him to take his life.
The Pharisees had a desire to hear Jesus, but no despair. Then, there were those in despair, but the crowd was so great that there was no chance for them to get ahold of Christ.
The miracle happened to the one who had both despair and desire. The desire of the paralyzed man was such that he went beyond the ordinary means of achieving it. I wonder what people thought as his friends where taking the roof apart to bring him down before Jesus? Desire makes you take extraordinary measures. When your desire is aligned with God's plan for you, there is nothing that can stop you.
As David established his kingship over Jerusalem after defeating the Philistines in the Valley of Giants he declares: "As waters break out, the LORD has broken out against my enemies before me." So that place was called Baal Perazim" (2 Sam 5:20) (in Hebrew it means the "Lord of breaking through")
Whether you are fighting against the new giants or familiar giants, whether you have to break through a brick wall or take final possession of God's promise, He will meet you at the crossroads of your despair and desire as the LORD OF YOUR BREAKTHROUGH.
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Lord, please bring together
Lord, please bring together my broken family. Give my girls the wisdom to know that family is a prescious gift from You not to be taken for granted. Take away everything that has created a wedge between them & me. Christmas is Your date of birth, please give my family a new birth in You. Take away our depression & replace it w/ comfort & peace.
In Jesus mighty, mighty name AMEN
This is so good God is in the
This is so good God is in the middle of giving me my breakthrough! Thank you God for everything you Do!! i just want to encourage all of you waiting and striving toward your breakthrough with God don't give up its well worth the work!
"Sing to the Lord all the earth proclaim his salvation for day to day. Declare His glory among the nations His wonderful works among all people." 1 Chron 16:23-34 God Bless!
this amazing...
this amazing...
My husband left me 3 1/2
My husband left me 3 1/2 weeks ago and the reasons that he is giving me can be repaire through prayer and counseling. I have heard negative things that he is saying about me and trying to tear down my character, how can I still love someone who is doing this to me and all I have tried to be was a good wife to him. I love him and pray that what ever has a hold on him that it is loosed in Jesus name. I am so ready to give up and move on because this just hurts so bad. Help Me Jesus!!!
Praying that the Lord will
Praying that the Lord will give both of you forgiveness towards each other, and guides you to the restoration of your love and marriage!
I have been waiting on God
I have been waiting on God many years for a mate. The fiest I knew was my husband, but he decided to step outside God's will and persue someone else. It left me very disappointed and I questioned God, why: It really affected my faith in this area with God. Now I have moved on and interested in someone alse,but he don't want to do anything to persue me, and I'm getting discourage in my waiting. I feel like giving up on ever finding someone.
Read i Kissed Dating Goodbye.
Read i Kissed Dating Goodbye. By Joshua Harris it is such a good book. about how being Single is a Gift given from God. and how to prepare yourself for the one God does have for you. Be at peace in this time in your life cause it only happens once.
How do you date a man for
How do you date a man for five years and he keep telling you he is not ready for marriage. He supposed to be a christian and he does not have a reason why he is not ready or when he will be ready. How do you deal with the pain after you have invested so many years with one man? God Help!
Men and women both get cold
Men and women both get cold feet. Simply, let go and let God! I truly hope the two of you can work things out together. May God bless the two of you always and keep you in His care. A friend in Christ. I'm praying for you both. With much love, Tammy
Sounds like the Lord may be
Sounds like the Lord may be protecting you from making a mistake. Praying that the love of Christ will heal your heart and that your will meet Mr. Right very soon!
Great are You, Lord! I Praise
Great are You, Lord! I Praise Your Greatness today!
You are our Mighty Lord of the Breakthrough!
We are CONFIDENT in this also that: "OUR GOD IS GREATER!" 9/*9/11 From Hawaii
Lord I am praying for that
Lord I am praying for that hunger and more of a desire to love you and want you more. To understand you more, and know that voice again because the enemy comes in and trys to imatate the Father. Lord yes, I do need a breakthrough, I do understand what I am asking for, because I have been here before. But this time it is diffrent, a test I can not explain, I just want to feel your presence more, I walk by faith, but sometimes Lord Jesus and now for a while, maybe three years I feel like, WHERE ARE YOU LORD? I know by faith you are their. Please help me in Jesus Name AMen. Thank you Father in Heaven.
Lord I want to thank you and
Lord I want to thank you and praise you ,thank you for your loving kindness. And yes Lord I am EXPECTING my Breakthrough. THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE..
Lord, I need you to fill the
Lord,
I need you to fill the emptiness in my life. I really believed you were going to cure my wife of cancer. She is dead, my son is grown. I'm stuck. Thank you, Lord!
powerful pray there, even
powerful pray there, even when God does not unswer pray, God is still God. thank you God for all things.
FATHER GOD LORD JESUS CHRIST
FATHER GOD LORD JESUS CHRIST SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD ......I seek a break through to to overcome my poor language habits and to be a better servant to YOUR service and I also pray to be a better steward of all YOU have given me financially. Help me to lead the lost and help the hurting to know they have a place with YOU and that they can come as they are with any faults or problems and be forgiven .....without judgement from me. That I am a simple instrument in YOUR service please use me in any way YOU see fit and that I can help the hurting people or lost of this place. I ask these things in JESUS precious and Holy name!
Please pray for my 25 yr old
Please pray for my 25 yr old son. He is addicted to pain killers ( for one) and I have finally found and gotten him into rehab. He only has a few more weeks before he's back into this world filled with temptation and so called friends. We used to be so, so close. Now, we are miles apart. Please pray for my son-that he may be delivered of the chains that bind him. Please, God-I know you are working miracles everyday in his life-but I am scared! I'm so afraid I will lose him forever please, please pray for my son-that he open his heart to the Lord. That he may know Him! In his desire and despair, I pray! Please Lord! Hear my cries! Hear my sons despair! In Jesus name, AMEN
I am also praying for all you who are hurting so.
Praying that your son is
Praying that your son is fully delivered from the pain killers and whatever else may be affecting his life. I too, am dealing with a 29 year old son with a similar situation so I have an idea of how you are feeling. I am happy that you got him into rehab. Trust God and lean not unto your own understanding. Be strong. It is so hard as a parent for us to let go and let God, but we must. Looking for a praise report from you!! Be blessed!
I want to encourage those
I want to encourage those going through very difficult times in their life, and at a point of despair. My life almost ended last year, as I stopped breathing on the table, in the surgery room. Then I had 3 more emergencies within the next 4 days. I went through this experience all alone. I didn't wake up for two week in ICU, and then I was put in a regular room for two weeks, home just a couple of days, back in again, with renal failure, home a few days, back in with a blood clot. Went home to over six weeks of visiting nurses caring for me. I was laid up 5 months, and then had more surgery on my hands in December 2010 and January 2011.
I have never been through such a horrible ordeal. The doctors didn't think I would make it. I'm here, but on disability. I have no medical insurance anymore, can't afford it, and can't work. I was so stressed and so scared. How was God going to provide for me now? But He has made a way where there was no way. Providing medicines and doctors' care, and many other needs.
I also wanted to give comfort to those whose husbands have left them. My husband was in ministry but left my children and I over 16 years ago and he was a minister. My parents disowned me at the age of 18 because I was marrying out of my family's denomination. I changed my denomination when I married my minister-husband. My parents and siblings have not spoken to me in 40 years, and in that timespan, my father died of pancreatic and liver cancer in 2001. I was not allowed at the funeral. My baby brother died in 2005 at the age of 42 and left a wife and two very small children. I hadn't seen my baby brother, since he was very small. There were fits thrown because I was going to be at my baby brother's funeral. The first time I saw him again, was in a casket after all those years.
Life can really throw some curve balls. I am just an example of one of so many lives that are consistently tested, tried and feeling like you are constantly going through the ringer. There are many who are carrying burdens worse than we are. I don't always remember that because my pain shouts so loudly. I never thought I'd survive the despair, the continual rejection. And now, after standing by my children and helping them on my meager income to finish college, so they both now are married and have the big homes and fancy cars, but they now have chosen not to have contact with me. It is a very hard road. But the end of this road leads to glory, and my soul aches to be in the arms of our Jesus one day.
At times, I ask God why??? At other times, I scream out: I am not YOU, Jesus! And I am NOT Job!!! But He knows the frustration, because Jesus felt all of the emotional and physical pain as a man, and so He identifies with us, and petitions His loving Father on our behalf.
I don't know what will come of the future. I think if I'd have known the future when I first started out in this life, I would have totally caved. Not that I haven't had my problems, I have. I am very, very human. But somehow, through all of this, I'm still being cared for, despite my fears, my hurt, my pain.
I just wanted to say, for those whose marriages are falling apart, that sometimes God allows a healing, and sometimes He wants that healing for us. But He gives us each free will, and if we don't turn back, or our spouses do not turn back, He will NOT force that to happen, because He gave us choice. My spouse never returned. I don't know what answers the Father will provide each of you, but what I have learned is that, what I pray for, isn't always HIS will, despite how great I believe it would be, or I want it to be.
Life is not a bed of roses, as we all can attest. But our life WILL be in a bed of roses in eternity, with the one who loves us best and most! Blessings to all of you in your struggles. May you feel His love and caring, and HIS intervention in your lives.
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My dear Sister In Christ, I
My dear Sister In Christ,
I just want you to know you are not alone. Not only is Jesus with you always but he has given you so many Brothers and Sister in Christ and although we don't know you personally we are praying for you. It's hard when you are going through long periods of tribulations to understand but the scripture does say in Romans 8:28, And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to his purpose. It dosen't say it feels good but it is working together for our good. May our God in heaven continue to lift you through all that you go through and your life be a testimony! In Jesus Name.
Cheryl
Hi I read your post and I
Hi
I read your post and I feel your pain. I want you to know that you are cared for by a total stranger. I will pray for you and offer my ear to you if you need to talk.
Hang in there
George
I have a marriage in crisis.
I have a marriage in crisis. Divorce papers already on file. HOWEVER I am trusting GOD for a miricle and a BREAKTHROUGH. Desire and despair I have both in excess.PLEASE lift my marriage, my husband and myself in prayer for healing and restoration.
Pray the Enemy out of your
Pray the Enemy out of your home and out of your life, close all the doors the devil may have in that marriage, and Get on your knees and pray with your Heart, Not with words of your mouth or mind, but of your heart, he hears us threw our hearts and he answers us threw it aswell, Declare under his powerful Name while your praying whats going to be done and whats going to change, and watch it unravel in front of your eyes, Because is his name theirs Answers, In His name theirs solutions, In his name theirs cures! Declare with power, with Faith, with Authority and your God Our father will Unite your marriage and amend what the devil has tried to destroy. You will overcome if you believe you already have, you will overcome if you Not just believe but KNOW that he will see you threw! Its by faith we receive, its By effort we are blessed! Word of God for you! I love you in Christ! Take care! I pray and declare this very moment Unity in your home and in your Marriage may God blessed and Multiply your years of Life and of your marriage!
Matthew 19:6 What God hath
Matthew 19:6
What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
Praying for you!
GOD SEEMS LET US KNOW WHEN HE
GOD SEEMS LET US KNOW WHEN HE SPEAKING TO OUR HEARTS. I SAW YOUR SITE ON MY FB SIDE. I'M GLAD I DID. I REALLY NEEDED TO HEAR THIS ( DESPAIR & DESIRE) I AM BATTLING WITH DEPRESSION, SMOKING THAT I SHOULD'NT BE DOING BECAUSE OF HEALTH ISSUES CREATED FROM SMOKING. JUST BEING OK IN MY ON SKIN, TRYING TO BELIEVE IN THE LOVE OF GOD. I AM A BELIVER IN THE LORD BUT SOMETIMES I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME TAPPING INTO IT. BEING RAISED BELIEVING IN A GOD THAT IS TO BE FEARED. I KNOW GOD IS ABLE BECAUSE OF THE OTHER BLESSINGS HE HAS DONE IN MY LIFE. ITS ME OH LORD STANDING IN THE NEED OF A BREAKTHROUGH. THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE MY STORY. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME.
I will pray for you. Be well
I will pray for you. Be well and happy, my friend. God be with you! God heal you! God hear your child's despair and desire! I pray you find all your looking for!
Rhea, Sometimes the journey
Rhea,
Sometimes the journey towards THE BREAKTHROUGH takes longer than we think we can endure. I wonder how many give up when it is right around the corner? Will be lifting you in my prayers!
Wow! What a timely word for
Wow! What a timely word for me. Thank you. It's no coincidence that I "just came" upon this blog. At age 58 and having served in ministry for years I am now developing a ministry with a team. Thank you for giving insight to the elements of desire and despair that pull us into the very purpose that God has for us
It is quite an adventure to
It is quite an adventure to start something new at 58. But God's timing is ALWAYS perfect! Wishing you success in your new calling, Bob.
God will never leave you
God will never leave you hebrews 13 He will give you strength to endure through the holy spirit and he loves you.
Good word. Love it!
Good word. Love it!
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I am here, and I'm not
I am here, and I'm not alone, we as the body of CHRIST are at a new place DESTINY is at our finger tips, but we can't reach it without each other. We are part of the same team and GOD has positioned us to depend only on HIM and HIS plan is all that is left! We have to uplift the bretheren however we can in our means! It's part of the great commision, now more than ever before, UNITY is the only way to stand in these last days. The harvest is great and the laborers are few, right now most of us who wish to labor for LORD are in bondage to the finances of this world and need a miracle to get out from the chains to set the truly captive free!! Let's touch and agree dear brothers and sisters for GOD'S divine intervention, HE is still on the throne and HE is still in control!! In JESUS name by the power of the HOLY SPIRIT AMEN!
Timely word brother! Thank
Timely word brother! Thank you! We tlked along the same lines in sunday school this morning. We do need one another in the body of Christ. We can't make this journey called life on our own for very long. I have come to find out that before any of us leave this world we are going to need someone at some point in our life. We need each other to survive.
This is in response to the
This is in response to the comment that William Greg Akers typed on May 11, 2011 in this forum - I'm a born again Christian. I agree with everything he typed in his comment, and I couldn't have said it better.....his words "...right now most of us who wish to labor for the Lord are in bondage to the finances of this world and need a miracle to get out from the chains to set the truly captive free" is right on the mark. 'I' am one of those Christians (laborers) who is in bondage due to my financial situation. Please pray for me, that God will intervene and work a miracle in my life...in my finances, because that's what it's going to take. God IS still in control, He IS still on the throne! he IS my God, and He IS going to make a way for me where there seems to be no way...all my needs are met 'IN JESUS NAME, AMEN"!!!!
Sharon, Adding you to our
Sharon,
Adding you to our prayer list! The Lord knows the desire of your heart to serve Him - praying that He will meet ALL your needs with abundance.
Good word!
Good word!
I needed this. I am waiting
I needed this. I am waiting on the Lords to change the heart of my wife who believes the Lord has told her to move on...and don't look back. I have His promise that she will return but I am getting weary
I understand, dear brother. I
I understand, dear brother. I am, unfortunately, in the same boat. There is another in her life who doesn't treat her half as well as I do, but has turned her head. She is neglecting her faith because the other doesn't believe as she does. :( I pray for God's will to be done, and for my will to be molded to fit His... but some days I just want her back so bad it feels like the pain will never end.
Please hang in there and hang
Please hang in there and hang on to Jesus. My husband was saying divorce less than a year ago, and now we are closer than I can ever remember. Satan is a deceiver and works through some who call themselves Christian. I think this is what is happening to your wife, she is being encouraged by some who call themselves Christian but are not.
God told me to pray like the persistent widow in Luke ch 18. I did and pleaded with God as my righteous judge to make my advisary (Satan) give back what he was stealing away from my husband and I - our marriage, our unity, our lives together, our ministry.
It seemed to take forever, but I have seen things progress little by little, and God is true to His word.
Pray against the negative influences. I will be praying and agreeing with you.
Love and blessings,
Martha
Martha, Oh how i needed to
Martha, Oh how i needed to hear your positive and encouraging words. My marriage of 32 years, 11 months ago was turned upside down by the ugly works and deceptions of the enemy. I am disabled and my husband decided he deserved more in life than to have to help take care of me as well as be the provider, even though for 20 years as he served our Country, leaving me and our children for many months at a time, for me to be both mother and father, do everything by myself and stand honorably by his side, proud of him and willing to sacrifice being in one place for longer than 3 to 5 years at a time, no family or friends each time we moved. I believe through Faith and Trust in the Lords promises and Love for us that we will have the Victory over satan... And that soon, the whiles of the world will grow old and lonely for him and we will be restored and transformed through this trial. Making us stronger and better than before and that the Lord will ultimately get all the Glory for this situation as we will be able to use our story as a testimony and be witnesses to others who are going through what i am now. With God, All things are possible and nothing is impossible. AMEN. To God be the Glory!
Please, all who read this, join with me in prayer for our marriage and my hearts desires. Thank you and Blessings to you.
At His Feet,
Cassie
He never fails in His
He never fails in His promises, and His plan for us is ALWAYS perfect!
AMEM,GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME
AMEM,GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME
I needed this tonight
I needed this tonight
this is my first time on your
this is my first time on your page i seen it on my facebook side will visit again thanks for the insight
Hi Brenda, So glad you
Hi Brenda,
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Thank you for this article on
Thank you for this article on Breakthrough. I have been waiting for the fulfillment of a promise from God for about 4 years, and I know that I know that He will come through, it's just that I am so weary from waiting. I need to move forward! He has done so much in my own heart while I have been waiting, but now I truly need to see a breakthrough from the Lord. Please pray.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen
Praying for your strength to persevere. It's coming! Don't quit on the 39th year in the desert :)
Happy to see that you see
Happy to see that you see that vital combination for action: Desire AND despair. We humans have an amazing capacity to sit still through hardships that would send any other of God's creatures to seek the oblivion of death in the wilderness. But hopefully. as you say, 2011 will be a year of breakthrough--for our desire for good, not evil, prosperity, not povery; rule of law by our collective governments, not misrule by a cadre of criminals. With God's charisma possessing us, and through our collective efforts inspired by that charisma, I too see that dim beacon light of hope that only the darkest of despair can make visible. Yours in Jesus' heart, V