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Robert Oliver
“THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!” By Pastor Robert Oliver
Romans 15:13 says, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE 'FILL' YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE 'IN' BELIEVING, THAT YE MAY ABOUND 'IN' HOPE, THROUGH THE POWER 'OF' THE HOLY GHOST!”
Oh Glory to GOD Beloved, What a Great 'Text' We have to Explore today! The Blessed Apostle Paul Has Spent “15” Chapters Laying Down the Great 'Truths' of the GOSPEL, and the “Mechanics” of the Great 'Redemption' that JESUS CHRIST Has 'Provided' for this Old World! And Now, He Cannot Seem to 'Contain' Himself any Longer, so He Breaks Out 'Into' Divine Intercessory "Prayer" For the Precious Believers at Rome! And 'In' This Glorious Prayer He Mentions “8” Incredible Things for You & Me:
First, Notice “WHEN” He Desires For GOD To Do This: He Prays, “NOW…O GOD!” Listen Beloved, Paul did Not Believe In 'Putting Off' till Tomorrow, What 'Could' Be Done TODAY! He Prays~ “NOW OH LORD…Do Thus and So For Your People!” Oh Saints, How We Need to Get 'Busy' TODAY and Be About Our "FATHER’S Business!" JESUS Said, “FOR THE NIGHT COMETH, WHEN 'NO' MAN WORKETH!” Paul said in II Corinthians 6:2, “BEHOLD, 'NOW' IS THE ACCEPTED TIME, BEHOLD, 'NOW' IS THE DAY OF SALVATION!” He’s Praying~ LORD, BLESS YOUR PEOPLE “NOW!!!”
But Secondly, Notice “WHO” Paul Prays TO: He says, “NOW THE GOD 'OF' HOPE!” Oh Yes Indeed Beloved, 'Our' GOD is "THE GOD OF ALL HOPE!" Church, do You Realize “What” This Lost World 'Needs' today? Listen now, THEY "NEED HOPE!" Because 'Without' JESUS CHRIST One Has "NO HOPE" of Escaping the LAKE OF FIRE! "NO HOPE" Of Having Their SINS Forgiven! "NO HOPE" Of Making HEAVEN THEIR ETERNAL "HOME!" And Let Me Say this: Our 'HOPE' is "NOT A RELIGION", It’s a "PERSON!" Listen, I Timothy 1:1 says~ “BY THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR, AND 'LORD JESUS CHRIST', WHICH 'IS' OUR HOPE!” Did You 'Catch' That??? I 'Tell' People All the Time, “I Don’t Have a 'Dead' Religion, I Have a 'LIVING' SAVIOUR!!!”
But Thirdly, Notice “WHAT” the GOD OF HOPE DOES: Paul writes, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE 'FILL' YOU!” Oh Me Oh My Beloved, I Hope You’re 'Listening' to Paul today! He Said that 'OUR' GOD WILL “FILL” US If We Let HIM! Dear One, Do You 'Realize' Today, that 'GOD' Wants to “FILL” YOU WITH "HIMSELF?" Yes it's True, HE 'DESIRES' to "FILL" Every Area of Your 'Life' with HIS "Glorious" PRESENCE! Listen, Ephesians 3:19 says~ “THAT YE MIGHT BE 'FILLED' WITH ALL THE 'FULNESS' OF GOD!” What? Did You 'Hear' That? Beloved, Paul Says, 'By' the "HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD", that You & I CAN BE “FILLED” WITH THE “FULNESS” OF GOD!!! Listen to me, HE Wants to “FILL” You With 'HIMSELF', and 'WHEN' YOU ARE “FILLED” WITH GOD YOU “DON’T NEED 'ANYTHING' ELSE!!!”
But Fourthly, Notice “WHAT” HE FILLS US WITH: Paul Prays, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE 'FILL' YOU WITH 'ALL' JOY!” Oh Glory to GOD Beloved Believer, Let Me 'Ask' You Today: Do YOU "HAVE JOY?" I Mean DO YOU HAVE "JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY?" Do You 'Walk' in the "JOY OF THE LORD?" Nehemiah Said~ “THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH!” And Listen, That’s 'Exactly' Why the Devil Wants to "Rob You" of Your 'JOY' Today, Because He 'Knows' that If He Can 'Steal' Your JOY He Will 'Strip' You of Your "STRENGTH!" But Paul 'Prays' for You to Be “FILLED” With the 'JOY' OF JESUS, Being “FILLED” With the "POWER & STRENGTH OF JESUS CHRIST!!!"
Ok Fifthly, Notice “WHAT” ELSE HE PRAYS FOR: The Apostle Prays, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE 'FILL' YOU WITH ALL JOY 'AND' PEACE!” Ah Yes Indeed Dear Saints, 'Here' is What You & I 'Need' today My Friends: “THE 'PEACE' OF GOD WHICH PASSETH UNDERSTANDING, 'KEEPING' OUR HEARTS & MINDS, 'THROUGH' CHRIST JESUS!” Hey, Most Folks don’t 'Have' Any Peace today, and What’s 'Sadder' than that, is the 'Fact' that Many of GOD’S 'BELIEVING' PEOPLE Are Not Living "IN HIS BLESSED PEACE!" Listen, I 'Guarantee' You Beloved, that If You Spend 'Time' In Prayer, and 'Time' in GOD’S HOLY WORD “Daily”, You WILL 'HAVE' HIS DIVINE “PEACE” IN YOUR LIFE! JESUS Said In John 14:27~ “PEACE LEAVE I 'WITH' YOU, MY PEACE I 'GIVE' UNTO YOU: NOT AS THE WORLD GIVETH, GIVE I UNTO YOU; LET 'NOT' YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, NEITHER 'LET' IT BE AFRAID!!!”
But Sixthly, Notice “HOW” WE 'GET' THIS JOY & PEACE: Paul says, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE, 'IN' BELIEVING!” Aha, 'Here' is the "KEY" to Receiving & 'Retaining' GOD’S JOY & PEACE: “IN BELIEVING!!!” Did You 'Catch' That? Paul Said that "YOU CAN HAVE IT TODAY" Simply By “BELIEVING” GOD, WHO 'PROMISED' TO BESTOW IT! Let Me 'Ask' You Dear One today~ Do You “BELIEVE” What GOD "SAYS IN HIS WORD?" Because "IF YOU DO", Paul Says that That "OPENS THE DOOR" OF DIVINE BLESSING TO YOU! Why? Because “FAITH” is the 'KEY' to PLEASING GOD and "RECEIVING FROM HIM!!!"
But Seventhly, Notice “HOW” We Are to Live: Paul says, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING, THAT YE MAY 'ABOUND' IN HOPE!” Oh My Beloved, What a Statement! Don't Miss This! The 'Greek' Word Here is “Perisseuo!” It Literally Means “TO HAVE 'ABUNDANTLY', OR TO SUPERABOUND!” Saints Listen, Our GOD 'Wants' Us to “ABOUND” in THE "ABUNDANT LIFE" That JESUS Came to "GIVE US!" And 'This' is "HOW THE WORLD WILL 'KNOW' THAT HE IS REAL!" When They "SEE" Us Living the SPIRIT-FILLED "ABUNDANT" LIFE BEFORE THEM!!!
But Eighthly, Finally, Notice the “KEY” to this Abundant Life: Paul says, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING, THAT YE MAY ABOUND IN HOPE, 'THROUGH' THE POWER 'OF' THE HOLY GHOST!” Listen Now, You CANNOT “MANUFACTURE” THIS 'TYPE' OF LIVING! It Can 'ONLY' BE HAD “THROUGH” THE “POWER” OF GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT “WITHIN!” Listen, it is Literally, "GOD", LIVING “IN & THROUGH” YOU, THE 'LIFE' THAT YOU "CANNOT LIVE!!!" This 'Same' Paul said in Galatians 2:20~ “I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST: NEVERTHELESS I LIVE: YET 'NOT' I, BUT 'CHRIST' LIVETH 'IN' ME: AND THE 'LIFE' THAT I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE 'BY' THE FAITH 'OF' THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME, AND 'GAVE' HIMSELF FOR ME!!!” Oh Yes, it’s "JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF 'LIVING' IN ME, 'WORKING' IN ME, THAT WHICH IS "PLEASING TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER!!!" So Beloved, My 'Word' to You Today: "BE FILLED WITH ALL JOY & PEACE IN BELIEVING, AND ABOUND IN HOPE, THROUGH HIS DIVINE POWER!!!" Blessings to All, and Shalom...
“THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!” By Pastor Robert Oliver
Romans 15:13 says, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE 'FILL' YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE 'IN' BELIEVING, THAT YE MAY ABOUND 'IN' HOPE, THROUGH THE POWER 'OF' THE HOLY GHOST!”
Oh Glory to GOD Beloved, What a Great 'Text' We have to Explore today! The Blessed Apostle Paul Has Spent “15” Chapters Laying Down the Great 'Truths' of the GOSPEL, and the “Mechanics” of the Great 'Redemption' that JESUS CHRIST Has 'Provided' for this Old World! And Now, He Cannot Seem to 'Contain' Himself any Longer, so He Breaks Out 'Into' Divine Intercessory "Prayer" For the Precious Believers at Rome! And 'In' This Glorious Prayer He Mentions “8” Incredible Things for You & Me:
First, Notice “WHEN” He Desires For GOD To Do This: He Prays, “NOW…O GOD!” Listen Beloved, Paul did Not Believe In 'Putting Off' till Tomorrow, What 'Could' Be Done TODAY! He Prays~ “NOW OH LORD…Do Thus and So For Your People!” Oh Saints, How We Need to Get 'Busy' TODAY and Be About Our "FATHER’S Business!" JESUS Said, “FOR THE NIGHT COMETH, WHEN 'NO' MAN WORKETH!” Paul said in II Corinthians 6:2, “BEHOLD, 'NOW' IS THE ACCEPTED TIME, BEHOLD, 'NOW' IS THE DAY OF SALVATION!” He’s Praying~ LORD, BLESS YOUR PEOPLE “NOW!!!”
But Secondly, Notice “WHO” Paul Prays TO: He says, “NOW THE GOD 'OF' HOPE!” Oh Yes Indeed Beloved, 'Our' GOD is "THE GOD OF ALL HOPE!" Church, do You Realize “What” This Lost World 'Needs' today? Listen now, THEY "NEED HOPE!" Because 'Without' JESUS CHRIST One Has "NO HOPE" of Escaping the LAKE OF FIRE! "NO HOPE" Of Having Their SINS Forgiven! "NO HOPE" Of Making HEAVEN THEIR ETERNAL "HOME!" And Let Me Say this: Our 'HOPE' is "NOT A RELIGION", It’s a "PERSON!" Listen, I Timothy 1:1 says~ “BY THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR, AND 'LORD JESUS CHRIST', WHICH 'IS' OUR HOPE!” Did You 'Catch' That??? I 'Tell' People All the Time, “I Don’t Have a 'Dead' Religion, I Have a 'LIVING' SAVIOUR!!!”
But Thirdly, Notice “WHAT” the GOD OF HOPE DOES: Paul writes, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE 'FILL' YOU!” Oh Me Oh My Beloved, I Hope You’re 'Listening' to Paul today! He Said that 'OUR' GOD WILL “FILL” US If We Let HIM! Dear One, Do You 'Realize' Today, that 'GOD' Wants to “FILL” YOU WITH "HIMSELF?" Yes it's True, HE 'DESIRES' to "FILL" Every Area of Your 'Life' with HIS "Glorious" PRESENCE! Listen, Ephesians 3:19 says~ “THAT YE MIGHT BE 'FILLED' WITH ALL THE 'FULNESS' OF GOD!” What? Did You 'Hear' That? Beloved, Paul Says, 'By' the "HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD", that You & I CAN BE “FILLED” WITH THE “FULNESS” OF GOD!!! Listen to me, HE Wants to “FILL” You With 'HIMSELF', and 'WHEN' YOU ARE “FILLED” WITH GOD YOU “DON’T NEED 'ANYTHING' ELSE!!!”
But Fourthly, Notice “WHAT” HE FILLS US WITH: Paul Prays, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE 'FILL' YOU WITH 'ALL' JOY!” Oh Glory to GOD Beloved Believer, Let Me 'Ask' You Today: Do YOU "HAVE JOY?" I Mean DO YOU HAVE "JOY UNSPEAKABLE AND FULL OF GLORY?" Do You 'Walk' in the "JOY OF THE LORD?" Nehemiah Said~ “THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH!” And Listen, That’s 'Exactly' Why the Devil Wants to "Rob You" of Your 'JOY' Today, Because He 'Knows' that If He Can 'Steal' Your JOY He Will 'Strip' You of Your "STRENGTH!" But Paul 'Prays' for You to Be “FILLED” With the 'JOY' OF JESUS, Being “FILLED” With the "POWER & STRENGTH OF JESUS CHRIST!!!"
Ok Fifthly, Notice “WHAT” ELSE HE PRAYS FOR: The Apostle Prays, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE 'FILL' YOU WITH ALL JOY 'AND' PEACE!” Ah Yes Indeed Dear Saints, 'Here' is What You & I 'Need' today My Friends: “THE 'PEACE' OF GOD WHICH PASSETH UNDERSTANDING, 'KEEPING' OUR HEARTS & MINDS, 'THROUGH' CHRIST JESUS!” Hey, Most Folks don’t 'Have' Any Peace today, and What’s 'Sadder' than that, is the 'Fact' that Many of GOD’S 'BELIEVING' PEOPLE Are Not Living "IN HIS BLESSED PEACE!" Listen, I 'Guarantee' You Beloved, that If You Spend 'Time' In Prayer, and 'Time' in GOD’S HOLY WORD “Daily”, You WILL 'HAVE' HIS DIVINE “PEACE” IN YOUR LIFE! JESUS Said In John 14:27~ “PEACE LEAVE I 'WITH' YOU, MY PEACE I 'GIVE' UNTO YOU: NOT AS THE WORLD GIVETH, GIVE I UNTO YOU; LET 'NOT' YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, NEITHER 'LET' IT BE AFRAID!!!”
But Sixthly, Notice “HOW” WE 'GET' THIS JOY & PEACE: Paul says, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE, 'IN' BELIEVING!” Aha, 'Here' is the "KEY" to Receiving & 'Retaining' GOD’S JOY & PEACE: “IN BELIEVING!!!” Did You 'Catch' That? Paul Said that "YOU CAN HAVE IT TODAY" Simply By “BELIEVING” GOD, WHO 'PROMISED' TO BESTOW IT! Let Me 'Ask' You Dear One today~ Do You “BELIEVE” What GOD "SAYS IN HIS WORD?" Because "IF YOU DO", Paul Says that That "OPENS THE DOOR" OF DIVINE BLESSING TO YOU! Why? Because “FAITH” is the 'KEY' to PLEASING GOD and "RECEIVING FROM HIM!!!"
But Seventhly, Notice “HOW” We Are to Live: Paul says, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING, THAT YE MAY 'ABOUND' IN HOPE!” Oh My Beloved, What a Statement! Don't Miss This! The 'Greek' Word Here is “Perisseuo!” It Literally Means “TO HAVE 'ABUNDANTLY', OR TO SUPERABOUND!” Saints Listen, Our GOD 'Wants' Us to “ABOUND” in THE "ABUNDANT LIFE" That JESUS Came to "GIVE US!" And 'This' is "HOW THE WORLD WILL 'KNOW' THAT HE IS REAL!" When They "SEE" Us Living the SPIRIT-FILLED "ABUNDANT" LIFE BEFORE THEM!!!
But Eighthly, Finally, Notice the “KEY” to this Abundant Life: Paul says, “NOW THE GOD OF HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING, THAT YE MAY ABOUND IN HOPE, 'THROUGH' THE POWER 'OF' THE HOLY GHOST!” Listen Now, You CANNOT “MANUFACTURE” THIS 'TYPE' OF LIVING! It Can 'ONLY' BE HAD “THROUGH” THE “POWER” OF GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT “WITHIN!” Listen, it is Literally, "GOD", LIVING “IN & THROUGH” YOU, THE 'LIFE' THAT YOU "CANNOT LIVE!!!" This 'Same' Paul said in Galatians 2:20~ “I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST: NEVERTHELESS I LIVE: YET 'NOT' I, BUT 'CHRIST' LIVETH 'IN' ME: AND THE 'LIFE' THAT I NOW LIVE IN THE FLESH I LIVE 'BY' THE FAITH 'OF' THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME, AND 'GAVE' HIMSELF FOR ME!!!” Oh Yes, it’s "JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF 'LIVING' IN ME, 'WORKING' IN ME, THAT WHICH IS "PLEASING TO OUR HEAVENLY FATHER!!!" So Beloved, My 'Word' to You Today: "BE FILLED WITH ALL JOY & PEACE IN BELIEVING, AND ABOUND IN HOPE, THROUGH HIS DIVINE POWER!!!" Blessings to All, and Shalom...
