2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

It’s All Part of the Plan - Greg Laurie

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose”

Romans 8:28

Joseph was on his way, destination unknown. His brothers sold him into slavery, and afterward an Egyptian named Potiphar bought him. Potiphar, basically the head of security for Pharaoh, brought Joseph into his beautiful home and put him in charge.
Joseph ran everything beautifully. But Potiphar’s lustful wife set her lustful sights on young Joseph. He resisted her constant advances, saying, “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” (Genesis 39:9 nkjv).
Then one day when they were alone in the house, she grabbed Joseph by the coat. Joseph ran out as fast as he could, but she falsely accused him of rape. So Joseph went to prison.
About eleven years passed from the time Joseph went to Potiphar’s house to the time he left prison. Joseph easily could have said, “God, I believed in You. I didn’t give in to that woman’s advances. I lived a life of integrity. And look where that got me.”
But Joseph waited. Ultimately, Pharaoh had a dream. Joseph interpreted that dream and became the second-most powerful man in Egypt. He warned Pharaoh that a severe famine was coming, so Pharaoh put him in charge of the food supply.
Eventually Joseph’s brothers came looking for food in Egypt. And ironically, the only food supply was under Joseph’s control.
It could have been payback time. But instead Joseph made an amazing statement: “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive” (Genesis 50:20 nkjv).
Joseph seemed to understand Romans 8:28 before it was even written. He understood that God was in control of his life. And he knew that God can take what’s perceived as bad and bring good out of it.

Greg Laurie

COVID-19 Crisis Prayer - Pastor Mike

Today's Prayer
Psalm 67

Crisis Prayer Topic:   Remember Me, O LORD 

In Psalm 106, the psalmist asks the LORD to “remember” him.   

“Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people.  Oh, visit me with Your salvation, that I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, that I may glory with Your inheritance.”  Psalm 106: 4-5 

The use of the word “remember” in this and other verses throughout the Old Testament in reference to a cry for the LORD God to remember us, is not spoken with the idea that God has forgotten us. God has not forgotten us!  When used as it is used in the psalm, it literally means “to act once again on our behalf”.  That puts a whole new light on the word as we see it and pray it now in the psalms. 

Pray that the Lord God would act once again on our behalf with the favor He has toward His people.  Pray that He would visit…remind us again…what a glorious salvation He has granted to us through His Son, Christ Jesus.  Pray that we would see the benefit of being His and belonging to Him as His people who love Him and trust Him and are called according to His purposes. 

Pray that we would rejoice in the gladness of being a part of the family of God.  That we are His body, His bride. Thank the LORD for His rich inheritance freely given and granted to us through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Thank Him for the future promise that we have from Him of how we shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 

“God be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us, that Your Way may be known on earth, Your Salvation among the nations.  Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You” Psalm 67: 1-3