You must persevere in Love for God and Man
To receive your Miracle and Never give up
God wants all His children to grow in perseverance in love so that we become mature and complete, conformed to the image of Christ Jesus (James 1:2-4).
We must persevere in love for both God and for man if we desire to possess our miracle.
And in every trial and tribulation we face, God wants us to always love and obey Him, and also love everyone who is involved in our problems (Matthew 22:37-39).
Where we do not walk in love, we sin against God, and our sin will stop God from manifesting His miracle in our lives (Isaiah 59:2).
For example, where you have a boss in your workplace who is very nasty to you, you need to do the following for God to change him:
(1) Confess your sins before God daily (Matthew 6:12).
(2) Forgive everyone who has ever hurt you (Matthew 6:12; Mark 11:25).
(3) Return good for the evil the boss is doing to you--forgive him daily, and always do good to him and bless him (Matthew 5:44 NKJ; 1 Corinthians 13:4-8).
(4) Ask God to touch his heart so that he will be a good boss to you (Matthew 7:11).
(5) Believe your prayers have been answered and begin to declare and decree that "My boss is a good boss (Mark 11:24)."
Persevere in showing love to your boss, no matter how long he has behaved rudely towards you.
God teaches us that we can overcome evil only with good (Romans 12:21).
And what you prayed for and declare and decree by faith will come to pass, God has promised (Mark 11:23).
Your boss will be good to you, in due time (Galatians 6:9).
God never fails to keep His word.
He is able to change the heart of any man, if God's people pray for them and believe that God has answered and begin to decree and declare (Mark 11:23-24; Matthew 17:20).
Nothing shall be impossible for us when we decree the will of the Father in heaven (Matthew 17:20).
Romans 12:21
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Galatians 6:9
9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Matthew 17:20
20 He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."
As you persevere in love, you grow to become more and more like God Himself, for God is love (1 John 4:8).
That is the main purpose for the trial you are facing (James 1:2-4; Romans 5:3-4).
God allows these trials to mould you into the likeness of Jesus His Son (Romans 8:29).
But if you do not walk in love and return evil for good, you will never see God change you boss (or colleague, husband, wife, children, neighbour, or any other person).
And if you walk away from the situation, and change your workplace and boss, you will meet with a similar situation later on.
For God will not allow you to remain a child of God who does not grow in love daily.
He can only do it by allowing difficult people into you lives.
Nothing happens by chance to a child of God, for He leads us like a shepherd over His sheep (John 10:11; Psalm 23:1-6).
And the difficult people you meet are there to train you to persevere in love and see His miracle power manifested in changing lives.
This is how we build God's kingdom on this earth---through His love flowing through our lives (Matthew 6:10, 33).
Let us therefore always persevere in love in every situation and see God's kingdom and power and glory come.
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A TESTIMONY
GOD CHANGED THE HEART OF MY BOSS AS I RETURNED GOOD FOR EVIL
Brother BBB:
"I work for a difficult boss. He is always speaking words of condemnation and unkind words to all those working under him.
He likes to look down on my work no matter how hard and how much effort I put in to solve the company's production systems.
I therefore pray for him, I forgive him, and I ask God to bless him and change him.
I never return evil for evil and always speak respectfully to him.
Over the months I served under him, his attitude towards me begin to change.
He is now less judgmental and does not show anger as often as before towards me.
He now begins to appreciate my work and contribution in keeping the company production systems going.
I give all glory, praise and thanksgiving to God!
Comments (Brother Andrew):
1. We must persevere in showing love to our enemies, as we face trials in our workplace or family.
2. God wants us to develop perseverance in love, a sign of maturity in Christ.
3. If we try to run away from a difficult situation, as in the situation above, and never learn to persevere in love, then God will allow the same situation to arise in our lives, so that we build up perseverance in love in our character.
4. For example, if you change your job just to avoid a difficult boss or colleague, because you do not want to persevere in faith and in love and in rejoicing, you will face the same issues in your new job.
Your job and the trials you faced are used by God to bring your life to maturity in Christ.
5. God's purpose in our lives today is not only to bless us to be a blessing to others, but His ultimate purpose is for each of us to become like Jesus (Romans 8:29).
Shalom
Andrew