{"id":20769,"date":"2021-02-20T00:01:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T23:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=20769"},"modified":"2021-02-16T16:01:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:01:04","slug":"divine-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2021\/02\/20\/divine-encounter\/","title":{"rendered":"Divine Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20769-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Feb-20....mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Feb-20....mp3\">http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Feb-20....mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/1sa.1.17-18\">1 Sam. 1:<sup>17-18<\/sup><\/a> \u201cIn that case,\u201d Eli said, \u201cgo in peace! May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.\u201d \u201cOh, thank you, sir!\u201d she exclaimed. Then she went back and began to eat again, and she was no longer sad<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Please read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/1sa.1.12-18\">1sam.1:12-18.<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/heb.11.1\">Heb. 11:<sup>1<\/sup><\/a> \u201c<i>Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see<\/i>.\u201d What makes it possible to move from <i>God must help me<\/i> to the point that you know that the help is here already? <!--more--> It takes a divine encounter. Eli might look ordinary; you can even say he is a<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>backslidden prophet if you will. But it took Eli, being God\u2019s representative, to say to Hannah, \u201cif this is so the God of heavens armies the God of Israel grant you your request\u201d. Eli did not even ask Hannah what her prayer request was. Eli did not even ask, what is the prayer point? A lot of people come to me burdened. When I see their burden, my immediate response is to pray for them. Sometimes, some of them object, they want me to first hear their prayer points. How would you know what to pray for? Eli did not even ask Hannah what the burden or prayer point was. It did not matter, the God of heavens armies that sees the heart of everyone knows your request. God knows your request and Eli says, that God will grant your request and he walked away. I pray that you will find real help from God. God will give you beauty for ashes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">It takes a divine encounter for transformation to happen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/heb.11.1\">Matt. 9:<sup>27-30<\/sup><\/a> \u201c<i>After Jesus left the girl\u2019s home, two blind men followed along behind him, shouting, \u201cSon of David, have mercy on us!\u201d They went right into the house where he was staying, and Jesus asked them, \u201cDo you believe I can make you see?\u201d \u201cYes, Lord,\u201d they told him, \u201cwe do.\u201d Then he touched their eyes and said, \u201c<\/i><b><i>Because of your faith, <\/i><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>it will<\/i><\/b><\/span><b><i> happen<\/i><\/b><i>.\u201d Then their eyes were opened, and they could see! Jesus sternly warned them, \u201cDon\u2019t tell anyone about this<\/i>.\u201d (emphasis added). Pay attention because I am drawing a correlation here. As we press in, God will stretch forth His hand and touch us in Jesus Name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/luk.5.12-13\">Luke 5:<sup>12-13<\/sup> <\/a>\u201c<i>In one of the villages, Jesus met a man with an advanced case of leprosy. When the man saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground, <\/i><b><i>begging<\/i><\/b><i> to be healed. \u201cLord,\u201d he said, \u201c<\/i><b><i>if you are willing<\/i><\/b><i>, you can heal me and make me clean<\/i>. <i>Jesus reached out and <\/i><b><i>touched him<\/i><\/b><i>. \u201cI am willing,\u201d he said. \u201cBe healed!\u201d And instantly the leprosy disappeared<\/i>\u201d (emphasis added). Notice that Jesus touched this man before He healed him. This man was with an advanced case of leprosy, but Jesus did not first send the Word to heal him before touching him. Jesus touched him in his condition and then the healing came. The touch from Jesus brings a glorious transformation. In the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, you will receive the touch of Jesus. Jesus will stretch forth His hands; He will touch you and your life will never remain the same again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">I want you to keep your focus on God and God alone. God can and He will help you. The question for some of us is not <i>can God help me<\/i>; the question is can you repent? If God is your help then I want you to lift up your voice and say to God, \u201cFather, help me, You alone are my help!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Prayer<\/b> [song]: Touch me with Your hand, Jesus. Touch me with Your hand, Jesus. Lord, don\u2019t let me go, the same way I came. Touch me with Your hands, Jesus! Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 Sam. 1:17-18 \u201cIn that case,\u201d Eli said, \u201cgo in peace! May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.\u201d \u201cOh, thank you, sir!\u201d she exclaimed. Then she went back and began to eat again, and she was no longer sad.\u201d Please read 1sam.1:12-18.\u00a0 Heb. 11:1 \u201cFaith shows the reality of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145,23,216,274,148,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-confidence","category-faith","category-gods-promise","category-help","category-help-from-above","category-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20769"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20950,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20769\/revisions\/20950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}