{"id":22890,"date":"2022-03-05T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T23:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=22890"},"modified":"2022-03-04T19:04:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:04:04","slug":"turn-around-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2022\/03\/05\/turn-around-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn Around"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-22890-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mar-5th.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mar-5th.mp3\">http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mar-5th.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+30%3A11&amp;version=VOICE\">Psalm 30:<sup>11<\/sup><\/a> \u201cYou did it: You turned my deepest pains into joyful dancing; You stripped off my dark clothing and covered me with joyful light.\u201d (Voice)<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Perspective; the God perspective is so important otherwise Joseph would not have experienced his turn around. What do you think would have happened if Joseph had seen Potiphar\u2019s house as the ultimate and gone to announce his manager status? <!--more-->He probably would have truncated the turning point. They had planned to kill him, thrown him into a pit, sold him to slavery, and so many other painful experiences followed but Joseph held unto his God perspective. How do we know this? <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/GEN.45.5\">Gen.45:<sup>5<\/sup>\u00a0<\/a>\u201c<i>But don\u2019t be upset, and don\u2019t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives!<\/i>\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Was Joseph just putting up a show for his brothers. Not at all, he repeated the same statement with even greater depths in <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/GEN.50.20-21\">Gen.50:<sup>20-21<\/sup><\/a> \u201c<i>You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people. No, don\u2019t be afraid. I will continue to take care of you and your children.\u201d So, he reassured them by speaking kindly to them<\/i>.\u201d In other words, no pound of flesh needed. Make up your mind to live a life free of bitterness. Now let\u2019s turn it into a prayer, say aloud, \u2018I make up my mind to live a life free of bitterness in the Name of Jesus\u2019. You need a turning point so, get rid of bitterness completely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Expect to go from <span class=\"s1\"><b>Sorrow<\/b><\/span> to <span class=\"s1\"><b>Joy<\/b><\/span>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/1CH.4.9\">1 Chron. 4:<sup>9<\/sup><\/a> \u201c<i>There was a man named Jabez who was more honourable than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because his birth had been so painful<\/i>.\u201d Jabez\u2019s name meant sorrow. Picture this; conversations with him went kind of like this, \u2018Sorrow, help me get that chair\u2019 or \u2018Pain, help me bring that cup.\u2019 He lived all his life branded, but he had a turning point. <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/1CH.4.10\">1 Chron. 4:<sup>10<\/sup><\/a> \u201c<i>He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, \u201cOh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!\u201d And God granted him his request<\/i>.\u201d Jabez cried to the God of Israel and God answered him. As you cry to God today, God will answer you in the Name of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Israel [Jacob] thought that Joseph was dead and, in the process, looking for food, his sons went to Egypt and Simeon was detained. Israel still unsure of what will become of Simeon now had Judah prevailing on him to release Benjamin. The man was losing all his sons. He was in a place of confusion and sorrow until his turning point came. <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/GEN.45.26\">Gen.45:<sup>26<\/sup><\/a> \u201c<i>Joseph is still alive!\u201d they told him. \u201cAnd he is governor of all the land of Egypt!\u201d<\/i> <i>Jacob was <\/i><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>stunned<\/i><\/b><\/span><i> at the news\u2026<\/i>\u201d (emphasis added). Stunned there means he was in shock, they probably had to give him a chair because of the shock. <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/116\/GEN.45.27\">Gen.45:<sup>27<\/sup><\/a> \u201c<i>But when they repeated to Jacob everything Joseph had told them, and when he saw the <\/i><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>wagons<\/i><\/b><\/span><i> Joseph had sent to carry him, their father\u2019s spirits revived<\/i>.\u201d (emphasis added). The news came to shock him, but the proof revived him. You will revive the soul of your parents by sending them wagons. God will make you put laughter in their mouths. Do you receive that?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Prayer<\/b>: Lord, by Your right arm, revive me and turn my sorrow to joy, in Jesus Name. Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 30:11 \u201cYou did it: You turned my deepest pains into joyful dancing; You stripped off my dark clothing and covered me with joyful light.\u201d (Voice) Perspective; the God perspective is so important otherwise Joseph would not have experienced his turn around. 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