{"id":28426,"date":"2025-03-03T00:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=28426"},"modified":"2025-02-28T16:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:52:09","slug":"message-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2025\/03\/03\/message-sacrifice\/","title":{"rendered":"Message &#038; Sacrifice"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-28426-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Mar-3.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Mar-3.mp3\">http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Mar-3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/116\/GEN.18.19\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Genesis 18:<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">19<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cI have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you stand and say, &#8220;God, here I am. I am available\u201d Firstly, You Face The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fear<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You Never Thought You Could Face. Secondly, You Trust the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promise<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You Never Thought You Would Trust. Thirdly, You See the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miracles<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Never Thought You Would See. And fourthly,<\/span><b> You Hear the <\/b><b>Message<\/b><b> You Never Thought You Would Hear<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For Samuel, the message was that he needed to have a higher standard than all the people around him. For you, for instance, it could be that you have a spreadsheet with every detail on every column worked out. But God is saying He needs to add a column, change a formula, change an equation and you are insisting on keeping your spreadsheet the way it is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, I have news for you, if you are available to God, God is going to mess up your spreadsheet. Why? God&#8217;s destiny for you is bigger than the spreadsheet you have put together. If you are not willing for your plans to get messed up, you are going to miss the greatest things that God has for you. I am all for planning, I am big on planning, but I am completely open to God. If He needs to mess things up to rebuild it, I am all in. Sometimes, the potter needs to break the pot so that he can rebuild and make a more honourable pot. God has something to do in your life that is greater than your plans. Your plans are nothing compared to God&#8217;s plans for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fifth thing that happens when you stand and say to God, \u201cHere I am. I am available\u201d, is <\/span><b>You<\/b> <b>Make A <\/b><b>Sacrifice<\/b><b> You Never Thought You Could Make<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/111\/gen.22.1-2\">Genesis 22:<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1-2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some time later God <\/span><\/i><b><i>tested<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Abraham. He said to him, \u201cAbraham!\u201d \u201c<\/span><\/i><b><i>Here I am<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d he replied. Then God said, \u201cTake your son, your only son, whom you love\u2014Isaac\u2014and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d (NIV, emphasis added). And Abraham took the boy, you know the story, and God stopped him. God was just looking for the willingness in his heart. Most times, God is looking for the willingness in our hearts. You need to understand that in your relationship with God, sometimes God will test you. God tested Abraham.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why does God test us? Why did God test Abraham? God tests us not because He does not know what is in our hearts. He is God, He already knows what is in our hearts. God tests us because He wants us to know what is in our hearts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Prayer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (song): Lord, I give You my heart. I give You my soul. I live for you alone. And every breath that I take, every moment I&#8217;m awake Lord, have Your way in me. Amen!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genesis 18:19 \u201cI have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised.\u201d &nbsp; When you stand and say, &#8220;God, here I am. 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