{"id":5572,"date":"2016-10-01T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T23:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=5572"},"modified":"2016-09-29T01:11:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T00:11:58","slug":"not-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2016\/10\/01\/not-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5572-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/October-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/October-1.mp3\">https:\/\/www.gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/October-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cWhen you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown! When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up\u2014the flames will not consume you\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isa.43%3A2&amp;version=TLV\">Isa.43:2 [TLB]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cPraise the Lord! For all who fear God and trust in Him are blessed beyond expression\u2026\u00a0 When <u>darkness<\/u> overtakes him, <u>light will come bursting in<\/u>\u2026\u00a0 Such a man will not be overthrown by evil circumstances.\u00a0 <u>God\u2019s constant care<\/u> of him will make a deep impression on all who see it.\u00a0 He does not fear bad news, nor live in dread of what may happen.\u00a0 <u>For he is settled in his mind that God will take care of him<\/u>.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/quicksearch\/?quicksearch=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biblegateway.com%2Fpassage%2F%3Fsearch%3DIsa.43%253A2%26version%3DTLV&amp;qs_version=TLB\">Psalm 112:1-8 [LB]<\/a>. You need to settle it in your heart that <!--more-->God is with you and His plans for you are good and not evil. God is the only Father that you can guarantee will go through the dark place with you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Acts 7 highlights how God was with Joseph. Imagine, Joseph was in slavery and the Bible says God was with him. Joseph was in Potiphar\u2019s house cleaning dishes, and God was with him. Joseph was framed for a crime that he did not commit and God was with him. He had a bad record but God was still with him. He was imprisoned and God was still with him. By the time Joseph got to the palace, God was still with him. Many of us think God is only with us when we are in the palace and until we get to the palace, God is not with us. You may be in Potiphar\u2019s house, or in the pit where your brothers have left you for dead, or in prison, or perhaps in the palace. But regardless of the \u201cP\u201d you are in, God is with you. Refreshing!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You must realize that God is with you right where you are. You must realize that when you feel most alone, isolated, or abandoned, in that very moment God is closest. And guess what? Joseph was not just one lucky man that God favoured. There are others in Scripture. <em>\u201cThe Lord is <u>close to the brokenhearted<\/u> and saves those who are crushed in spirit.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Ps.34:18 [NIV, emphasis added]. In God\u2019s Favourite House, we do not give false hope. Some things are going to take time, period! You may be going through a difficult patch right now. I am not going to deceive you that you will not go through some challenges. But I already know the result is victory. And I know that God will not abandon you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Prayer<\/strong>: Father, I thank You for the promise of Your Saving Presence. You, Jesus, are all that I\u00a0 have ever needed, in Jesus Name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown! When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up\u2014the flames will not consume you\u201d Isa.43:2 [TLB] \u00a0 \u201cPraise the Lord! For all who fear God [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,50,54,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acknowledge-god","category-comfort","category-encouragement","category-faith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5572","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=5572"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6013,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5572\/revisions\/6013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}