I Am a Witness
A week of devotions from “Wisdom and Spiritual Understanding from God” draws to a close. We thank our Devotional Team for writing great exhortation from Colossians 1:9-10. Once again, learn these verses and keep them in your pocket, because when you pray the Holy Spirit will bring this verse back to your remembrance, whatsoever He has said unto you.
SCRIPTURE: For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God…” Colossians 1:9, 10 NKJV
Saints, my husband and I came to GBFC at a very vulnerable time in our lives. It was after a church split. We were not only leaving the Pastor we had grown to love, but we were leaving many family members that we enjoyed seeing every week. It could have only been God because we were careful to look forward, with expectation, and not to get hung up on our former place. When we heard Pastor Cockrell we were both struck with a “Wow!” Romans 10:14-15, teaches us how to stay encouraged in the walk of faith on this side of life. We must have a covering! Yes, a preacher whereby we can hear the Word of God expounded upon so much so that we learn and understand God’s principles of faith. Yes, become enlightened by verses we can trust, embrace, adopt, and practice all to please our Lord.
Hearing and understanding the Word are first steps to growing and strengthening our faith with the Lord Jesus Christ. So it was at GBFC that we began to love the Living Word; it was with every Bible study and with every sermon. It did not matter if the message was stressing God’s tenderness or His wrath. It was God’s love towards us! We were gaining spiritual understanding and wisdom. We began praying together and actually having family devotions, which were all quite awkward, initially.
The Spiritual Understanding and Wisdom from God are all for His glory and for us to present well-pleasing to Him. God allows us to benefit from all of His great provisions to have us ultimately glorify Him. For we begin to see clearly. He is awesome, faithful, righteous, and holy! Hallelujah!
Prayer: Lord, thank You for Your love towards us. We can’t make one turn and not see it-Your love and Your Provision for us are so refreshing. You give us the hope, direction, privilege and opportunity to honor You with our lives. Help us not to take it for granted…Yes, the knowledge and understanding of Your Word helps us to gain wisdom in how we live in light of our Lord Jesus Christ, His death, and the great power of His resurrection! In Jesus’ Name-Amen!
By Sis. Lisa Williams
Hearing and understanding the Word are first steps to growing and strengthening our faith with the Lord Jesus Christ. So it was at GBFC that we began to love the Living Word; it was with every Bible study and with every sermon. It did not matter if the message was stressing God’s tenderness or His wrath. It was God’s love towards us! We were gaining spiritual understanding and wisdom. We began praying together and actually having family devotions, which were all quite awkward, initially.
The Spiritual Understanding and Wisdom from God are all for His glory and for us to present well-pleasing to Him. God allows us to benefit from all of His great provisions to have us ultimately glorify Him. For we begin to see clearly. He is awesome, faithful, righteous, and holy! Hallelujah!
Prayer: Lord, thank You for Your love towards us. We can’t make one turn and not see it-Your love and Your Provision for us are so refreshing. You give us the hope, direction, privilege and opportunity to honor You with our lives. Help us not to take it for granted…Yes, the knowledge and understanding of Your Word helps us to gain wisdom in how we live in light of our Lord Jesus Christ, His death, and the great power of His resurrection! In Jesus’ Name-Amen!
By Sis. Lisa Williams
Archive
2024
January
Gratitude Mixed with Faith Should Equal ObedienceGrace Comes In God’s TimingGOD USES WHOM HE CHOOSESSeeing What God Sees to Get What God HasA Life Verse That Is Good for Every YearSeeing Things as God Sees ThemThree QuestionsDon’t Worry About the FutureForgiveness Is Our Daily CelebrationPeace When We Do RightGod’s True Children Certainly Should KnowRegret In Missed OpportunitiesThe Attitude of Delight Is RightMeditation Deprivation Is EvidentARE YOU A DISCIPLE OR JUST A CONVERT?An Anchored Soul Won’t QuitGod Wants to Be BelievedFinding God in Our PainI Must Be About God’s WordWhat the Wondrous Word of God Can Do in a Willing ServantSeeing Things God’s WayGetting Along for Jesus SakeMeditating Brings Us Success In The Christian LifeThe State of Mind That Pleases GodPraised By the RaisedHaving the Right Knowledge for Real FaithWhose Mind Do You Think With?All My Heart & All My WaysWise with the Lord’s TimeNo Shame About What God Has SaidPrayer Is A Conversation
February
DEEP ARMOR FOR THE STEEP CLIMBDressed in the Whole Armor of God for Spiritual WarfareGRAB THAT ARMORSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER WITH PASTOR WAYNE COCKRELLIn My Dressing Room (Putting on the Armor of God)Armored for Any WeatherTruth is Foundation for Our FaithA Work in Progress and A Mouth in TrainingREJECTION OF GOSSIP, SLANDER, LIES, AND DISCORD: THE PERFECTING OF 'FEBRUARY'THE DETESTABLESSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER WITH PASTOR WAYNE COCKRELLIf the Lord Hates It, We Should TooThe Offense Ward of the Sin HospitalSpilling the TeaWe are in ChristLet us Do BetterSpread Love, Not GossipSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER WITH PASTOR WAYNE COCKRELLThe GREATEST THRILL: Being SPIRIT - FilledTHE HOLY SPIRIT'S CONTROLA Drunken SpiritLookin’ Like Our DaddyFermented or Fresh; How is Your Fruit?We Have it AllSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER WITH PASTOR WAYNE COCKRELLJESUS’ LOVE MANDATEHIS Walk, Our Hopethe greatest gift of allTo Love Like Christ
March
LOVE x LOVELove is CommitmentSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER with Pastor CockrellTHE HIGHEST DEBT OF LOVEPREVAILING IN LOVE, AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROMISEReturn Your Love to METhe Loveless ChurchWhat Do You Want First: the Good News or the Bad News?POSITIVE FRICTION THAT MAKES US BETTERSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER with Pastor Wayne CockrellHis Love Versus My FearsJESUS LOVES YOUBe Surrendered to 'Love'Victory Over Fear: Life’s Small LessonsJesus, Our VictoryTRUST CHRIST, BANISH FEARSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER with Pastor Wayne CockrellHarmony and Discord Aren’t FriendsHOLY PARAMETERSBlinded by HateACT or REACTRESISTING ANGER AND HATE IN CONFLICTPeculiar PeopleSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER with Pastor Wayne CockrellONWARD & UPWARDHow To Fall ForwardThe Front Windshield is Much Bigger than the Rearview MirrorONE THING TO DOLooking Back Will Have You SaltyGreat Cloud of WitnessesSUNDAY MORNING PRAYER with Pastor Wayne Cockrell
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"Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders.
Let me walk upon the waters, wherever You would call me.
Take me deeper than my feet could ever wander,
And my faith is made much stronger in the presence of my Savior."
Oceans
Amen! Awesome testimony with the scriptures!