Anthony Wade Ministries

Before I gave my life to The Lord Jesus Christ, I encountered a person who used to frequent a bar called, Lo’s Club, in my hometown. This person’s nickname was Shorty. He would on numerous occasions get intoxicated. What was so unique about Shorty was that he would get drunk and start preaching. A period of time went by during which I had received The Lord Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I was in my hometown on a weekend and I saw Shorty on a street corner. He was drunk! I was in my motor vehicle at the time I saw Shorty, and yes he was preaching. This time it was obvious that Shorty had urinated on himself. I call it “pissy drunk.”

When I saw him, “Holy Spirit” said something to me I have never forgotten. He said, “Don’t you judge that man!” He “The Holy Spirit,” explained to me if I had been through what that man has been through, I might be the same way. This reminds me of what Jesus said about judging.

Matthew 7:1-5 (NASB)

{1} “Do not judge lest you be judged. {2} “For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. {3} “And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? {4} “Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? {5}”You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

It is a given that many times we don’t have a clue what others have gone, or are going through. It is vitally important that we don’t judge things from an outward appearance. All to often, life has kicked people around so much and so hard they end up in a survival mode. The activity they choose is with a survival mental attitude. They are doing their best to make it. If we walked a mile in their shoes, we would do the same or something similar. The old expression is don’t judge a book by it’s cover. — AWM

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THE BLESSING IS UPON ME

The blessing is my natural right in Jesus.

The blessing is why I cannot fail or be defeated.

The blessing is why I am empowered to prosper.

The blessing is why I am courageous, confident, certain, undaunted, and healed. IN JESUS NAME !

Proverbs 10:22 – Ephesians 3:20 – 2nd Corinthians 8:9

“I decree that in this season of life, I will not be left out. I am included in the outpouring of God’s Favor and Miraculous Provision. Something is turning loose deep inside me and will manifest in the natural, not many days from now. This is my season to build a Memorial unto God for His Glory. I shall decree a thing and it shall be established in the Name of Jesus.”

Job 22:27-28 (KJV)

{27} Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.

{28} Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV)

{13} No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

The backdrop of 1st Corinthians 10:13, is that the Apostle Paul was encouraging the Corinthians to stand strong in their walk with the Lord. The first thing that we must understand is that temptations, tests, and trials do not come from God. It is a sad commentary but many God fearing people believe that God is the one who sends temptations, tests and trials our way. God has been blamed for many tragedies, and He has had nothing to do with them.

Many God fearing people consistently blame God for the death of a child, or the premature death of a loved one. God gets blamed for car wrecks, sickness and disease, bad weather etc. Even insurance companies have categorized natural disasters as “Acts of God.”

It is amazing to me how many believers forget a very pertinent verse in John 10:10.

John 10:10 (KJV)

{10} The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

If it is stealing, killing and destroying, you can rest assure that it is not from God. Other verses we can stand on is in Matthew.

Matthew 6:10-13 (NIV)

{10} Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

{11} Give us today our daily bread. {12} Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors {13} And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

AS IT IS IN HEAVEN:

Jesus taught the disciples to pray in conjunction with how things are in Heaven. I submit to you that there is no sickness in heaven. There is no poverty in heaven. There are no adverse conditions in heaven. Even so, some well meaning Christians tell us that we have those adverse and ugly things because they are permitted by God to teach us something. If sickness
is the will of God, why do so many run to the medicine cabinet to get rid of God’s will? If God was the author of it, why don’t they try to keep it, instead of getting rid of it? If sickness and disease were from God where did He get it?

What kind of Father is our God? Is He the kind of Father that is considered good ????one that brings up His children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord? Or is He a Father that abuses His children? Our concept of God as our Father is going to affect and rule our entire life. It is going to have an influence on every interpretation of the Word of God. A good father never breaks a child’s leg or arm to punish him or her. Neither does he cause them to be broken up in an accident. Nor does a good father give his son or daughter a disease. Christians must be spiritually sharp. Not only are we to withstand satans attacks, but we must also cling to constant vigilance and use of the armor, of prayer and of spiritual warfare. Our adversary is not God, but the enemy of our soul.

Whom is the devil seeking? He is looking for the person who breaks the safety rules, violates the speed limit, and lets up on feeding on the Word of God etc. Why? They open the door to the devils attack. They are letting down their shield of faith, which gives the enemies darts the opportunity to get through to them (Ephesians 4:27).

“WHAT KIND OF FATHER IS OUR GOD?”

The Late Adam Clark put it this way: God will not allow you to be tried above the strength He gives you; but as the trial comes, He will provide you with sufficient strength to resist it; as the trial comes in, He will make your way out. He will, with the temptation, test, or trial, make the deliverance, or way out. The tempter is never permitted to block up our way, without the providence of God making a way through the wall. God never makes a breach in his otherwise impregnable fortification. Should an upright soul get into difficulties and straits, he may rest assured that there is a way out, as there was a way in; and that the trial shall never be above the strength that God shall give him to overcome it. -AWM

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John was very caustic with Barb. They have been married for fifteen years, and Barb can only remember a few short years when his words were not unkind. She had contemplated divorce but couldn’t justify it because of what she experienced as a child. Barb’s father and mother divorced when she was a pre-teen. It wasn’t a very good exit. Her parents fought over possessions as well as custody of the children. To be curt, it was very evil. She didn’t want her three children to encounter what she had encountered. She figured that it was worth keeping the family together, yet she lived a life of being verbally abused. Verbal abuse, in my opinion is more hazardous than physical. Why do I take that position? Because with physical abuse, apart from being slain, the bruises have an opportunity to heal. With verbal abuse, there is a continual reminder of what the abuser thinks, and how they view you. Both physical and verbal abuse are horrendous. With verbal abuse there is a battery of blows delivered with the tongue. Physical abuse is inflicted by a fist, open hand, or an object, other than the tongue.

Barb was a God fearing woman who matured to the position that John was not going to get away with abusing her any longer. She began praying for him in a positive way. She learned to bind the spirit of anger that was tormenting John. She not only bound the spirit of anger, but she loosed the spirit of love between the two of them. (Matthew 16:19 Amplified Bible).

Barb took the upper hand in their marital status. She was very watchful not to do anything that would ignite John’s anger. She became very prolific in living 2 Peter 3:1-6. She knew there was more to John, than his outbursts of anger. John was also raised in a God-fearing home. When he was able to leave his parents home, he departed from the faith. Barb prayed that her husband would rededicate his life to The Lord Jesus Christ. However, she was made aware of 1 Corinthians 7:14-15, which let her know that John was free to leave her if he wanted. She had an inward intuition that he would become a 2 Peter 3:7 man. She had in truth become a Proverbs 31 woman. She turned their household around with the weapon of her words. Her words were not complaints about how terrible her husband was, but she began to speak the desired results according to Romans 4:17. That verse encourages us to speak those things which be not as though they were. Barb not only prayed this way, but she made positive affirmations concerning their union.

That is what the Scriptures mean when they say that God made Abraham the father of many nations. God will accept all people in every nation who trust Him as Abraham did. This promise is from God himself, who makes the dead live again and speaks of future events with as much certainty as though they were already past. (Romans 4:17 TLB). Barb spoke the desired results based on the Word of God. She had the desired results before she got them. The desired results were hers in the spirit realm, before she experienced them in the physical. In other words, be there, before you get there. -AWM

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