Fall Creek Christian Church

  "But Joseph replied, 'Am I God, that I can punish you? 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." Genesis 50 "Well, that was humiliating", I thought to myself. I was embarrassed, which quickly went to anger. I did my best to present a front that I didn't care and attempted to laugh it off. I waited way too long to obey God and forgive this person. If someone who is in authority over asks you to do something that is uncomfortable, it's hard to say, "No." Today, I would. Through that, God taught me how important it is to make sure to respect the dignity of all people.  Even after their reunion and years lived together in peace, Joseph's brothers always thought he would pay them back for their evil. Joseph never did. His eyes and heart were always attentive to what God was doing. As a slave, he understood his position in the master's house as God-ap

"For who is powerful enough to enter the house of a strong man like satan and plunder his goods? Only someone even stronger -- someone who could tie him up and then plunder his house." Matthew 12:22-45 As he lay in the hospital bed, I couldn't see his little "friend", but he sure could. It wasn't until after several minutes of talking, did he reveal that it was even there. He wasn't hallucinating. He was being harassed by a demonic spirit posing as a comforting little friend. After assuring him that this presence wasn't his friend, all three of us went straight to prayer. We prayed until we felt God's peace. Upon opening his eyes, his little friend was gone.  Matthew recorded countless examples of Jesus confronting demons. Paul told us that our fight isn't against flesh and blood, but with the spiritual forces of darkness. In this passage, several truths are revealed. Jesus is greater than, infinitely greater than, the devil. The devil's

  "Immediately, Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, 'She is obviously your wife! Why did you say that she was your sister?!' 'Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her from me,' Isaac replied." Genesis 26:1-9 "The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, 'Lord, save us! We're going to drown! Jesus responded, 'Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!' Then he got up and rebuked the wind and the waves and suddenly there was a great calm." Matthew 8:23-27   There she stood halfway on the platform and halfway on the snowboard that had been mounted to the high ropes course cabling. All that was left was for her to do was to shift her weight forward and put her other foot on the board and off she would go to the next platform. "You can do it sweetheart!", I encouraged. And then, just as I thought my phone battery was about to run out, off she stepped. Fear was whipped and I thought, "What a cool 50 som