{"id":4292,"date":"2012-01-03T13:49:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T13:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=4292"},"modified":"2012-01-03T14:08:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T14:08:31","slug":"it-never-fails-and-he-never-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=4292","title":{"rendered":"It Never Fails……..and, He Never Fails!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All I have to do is get on and airplane and fly south during the winter and a snow storm arrives back home by the time I can check in my hotel!!!! \u00a0 It seems as long as I’m home to help roads are fine, weather is tolerable, but when I get to a great winter weather location my wife is getting attacked\u00a0back home! \u00a0 So it was last night! \u00a0I went up to the French Quarter and enjoyed a nice walk around in very reasonable temps, high 50’s, got to the room and got a call from Sherelene, she was stuck on I-75 trying to get home when an 18 wheeler jack knifed and blocked the road for 3 hours in a driving ice and snow storm! \u00a0 I was thankful that she had a full tank of gas and a good heater.<\/p>\n

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So what does this have to do with my Lord and Savior? \u00a0 Actually quite a lot! \u00a0Last night when Sherelene called, I was over 700 miles from home, there wasn’t a thing I could do but pray. \u00a0Isn’t it funny that we say things like that, “all I could do was pray”, \u00a0like prayer is a weak response to a situation. \u00a0Nothing could be further from the truth. \u00a0Let’s do a quick spiritual inventory. \u00a0We serve the Living God, the King of all Kings, the Lord of all Lords, the single most powerful force in all existence anywhere in the Universe and all the universes we don’t even know about!!! \u00a0He made the earth we stand on, the stars and planets we see in the night sky. \u00a0He speaks and it happens. \u00a0He can command anything and it will be accomplished in the flash of lightning. \u00a0Now the most incredible thing is that He loves us more than anything else He created. \u00a0When we were lost in sin and doomed to die, He sent His “only” Son to die for us, and take the blame for our collective sins. \u00a0He loves us that much, \u00a0Scripture says that when a single sparrow falls to the ground \u00a0he knows, an that he knows every hair on our head. \u00a0So concerned he is about our welfare. \u00a0 Knowing that He is all powerful, all present, in our lives, and always “listening”!!! \u00a0 Yes, THE magnificent powerful Deity is listening to hear from you! \u00a0When I asked him to be with Sherelene and to protect her from harm, and get her home safely, it was immediately done.<\/p>\n

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I don’t know exactly how He did it, I would like to believe that even before I asked, He, \u00a0knowing and loving Sherelene, \u00a0dispatched Angels to stand around all four corners of her car. \u00a0I believe they followed her until she was safely off the interstate, down the local roads, into our drive way and then in to the house. \u00a0As she went to sleep, last night in a warm, cozy bed, they were standing outside the four corners of the house standing guard over God’s child.<\/p>\n

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I don’t know if you have studied much about angels? \u00a0Most angels are described as feathery floating aberrations, with delicate wings. \u00a0That is not the biblical description of God’s most powerful army. \u00a0Imagine a bigger, stronger, more cape-able Thor!! \u00a0Angels are described as the second most powerful being in existence behind the Holy Triad, the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit!!! \u00a0 So when you pray and God dispatches any members of His army, you’re covered my friend,<\/p>\n

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What a privilege to be a child of God and to have this kind of \u00a0power and protection surrounding you 24\/7! \u00a0When Sherelene called and told me that she was safely home, I breathed a real sigh of relief, but then when my faith is even stronger I will be able to relax knowing that when I prayed God was already at work!! \u00a0We don’t pray to issue orders to God regarding what we want done!!!! \u00a0We pray to acknowledge that we know He is already on top of every circumstance in our lives, and we pray so we can learn more each day just how much He loves us and cares for us, and is always looking over us.<\/p>\n

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Today’s Prayer; \u00a0Thank you Father for watching over my family when I \u00a0am away, for always having their backs! \u00a0I’m so sorry that sometimes I loose sight of Your power and Your majesty and reduce You in my mind in to the King servant. \u00a0Thank you for reminding me that you’re always present, always fully aware, and always fully engaged in our lives. \u00a0Thank you most of all that you keep loving me when I do not show enough faith, enough awareness, and try to fix things myself without your help. \u00a0 If you were human I know i would try your patience, but I’m so thankful you are the Great I Am! \u00a0I praise and Honor You Father…. \u00a0 A<\/em>men<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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