Power to save has not changed

Without a doubt, the immense struggles of these days can weigh your spirit down.

Scripture assures believers that we are not alone in our problems nor are we ever without help.

Although you may want to believe this promise, there are troubles that can leave you feeling totally helpless and defeated.

Our trials are getting more difficult.

It is one thing to trust God to get you to the Red Sea.

It is quite another to believe that he will part the waters and bring you safely across.

We are in a time when our faith is being tested to the limit.

The truth is that even though the storms are getting fiercer, we serve a God who remains the same.

His power to save and restore our lives has not changed.

Nothing can defeat a child of God for whom Christ has redeemed.

If you are facing serious medical issues, I pray you will understand the truth in this message.

Your fear and uncertainty is before the eyes of God and he is with you.

It doesn’t matter what diagnosis your doctor gave you.

The only one who knows what is going to happen to you is God.

It was he who has numbered your days before one of them came to be.

He doesn’t care what stage your cancer is in.

Whenever the time comes for you to leave this earth, you can take comfort knowing that even then, the love of God will be with you.

Those who belong to Christ will never die scared.

When you are absent from the body, you are present with him.

You have nothing to fear from death.

God hears your prayers for family and loved ones and he can take care of them.

In all trouble, God is still sovereign.

His authority defeats impossible situations.

Your serious financial problems cannot destroy you unless you believe that God is not enough.

Whether you have plenty or are in need, he is working all things out for the purpose for which he created you.

He is more than able to restore all that you have lost.

Everything on this earth and in the heavens is his to give.

King David wrote in Psalm 37:25, “I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous begging for bread.”

God knows how to give you what you need if you will just believe and wait upon him.

You may suffer for a while when your heart is broken by a betrayal in a relationship, but God is able to heal your heart and renew the future of all who trust in him.

Your pain cannot crush you when Christ holds your heart.

Believe the truth and not what your emotions tell you.

There will come a time when your pain will be just a memory and a remembrance of how God was faithful to bring you through it.

My prayer for those who are shackled to deadly addictions is that you will reach for the hand of Jesus who is willing to pull you from the mire and set you on high ground.

There is no bondage that the cross of Christ cannot release you from.

You do not have to live as a slave to destruction if you are willing to surrender your weakness to gain Christ’ strength!

Jesus paid the price for your freedom.

It is yours for the asking.

In all things, God is abundantly able to give you the victory.

There is nothing out of his control.

Whatever you are facing, remember that Christ came to give you life.

Let not your heart be troubled by the cares of this world, for the love of God will never fail you.

Marianne Lordi attends Old North Church in Canfield.