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Friday... Yes, we still can believe.


John 10:10 (NLT), "The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life."

Friday... Yes, we still can believe.

Sometimes our life gets all messed up. Our platform at church has been a mess. It needed to be torn down and rebuilt so for a few Sunday our Worship Team and Pastors used the space out in front of the platform. The mess didn't stop our worship and feeding on God's Word.


Now that wasn't a thief who came in and stole our platform but that is an example of what the evil one does sometimes in our life if we don't keep in focus. Yes, God's purpose is different and we need in those times to be reminded of his purpose. And that was what Jesus was doing here in John 10:10 (NLT). He was reminding us.

Here is what Jesus says, "The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life."

Yes, our life can seem to be in a mess. God will allow it for maybe some repairs in our focus in our lives but it is important in those times to still believe. 

Now there were curtains that hid our torn up platform. But church went on. 

Maybe we are going through a time of repair and refocus. We can get to the place of expecting everything to fall into place and behind that curtain everything was falling into place. We just had to believe that it was. 

Yes, we need to remember these two different purposes. Verse 10 in The Messages says, "A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of." Verse 11 says, "I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd puts the sheep before himself, sacrifices himself if necessary." If we are his sheep then he will take care of "all those others who are up to no good - sheep rustlers, everyone of them. (v 8)" 

Verse 9 (NLT) says, "Yes, I am the gate. Those who come through me will be saved."

Now we can as sheep do some wandering and we can see what it is like not following the Good Shepherd. So in these times we need a refocus, a reminder and even a rescue. Verse 16 says, "I have other sheep [beside these] that are not of this fold. I must bring those also, and they will listen to My voice and pay attentions to My call, and they will become one flock with one Shepherd."

Yes we can still believe in the midst of our messes in God's purpose and trust him. He can change the purpose of the thieves into his purpose if and when we follow him and his purpose. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 



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