Pastor Jacob Franklin

Those Who Wait With Hope In The LORD Will Be Renewed ! They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and will not become weary! They will walk and will not grow tired! (Isaiah 40:31) This verse is a promise from God and God never breaks a promise! This verse is comforting and it offers an assurance and a certainty that in spite of all the craziness of life, if we continue to trust God, God will give us the strength we need to make it! God is forever and eternal, but no trial is. Seasons are just that, seasons! Yes, this may be a tough season for you, whether it is sickness, despair or defeat and everything may seem out of control, but don’t give up, God is still in control! Your season will change and your harvest will come! (Romans 8:28) God’s Word To You : "[I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake, nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]" (Hebrews 13:5 Amp) Pray This Prayer With Me : Father, I pray every day You will help me to...

If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful because He cannot be untrue to Himself! (2 Timothy 2:13) The Christian life is not a life of a bed of ease. Every believer goes through rough times and dry seasons, no matter how righteous we are. In fact, we all have sinned and fallen short of His glory, but yet God still loves us the same. (Romans 3:23) If you are undergoing difficulty, you must understand that God is faithful! He’s not faithful because we have been so good, but He’s faithful to the promise He made to us when He sent Jesus to the cross! You cannot make yourself worthy of God’s faithfulness to you. God saved us through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God. It's not the result of anything you've done, so none of us can brag. (Ephesians 2:8-9) But, we are also being redeemed, transformed from inside out, to be men and women of God. As we seek Him, we grow in faith day by day, test and trials, because we are banking...

God Is With Us ! (Matthew 1:23) Trials and difficulties are simply a part of life and quite honestly, the longer we walk with the Lord the bigger trials will become. However, we do not respond in fear or defeat, but we respond in faith! The Bible teaches us in Psalm 34:19 , the righteous person has many troubles, but the LORD rescues him from all of them! When the scripture says, the LORD rescues us out of them all, it means all, even while we remain in a dangerous situation, God comes to our rescue! As I look through the scriptures and see in Daniel 3, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the midst of the fiery furnace, God was with them! In Daniel 6, Daniel was in the midst of the lion's den, God was with him! It would have been nothing for God to demonstrate His power and remove them from their situation, but no, He decided to leave them there to show them and us He doesn’t have to remove us from the situation, but He can keep us in the midst of it all! The good news is: it’s no...

Never Stop Praying! Whatever Happens, Give Thanks , because it is God's will in Christ Jesus that you do this! (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18 GWT) Thanking God in all things doesn’t mean that we thank God for evil. Rather, we are to thank God in the midst of all things, even in hardship and suffering, in bitter disappointments, when wrongly treated etc… Christians know that God will work within such situations to fulfill His good purpose in His children. Notice the scripture teaches us not only to give God thanks, but we’re to pray without ceasing! Prayer introduces a song of praise into a situation that’s so tough you may find yourself standing facing it with tears. Begin to sing, not because you say, "Well, I guess I need to submit to this because God intended me to have this horrible event in my life." But by the song, by the praise, we begin to infest the situation with the God’s presence and His power. Ultimately, as a child of God, everything is for your good. Many beli...

Death And Life Are In The Power Of The Tongue ! Watch your tongue and keep your mouth shut and you will stay out of trouble! (Proverbs 18:21, Proverbs 21:23 NLT) If you want to know how strong your faith is, pay attention to what’s coming out of your mouth. It’s not enough to read God’s word, but you must believe it and speak His word! The Word of God gives plenty of evidence that God's word has the power of life. In Genesis we see God create every inch of the world with His spoken word. John 1:1 tells us that Jesus is the Word. Throughout the Gospels, Jesus heals countless people with the power of His words. In a similar manner, our words have that same power. God wants our words to birth life! We can choose what we will sow—words of life or words of death—and we will reap the benefits or consequences many times over! God’s Word To You : "The Words That I Have Spoken To You Are Spirit And Are Life!” (John 6:63) Pray this prayer with me : Father, I invite You into my th...

By faith, Let The Weak Say, "I Am Strong!" (Joel 3:10) Human nature tells us that self-sufficiency is one of the greatest goals we could ever achieve, but Christ says, “If you’re weak, you find your strength in Me!” (2 Corinthians 12:9) The world tells us, “trust your own ability and talents. “Christ says, “Do not rely on your own understanding, but trust Me to direct your paths and I’ll make your paths smooth!” (Proverbs 3:5 GWT) In 2 Corinthians 12:5, Apostle Paul says “I will not boast about myself, unless it's about my weaknesses. He even explains that he could speak highly of himself because of the holy life he lived, but he wouldn’t, because he didn’t want to become proud and give the impression that he was living a holy life on his own. He knew that the power to live a holy life came from Jesus Christ, not himself. We too should be careful about how we view ourselves and how we represent ourselves to others. We want to live good lives and achieve successes, but we ...

I can guarantee this truth: If you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you !” (John 16:23) Whenever we ask God for anything in Jesus’ name, our mindset should be, “I'm putting my entire faith for my prayer to be answered not in who I am or what I have done, but in the person and name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and what He has done for me on the cross!” Jesus says to us, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you!” This means that in your prayer for healing, when you say “in Jesus’ name”, healing comes over your sick body because it is by His stripes that you are healed! (1 Peter 2:24) In your prayer for protection, when you say “in Jesus’ name,” you are kept safe because the blood of Jesus protects and delivers you from all evil! (Exodus 12:13) There Is Power In Jesus’ Name, Amen ! God’s Word To You : “If you ask anything in My name I will do it!” (John 14:14) Pray This Prayer With Me : Father, I a...