Pastor Jacob Franklin

It is enough the LORD our Shepherd walks with us through life’s events, through all our plans, through all of our actions, through all our struggles, through all of our pain, but He does much more than that. You may not see the answer and you may not understand why, but while we're struggling with the impossibilities of today, God is already hard at work providing solutions and possibilities for our current conditions and what we’ll face tomorrow! Matthew 6:34 MSG encourages you to, “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.” “When you’re in over your head, I’ll be there with you. When you’re in rough waters, you will not go down. When you’re between a rock and a hard place, it won’t be a dead end—because I am God, the Holy one of Israel, your Savior.” (Isaiah 43:2 MSG) ~ God Pray This Prayer With Me: Almighty Fathe...

Give All Your Worries And Cares To God—He Cares For You ! (1 Peter 5:7 NLT) The Bible is filled with stories that demonstrate the hand of God in the lives of people who have tried countless time to become completely independent. A life of peacefulness starts by letting God be God, giving our sovereign God complete control of our life and circumstances. It’s there we find incredible comfort and strength in accepting God is in control no matter what He chooses to allow, even when circumstances seem unending and life is most difficult. Whatever is happening in your life, it may be out of your control, but it’s not out of our God who loves you control. (Romans 8:28) Even when life is hard, take comfort in knowing our God has covered it all. (Revelation 1:8, Deuteronomy 31:8, Joshua 1:5 NIV)) I encourage you to leave the outcome to God and allow God's peace, which goes beyond anything you can imagine, guard your thoughts and emotions through Christ Jesus! (Philippians 4:7, Hebrews 12:2,...

The Earnest Prayer Of A Righteous Person Has Great Power And Produces Wonderful Results ! (James 5:14-16 NLT) We’ve all had something in our past or present that we try to shake but quickly found it difficult at times to do. By praying and believing God can heal every sickness, solve every problem and nothing is impossible for our God, an army rises up within us and around us to help us break every chain! (Isaiah 53:5, Mark 9:23, 1 John 4:4, Psalm 34:7) The unknown, fear and unbelief challenges our faith, but faith says, “No matter what’s going on or if I see nothing happening, I love God and God loves me—God will work this out for my good, according to His purpose!” (Hebrews 11:1, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Romans 8:24) I encourage you to approach God's Throne of Grace today with confidence, tell God what you need and begin to thank Him for all He has done! (Philippians 4:6) " Pray All The Time And Never Give Up !" “That's why I tell you to have faith that you have already...

In order to move forward into the greatness God has for you, it’s important that your focus is on the future He has preordained! (Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28) Not only should your focus be on your preordained future, but you’re to run towards your purpose in such a way that you will be victorious! (1 Corinthians 9:24 ISV) It’s easy instead running the race with faith, patience and determination, to run away from situations that are hard or seemingly impossible. In the race of life, we will have hurdles, twists, turns, ups and downs, but it prepares us for greater and reveals to us the greatness of God within us! ( Matthew 24:13, 1 John 4:4) I encourage you to endure until the end, even if you’re not the fastest or the strongest runner—God has greater for you! (Ecclesiastes 9:11, Matthew 24:13, Hebrews 11:39-40 ) "Pray all the time and never give up!" "I will not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake or let you down!” (Luke 18:1, Hebrews 13:5) ~ God Pray This...

In All Things You’re More Than A Conqueror Through Christ Who Loved You! (Romans 8:37) We all experience difficult y and days of uncertainty. But with determination, we must fight the good fight of faith and never give up! (1 Timothy 6:11-12) You may be going through testing now and yes the power of the Blood of Jesus is applied on your life, but what you do or don’t do during your test determines your testimony! (Hebrews 11:6, James 2:26) Regardless of anything Satan throws your way to try and destroy your home, your health, your finances, I encourage you to never give up fighting the good fight of faith—awesome victory is yours through Christ who loves you! (Romans 8:37 NLT)  “In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties, but take heart, I’ve conquered the world!” (John 16:33 MSG) ~ God Pray This Prayer With Me : Father, thank You for what You did for me on Calvary! You took the power away from satan and gave all who believe an abundant life and eterna...

Our Lord Is Great & His Power Is Great! There Is No Limit To His Understanding ! (Psalm 147:5 GWT) Our God spreads out the northern skies over emptiness and hangs the earth upon or over nothing. 8 He holds the waters bound in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once], and the cloud is not split open under them! (Job 26:7-8) Life can become extremely difficult and have one wondering, “How God can fit the broken pieces of suffering into a hopeful future and work things out for good?” (Jeremiah, 29:11, Romans 8:28) When life brings difficulty, I encourage you to hold tight to God’s promises while waiting patiently in faith, trusting and knowing our God is omnipotent {all-powerful} and our God is forever faithful! (1 John 5:4, 2 Corinthians 1:20) “I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Nothing is too hard for Me!” (Jeremiah 32:27) ~ God Pray This Prayer With Me : LORD thank You for being the unwavering anchor of my soul. I thank You for defeating the enemy of th...

In All Things We Are More Than Conquerors Through Him Who Loves Us ! (Romans 8:37) Life as a Christian includes overcoming obstacles, rising above circumstances and not allowing things get us down. In life, we know in all reality tragedy will come, but we can be comforted in knowing, “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers us out of them all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:11, Psalm 34:1-19) “God heals the brokenhearted and bandages their {inner and outer} wounds.” (Psalm 147:3 NLT) I encourage you to be comforted in knowing, no matter the difficulty, Christ has won the victory and as a result—Your Victory Is Already Won! (1 Corinthians 15:57) "The mountains may move and the hills may shake, but My love and faithfulness will never depart from you!" "I've told you this so that My peace will be with you. In this world you'll have trouble. But cheer up! I have overcome the world!” (...