Daily Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

Acts 11:12, “And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house:”

You cannot obey the Lord and be a reasoning person. 

This is because a reasoning mind will always find a reason why we should not obey the Lord. 

What if one day the Lord in your spirit told you to do something you had never done before? 

What if inwardly you were restrained by the Spirit from doing what you had always done? 

Would this not cause your mind to reel? 

Would you not begin to think and reason–Why should I not do this? 

What reason is there behind this? 

Why would the Lord be speaking to me this way? 

But a person who knows the Lord would not question if the Spirit spoke in such a way. 

For example, when the Lord wanted to pour out His salvation upon the Gentiles, He told Peter to do something that he had never done before. 

He spoke to him to eat unclean foods (Acts 10:11-16). 

Later, Peter testified that what he had done in going to the Gentiles was in obedience to the Spirit, without doubting or reasoning (Acts 11:12).

It is reasoning that prevents us from obeying. 

We have reasons why we do not obey, reasons why we do not deal with certain things. 

The Spirit has been speaking for years, but we have our reason, we have our proof, we have evidence, as to why we do not obey. 

We can even support our disobedience with spiritual successes in other areas of our lives, in which we have touched the spirit and obeyed the Lord. 

We have all kinds of reasons for not obeying the Lord over the matter He has spoken about.

I discovered that with obedience, there is no room for reason. 

If the Lord said it, that is good enough. 

There does not have to be a reason, especially when the Lord is breaking the stronghold of reasoning in our lives. 

In our mind, we want reasons. 

But when He deals with us to overthrow strongholds, He does not give reasons.

Until Tomorrow,

With a Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

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TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Don Slate – Angela Bryan’s Dad – Hospice 

Brandon’s Dad & Grandmother – Surgery

Bill Lawhead  – Prayer Needed

Debra Roberts – Home in need of prayer
Hanna Hall – Pray For Grace

Nolan Jr. – Covid

Amy Garner’s Mother  
Ashley Burn’s Sisters
Barbara Shed’s Family 
Bill Moody 
Charlie Sessom –Waiting  
Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons 
Denise Stubbs – Kim Allison’s Mom 
Donna Gourley 

Doug Fritzel 
Greg & Keith Payne – Lisa’s Brothers

James Garner’s G’Son  
Joyceann – James Garner’s Daughter 
Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister  

Larry Barker – Hip replacement 

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah  
Lynn – Nancy Brown’s Daughter  
Mary Sims  
Mary Williams Son – Mike – Accident 

Michael Stanley 
Nancy Brown’s G’Daughter  
Nora Allison – Dustin’s Mom  
Pastor Stucke– Nikki’s Dad
Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend 
Ricky Stubbs  
Roseleigh Osborn  
Scott Lanier – Lisa’s Cousin 
Sharon Blalock  
Sherry Yoachum – Recovering
Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend
Sheila Simmons Cousin  
Todd Bailey 

Todd Roberts 
Tom Witcher 
Wanda Galanti