A Work In Progress - Philippians 1:6 MSG Bible

Philippians 1:6 "There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears."

 Each one of us is a work in progress. God is not through working on any of us. This is one reason we cannot judge one another.

Where we are living there is a construction site near by. You can't escape it. Right when you turn on to the main road there it is. A major four way intersection under construction causing traffic to stand still and people to go crazy. The bank we are customers with is right on the corner of it. Going inside the bank you get to breathe dust for they are remodeling the bank after tearing half of it down to make room for these new sophisticated routes of traveling.

Many Times God Uses A Red Light To Speak To Us

I am not judging the construction workers but I am convinced that my two flat tires within three days on the same tire was caused by pieces of metal debrie picked up from crossing through that intersection.The other day I was waiting again in a line of traffic backed up what seemed to be a mile. The light changed and being in a hurry we began to move slower than I wanted. Finally approaching the intersection the light turned red personally just for me right before I could go through. That did it. Sitting there, I felt like getting out of my car and shouting to every construction worker at the top of my lungs, "Would you please stop working on this intersection? I can't take this anymore!" ( But I didn't because I am a Christian.) Sitting there, waiting for the light to change, there came a moment of stillness and the Lord whispered to me, "But wait till you see when it is finished. Wait til you see when it is finished."

When Things Appear To Be Falling Apart, They Could Be Actually Falling Together!

I believe there are many people right now like me who are a work in progress. The Lord has been working over time in your life although things seem to be falling apart and going crazy. You have been tempted or maybe have said to Him today. "Would you please stop working on me? I can't take it anymore!" But I sense the Lord saying to you, "But wait til you see when I am finished. Wait til you see when I am finished. Things are not falling apart, they are falling together! You are a work in progress."

Blessings,

Bill Yount

http://www.billyount.com

Are The Stars Pulling Out All The Stops For End Time Warfare?

Recently on March 11, 2012, when turning our clocks forward, losing an hour in order to gain more daylight time, my watch suddenly stopped. I sensed it was too unlikely for it to stop at this specific time. Was it prophetic? I was reminded of the day when Joshua was in the heat of battle and time was running out for Israel to overcome their enemy. They needed more daylight to overcome the darkness coming against them. Joshua spoke to the sun ( a big star ) to stand still and it obeyed and the moon stayed and didn't move for a whole day." Joshua 10:12,13. This gave Israel the edge to win. The next morning during worship at a church meeting I sensed the Lord saying, "In the Spirit, the Sun is standing still again for many who are seemingly losing in their battle so they can be avenged of their enemy.The heavens over you are now coming into alignment to execute justice for many in the earth."

What does the Bible mean in Judges 5:20 where it says,"They fought from heaven, the stars in their courses fought for Israel," God's people? Can the stars do warfare? And in Job 38:7: The morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy. Do stars really sing? And if they do, what are they singing about? What is so special about the stars to God that He tells the number of the stars and calls each one by their names? (Psalm 147:4) Why in the heavens is each star so significant to the Lord? Could they be playing a significant rule in what is going on down here on the earth?

"God's Word is forever settled in the heavens." ( Psalm 119:89 ). We are in a time where the very heavens are declaring the glory of God more than ever! Fresh revelation from heaven on high is now being released in these last days. Unusual events are taking place like never before in our solar system.

Could it be that all of creation at this time, including the constellations of the stars, are holding nothing back from worshiping their Creator? It's no wonder that if you look up on a starry night that the awe overwhelms you. The stars truly are emitting something so profound and yet so simple. Even as each star produces its own light through nuclear fusion, they were also created to shine forth the glorious light of the Gospel. Scientists have just discovered that the huge star (the sun) in the center of our solar system produces its own music. The Telegraph U.K. reports that Astronomers at the University of Sheffield have managed to record for the first time the eerie musical harmonies produced by the magnetic field in the outer atmosphere of the sun which vibrate like strings on a musical instrument.

Imagine every star as a musician and the heavens as a symphony orchestra. I wonder who the conductor could be? "For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so we are without excuse." Romans 1:20

The Stars Remind Lucifer How Far He Has Fallen

Isaiah 14:12-13: "How art thou fallen from heaven O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground which did weaken the nations! For thou has said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God." Satan well knew to whom the stars belonged. The stars to this day remind Lucifer of how far he has fallen. Could it be that he heard the morning stars singing (Job 38:7), worshipping their Creator, as he fell down through them? Is it any wonder that he hates those constellations of stars that he could never rise above to be like God? Lucifer went from being the chief worship leader in heaven to no longer being in the choir.

In these end times even the zodiac is being exposed for what it really represents as in, Eternal Destinies as Revealed in The Stars, by Barbara Hunt, "The stars are not telling anyone their fortune or future. They are telling us about the one and only Person who can . . their Creator and ours, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, 'the bright and morning star'" (Revelation 22:16).

Blessings,

Bill Yount

Need Encouragement? Read The Bible Again Like It's The Very First Time Psalm 119:18

Psalm 119:18 "Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law."

Recently I prayed, "Lord, let me read the Bible like it's the very first time. Open my eyes to behold wondrous things out of Thy law." It works. I am seeing things I never saw, and it is going into my spirit. It's like I am being born again all over again!

If The Enemy Is Telling You That You Don't Need To Read The Bible As Much As You Used To...You Need to Read it More!

Have you ever thought, "I have read the Bible so many times that I have a pretty good handle on what it is saying. Therefore I don't need to read it as much"? Have you ever said to yourself, "I have read that certain Scripture so many times that I am sure I know what that verse means. Besides, I have heard others share that they got the same meaning from it"?

Recently, I sensed the Lord saying to me, "There is a dangerous mindset in many of My people when it comes to receiving fresh revelation from My Word. The longer they walk with Me in My Word, there is a tendency for them to think that they know it all! Many have forgotten that My Word is a living Word, full of ongoing revelation and eternal insights."

What a Wonderful, Humbling Experience to Come to God Like a Child Every Day!

I believe "how" we pick up our Bibles to read them determines "how" we receive what is in it. If we come pridefully boasting in what we think we already know of His Word, we will surely fail in the full revelation of it. When was the last time God's Word became personally alive to you? Was it when you were broken before Him and you felt like you didn't know anything? Or was it when you thought you had some good ideas to share with God about how He could run the universe better? I believe it is still our subtle "know it all" attitude that keeps hindering us from the ongoing revelation of the One who knows everything! Perhaps "Unless you become as little children you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven" would be fitting for reading God's Word, also.

Your Bible is Always Begging You to Open It

I used to minister in prisons for twenty-three years. One prisoner in a cell was handed a Bible and he took it and threw it under his bed as he cursed it. Years later, he testified that there were nights he could not sleep. He couldn't get that Bible out of his mind. One night he got up and reached under his bed to get it. As he picked up that Bible, he said he had an irresistible urge to open it and start reading it. He could not put it down. The presence of a Bible in his cell overcame the powers of darkness in his life and set him free as well as others in that prison!

I have heard several testimonies of sick people who had all kinds of prayer, but nothing changed. One woman testified after becoming so desperate, "Every night as I lay down in bed I would take my Bible and lay it on my chest." She said it wasn't long until her sickness was gone! It made me wonder, If a closed Bible can do that, what can an open Bible do?

I believe we are right now in a kairos moment to receive fresh manna hot out of the oven of Heaven. Yesterday's manna has gone stale for us. I want to encourage you to imagine for a moment that you have never read anything in the Bible. Now open it and begin reading it, for the very first time.

Pray this simple prayer first: "Open my eyes to behold wondrous things out of Thy law" (Psalm 119:18).

Blessings,

Bill Yount