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By My Spirit

  • Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, "This is Yahweh's word to Zerubbabel, saying, 'Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says Yahweh of Armies. Zechariah 4:6 WEB.

    David wrote in Psalm 37:4: "Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart." Once I was laid off from a great-paying job as a foreman with an international construction company. Then I spent a humbling year polishing brass by hand at a buffing machine for one-third of the pay.

    My skin became green and black from the polishing compounds and the brass dust. The work was mind-numbingly dull, but I knew God had put me there, so I stuck it out. I listened to the Bible all day, fasted about as much as I ate, and prayed in the spirit for several hours a day while polishing plumbing parts.

    At night, I worked on computers. It had become a passionate hobby of mine. I had parts scattered everywhere that I had gathered, which I assembled in various configurations. Then I disassembled them so I could build a faster one. My first computer had a cardboard box as a case.

    I have always loved electronics and working with computers, but I grew up on a farm in the country. I had no education, and I had dropped out of high school early to go to work. I could only dream about those who were lucky enough to work with computers daily for a living. I really enjoyed it, but I never, ever dreamed I would.

    My job at the brass plant ended when it merged with another company, and I was unsure what to do next. One day I got a call from a business that had a network of twelve computers. A friend of mine had given them my number. Computer networks were rare then. Being completely self-taught, I knew very little about them. I had never actually seen one, so this was well over my head.

    This was before the Internet came to homes and before we carried cell phones. Most work on a computer was done from a command prompt or a custom-written program on a monochrome screen, usually green or amber. Many were just terminals that connected to a mainframe in a back room.

    While on the phone, the insurance company explained that they had purchased agency management software from an out-of-state business. Technicians had come down and set up the software a few years ago, but now one of the machines randomly dropped off the network. The company that had installed them had gone out of business, and they didn't know who else to call.

    I listened to them explain the situation, and I was about to say, "Sorry, I can't help you with that." But then I felt more than heard: "Go, and I will go with you." So I agreed to come and look at it. I prayed all the way to the location. When I arrived, they took me to the machine that was broken. A filing cabinet was nearby, and I rested my arm on it as they told me about their problem with the computer.

    As I was standing there with several people looking at me for answers, I had none, and fear began to rise inside me. Right beside my hand was a small black box with several flashing lights on top of the filing cabinet. I felt an urge to inspect it closer, so I touched it. When I did, another light came on. I removed my hand, and the light went off.

    That caught my attention, and after looking closer, I discovered that one of the network cables had broken at the connector. If I held the plug just right, it worked, but if I let it go, the computer went offline. That caused random network dropouts when someone opened the file cabinet drawer. I fixed the broken network cable, and the computer came back online.

    To them, it looked like I was a network guru. I had walked into the building and straight to the problem they had been dealing with. Within ten minutes, I had diagnosed and fixed an issue that had randomly plagued them for weeks. But inside, I knew the Holy Spirit was opening new doors for me. They were my client for the next twenty years.

    God began to do this type of thing day after day. Soon I had over fifty businesses that I was taking care of. Many would call with some impossible-sounding problem I had never dealt with before. I would pray all the way there and fix it in moments. It was a golden time in my life when it seemed I could do no wrong. Sometimes just putting my hands on the computer fixed the problem. I know it sounds crazy, but I did it for years. I completely depended on the Holy Spirit to give me the answers, and He did. Soon, the things I could not even dream of doing, I began living.

    Delight yourself in the Lord. Step out today into whatever He gives you to do. It is not by your might, power, or intellect that you will succeed in this life, but by His Holy Spirit. Just as David stepped out against Goliath and won, God will help you accomplish anything He gives you if you don't let fear hold you back. God doesn't always call the equipped, but He equips those He calls.

    Prayer: Heavenly Father, I delight in You! Please push me into deeper water and let me know that You are right there with me. Hold me tight and guide my every step. Let me be a conduit for Your power on this earth. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!

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Debi Burton
Debi Burton Heavenly Father, I delight in You! Please push me into deeper water and let me know that You are right there with me. Hold me tight and guide my every step. Let me be a conduit for Your power on this earth. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen! ❤️
September 11, 2022
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Schalk  de Beer
Schalk de Beer

Yes, Lord Jesus, amen. 

September 11, 2022
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Kay Collinsworth
Kay Collinsworth

Amen 

September 11, 2022
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Candy Laventure
Candy Laventure

God is good, all the time. Amen!

September 11, 2022
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David Krull
David Krull

Amen. Father open my spiritual ears so I can hear You clearly. I barely hear You these days.. have mercy on me. Forgive my bad choices in life, my sins  and heal me for Your Namesake. Restore unto me the joy of my salvation. Pour out You Spirit in my house.. Bring peace and conviction to my angry contentious selfish wife. Satan I bind up everything that distracts from Jesus. I declare the goodness of the Lord this day in Jesus Christ Name.

September 11, 2022
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Wanda Pennington
Wanda Pennington

Amen  and Thank You LORD JESUS!!

September 11, 2022
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Sharon Leonard
Sharon Leonard

HIS SPIRIT INDEED...SO AMAZING WHERE HE PUTS YOU. I'LL VOUCH FOR THAT...ANOTHER WORLD !

XO

SHARON

September 11, 2022
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Yvette York
Yvette York

Amen Good Morning Everyone Have A Bless Sunday 

September 11, 2022
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Marisa Jackson
Marisa Jackson

Amen!!

September 11, 2022
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Lynn Brown
Lynn Brown

Amen!

September 11, 2022
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Mari Kaufmann
Mari Kaufmann

I've grown more bc I can feel that God is my hope and he watches over me. Amen

September 11, 2022
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Celeste Strenn
Celeste Strenn

Amen 

September 11, 2022
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Liesel  aka  Lisa Wardle
Liesel aka Lisa Wardleedited: September 11, 2022

AMEN!!! Oh Lord, my God, please fill me with Thy Spirit so that I may become an instrument of Thy peace, so that You can really use me and that others would see you and not me!! That should be my purpose for the life You gave me!! Please oh Lord, I humbly pray that You would fill and seal each and everyone that you have placed in my life, all my loved ones far and near, all the people that I come in contact with, that I know directly and indirectly, and please draw them to the saving faith in my Lord Jesus Christ, Amen and Amen!!! (h5)

September 11, 2022
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Brenda F
Brenda F

Amen

September 11, 2022
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Patricia Walker
Patricia Walkeredited: September 11, 2022

AMEN.  Heavenly Father, You are my strength, my everything!! I cannot do this without You. AMEN

September 11, 2022
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Wesley Paulus
Wesley Paulus

Amen hallelujah praise the lord! 

September 11, 2022
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Sherry McCosh
Sherry McCosh

Amen! Holy Spirit please lead me and guide me every step of the way in my life. I have so many questions and concerns in my life right now. Calm my spirit and speak to me in a way that I can understand, anoint me Lord God with your blessings and protect my family and myself from harm, in the name of Jesus I ask and Pray.

September 11, 2022
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David Fabillaran
David Fabillaran

Amen Lord Jesus!

September 11, 2022
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David  Earlywine
David Earlywine

Amen 

September 11, 2022