Personally, I believe our greatest days are yet ahead of us, not behind us! I fully believe that amid all this chaos, God is up to something great! As foretold in the word of God, we know difficult times are coming to the world. Have you been watching? It seems as if there is a shift going on.   

Matthew 24:3-8 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. 

Does it seem to you like the craziness in the world is ramping up? It feels like we are going into the birth pains we read about in the word of God. It seems as if God is allowing our own sin to bring about the discipline necessary for us to come to a place of repentance. God, because he loves us will not allow things to continue as they have been! There must be an awakening to the real answer to the hurts and pains of our world. 

Jeremiah 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim's moaning: 'You disciplined me like an unruly calf, and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the LORD my God. 

God’s heart is that we would change our minds and actions and turn to him! The word of God lets us know that he loves us with an everlasting love and has drawn us with loving kindness and tender mercies. Jeremiah 31:3 

God is allowing what’s going on in the world to bring about a spirit of repentance that would bring about a revival of his love amongst us. People desperately need to know the love God has for them. Now is the time! God is doing a new thing. God is making a way in the wilderness! 

Isaiah 43:18-19 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. 

I fully believe that we are heading into the greatest days we have ever known on planet Earth! The love of God is going to be made known at a level this world has never experienced! These trials that are upon the earth only let us know that we're getting close to the greatest outpouring of God’s Spirit in history! Let's get busy! Our most exciting times are yet ahead! Oh, yes!… 

OUR BEST DAYS ARE YET AHEAD! 

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