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Everything Gets a Lift
Isaiah 48:15, 17 'Though you were once despised and hated and rebuffed by all, you will be beautiful forever. You will be a joy to all generations, for I will make you so… I will exchange your bronze for gold, your iron for silver, your wood for bronze, and your stones for iron. Peace and righteousness will be your leaders.' (New Living Translation)
 God prospers people who put their trust in him. He takes people who were once nobodies and makes them somebodies; he lifts the ordinary into the realm of the extraordinary. He takes things in our lives that were counted of little worth and transforms them into articles of great value. Everything in our lives is lifted to a new level of worth. What was without any real value becomes important. Our worthless old stones become articles of iron – even our most difficult experiences are transformed from useless baggage weighing us down to powerful weapons to help us in the fight. And what was important before, now becomes truly awesome. Our strong points are made much stronger, our talents are elevated, our dreams become more focussed. What before was costly, like bronze, now becomes far more valuable, like gold. Once we might well have been despised and rebuffed by other people. They could never have seen what God would make of us through his Son. Now, through Jesus, we have the potential to become 'a joy to all generations.'
Prayer: 'Lord, I just want to thank you for taking the worthless things in my life and giving them value. I want to thank you, too, for lifting the truly worthwhile things in my life to a whole new level of effectiveness and blessing to others.'
© 2003-2004 Mal Fletcher
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Mal, you were recently in Grenoble (France) for a conference. I appreciated your teaching very much & look forward to reading Five Big Ideas!
BONNAZ, France
I've been in Spain since 1990 & believe our Lord is giving a second chance to this county. They call Spain the missionary´s cemetery, but I believe that God still wants to reach Spanish people.
Gustavo Nova, Spain
Just wanted to thank you for your fantastic talks at Faith Camp. I've been going for years and have heard many speakers. I found you very refreshing from the "norm", whilst highly entertaining. Your TV programmes helped my wife in her early development as a Christian.
Tim, UK
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