Zechariah 9:11 ‘As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.’

DAILY READING – Mark 14:1-31; 1 Kings 8; Hosea 9:17-10:15

Kirk Martin is a Christian Gospel artist, whose music today blesses people around the world.
However, if ever there was a man who had seemed beyond redemption, Kirk Martin was that man.
Martin was brought up in a loving Christian family that regularly attended Church. However, at age seven, he was molested and abused by older boys who ‘also went to Church’. This experience left Martin hating Christians and believing that God did not love him.
As he grew older, he got into heavy cocaine use and criminal activities.
He later went into heavy metal music and formed a small band. Martin wanted great fame and success and desperately sought for a recording contract.
But after suffering several setbacks, Martin blamed God for all his misfortune and decided to make a pact with the devil. One day, he fell on his face and begged the devil to give him success in music, promising to use the music to twist many young lives and send people to hell.
Two days later, his manager called to say he finally had the long sought recording contract. Martin knew this was due to his pact with the devil and he changed the name of his music band to “Hate Plow”.
However, just before he could sign the recording contract something strange happened.
One morning Martin sat in a restaurant table alone when a man left all the other empty tables and came and sat across him.
Infuriated, Martin began to harass him to leave, but to his greatest surprise the man began to narrate to Martin his past, things that no one else knew, including the abuse he had suffered as a child. The man concluded by telling Martin that God loved him and was waiting for him to turn back to Him.
The mysterious man then abruptly stood up and left the restaurant. As Martin chased after him. this man just disappeared into thin air.
Marin was totally shaken by this experience. Then a month later, at 3:30 a.m in the morning, Martin was awakened to a divine encounter with God that made him to finally, totally surrender his life to Christ.
He turned his back on worldly music and never signed the recording contract.
After a period of being in Church, he began to use his musical talent to serve God. As God opened doors, Kirk soon found himself ministering all over America, leading worship. Today, he preaches the Gospel around the world and shares the miracle that changed his life.

The desperate search for success has led many destinies into the snares and traps of the enemy.
Yet, no matter how far a man may stray or how low he may fall, God’s love still prevails.
There is no soul so gone that the power in the Blood of Jesus cannot transform.
Saul, a murderer, that hated Christians and tried to destroy the Church was transformed by the Blood into “Paul, an apostle of Christ”.
The thief on the cross through the power in the Blood was transformed from a condemned sinner into a saint headed for Paradise.
No matter how disheveled any destiny, through the mystery of the Blood, there can be restoration and divine reversal.
The depth, height and breadth of God’s redeeming love is indeed unsearchable.
No mistake is too much for the mercy of God. Where sin abounds, grace does much more abound. That’s why it’s called ‘amazing grace.’ .
Today, many people are weighed down by the abuse, offenses and pain of the past. This has sometimes made life burdensome and progress difficult.
Jesus calls all such who labor and are heavy laden to come unto Him. The same power that raised Christ from the dead can raise anyone from any dead condition. The power that caused Christ to triumph over the grave, guarantees victory over every pit of life.
The power in the Blood can translate from failure to breakthrough, from sickness to health, from obscurity to prominence, from poverty to prosperity, from weakness to power.
In whatever area you may feel afflicted or oppressed, you can be free today through engaging the transformational power of the Blood. Every hold of sickness, evil habits, poverty etc can be shattered by the Blood.
Indeed through the Blood we are raised out of the waterless pit and made to sit with Christ in Heavenly places. It doesn’t matter how terrible your past experiences may have been, through the power in the Blood, you can break free and truly experience the overflow of God’s boundless love and His extravagant grace.

PRAYER:
Lord, I thank You for Your grace that has been lavishly and abundantly made available to me. I thank You for the price of Your Blood that has made been paid to give me eternal victory in Jesus’ Name.

QUOTE
It’s never over in your life until you win. God is still in control of your life. WORDBITE 222