ADVERSITY IN LIFE - Adversity in life is something each and every one of us has to contend with. God has a solution for any problem you may be facing today. Make a quality decision to overcome your circumstances with the Word of God and determination. God knew that you would be exactly where you are today. Your situation didn’t catch Him off guard. He’s already made a way of escape. Your job is to keep your feet firmly planted in God’s Word until you see the finished works of Jesus Christ come to pass in your life. Adversity in life will escort you all the way to the door of victory. But if you allow yourself to give up, cave in and quit when adversity in life rears its ugly head, you’ll never come to know how sweet your victories can be. It doesn’t matter what you’re endeavoring to do. Adversity in life will accompany you all the way to victory’s doorstep. Disney is a name that is known worldwide. Disney sets a standard of excellence in everything that it touches. However, not many know the adversity that Walt Disney had to overcome on opening day at Disneyland. Whether or not Walt Disney wished upon a star, his dreams were about to come true. Nearly half of the United States gathered around black-and-white televisions on July 17, 1955. After more than two decades of planning and a breakneck year of construction, the Mickey Mouse creator had transformed a 160-acre orange grove in Anaheim, California, into a $17 million theme park — Disneyland.

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 Adversity In Life

God has a solution for any problem you may be facing today

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Adversity in life is something each and every one of us has to contend with. Make a quality decision to overcome your circumstances with the Word of God and determination. God knew that you would be exactly where you are today. Your situation didn’t catch Him off guard. He’s already made a way of escape. Your job is to keep your feet firmly planted in God’s Word until you see the finished works of Jesus Christ come to pass in your life.

Greg Winfield

 

 

Adversity in life will escort you all the way to the door of victory.

But if you allow yourself to give up, cave in and quit when adversity in life rears its ugly head, you’ll never come to know how sweet your victories can be.

God has a solution for any problem you may be facing today.

Make a quality decision to overcome your circumstances with the Word of God and determination.

God knew that you would be exactly where you are today.

Your situation didn’t catch Him off guard. He’s already made a way of escape.

Your job is to keep your feet firmly planted in God’s Word until you see the finished works of Jesus Christ come to pass in your life.

Adversity in life is something each and every one of us has to contend with.

It doesn’t matter what you’re endeavoring to do. Adversity in life will accompany you all the way to victory’s doorstep.

Disney is a name that is known worldwide.

Disney sets a standard of excellence in everything that it touches.

However, not many know the adversity that Walt Disney had to overcome on opening day at Disneyland.

Whether or not Walt Disney wished upon a star, his dreams were about to come true.

Nearly half of the United States gathered around black-and-white televisions on July 17, 1955.

After more than two decades of planning and a breakneck year of construction, the Mickey Mouse creator had transformed a 160-acre orange grove in Anaheim, California, into a $17 million theme park — Disneyland.

Black Sunday at the Happiest Place on Earth

Everything appeared to be unfolding like a dream.

But away from the television cameras, Disneyland’s opening day was more like a nightmare.

Like many Disney productions, the live broadcast was fantasy, not reality.

Adversity in life will escort you all the way to the door of victory.

But if you allow yourself to give up, cave in and quit when adversity rears its ugly head, you’ll never come to know how sweet your victories can be.

Disneyland’s opening day was supposed to be an invitation-only affair, and not open to the general public.

Tickets were mailed out only to special guests.

However, scores of counterfeit tickets surfaced on opening day.

Disneyland was only expecting about 15,000 guests in total, but more than 28,000 people entered the park.

In addition to the counterfeit tickets, some enterprising young man took advantage of the grand opening and set up a ladder outside one of the park’s fences.

He charged $5 per person to climb it and sneak inside the park.

Traffic Backed Up For Miles

Disneyland and the city of Anaheim were not prepared for the amount of people that showed up for opening day.

The freeway that led into the park was backed up for miles. The traffic essentially shut down the freeway for hours.

In fact, people were in their cars for so long that when they finally made it to Disneyland, there were reports of families taking restroom breaks in the parking lot.

Wet Paint, Weeds and Disappointed Children

Workers were still in the process of painting structures and planting trees all over the park.

Along the Canal Boats of the World, weeds had yet to be removed from the riverbanks.

With no time to landscape the area, Walt Disney simply added signs with Latin plant names printed on them to make it look like they were meant to be there.

No Food, No Drinks and No Fun

There was a shortage of food and beverages in every restaurant and concession stand in the park.

Because of the unexpected influx of guests, virtually all food and drink inventory was wiped out within hours.

No Plumbing

While there were plenty of water fountains in the park, many of them were not working because of a plumbers’ strike during construction.

Walt Disney had to choose between working water fountains or working restrooms.

He picked the latter because he felt the toilets were more important.

Walt said, “Well, you know they could drink Coke and Pepsi, but they can’t pee in the streets. Finish the restrooms.”

Scorching Temperatures

Although Walt Disney had no control over the weather, it contributed to the disastrous opening day as well.

Temperatures reached an intense 100 degrees, which was unbearable in a park without working water fountains.

The day was so hot that the fresh asphalt became like a sticky tar.

Guests complained that they were getting their shoes and high heels stuck in the pavement on Main Street, U.S.A.

Broken Down Rides

Many workers toiled around the clock to meet Walt Disney’s grand opening deadline.

Both Disney Imagineers and construction workers rushed to complete the theme park.

As a result, a number of rides — including Peter Pan’s Flight, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage, and Dumbo the Flying Elephant in Fantasyland — broke down or were closed altogether because they simply were not finished yet.

The growing pains didn’t stop on opening day.

During the first few weeks after opening, the stagecoach ride in Frontierland permanently closed when it was discovered it would flip over if it was too top-heavy.

36 cars in Autopia crashed due to aggressive driving and a tiger and a panther escaped from the circus attraction and got into a fight on Main Street, U.S.A.

The Mark Twain Riverboat Sank

The iconic Mark Twain Riverboat in Frontierland was filled way over capacity on opening day, with about 500 people cramming into the attraction.

This caused the boat to go off its track and sink in the mud, but the ordeal was far from over.

Once back on its track, when the boat pulled up to the landing, all the passengers rushed to the side to get off, and the boat tipped into the water again.

Everyone had to wade through the water to disembark.

Sleeping Beauty’s Castle Almost Caught Fire

A gas leak in the park prompted the closing of Adventureland, Fantasyland, and Frontierland for a few hours, while flames from the leak were seen trying to engulf Sleeping Beauty’s Castle.

Meager Beginnings Don’t Have Dictate the Final Word in Your Life

If anyone deserved the opportunity to walk away from a venture discouraged, it could have been Walt Disney.

However, we all know that the disastrous opening day that’s known as “Black Sunday” in Disney circles did not dictate the course of Walt Disney and Disneyland.

Adversity in Life Will Escort You To The Door of Victory

As I said to open this message, adversity in life will escort you all the way to the door of victory.

But if you allow yourself to give up, cave in and quit when adversity in life rears its ugly head, you’ll never come to know how sweet your victories can be.

I’d like to encourage you today to become a world overcomer.

God has a solution for any problem you may be facing today.

Make a quality decision to overcome your circumstances with the Word of God and determination.

God knew that you would be exactly where you are today. Your situation didn’t catch Him off guard.

He’s already made a way of escape.

Your job is to keep your feet firmly planted in God’s Word until you see the finished works of Jesus Christ come to pass in your life.

Hello all, and thank you for visiting FaithsMessenger.Com! My name is Greg Winfield and I’m writing to you from sunny Southern California.

I’m the proud husband of Samantha. Father to Jackie, Jonathan, and Jennifer. Stepfather to DJ and Jordan, and grandpa to Kylie and Ethan. To the Glory of God, all of our children are happy, healthy, and independent.

My wife and I are quickly becoming empty nesters. With only 1 more left at home, we’re muddling through how to navigate this season of our lives.

The Word Of God Becomes Real

I received Christ as my Lord and Savior back in August 1983 in San Antonio Park, Long Beach CA. I was on my lunch break (I’ve got a funny story behind the day I received the Lord posted below). Since that time, my life has been a rollercoaster of ups and downs. But through it all, the blessing of the Lord has shown through in every area of my life.

The purpose of this blog is simply to share the Word of God in the unique way that He shares it with me. I tend to look at life through parables and life analogies. There are so many things that we experience on a daily basis that run parallel to principles in God’s Word.

Many times when these life experiences are pointed out, the lightbulb comes on and the Word of God becomes alive to those who have shared similar experiences.

My prayer is that I’ll be able to transcribe those life experiences onto these pages and share messages that will come alive in your spirit.

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FOR DREAMS TO COME TRUE - There was nothing stopping me from approaching God's presence -- nothing except the multitude of things I had to do and responsibilities that, in truth, ruled my life more than the voice of God. Today God is awakening us to the reality of His presence. Indeed, if we truly want Christ to shine upon us, we must arise from the distractions that entomb us. The Lord's promises must become more to us than dreamlike realities reserved only for the hereafter. Right at this moment the presence of the living God is near enough to reach; we can enter the outraying of His presence. But if we want our dream of standing in God's fullness to come true, beloved, we must wake up. In a dream I saw a temple standing in an open field. My view of the temple was from its side, about two hundred yards away. I could not see its front, yet it must have been completely open because great light flashed out from the inside. It pulsed like lightning yet was solid like sunlight. I knew this light was the glory of God. The temple was so close that I knew with just a little effort I actually could enter the glory of God. His holy presence was clearly within my reach. There were also others directly in front of me whom I recognized as people from church. And while the temple and its light were visible and readily accessible to all, every head was bent downward and turned away from the light; each was occupied with other things.

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"For Dreams to Come True"

If we want our dream of standing in God's fullness to come true, we must wake up

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There was nothing stopping me from approaching God's presence -- nothing except the multitude of things I had to do and responsibilities that, in truth, ruled my life more than the voice of God. Today God is awakening us to the reality of His presence. Indeed, if we truly want Christ to shine upon us, we must arise from the distractions that entomb us. The Lord's promises must become more to us than dreamlike realities reserved only for the hereafter. Right at this moment the presence of the living God is near enough to reach; we can enter the outraying of His presence. But if we want our dream of standing in God's fullness to come true, beloved, we must wake up

By Francis Frangipane

In a dream I saw a temple standing in an open field.

My view of the temple was from its side, about two hundred yards away. I could not see its front, yet it must have been completely open because great light flashed out from the inside.

It pulsed like lightning yet was solid like sunlight. I knew this light was the glory of God.

The temple was so close that I knew with just a little effort I actually could enter the glory of God.

His holy presence was clearly within my reach.

There were also others directly in front of me whom I recognized as people from church.

And while the temple and its light were visible and readily accessible to all, every head was bent downward and turned away from the light; each was occupied with other things.

I heard one voice say, "I have to do laundry."

Another said, "I have to go to work."

People were reading newspapers, watching televisions, and eating.

I was sure everyone could see the light if they wanted to -- even more sure that we all knew His glory was near.

There were even a few people reading the Bible and praying, but everyone maintained the downward thrust of their gaze; each had a mental barrier of some kind between themself and the place of God's presence.

No one, though, stood up and steadfastly walked into the nearby glory of God.

However, as I watched, suddenly my wife lifted her head and beheld the temple.

She stood and walked without pausing toward the open front.

As she drew closer to the light, a garment of glory formed and thickened around her; the closer she went, the more dense the light surrounding her became.

Finally, she stepped in front of the temple, turned, and stood in full view of the blazing glory of God.

Then she entered the temple.

Oh! How jealous I felt. My wife had entered the glory of God before me!

Suddenly, I realized that there was nothing stopping me from approaching God's presence -- nothing except the multitude of things I had to do and responsibilities that, in truth, ruled my life more than the voice of God.

Pushing the weight of these pressures from me, I determined to rise and enter the temple myself.

But, to my great regret, in my dream as I rose up, I suddenly woke up!

The longing and disappointment within me seemed unbearable. I had been so close to entering God's presence.

How I wanted to stand in the temple and be swallowed up in His glory! I cried, "Lord, why did You let me wake up?"

Immediately the word of the Lord responded.

He said, "I will not have My servant's life fulfilled by a dream. If you want your dream to come true, you have to wake up."

Today God is awakening us to the reality of His presence.

Indeed, if we truly want Christ to shine upon us, we must arise from the distractions that entomb us.

The Lord's promises must become more to us than dreamlike realities reserved only for the hereafter.

For this reason Scripture says, "Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you" (Ephesians 5:14).

Right at this moment the presence of the living God is near enough to reach; we can enter the outraying of His presence.

But if we want our dream of standing in God's fullness to come true, beloved, we must wake up.

Adapted from Francis Frangipane's book, I Will Be Found by You, available at www.arrowbookstore.com. 

Francis Frangipane was born in 1946 and grew up in Lodi, New Jersey. After graduating from high school in 1964, Frangipane entered the U.S. Air Force, where he was discharged honorably as a sergeant on February 2, 1969. He relocated briefly to Berkeley, California and then Honolulu, Hawaii before returning to the mainland U.S. These were the days when the hippie movement was emerging, and Frangipane, like countless other young people, was searching for meaning. He traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada. Eventually his travels brought him to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where he became a Christian on November 26, 1970. Five months later he met his wife-to-be, Denise Piscitelli, and led her to the Lord. In October of 1971 they were married.

In 1972 Francis and Denise received ministerial training at Grace Chapel in Southern California; by early fall they had moved to Hilo, Hawaii to start a church. Their little work grew to about twenty-five people, most of whom they had personally led to Christ. They also had their first child during this time.

After fourteen months, however, they felt their time in Hawaii was complete. A church in the Detroit, Michigan area offered them a pastoral position. For the remainder of the seventies, they led a small church of approximately 100 people; they also planted eight churches and home groups in southeastern Michigan and Ontario, Canada.

They relocated to Iowa in 1980 where, with the addition of four more children and a Vietnamese foster child, their family grew to eight. These were hard times. Francis was self-employed and the family was very poor. It was during this time that Francis began to develop his writing skills. It was also a three year season of being shut in with God; the only spiritual food that nourished him came from the words of Christ in the Gospels.

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