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VALUE YOUR PRIVILEGES

“But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.” ~ I Samuel 13:14   REFERENCE: I Samuel 13:8-14   We came into this world with nothing and are entitled to nothing unless it is allocated by grace according to God’s purpose for our lives. We must see everything we have as a privilege. Many would give an arm and a leg to be where you are, but what we...
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ENFORCING DIVINE PATTERN

“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?” ~ Job 38:33   REFERENCE: Job 38:33-35   Job had an experience so bad you would not wish it on your enemy. He lost everything but his wife, whom it seems satan spared to torture him. God appeared in a whirlwind to end his ordeal and posed many questions to him. One of those questions is our key verse: “Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?” An ordinance is a law set forth by a governmental authority or...
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REVEALED BY THE SPIRIT

“But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.” ~ I Corinthians 2:10   REFERENCE: I Corinthians 2:9-16   God is spirit; hence, our interactions with Him must be in spirit and truth. His dealings with us are spiritual, and His blessings for us are in the realm of the spirit. It follows then that because the spiritual is an unseen realm and we are beings who operate in the physical, there must be a mechanism that we can use to discern and access all that God has...
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NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

“Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” – Luke 1:36-37   REFERENCE: Luke 1:26-38   Think about today’s topic: nothing is impossible. That is the truth; what we call impossible today is because, in the first place, God fabricated the seen world out of the unseen. Hence, for such a God, nothing will be impossible – absolutely nothing. This is a good mindset with which to approach the challenges of life. Nothing is impossible,...
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TAKING STEPS TO BETTER 2

“And he arose and came to his Father. But when he was still a great way off, his Father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.” ~ Luke 15:20   REFERENCE: Luke 15:17-24   We left off with the prodigal son engaging in critical thinking; he then proceeded to execute his actions steps. When he did what he could do, grace took over, and he got more than he planned for. You may have tried before and failed; try again! Now, are you nearer than when you first began? This may be your...
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TAKING STEPS TO BETTER

“I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.” ~ Luke 15:16   REFERENCE: Luke 15:11-20   No matter where you are in life or how bad your situation is, there is a place called better, and it is possible to end better than you started. The prodigal son found himself in a rut; his life was worse than it was in his father’s house, and he was far from the future he had hoped for when he left home. However, he decided to take steps that made...
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I AM BETTER THAN THIS 2

“And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.” ~ Luke 15:16   REFERENCE: Luke 15:11-20   The prodigal son got to a point where he would gladly have eaten pig’s food, but “No one gave him anything.” It seems God permitted him to get to that low point in his life. If someone had supported him in his prodigal life, it would have delayed the day of his awareness. His affliction became the catalyst for his return. When he was in want, he came to himself. Trouble opens our hearts to...
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I AM BETTER THAN THIS

"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!" ~ Luke 15:17   REFERENCE: Luke 15:11-20   The journey into the year's second half is still in its early stages. It is good to closely examine your life and make certain adjustments and decisions about the rest of the year. Do you feel grounded by past mistakes or sad that you didn't achieve what you hoped you would have by now, hearing that voice within saying, "I am better than this?" You are in line...
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FULFILLMENT OF PROMISES

“…And you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one word of them has failed.” ~ Joshua 23:14   REFERENCE: Joshua 23:1-14   Joshua was a militaristic leader saddled with the great task of bringing Israel into their land of promise. He took a budding and fearful nation to confront sovereign nations with established armies and dispossessed them of their lands. Aged, Joshua assembled Israel to give his farewell speech and...
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A BETTER LATTER

"Now the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning…" ~ Job 42:12   REFERENCE: Job 42:10-17   We have hope amidst life's troubles and challenges because God promises He will give us a better latter (end). Job 8:7 says, "Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would increase abundantly." God is never intimidated by your present condition, whether marked by insufficiency, struggles, or life's challenges; He will work out a good end. Job is a case study of God's commitment to working to give us an end better than our beginning. Throughout the scriptures, we hear words like, "The path of...
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