But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. - John 4:23-24 REFERENCE John 4:20-24 Worship means ascribing worth to something or someone that one considers deserving of it. To a believer, it means ascribing worth to God. And in the place of worship, the power of God is often released. The act of worshiping God in the Old Testament took various forms, people...
Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. - Isaiah 43:19 REFERENCE Isaiah 43:15-19 As you begin a new month, God wants you to know that whatever He has done for you up to this point is now in the past. This suggests that He plans to do something new. He wants you to have present testimonies that will swallow up your past miracles. God is never stagnant, He is a progressive God, that...
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. - Ephesians 6:13 REFERENCE Ephesians 6:10-17 When Jesus won the victory over the devil, it was a once-and-for-all-time thing. It is the same way He wants your victory over the enemy to be. A lasting victory is one in which you have defeated the enemy, and kept him in a place of defeat that he can’t overcome you again no matter how hard he tries. Today’s passage admonishes you to stand your ground...
For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease. - Job 14:7 REFERENCE Job 14:7-9 & 14 Continued from yesterday… While some people fail backwards, others fail forward because they know how to handle failure. Common traits of those who fail backwards is: they often blame others for their failures, they repeat the same mistakes, they think they are failures, they limit themselves by their past mistakes and they quit trying. On the other hand, those who fail forward (use failure as...
So David inquired of the LORD, saying, 'Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them?' And He answered him, 'Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all.' ~ I Samuel 30:8 REFERENCE I Samuel 30:1-8 Many fear and hate the word “failure,” they misunderstand and don’t talk about it, and so are most times not prepared for it. Thus, when they fail, the result is usually devastating. Unknown to these people, most successful people are failures who bounced back. Failure is defined as a falling short in performing any expected action, or...
Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was… - Mark 2:3-4 REFERENCE Mark 2:1-12 Jesus Christ became the embodiment of love by dying for us. And He commanded us to show this same love to others. So, as Christ-like ones, we ought to live and show love to others in deeds and not in speeches. Love, as an action word, must be demonstrated. It is not enough to theorize about love in our...
…That man was telling his friend about a dream that he had. He was saying, 'I dreamed that a round loaf of bread came rolling into the camp of the Midianites. That loaf of bread hit the tent so hard that the tent turned over and fell flat.' - Judges 7:13 ERV REFERENCE Judges 6:3-6 & 7:1-22 In today’s passage we see a time in history when the Israelites were reduced to poverty because their strong enemy – the Midianites oppressed and plundered them. Gideon, whom God called to lead an army against the Midianites, was able to...
Yet in Your manifold mercies You did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day, To lead them on the road; Nor the pillar of fire by night, To show them light, And the way they should go. - Nehemiah 9:19 REFERENCE Nehemiah 9:7-19 God never cast Israel away in spite of her persistence in sin and disobedience. He demonstrated His mercy amongst them by giving them protection and direction. This happened in the era of the Law (old covenant), when men were judged based on their...
Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, 'Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.' - Luke 10:17 REFERENCE Luke 10:1-19 There is unlimited and so much untapped power in the name of Jesus. The disciples discovered it as they went on their mission – sicknesses were healed and stubborn demonic entities heeded their words of command in the name of Jesus. Philippians 2:9-11 shows that the name of Jesus is above every other name, and when mentioned, things on earth, beneath the earth and in heaven bow and confess that Jesus is Lord over...
But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. - Matthew 13:22 REFERENCE Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 This parable of the sower reveals the place of the heart whenever God’s Word is taught. It is the heart that receives the Word, therefore, the condition of your heart will determine how much benefit you get from the Word. If your heart is choked by worries, anxieties, agitations, fears, etc, and the Word seed is sown there, these overpowering...