When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God. – Leviticus 23:22 REFERENCE Leviticus 23:18-22 The principle of prosperity is that to increase, you must release. The overriding principle to getting in the bible is by giving. God wants you to cultivate this prosperity mentality: “always leave some for others.” Don’t cook and eat everything in the pot, somebody may just...
Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. - Hebrews 2:1 NKJV REFERENCE Hebrews 2:1-4 The context of our key verse today teaches us that Jesus is the Son of God, and that He is superior to the angels, for they are created, but He is eternally self-existent. Then the admonition goes further to say if people were punished for disobeying messages given through angels, how much more when we disobey the Lord of Angels - Jesus Christ. Our key verse however is very instructive. "Heed the word of...
And he said to him, 'Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!' – John 2:10 REFERENCE John 2:1-10 No good script writer ends a movie on a bad note... unless it is a horror movie. Our God is a God of happy endings. HIS METHOD IS TO SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST! December will be the best month for you. You will see the kind of goodness you never saw in the other months in this December, in...
Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘stretch out the spear that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.’ And Joshua stretched out the spear that was in his hand toward the city. – Joshua 8:18 REFERENCE Joshua 8:14-19 As you also stretch out your faith towards the promises of God for your life today, you will experience divine favors. Do not be sloppy and slack concerning a promised inheritance to you. Stretch out your hands towards it in faith and claim it. There is no situation you are going through right now...
In God we boast all day long, and praise Your name forever. Selah - Psalm 44:8 REFERENCE Psalm 44:6-8 We had our thanksgiving celebrations yesterday, but thanksgiving is not just for one day as we have come to know; it is for every day and every moment of our lives. Let us as a people learn to maintain an attitude of bragging on God all day long, praising Him irrespective of what happens, declaring His greatness and magnifying His name. In our text today, the psalmist says we should ponder on 'praising the name of God forever.' Yes, we...
Like a lily among thorns is my darling among women. Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my dearest compared to other men. I love to sit in its (his) shadow, and its (his) fruit is sweet to my taste. - Songs 2:2-3 (GoodNewsTranslation) REFERENCE Songs of Solomon 1:16-2:4 If you have a spouse with whom you can freely express such words as we find in our key verses today, you are indeed favored of the Lord; your thanksgiving should make angels blush. It is the desire of almost all young men and women...
Better is a neighbor (friend) nearby than a brother far away. - Proverbs 27:10 REFERENCE Proverbs 27:10 As you reflect on God’s goodness in 2016, you can see the significant roles that people you are in close relationship with made in your life. Think about who celebrated you on your birthday, who sent those encouraging text messages, who visited you in the hospital, who lent you their car to go on that important trip, who helped you in your financial crisis, who was there beside you at the hospital while your wife was inside the theater to deliver a...
When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you. – Deuteronomy 8:10 REFERENCE Deuteronomy 8:7-18 Hundreds of thousands are homeless and are starved of life’s basic necessities like good food and clean water. It seems the world is full of such imbalances - on one hand are people who have abundance and on the other, those who are in abject lack. We may never be able to fully explain why this seeming imbalance is so, except for the fact that we know there is...
…This day is a day of trouble, and rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children have come to (the place of) birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth. - 11 Kings 19:3 REFERENCE II Kings 19:1-7 Although the verse above is just an illustration King Hezekiah gave of how powerless Israel was against her strong Assyrian enemy, it teaches a significant truth nonetheless - the truth that it is possible for a woman to come to the place or time of birth and lack the strength to bring or push forth the baby. I know you must...
Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the very heart of your house, your children like olive plants all around your table. - Psalms 128:3 REFERENCE Psalm 128:1-6 What a great promise of God. The promise of a happy home where Christ is the center, and love is a hallmark. Understanding that it is not every roof that encloses a home should cause you to place value on the gift of your family. Home is meant to be a haven of peace, a bastion of security and an oasis of love. This gives today's key verse great...