You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. - I John 4:4 REFERENCE I John 4:4 Continued from yesterday… The third warrant you have for winning in life is that: “YOU ARE OF GOD!” That is, you proceed and originate from God. You are made in God’s image and are designed to function like Him. In most cases, the family of your birth determines what you have access to (birthright) and how far you can go in life. People born in...
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it... - Genesis 1:28 REFERENCE Genesis 1:26-28 Continued from yesterday… Another warrant we have for winning came at creation. When God made man, He invoked His own Spirit and nature upon him. In other words, you are blessed and cannot be cursed - your nature is alien to a curse. Some people believe they operate under a generational curse, but praise God; you have the generational blessing of God! The blessing is a divine empowerment which causes divine favor; it...
And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath… - Deuteronomy 28:13 REFERENCE Deuteronomy 28:7-13 We often read, in God’s word, about the heroic deeds of men like us who went from victory to victory and shook their generations by mighty acts; but all these sometimes seem exaggerated to us. However, scriptures show us that God is willing to do ‘greater works’ than these through us and that we are fashioned to be victors. Sometimes however, our minds hesitate to believe, because we are constantly reminded of our failures...
For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest…’” Hebrews 4:3 REFERENCE Hebrews 4:1-7 The year is just starting; God has given you a word for the year - promises of a great and bright future for you. The most vital thing you can do with the word God has given you for this season is to rest in it. How do you do that? By believing in the efficacy of the word and ceasing from all worry, anxiety and fear. The writer...
Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God. “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned… Isaiah 40:1-2 REFERENCE Isaiah 40:1-5 Yesterday, we laid the foundation for a new season in your life - “The Dispensation of Comfort.” However, to fully grasp what this means, we have to understand what comfort really means. Comfort is a state of physical ease, well-being and freedom from pain or limitation. It is synonymous with consolation, compensation, succor and encouragement. Comfort depicts the easing or alleviation of a person's feelings of...
Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God. “Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and cry out to her, That her warfare is ended, That her iniquity is pardoned;… - Isaiah 40:1-2 REFERENCE Isaiah 40:1-3 2017 came with some challenges for many and may have ended on a tough note. It is therefore possible that their expectations of the coming year are quite tamed and not ambitious. Their morale and motivation for a positive change in fortunes is at an all-time low; and their faith in the word of God is shaky. However, I have good news for you today,...
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you. - I Peter 5:10 REFERENCE I Peter 5:10 In yesterday’s episode, we saw that God’s will for you this year is for you to be established in Him. He wants you to be deeply rooted in Him, so you won’t be blown away by every wind of doctrine and more especially so that the structures of your life will be strong & outlast you. It will take deliberate...
He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, Out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, And established my steps. – Psalm 40:2 REFERENCE Psalm 40:1-3 I welcome you to a new year, a new season and a new dispensation. If you are reading this, you must consider yourself an overcomer; God has kept you from the wickedness of Satan and transited you into 2018. It doesn’t matter what isn’t working presently for you, you are here, you are alive; a living dog is better than a dead lion and as long as you have life, your...
“…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10 REFERENCE John 10:10-11 Yesterday’s episode ended with the view that it is inevitable that the ‘thief’ will come to steal, since we are in this world. However, God always comes to restore whatever was stolen and to give a happy ending to the story of our lives. In today’s text, Jesus boldly declares, “I HAVE COME.” I can hear His tender, yet authoritative voice say, “It doesn’t matter what life has been like for you so far, I have come.” “You may...
For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry. Hebrews 10:37 REFERENCE Hebrews 10:35-39 In our first episode, we saw that joy usually comes after weeping; and so there is a coming joy for you, as long as you will not quit. You may say, “I have believed and expected for months or years, why should I continue to believe?” Because believing still gives you a chance of receiving; but not believing puts the nail to the coffin and closes every door of possibility. Moreover, unbelief/doubt is not good for your heart and for your walk...