“Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it?” – Isaiah 43:19a   REFERENCE: ISAIAH 43:16-21   Listen to God speak to you; “Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep rehashing history. God wants to do something new in your life; it will suddenly burst forth, and all eyes will see it.” Today marks the beginning of a turnaround in your life; your new begins today. All will be okay in the end! If it is not okay, it is not yet the end, for our God is a God of happy endings. Yesterday, we saw that when...

“For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope will not be cut off.” – Proverbs 23:18   REFERENCE: PROVERBS 23:15-18   Have you heard voices lately that fill your mind with negative thoughts because of past or present happenings? Have you concluded, “This is the beginning of the end, and everything has started to crash?” Do not be deceived; it is a lie. It is neither the end nor the beginning of the end, but the end of a bad cycle. Life continues beyond this point. Some bible characters found themselves where the future looked bleak. Let us consider God’s response...

“Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness...” – II Corinthians 9:10   REFERENCE: II CORINTHIANS 9:6-15   God supplies our every need, whether bread to eat or seed to sow. He gives seeds to the farmer to plant and then good crops to harvest and eat. This principle of sowing seeds and reaping their harvests ensures the farmer always has seeds to plant to perpetuate a cycle of having to both eat and sow. God started everything using His word...

“Then Saul and all the people who were with him assembled, and they went to the battle; and indeed, every man’s sword was against his neighbor, and there was very great confusion.” ~ I Samuel 14:20   REFERENCE: I Samuel 14:13-20   How mighty is our God!  Outnumbered, and facing a military garrison with his armorbearer, Jonathan declared, “nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few,” – I Sam 14:6. They bravely approached the Philistine soldiers, and miraculously, they killed about 20 men. The Philistines were at war with Israel and all the odds were stacked against Israel. Worse still, the Philistines...

“Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him because the soul of all the people was grieved... But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.” – I Samuel 30:6   REFERENCE: I Samuel 30:1-8   Almost all men encounter failure on their journey to success. Their response is the difference between average people and achieving people. Winston Churchill said, “…failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.” It is this courage to continue that many find difficult. The failing is not the problem; the question is, “Will failure move you forward?” Failure can either stagnate or...