Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cleansed of his leprosy.  Matthew 8:3 REFERENCE Matthew 8:1-4 One battle we all often have to fight is to overcome that voice that says, “You are not good enough; you don’t qualify.” It is the voice that speaks from a deep place in our past; childhood memories. Voices that have come to turn you into a timid, afraid and pessimistic person. It’s the voice of the teacher that termed your inquisitive mind a nuisance, it is the voices of parents who...

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 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 grief or distress. It could also mean a person or thing that helps to alleviate a difficult situation. For example, Genesis 24:67 records that Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death, when he took...

And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.  I Samuel 17:54 REFERENCE I Samuel 17:33-54 “Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it – in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith and endurance.” – John C. Maxwell. If you have been in the world for a while you would have noticed that life doesn’t always give you what you deserve but what you demand of it…and a way to demand is...

And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. Acts 3:2-3 REFERENCE Acts 3:1-9 The beggar in this account was born with a limitation; he was limited by his lameness because he couldn’t do things for himself. He relied on others to carry him and wherever they kept him was where he remained; that put him on a perpetual lockdown. Although...

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, ‘He told me all that I ever did.’ John 4:39 REFERENCE John 4:5-19, & 39-42 This passage introduces us to a woman who may have been suffering from low self-esteem, rejection, and shame. She has not had very good experiences in her relationships with the opposite sex. The fact that she went to the well in the hot oriental afternoon (when most people reclined in the shade of their homes), lends credence to the theory that she could be avoiding...

A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth; from the produce of his lips he shall be filled. Proverbs 18:20 REFERENCE Proverbs 18:6-8, & 20-21 Our text reveals a mystery which shows that so much of what happens in our lives depends on what happens with our mouths. We therefore cannot live victorious Christian lives without taking control of the mouth. When God made man and breathed the breath of life into Him, Genesis 2:7 says, “…and man became a ‘living being.’” The Targum Onkelos, an ancient Aramaic translation says ‘…and man became ANOTHER speaking spirit.’ Man became...

“A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.” ~ John 16:21 REFERENCE John 16:19-24 EDD in medical parlance is a term used to describe the Expected Delivery Date of a pregnant woman. With every pregnancy, there is a due date the child is supposed to be birthed. Likewise, if you are ‘pregnant’ with dreams, businesses, ideas, a ministry, aspirations, or a promise from God’s Word,...

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 most vital thing you can do with the Word God has given you at any point in your walk with Him is to rest in it. How do you do that? By believing in the efficacy of the Word and in the integrity of Him who promised, and ceasing from all worry, anxiety, and fear. The writer of the book of Hebrews charged the children of Israel with a fault;...

Therefore be imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]. Ephesians 5:1 Ephesians 5:1 (AMPC) REFERENCE Ephesians 5:1-7 (AMPC) “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” is a term used to describe a child that exhibits similar character, similar qualities, or imitates his/her parents. To imitate someone is to behave or copy the way the person behaves. Paul in this passage admonishes believers to be imitators of God by following His example; i.e. to be similar to Him in speech, deeds, and in character, so what He represents becomes second nature to...

And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. Deuteronomy 8:18 REFERENCE Deuteronomy 8:11-18 If you must rise above the present financial situation in the world, you must make God your source. You must look beyond your salary, your connection, your shop, your business, your organization, etc. All these are avenues for God to connect with you but God is not limited to them and cannot be limited by them in keeping you above and beyond the status quo. God declares here...