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Psalms 4:7 NLT You have given me greater joy than those who have abundant harvests of grain and new wine.
Some people think the only way to have joy is if we get all our prayers answered. They think once we get our “stuff,” then we’ll have joy. That way of thinking is limited.
God’s word says He’ll give us greater joy than those who have abundance. This lets us know we don’t need abundance in order to have joy. All we need is God. As we seek God, spend time in His presence, and allow Him to guide and direct our lives, we’ll have a solid foundation of joy. As a result of spending time with God, abundance will come, which will add to our joy.
Don’t limit your joy to having earthly things. Understand that true joy comes from having a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
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Psalms 78:41-42 NKJV Yes, again and again they tempted God, And limited the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power: The day when He redeemed them from the enemy,
Are you limiting God with small thinking or unbelief? Are you withholding God’s power by only giving Him assignments that you can see happening? If you are, stop it!!!
God doesn’t need us helping Him out by giving Him easy assignments. He wants assignments our logical minds can’t figure out how it’s going to happen. He wants assignments only He can do.
Seek the Lord. As we seek Him, He’ll drop a dream so big in our spirits until our first instinct is to shake our head in disbelief. Instead of running from that dream, meditate on it. The enemy will give you a thousand reasons why it can’t or won’t happen. Ignore him and force yourself to meditate on that dream.
Eventually, we’ll get to a place where the dream He dropped in our spirits will become our desire. We still may not know how it’s going to happen, but somehow someway we believe the power of God will bring that dream to pass.
Don’t shrink dreams or desires to your logic. Keep it big because you have a God who is bigger and will bring that dream to pass.
Inspired by Andrew Wommack
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Philippians 2:13 NLT For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
There’s a song that says, “I got to clean up, what I messed up.” It signifies that we must do all the work to straighten our lives out. That’s not necessarily accurate. There is some amount of effort from us, but we don’t have to bear the burden.
The scripture says God is working in us and giving us the desire and power to do what pleases Him. Most of the effort is on God. Our responsibility is to listen to Him and obey His instructions.
We don’t have to stress and toil trying to figure out how we can stop sinning in this area or stop this bad habit. Come to the Father and allow Him to empower us to do what pleases Him.
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As we get older, you may hear more and more horror stories about people’s ailments, memory, strength, eyesight, and agility. We don’t have to accept this for ourselves.
Deuteronomy 34:7 states, Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished.
Since God doesn’t show favoritism (Acts 10:34), then what He did for Moses, in principle, He’ll do for us. If Moses lived to 120 with great eyesight and strength, we can believe for the same thing.
Don’t let doctor’s reports, the news, friends, and family members try to “prepare” you for aging. Let your belief in the word of God prepare you for older age.
Here are some scriptures to believe and confess over yourself every day.
-Psalm 103:5 He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!
-Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
-Psalm 91:16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
-Deuteronomy 34:7 Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished.
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Acts 3:9 NLT All the people saw him walking and heard him praising God.
When this man was healed of lameness, the people heard him praising God.
When some of us get blessed, we may whisper a quick “thank you Lord” under our breath, but no one else can hear us. It’s like we don’t want to seem like a Jesus fanatic or we’re ashamed of the very God who blessed us.
When people hear us praising God, it allows us to give our testimony. That testimony may encourage them to put their faith in God for their dreams and desires to come to pass. Our praise can also encourage them to outwardly praise God when something good happens to them. Our praise could cause someone to inquire about this God and Jesus we’re thanking. Then, we can lead them to Christ.
Give God praise! Remove yourself from the cares of people’s opinions and be free to praise our wonderful God.
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Proverbs 14:30 NLT A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.
When we have peace, we’ll maintain a healthy body. Our organs function the way they’re supposed to function, our joints don’t hurt, and our blood work is good. On the other hand, when we have rotten fruit such as jealousy, hatred, malice, contempt, fear, and anger flowing through us, it’s literally destroying our bodies.
Peace is not the absence of problems. Peace flows through a person. That’s Jesus Christ. Isaiah 9:6 says Jesus is the Prince of Peace. As we focus on Him and what He’s done and magnify who He is in our lives, we’ll have and maintain peace. As we maintain peace, we’ll maintain our health. With a healthy body, we can live a more enjoyable life accomplishing God’s will.
Get rid of all the self-destroying attributes and focus on Jesus to maintain your peace.
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Deuteronomy 6:11-12 NLT The houses will be richly stocked with goods you did not produce. You will draw water from cisterns you did not dig, and you will eat from vineyards and olive trees you did not plant. When you have eaten your fill in this land, be careful not to forget the Lord, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.
It’s a natural temptation to our flesh to forget the Lord when everything is going well. When we got the job we wanted, the house we wanted, a spouse, and healthy children, it’s a temptation to minimize God. We may not read the bible as much, we may not spend as much time with the Father, and we may not go to church as frequently.
It was easy to do all those things when we realized only God could get us our desires. But once we became successful, some of us allowed our fellowship with God to slip.
Don’t allow the success in this life to take you away from your God. He’s the one who got us there. Let’s be grateful and cherish what He’s done.
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2 Corinthians 9:10 NLT For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, He will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.
For some, financial increase and prosperity are bad words for believers. They feel it magnifies greed and takes away from the more important things like salvation, God’s love, and being a blessing. This mentality is like going out to eat and saying eating the bread and salad is greedy because it takes away from the main course. The bread and the salad come with the meal.
It’s the same way with salvation. There are additional benefits that come with salvation. There’s protection, peace, healing, and yes, financial increase.
It’s funny how people consider financial increase as greed when we clearly see in scripture that God is responsible for the increase. And this increase is not solely to benefit ourselves. It’s to be more generous in the Kingdom of God and be a blessing to others.
Only wanting enough for ourselves is greedy. Having increase and prosperity is God’s will for the believer.
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Proverbs 1:32 NLT For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.
God doesn’t want anyone to be destroyed, but He wants everyone to repent (2 Peter 3:9). He wants everyone to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
Although God wants everyone to turn to Him, there will be people who consider themselves “too intelligent” to turn to this “invisible God.” They’ll only rely on their five senses and human intellect to obtain information about life and the world around them. They look at believers as uninformed or simple-minded. The bible refers to them as fools (Psalm 14:1).
Don’t be a fool. Fools are destroyed. Trust and believe there’s a God in heaven who loves you and desires that you believe in Him and make Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior. If there’s a creation, there’s must be a Creator.
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Hebrews 10:23 “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful”.
We make drastic changes when we hear predictions. When so called experts predict a bear or a bull market, a lot of us buy or sell our stocks. When meteorologists predict extreme cold weather, we cover our plants, gas our vehicles, and buy enough food to last throughout the cold.
When faulty humans make predictions, we immediately rearrange our entire lives, but when the faultless God of the universe makes a promise, we need to have reassurances. We need to have other people prophesy the same thing God already told us. We need to see a shooting star in the sky. We need to see some kind of sign. This shouldn’t be. The same way we’ll blindly believe mankind’s predictions is the same way we should believe God’s promises. In fact, we should believe God more than people because God has a 100% success rate.
When God gives a promise in His word or in our spirits, start preparing to receive it. Make room in the garage for that new car, buy jogging gear because that knee pain is about to go, or prepare to be a husband or a wife. Don’t be a skeptic. Trust that God will bring that promise to pass.
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God told you to eat an orange before you went to bed. That night, you had some of the best sleep of your life. The next night, you did it again, and your sleep was great. You do this all week and have great sleep. After a week, you continue to eat an orange, but your sleep wasn’t good. The next night, you eat orange again, but still, little sleep.
What happened? You’ve followed God’s instructions.
What happened was that you appreciated the routine and minimized the routine Giver. You loved what the routine could do, and you stopped listening to Who provided the instructions in the first place.
Some of us have pushed God out of certain parts of our lives because we found a routine that works for us. We’re no longer trying to hear from God. We found something we like, that works, and we’re sticking with it. That’s wrong. God is constantly doing things differently. We need to be able to listen and adapt. Part of our adaptation is seeking His will for that situation and being able to adjust if it’s something we haven’t done.
From sleeping to how you cook a meal, be sure to contact God for that situation to ensure your seeking and listening skills aren’t ruined by routine.
Proverbs 3:6 NLT Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
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Psalms 4:8 NLT In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.
God promises us peaceful sleep. Not sometimes or only when the weather is right. His word promises us peaceful sleep.
God promises us peaceful sleep. Without medication, alcohol, or someone to sleep beside us, God Almighty promises us peaceful sleep.
Not only does He promise peaceful sleep, but He’ll keep us safe while we’re asleep. It doesn’t matter if it’s a house full of people or we’re by ourselves, God promises to keep us safe while we’re asleep. We don’t need a gun, a dog, an alarm system, or a night light to sleep. Trust that He’ll protect you as you sleep.
Use your authority that God has given you to obtain this promise. Every night or day believe, confess, and expect safe, peaceful sleep.
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Ephesians 5:20 NLT And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God’s goodness is experienced every single day. When we wake up, that’s God’s goodness. When we breathe, that’s God’s goodness. When we regularly go to work without an incident, that’s God’s goodness. These things are so common until most of us (including myself) don’t bother to say thank you. We’re so focused on major events happening in our lives until we miss the opportunity to thank Him.
When God’s goodness is normalized, ungratefulness can follow. A lot of us are waiting on the miraculous financial increase, the manifestation of healing in our bodies, or a large unexpected blessing to be sincerely thankful. There’s nothing wrong with being in expectation of big things, but if we solely focus on those things, we’ll disregard the daily things He’s doing.
Take a step back from focusing on those big dreams and see the daily things God does for us and be grateful. Our review of all He’s done and is doing will make us more appreciative.
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Exodus 20:20 NLT “Don’t be afraid,” Moses answered them, “for God has come in this way to test you, and so that your fear of Him will keep you from sinning!”
This is not a fear or terror and fright. This is a reverential fear. To fear God means to reverence or highly respect God.
When we fear God, that keeps us from sinning. We see examples of this in good marriages. When couples highly respect one another, that respect keeps them from committing adultery. It’s the same way with God. Because we highly respect God, we wouldn’t want to go against His plan for our lives. We wouldn’t want to desecrate His temple (our bodies) with drugs, sexual perversions, and excessive alcohol. We shouldn’t want to cheat on our taxes, knowing He’s watching us. None of this should seem right when we fear the Lord.
Examine your ways. See if you’re living a God-fearing life. If so, continue on. If not, allow the Holy Spirit to help you make the necessary changes to highly respect God in everything you do.
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Psalms 77:10-11 NLT And I said, “This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me.” But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.
There may be times we feel like God has turned his back on us. We may feel like He’s not hearing our prayers, our cries for help, or see us in our problematic predicament. These feelings and thoughts are lies from the enemy.
Instead of allowing our minds to marinate in his lies, we must reflect on God’s goodness. We must bring ourselves to a place where we remember all the good things He’s done in our lives. This won’t happen automatically. We must do the work to flush out all the negative thoughts and recall on the goodness of God.
Recalling the goodness of God will keep our faith strong to continue to believe that if He’s done it before, He can do it again.
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Psalms 77:10-11 NLT And I said, “This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me.” But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.
There may be times we feel like God has turned his back on us. We may feel like He’s not hearing our prayers, our cries for help, or see us in our problematic predicament. These feelings and thoughts are lies from the enemy.
Instead of allowing our minds to marinate in his lies, we must reflect on God’s goodness. We must bring ourselves to a place where we remember all the good things He’s done in our lives. This won’t happen automatically. We must do the work to flush out all the negative thoughts and recall on the goodness of God.
Recalling the goodness of God will keep our faith strong to continue to believe that if He’s done it before, He can do it again.
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Philippians 1:13-14 NLT For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ. And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers here have gained confidence and boldly speak God’s message without fear.
Some people think the only way people will hear us is if we have influence. They think if they have a lot of money, followers, or fame that’s the only way people will listen. That’s factual to a degree, but Paul was chained in prison and still was able to make an impact for the Kingdom of God. He singlehandedly changed the lives of royalty.
Logically, one would think, why would royalty listen to this old prisoner? They had more power and money than he did, and they’re in a better position than he’s in.
But that’s the power of the gospel of Jesus Christ!!!
It doesn’t matter if you’re young or old, rich or poor, famous or not. The gospel has the ability to pull the heartstrings of anyone. They may have way more than us naturally, but all of us can be humbled by the good news of Jesus Christ.
Don’t count yourself out for any reason. Be bold and tell others about the true gospel of Jesus Christ.
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If God told you that all your goals, dreams, and desires would come to pass if you began ministering the gospel of Jesus Christ to people you come in contact with, would you do it? Or, would you let your pride, reputation, and ultimately fear stop you from reaching your dreams?
In actuality, God already made this promise to us in Matthew 6:33. He tells us to seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need. Part of seeking the Kingdom of God is ministering the gospel of Jesus Christ. In Matthew 28:19-20 Jesus says, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you.
As a disciple, we’re to go and make more disciples. God uses Matthew 6:33 as a motivator to make disciples. Putting His Kingdom above everything else is not limited to making disciples, but making disciples is included in seeking the Kingdom.
Some are filled with so much love and compassion for God and others until that’s all the motivation they need. For others, they need a personal incentive to go and make disciples. Don’t feel bad or condemned for needing an incentive to minister the gospel. That’s why God put it in His word. Use that incentive to minister the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 28:19-20 NLT Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
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Proverbs 21:20 NLT The wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get.
Just because you have money doesn’t mean you have to spend it.
Self-control is one of the biggest tools we need to be a wise financial steward. When things go on sale, we don’t have to buy it. When products seem life-changing, we don’t have to own it. When we see people taking vacations overseas, it doesn’t mean we need to book ours. Does that mean we can never have anything or do anything fun? Of course not, but wisdom is needed to know when to spend.
The best financial advisor is the Holy Spirit. He’ll tell us when to spend and save. Focus on His voice because our flesh can be loud when it comes to something we really want.
If you haven’t learned how to hear God’s voice yet, God placed financially wise people in the body of Christ. All we have to do is humble ourselves and ask someone for help.
Don’t be unwise with the resources God has given us. They are needed to expand the Kingdom of God, be a blessing to others, and to be wisely enjoyed.
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Hosea 13:5-6 NLT I took care of you in the wilderness, in that dry and thirsty land. But when you had eaten and were satisfied, you became proud and forgot me.
When we needed that job, we were all in for God. When our bodies were experiencing pain and discomfort, we read our bibles twice as much. When we didn’t know how we were going to pay our bills, we sincerely praised God at church every week.
Now that we got the job, healing has manifested in our bodies, and our bills are paid, God tends to get our leftovers. When things are going well in life, it can be a temptation to forget about God. We don’t spend as much time with Him, we don’t study His word as much, and we make excuses as to why we can’t attend church.
When things are going well, we must make an intentional effort to remain focused on God. The same things that brought us to this peaceful and prosperous place in life (prayer, praise, and reading God’s word) will keep us there AND it will equip us for our next faith fight.
When things go well, don’t forget about God.
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Psalm 37:4 ESV Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
James 1:14-15 ESV But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
There are two types of desires. There are desires that come from God and desires that come from our flesh.
The desires that come from God benefit the Kingdom of God, benefit others, and ultimately are enjoyable to us. The desires that come from God are linked to His promises in His word. Desires such as wealth to expand the Kingdom of God and be a blessing, peace in our minds and in our families, and wisdom at our workplace are all examples of God-given desires.
The desires that come from our flesh only appeal to our sinful nature and if left unchecked, ultimately lead to death.
The desires that come from our flesh totally go against the word of God. Sexual perversion, greed, drunkenness, and gossiping are just a few examples of desires that come from our flesh. It starts off as a small temptation. If we keep feeding that temptation by thinking about it over and over again, it will turn into a desire. From there, it will evolve into a sinful action.
Be sure the desires that you have come from God and destroy the desires that come from our flesh by capturing rebellious thoughts that go against the word of God (2 Cor. 10:5).
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Graced To Do God's Will 