Know who you are in Christ

Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. James 5:16 King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
You must know who you are in Christ, do you?

God said confess Your faults one to another. He said confess your faults to who? Not a man in confessional booth, hiding behind a screen. I can’t find that anywhere in any Bible translation I have read. That’s right, but I can find that we are to confess our faults one to another and to pray for one another that we may be healed. How do we get healed? Praying one for another! Doesn’t say anything about saying ‘hail Marys’ or counting beads. That’s religious church doctrine strait from the Pharisees and Sadducees of old! Then He goes on to say that the “effectual fervent prayer” by a man that is in right standing with Him accomplishes much. How is a man in right standing before God? Answer: He is one who has given his life over to Jesus Christ to be his Lord and Savior, one who is cleansed by the Blood of Jesus, that is a man in right standing before God. Any “Born again” believer!
The word translated from the Greek here as ‘effectual’ means : to be active, efficient, be mighty in, shew forth self, work (effectually in). To be “on fire-white hot!”
We must renew our way of thinking, You say, “Well if I were righteous I would do that!” Do you know who you are in Christ? Are you His child? Are you bon again? Have you made Jesus your Lord and Savior? “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” Gal 3:26 Are you a born again believer who has made Jesus Christ your Lord? Then you are righteous before God! (2 Cor 5:21 KJV) “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”
Because of what Jesus has done for us on the Cross, we are righteous. I didn’t say that, the Word of God did!

MY PRAYER…
Father, I thank You for Your Word. I thank You that You have set forth Your will for us in Your Word. Father, I thank You that You have told us we should pray for one another. That You have actually given us authority in Your Word to pray for one another. I thank You Lord that I know my prayers are heard by You and that they accomplish much because I am righteous in Your eyes. Jesus has made me so with His precious Blood. Help me Lord to keep my heart pure and to do Your bidding Lord. In Jesus’ Holy name and by the power of His precious Blood I pray.
Amen

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Strengthened By the Angels of God

“For how can this servant of my lord talk with you, my lord? As for me, no strength remains in me now, nor is any breath left in me.” Then again, the one having the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.
And he said, “O man greatly beloved, fear not! Peace be to you; be strong, yes, be strong!” So when he spoke to me I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”
Daniel 10:17-19 New King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSES…
Have you been strengthened by the angels of God?
Daniel was in such a weakened state that he was not even able to speak when the Angel of the Lord first appeared. But because he was humble and had called on God, He sent His angel to strengthen Daniel and renew him. Notice in this verse that an Angel of God came and strengthened Daniel! Do you need God’s angels to strengthen and renew you? All we have to do is call on them, their job is to minister (serve) unto us, the heirs to salvation. (“Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?” Heb 1:14). All we have to do is Believe – no other proof needed!

MY PRAYER…
Precious Father, thank You for giving your angels charge over me. Thank you Lord for instructing them to harken unto your spoken Word and to be ministers (servants) un to those of us who are heirs to your Kingdom through our faith and believe in ?Jesus, Your Son. Thanks Abba Daddy for giving me that which I was not worthy to receive. That which I could in no way earn You lovingly gave to me as a free gift, if only I would receive it. Father, I exercise my faith and I accept that which I was not worthy to have, but that which You have freely given. Thank You Lord for sending me Jesus to show me the way, the only way! In Jesus’ name I pray.
Amen

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Have the angels of God been sent to you?

And he said to me, “O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you.” While he was speaking this word to me, I stood trembling, Then he said to me, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words.
Daniel 10:11-12 New King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSES…
Have the angels of God been sent to you?
Daniel was in great distress and being held prisoner by the king and he had been drained of all his strength and was short of breath even. But, because he had set his heart on God and humbled himself to the point of asking God for help, God sent His angel to strengthen him. Not only did God send an angel, He sent Michael, the Archangel, one of the greatest of all the angels. Do you need God’s angels at work for you? YES! All we have to do is Believe and ask, then command them – God’s Word says that. No other proof needed! See yesterday’s manna.

MY PRAYER…
Precious Father, thank You for giving your angels charge over me. Thank you Lord for instructing them to harken unto your spoken Word and to be ministers (servants) un to those of us who are heirs to your Kingdom through our faith and believe in ?Jesus, Your Son. Thanks Abba Daddy for giving me that which I was not worthy to receive. That which I could in no way earn You lovingly gave to me as a free gift, if only I would receive it. Father, I exercise my faith and I accept that which I was not worthy to have, but that which You have freely given. Thank You Lord for sending me Jesus to show me the way, the only way! In Jesus’ name I pray.
Amen

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What God’s Word Says About His Angels

“For he shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.”
Psalm 91:11 King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
What God’s Word Says About His Angels:
It’s time to set the record straight. Do you believe in Angels, because you’d better! Here’s God’s Word about His Angels. Angels are not kid stuff. They are not cute little fat babies (that we call cherubs) with long blonde hair and bows and arrows in their hands. And they are NOT those of our family who have gone before us either. Our people (humans) who die before us do NOT become angels. Angels are NOT human in nature though they may at times take on human appearance to complete their tasks. Angels are different, separate spiritual beings created by God and are not human beings! They are separate spiritual beings created by God for His purposes and to do His work (“Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?” Heb 1:14). Angels are big, they are strong, they are warriors. They are real, though spiritual in nature. They are powerful. And, if you are a believer, they should be a vital part of your life. God said they are ministers (that means servants) to those who inherit salvation, that’s all who have given their life to Jesus. God said His angels harken unto the Word spoken. Notice I capitalized “Word”, that’s because it must be God’s Word if they are to harken unto it, not ours unless it lines up with God’s! Read the account in Daniel chapter 10 about how the angels, even Michael, the Archangel, came to Daniel’s aid. If you’re a child of God, then you have a right to expect God’s angels to be at work for you. So, start expecting, start directing them, according to God’s Word. That’s right, I said “Directing the Angels of God!” Say, “Thank You, heavenly Father for giving Your angels charge over me to keep me in all my ways.” Once you’ve spoken that word of faith, stand fast. Don’t fear. Don’t waver. Just be patient and keep believing, and you will surely see the angels of heaven go to work on your behalf. I have numerous personal accounts I could give, if space would permit. My Angels sent from God surround me, my family, and all that belongs to me. They keep me in all my ways and no evil can befall me while they are on duty. Oh, Did I mention? They never sleep!

MY PRAYER…
Lord I thank You that You have given Your angels charge over me. I thank You that I can speak forth Your Word and the angels of heaven harken unto it to make it happen. Lord I thank You that when I am weak You are strong and Your angels will come and minister to me just as they did to Jesus in the wilderness. Lord, help me to understand the true meaning of Your Word, Your covenant, and Your promises. In Jesus mighty name, I pray.
Amen

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Christ Died For You

Christ died for sin once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.
1 Peter 3:18 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Do you understand that Christ Died For You?
Having stood in recent years over the open graves of loving family members and dear friends, I know the appearance and feel of death’s finality on our human frailty. But I was reminded of Christ’s death for us. I was reminded that He died for me! His death for us not only included His burial, but also His resurrection unto eternal Life! He was raised from the grave and placed at the Father’s right hand in heaven by the Spirit of God. And then He promised that I (you and me) could have a place beside Him at the Father’s right hand!
Knowing that my family members and friends who have left this physical life and who were in Christ and He in them, I also know that He has raised them up to heavenly places with Himself just as He was raised up from the dead to sit at the right hand of the Father on the Throne. Death in this physical realm is not the end —it is but the beginning of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. I believe God raised Jesus from the dead and that He is the first fruits of those of us who believe in Him. That He is the first born of many brethren, and I have a number among those brethren! He is alive, not just in Spirit, but in glorified bodily form seated with the Father in Heaven, and so am I also! Remember, Jesus sits at the right hand of the Father forever making intercession for those of us who belong to Him. That’s something to confess for the new year that’s upon us.

MY PRAYER…
Almighty God, thank You for the gifts of Your grace, Your Mercy, Your Holy Spirit, forgiveness and life. Most of all, thanks for the gift of Your Son, Dad. Who brought redemption and eternal life to me through His Blood, shed for my salvation. While I have no great desire to die in the natural, I know I can look beyond physical death to You and Your victory in Jesus for me. Please continue to give me the courage and the strength through Your Holy Spirit to live every day for you. In the Glorious name of Jesus I pray.
Amen

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Stand up and declare who you are in Christ

But the just shall live by faith [My righteous
servant shall live by his conviction respecting man’s relationship to God and
divine things, and holy fervor born of faith and conjoined with it]; and if he draws back {and} shrinks in fear, My soul has no delight {or} pleasure in him.
Hebrews 10:38 Amplified Bible Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Will You Stand up and declare who you are in Christ?
Living a life of faith takes courage. Most people don’t realize it, but it does! It takes courage to stand up in the face of sickness and declare that you’ve been healed by the stripes of Jesus. (I didn’t say declare you are not sick or that there is no sickness upon you, that’s lying.) I said: “declare that you’ve been healed by the stripes of Jesus!” It takes courage to believe for prosperity while you are putting your last dime in the offering plate and poverty is staring you in the face. Remember God is our source, not men, even if you are working a job, God is still your source. For God gives man the power to gain wealth (Deut. 8:18). There are going to be some days when you’d rather pull the covers up over your head and hide than take another faith stand against the devil. But don’t you dare, you can’t afford to. Staying in bed and shouting, “Oh God, Help Me!”, Does not constitute a faith walk or going to church and fellowshipping with Him like you are supposed to. Because the battle of faith isn’t fought once and then forgotten and it isn’t fought in the natural or from a bed. It is a spiritual battle, fought on a spiritual level. If you want to keep living in victory, you have to fight it again and again. But remember the battle is not with flesh and blood, but it is spiritual, and we know we have already won. “…but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.” (Dan. 11:32)

MY PRAYER…
Father I pray that You open the eyes of my understanding and flood my heart with the hope of Your calling for me, that You reveal to me what is the glorious inheritance You have given to us saints and heirs to salvation. I thank You Lord that You have not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and sound mind. That You have given us great and precious promises to base our faith upon and help us in our day to day battles with this world. Lord I thank You that You have made us victorious through Jesus! In His precious name, I thank You and Praise You.
Amen

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A Serious Walk

“O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee…. I [will] remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.”
Psalm 63:1,6 King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
It is time to get serious about your walk with God.
If you’re going to live and walk in divine health, then there are going to be times when you’ll have to be downright extreme about your meditation in the Word of God. Times when you may be facing a sickness so severe that you need more than just a few moments in the Word and a quick prayer to receive your healing. Times when getting your healing will be the difference between life and death where doctors won’t be able to help you. But, I’ll tell you one thing, you don’t want to wait until that day happens and then try and put the Word to work! It won’t happen! You need to be meditating and speaking the Word of God concerning health & healing daily. Don’t wait until the Devil launches a serious attack against your body with something like the ‘c’ word, don’t mess around like that. Get serious about God’s Word. Put yourself under its constant care and it will take good care of you.
“My son, attend to my Words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Let them not depart from thine eyes;
keep them in the midst of thine heart.
For they are life unto those that find them,
and health to all their flesh.” Proverbs 4:20-22

Do you believe that? Do you understand what God has said here? These are not just mere sayings people. These are the promises of God to His people! To those who are called by His Name!

MY PRAYER…
Great and Precious Father without comparison, You are truly worthy of my best praise and worship. I rejoice that You are who You are, I celebrate in what You have done, and long for what You are yet to do. Father, I thank You that Your Word is true and what You have said in it is true. I thank You that You have given us Your promise of healing and divine health according to Your Word. Lord help us to learn to appropriate that promise in our lives. You are magnificent, my Father and my God. Through Jesus, and His matchless love, I will praise you forever.
Amen

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Did you get that? Did you really get it?

For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the
divine nature]. And you are in Him, made full and having come to fullness of life [in Christ you too are filled with the Godhead–Father, Son and
Holy Spirit–and reach full spiritual stature]. And He is the Head of all rule and authority [of every angelic principality and power].Colossians 2:9-10 Amplified Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSES…
Did you get that? Did you really get it?
Read this very carefully and then re-read it again, keep reading until you get it!

All the fullness of the Godhead dwells in Jesus Christ, ALL. Remember He was the Word become flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14). In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God! (John 1:1) If the Word became flesh and dwelt among us and the Word was God, then Jesus is God in bodily form or in the form of humanity. Now if you are in Him and He is in you, ((John 14:20 KJV) At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.) then you are complete in Him. We have the full power of the Godhead (God Himself, The Holy Spirit, and Jesus) dwelling within us if we are born again, IF we are “IN” Christ!
Why then, aren’t we walking in the miracles that Jesus did then? We need to learn to put a demand on that power of God that dwells within us. To bring forth all the power of the Godhead when we speak or act according to the Word of God. We need to expect (“Expectation is the breeding ground for miracles”, Pastor Rod Parsley) the same results that Jesus got, that Paul got, that Peter and John got at the gate beautiful. How has it come to pass that this isn’t happening? I’ll tell you why I think it hasn’t, because the doctrines of men have crept stealthily into the Church over the ages. Those that don’t believe in the power of the Holy Spirit within (because they don’t have Him living in themselves) have caused the Word of God to be of no effect in the church today, just as we were warned would happen by the scriptures. It’s time to get those that don’t believe the Word of God is what it says and their false doctrines out of the Church and then get Christ and His power back in! (See 2 Timothy 3) Even if that means removing church leaders – Let God handle that through prayer. I don’t know about you, but as for me and my house we shall believe in the Lord God and the truth of His Word!

MY PRAYER…
Precious Father, help me to understand the fullness of Your power that dwells within me. Give me a revelation of what it is like and what it is to be used for. Help me to put aside all things of the natural that hinder me from experiencing Your power in and through me and to learn to expect the same results that Jesus and the early church got when they applied Your Word to sickness, disease, and evil spirits. Let the power of Your Holy Spirit manifest itself fully in all that I do and say so that the world will see the Glory of the Lord manifested bodily in me just as it was in Jesus. But always remind me and help me to guard my heart and to give You all the Glory and all the honor. Father I will, that Your Kingdom come and Your will be done here, now, on earth as it already is in heaven. In Jesus’ name I pray.
Amen

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Orphans? – NOT!

If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
John 14:15-18 New King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you!

Oh, how Jesus loves to do good things for us. For those who believe in Him. Notice that He was talking to believers and not the unsaved. He said He would send another Helper. A helper, the Spirit of Truth, the Comforter, the Counselor, The Guide, the Teacher, The Holy Spirit. Jesus made sure we would not be alone. He had the Father send us back not just a good gift, but the best gift! A gift that the world, those who have not made Jesus their Lord, can not receive, know, or see. But we have Him, He dwells in us so that we are not alone (orphans). He is the promise that Jesus will return for us in that “Great Day”! Have you received the Holy Spirit since you believed? There is another gift of the Holy Spirit subsequent to the new birth. Many have not received this, because they either do not know about Him or they have been taught wrong.

MY PRAYER…
Precious Lord Jesus, Thank You for sending us the Holy Spirit. Thank You for not leaving us alone, but instead giving us a Helper, a Comforter, a guide, and a Counselor. Thank You Lord for sending the Spirit of Truth to lead and to guide us until You return for us. Thank You Father that on the day of Pentecost the Holy Spirit was given for all those who would believe and those who receive will be baptized in fire and with power.
In the name of Jesus, Lord I give You all glory and honor.
Amen

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Daddy, Abba, Father

For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)!

– Romans 8:15, The Amplified Bible

One night after a worship service a friend of mine and I stepped outside and were suddenly awed by the beauty around us. It was one of those crisp, clear winter nights when the brilliance of the moon and stars nearly takes your breath away. I said to my friend, “Tommy, will you look at that!” Then he looked up with one of those Holy Ghost whole-face smiles and with a voice full of tenderness said, “My Daddy made that!”
“My Daddy….” I’ll never forget the way he said that.

Some people might think he shouldn’t have been talking in such familiar terms about God, but they’d be wrong. It’s scriptural to talk that way about Him. The Aramaic word for father—Abba—is used several times in the New Testament. The most accurate translation for that word in English is “Daddy.” It’s a word that signifies closeness. It speaks of a relationship that’s been developed through time spent together. Father is strict and regimented, “Daddy” signifies a closeness only achieved through time spent together.

“Father” is one thing. “Daddy” is another.

Growing up, my father was sometimes my “Father” and sometimes my “Daddy.” When we were out duck hunting, he was “Daddy.” When he gave commands he meant to be obeyed instantly, he was “Father.”

God is like that too. He’s your Father and He’s your Daddy. There are times you’ll be very serious and down to business with one another. Other times you’ll be more lighthearted and casual if you will. But either way, once you fellowship with Him enough to get to know Him, I guarantee, you’ll want to be close to Him all the time and He will become your “Daddy!”

MY PRAYER…
Holy Father, I thank You for the revelation of who You really are to me, for the revelation of what our relationship is really all about. Father, I thank You that, when the time was right, You spoke by Your Spirit unto me and revealed Yourself to me in a way that conveyed Your true nature . No man made this known unto me, but the Spirit of God revealed it unto my spirit. Father I thank You for saving me, for giving me eternal life with You, for making a way for me where there was none. Father, that I may come boldly before Your Throne of Grace because I truly know who You are to me. Father continue to reveal unto me the mighty works of Your Son Jesus. Through the glorious name of my Savior, Jesus, I pray.
Amen

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