He Is Your Shield

As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.
Psalm 18:30 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Wear The Shield Of Faith!
He is a Shield whose Word can be trusted, His Word is always true and will never return void. I didn’t say that, His Bible did! His Word will always accomplish that for which He has spoken and sent it and when we speak it and send it in Faith it will do the same for us. If His flawless Word for us is to accomplish what He sent it to do and His presence is to be our shield and our defense from the enemy, then we must take refuge in Him, trust in and rely on Him, . We can NOT believe what we see, hear, feel, taste, or touch in this world around us. Neither can we believe the reports of others. If they are not in line with His Words, they are but false reports! Only His Words are the “True Report.” Even and especially when they do not line up with the natural reports we are receiving from other sources. God’s Word even asks: “Whose report will you believe?” Remember, God calls those things that be not as though they were. And then they are!

MY PRAYER…
Holy Father, I thank You and praise You for who You are and what You are. I thank You Lord that You are a loving Father, whose only desire is to give good things unto His children. I thank You my God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I trust my soul and future to You. You are my strength and my shield and I pray that Your name will be exalted in my life. Thank You Lord for protecting and guarding my family, my church, and myself from the Evil One and for keeping us physically safe and whole as we serve You in this race. Help me Lord to increase my faith. In the name of Your Holy Child, Jesus, I pray.
Amen

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God At Work

He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 1:6 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Is God at work in your life?
God made the world in 6 days using only His Word. Remember the Earth was void and without form in the beginning. Now He sustains it with the power of His Word. But in each of us, He is still at work and will continue to work in and through us to His glory until Christ comes back to take us home. Only then will we be fully complete in Him. But, this will only happen if we have made Jesus our Lord. Notice I did NOT say Savior, but I said “Lord.” Jesus must be your Lord before He can ever be your Savior! A Lord has control over you and your life. Jesus must be allowed to be this before He can be your Savior! Is God at work in you?

MY PRAYER…
Thank you Father, for being at work in my life. I confess that at times You seem distant, but looking back over the crucial moments where things were held in the balance in my life, I can see Your fingerprints, Your footprints, and Your grace leading me to where I am today. Please make Your presence more powerfully known in my life as I seek Your will and to live to Your glory. Through Jesus I pray.
Amen

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The “Old Man” (something to be thankful for today)

Buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.
Colossians 2:12 New King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Bury The “Old Man!”
We were buried (positionally-spiritually) with Jesus through baptism according to scripture (that is, if you are born again). This is symbolic of the death of the “old man”, the carnal fleshy man who’s father was Satan because of the fall of Adam. This old man was born with a sin nature because of the fall in the garden, he is a sinner by nature – no matter how good you think he is or who your parents were! I didn’t say that the Bible did, Romans 3:23. This old man had to die before our new man could take his place (2 Cor. 5:17, Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.) It is this new man that is spiritually (positionally) risen with Christ. It is our faith in Jesus Christ and what HAS (notice this is past tense) already done for us that makes all this possible. Nothing else can make us a new creature in Christ. NOTHING!

MY PRAYER…
Father, I just want to take this time to thank You once again for sending Your Holy Son Jesus to make a way for me to be reconciled unto You. I thank You that because of His blood on the Cross my sins have been not only been forgiven but forgotten, washed away as far as the east is from the west. Thank You Father, for washing me with the water of Your Word (Jesus) and for casting my sin as far as the east is from the west. Thank You for clothing me in Your robe of righteousness through the blood of Jesus. In Jesus’ name I pray.
Amen

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Being The Righteousness Of God

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.
Galatians 2:20-21 New King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Are you bold enough to declare that you are the righteousness of God? Paul was, I am! My Bible says I am, therefore I AM! What is Paul saying here? If you are in Christ and He’s in you (you’ve made Him the Lord of your life), then by your position in Christ (spiritually) you were crucified with Christ on the Cross. If you were crucified with Christ then you are dead (positionally) to sin, to the law (Mosaic-Old Testament), to sickness and disease, to death itself. And being dead, you need to bury the old man (he’s supposed to be dead!) and begin to live by faith in Jesus. In other words quit doing those things that the old flesh man did that are sinful, those things that cause sickness, those things that bring death. You are supposed to be raised in the newness of life through the Holy Spirit of Christ. Paul says righteousness (right standing before God) does not come by the law (keeping the Ten Commandment’s, or the Mosaic Law, or by doing good works!) It doesn’t matter how ‘goodie 2 shoes’ you are, How often you go to church, who your parents are, even if you attend church, unless you are IN Christ you are a Sinner!) I didn’t say that God’s Word, the Bible did! For if the law could bring righteousness then why did Christ have to die. Accept it, you are righteous only because of the blood of Jesus washing away your sin through your acceptance of Christ as your Lord. Nothing else you can do will remove your sin except by accepting by “Faith” what Christ has already done for you! And living the life of Christ by Faith. Christ (JESUS) is the ‘ONLY’ way to the Father and Heaven, there is NO other Way! Do NOT be deceived!

MY PRAYER…
Holy Father, Father of my Lord Jesus, thank You for what You made possible through Jesus. What the law could not do because it was weak through the flesh, You did by sending Your own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh. Most Holy Father, I thank You for Your Son, Jesus, and for the love You had for us while we were still sinners. I Thank You that You no longer hold that sin against those of us who believe in Your Son and have made Him Lord of our lives. I thank You that by His Blood I have been made the righteousness of You and that I can come boldly before Your throne of grace at anytime and receive mercy. Thank You Jesus.
Amen

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Search me, Oh God!

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalm 139:23-24 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Search me, O God, lead me in the way everlasting!
God is omnipotent, omnipresent, and He is all knowing. He knows the condition of our hearts even better than we do. God knows us inside and out. We can’t pretend we are something we are not with Him. We can’t hide behind a facade and pretend to be something else, He knows us! He sees all we do and hears all we say. He even knows our thoughts before we speak them. This should liberate us to be able to have real intimacy with Him, but instead most of us run from such a close relationship with God. If our desire, however, is to become more like Him, the only way to be transformed into His likeness is by inviting Him in and allowing “Him to look at our heart, our motivations, and our desires, all of it, not just some. He desires our close , intimate, fellowship most of all. He wants to renew your heart, mind and soul to a point where you think, feel, and desire the things He does.

MY PRAYER…
Father, I know You are the one who “searches hearts and minds” yet because of the grace You demonstrated in Jesus, I am confident that You love me. My heart is sorry for the sin I have committed, and I truly am ready to change. But I need Your help and Your power working in me to affect that change. I of myself can do nothing. I am really trying to serve You in honor and purity. Please fill me afresh today with Your Holy Spirit to enable me to become more like Christ. Father, search my heart and purge that which is not of You. In the name of Your Holy Son, Jesus I pray.
Amen

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Being Quick To Listen And Slow To Speak

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.
James 1:19 New International Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Hit the gas pedal on your ears, but have a dual caliper, double cylinder, anti-skid, power assisted disc brake on your tongue and on your attitude, and don’t let anything anger you without seeking God first. Let the email or text that angers you sit there three or four days before responding to it and then make sure you read your answer, re-read it, re-read it, and edit it, then re-read it again, and then pray in the Holy Ghost about sending it. Better yet just delete the offending email or text and any reply that you were going to send and then praise God and pray for the sender. It would be better if you just deleted it, prayed for the person who sent it, and forgot about it. This says the same thing as James says above, except in more modern terms. Now if we would just do it, wouldn’t we all be so much more blessed! Next time a brother or sister, or for that matter anyone, says or does something that could anger you stop for a moment and ask yourself this before you do or say anything: “What would Jesus do right now?” “How would Jesus handle this” There were times when people wanted to stone Him and He just turned and walked back through their midst and walked away. He didn’t repay anger with anger, instead He used love.

MY PRAYER…
Mighty and Holy God, You are incredible beyond my comprehension. Father God, help us to understand Your ways. How You put up with all the drivel, the senseless, and hurtful speech that I and Your other children spew out is beyond my understanding. I ask that You release Your Holy Spirit to convict our hearts and help us to guard our lips from any form of hurtful, harmful speech. Lord, I want my voice and my actions to be as much if not more Yours than mine. Make my thoughts as Your thoughts and my peace as Your peace. This I pray through Jesus.
Amen

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Children of the Covenant

Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Acts 3:25 King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Notice it states that we are the children of the covenant God made with Abraham. Notice the Word doesn’t say you might be, but you shall be! It states that we are the children of the covenant God made with Abraham through Abraham’s faith in God. The covenant in which God promised to make Abraham exceeding fruitful, a promise which God fulfilled exceedingly. The Covenant that God made with Abraham 430 years before the Law (the Ten Commandments and the rest of the 613 commandments given to Israel). That promise (that covenant) still exists between “born-again” believers (children of God) and God today it was NOT nullified by the Law. In fact the Law was fulfilled and set aside by Jesus, that we might continue in the covenant of Faith God made with Abraham. It is an “everlasting” covenant. We just need to find out about it, understand it, believe it, and lay claim to what is ours according to it! Then we need to keep our side of the covenant with God and He is bound to keep His. God is not a man that He should lie, what He has promised He will fulfill.

MY PRAYER…
Father God, give me revelation knowledge of Your Word and of Your covenant with Your people. Open the eyes of my understanding that I may see and understand the promises that You made with our fathers are still ours today. Lord help me to understand the true meaning of Your Word, Your covenant, Your promises, and most of all Your grace. In Jesus mighty name, I pray.
Amen

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Have Needs?

Ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss. – James 4:2-3 KJV

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Do you have needs that need to be met? The above verse is pretty simple and straight forward!!!
Are all your needs met today?
If not, why not?
According to the Word of God, it’s either because you’re not praying about them at all or because when you do pray, you’re praying wrong. What does it mean to pray wrong? In many cases it simply means to pray without expecting results (not having faith for what you are praying for.) Many believers do that, you know, pray wrong! They use prayer as a kind of spiritual wishbone. They just play around with it. This probably won’t do much good, they think, but who knows? It won’t hurt to give it a try. If that’s been your attitude, then change it! Start getting serious about prayer. Stop praying just because it’s proper. Stop praying just because you always pray at this point in the church service. Stop praying: “Oh God, if it be they will.” Learn His Will and then pray accordingly! And start praying to get results. Start praying in the Name of Jesus, according to the Word of God, and expect to receive what you ask for every single time. Isn’t that a little presumptuous you say? No, it is what God expects from us, and it is bold, and you have a scriptural right to be bold. According to the Word of God, you have a standing invitation from your heavenly Father to “come boldly unto the throne of grace, that [you] may obtain” (Hebrews 4:16). That word obtain is a word of certainty. The dictionary says it means “to get possession of.” So pray, expecting to get possession of what you need, not just once in a while, but every time! When prayers do go unanswered, don’t just wander away saying, “I guess you never know what God’s going to do.” Tackle the problem with both hands! First, do you know the Will of God concerning the matter, if not you are NOT studying His Word enough. Second, are you tithing? If not you are in disobedience to God’s Word. If you are in disobedience to God’s Word you won’t receive anything you ask for. Go to God in prayer and in the Word and find out where you missed it and get the problem corrected. When you go to God in accurate, Word of God-based, Spirit-inspired prayer, you do know what He’s going to do. He’s going to answer you. His answers are always “yes and Amen”! He’s going to meet your need exactly as you asked Him. Start expecting Him to do it today.
BTW His Word says: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Matthew 6:33

MY PRAYER…
Almighty and awesome God, do in our day what You did in days past. You said in your Word that You change not, that Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. You gave us faith to believe and then You are amazed at the smallness of our faith. Give us vision to see Your plan, to have greater Faith, and to do greater things. We ask this, not for ourselves or our experience, but for a sign to Your people so that the harvest will be large and that Your glory will be great and for the salvation of the world. In Jesus’ name.
Amen

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Being Compassionate

Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; Not returning evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.
1 Peter 3:8-9 New King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
Do you show compassion?
Are you compassionate, courteous, & loving to one another?
We have been commanded by God’s Word to be compassionate, courteous, loving and a blessing to our brothers and sisters. God wants us to live together in harmony and peace, to give forth the ‘Agape’ (God’s kind of love) love just as He has called us to do. He does not want us to be like the world and get even with people when they are evil to us, but rather we are to bless them. In fact He has told us to set a table before our enemies. To pray for our enemies. If we will do so He says we shall inherit a blessing. Can you imagine the world inviting their enemies for dinner!

MY PRAYER…
Father, thank You for providing us Your Word as our Guide in our life. Our ‘Manual For Life’ is Your Word. Father, I confess that I have let my own over-sensitive carnal self be offended, and have often reacted with pettiness when my brothers and sisters in Christ have not treated me as I felt I deserved. I have let those world offend me at times. I know Jesus was treated rudely and shamefully by those he created and loved, so I know I shouldn’t be surprised. But Father, please help me to know when to challenge those who wound me with a loving confrontation and when to just ignore the barb and minister love to them. Father, help me be an instrument of Your love, peace, harmony, and unity. In Jesus’ precious name I pray.
Amen

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God Will Not Forget

For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Hebrews 6:10 New King James Version

THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY’S VERSE…
God will NOT, does NOT Forget!
So much assurance in such a short verse! God will not forget what you have done in His name! God is not unjust — that is definitely an understatement. If He produced the redeeming, atoning sacrifice for our sins, while we were yet sinners, what will He deny us if we seek diligently after Him now as His Children? He will not forget our work and our love — an eternal record of the ministering unto Him and for Him that we have done! When we help our brothers and sisters in Christ, we bless Him! When we minister to those that don’t know Him, we do His will and His work. We are all HIS people!

MY PRAYER…
Most Holy Father God, I give You praise and glory and thanks giving forever. Father I thank You for Your covenant promises made to us through Your Son Jesus. I know that You are not a man that should lie and that what You have promised in Your Word must be true. Father, You are so gracious. Words cannot express my joy at hearing such a simple and profound statement describing Your virtues. I am so glad I am now Your child. That You have given me all things that pertain unto life and Godliness. In Jesus mighty name, I give You praise and glory forever.
Amen

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