What’s Your Everything?

Our performance in life is related to our success.  It is very easy to fall into the trap of pleasing man instead of God to gain short-term popularity, promotion or acceptance.

Galatians 1:10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Question:  Today will you seek man’s approval in your choices or God’s?

Power in the Name of Jesus

In the day of Jesus people worshiped so many things including idols and names of different self proclaimed God’s.  Whether we realize it or not we are guilty today of some of the same things and don’t fully understand the consequences of our choices. We worship many things including money, houses, cars and especially success.  None of which will bring us eternal gratification.

Jesus came to bring us a relationship that would give us power from our true heavenly father.  This power would be complete and our source of strength throughout our lives.

Press On!

When we grow in Faith we begin to want more and more of God’s plan because we have discovered that it’s better than ours.  Some questions I began to ask are “What is important in Life”?  How can I obtain everything God created me to have?

Philippians 3:12-14 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.¹³ Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thingI do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Love of Christ

The biggest change I have witnessed in Christians is how the “Word” transforms their nature from “Self” to “Others” minded.  This comes from the humility of Christ and the understanding that we need a savior.  This “need” is an admission that we are more than likely wrong in our fleshly thinking. 

Philippians 2:3-4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, ⁴ not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

Are You Listening?

As we grow in the knowledge of God with a spirit of humility we begin to listen to the truth found in the Bible.  The bible will become our source and the situations (parables) of every day life will begin to line up with His truth.  It becomes a practical application of the power of God into our circumstances.

Matthew 10:10-13 His disciples came and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?”

Do You Trust God?

As we go through life and the unexpected trial comes our way, how do we handle it?  

John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

We are supposed to be of good cheer because Jesus has overcome the world.  This means we are secure in our savior and His plan for our lives regardless of our circumstances. God has our back in all things if He is truly Lord of our lives.

Everything You Need

Do we seek to have everything we need or everything we want?  This is a good question.  We often find ourselves seeking many things that we have concluded as needs but more than likely they are wants that are unnecessary to live a Godly life.

2 Peter 1:3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. ⁴ Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

The Future is God’s

Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.

God shows us in this scripture that He will guide us by His eye.  This brings out a key revelation.  The word “eye” is used because God sees the future He has for us and will guide us to it if we are willing.

Question of the Day:  Are you worrying about so many things that are in the future that you can’t enjoy life today?

Victory in Love

Proverbs 22:4 By humility and the fear of the Lord Are riches and honor and life.

The discipline it takes to win championships can teach us many lessons.  I have had teams that win and lacked a sense of humility and others that truly gained the depth of what victory can be when togetherness is based on humility and love. 

When a team understands they are seeking a common goal and are able to place that goal ahead of their personal pride, they gain much more than a trophy.  They gain love and honor for each other and a deep respect for their accomplishment.

Live By Faith

 (God is Good)

Each day we have a new life opportunity to reach our destiny in Christ. As you face today’s challenges, will you believe that God has a plan and He is filtering life through His hands or will you be tossed around by the consequences of life?

Question: Are you living your life by “Chance” that things will work out or by faith?

Romans 1:16-17For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.¹⁷ For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written,“The just shall live by faith.”

Freedom and Forgiveness

Being in ministry I have learned that people are bound up in un-forgiveness.  It is the reason for so much pain and misery in our world.

Matthew 6:15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

God created us and also forgave our sins at the cross by sending His son.  When we walk with un-forgiveness it causes a spiritual bondage in us towards the father that has forgave us.  Our pain is spiritual and clouds our position with God causing us to lose our inner peace.

Godly Wisdom

So many times we are content with staying in the same place and not growing in knowledge.  I have learned that we are designed to change and grow the way God intended. The Holy Spirit is available to guide us into all truth and wisdom.

James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Question:  Do you pray for wisdom?

What Do You Love?

As we go through life we have desires that attract our attention.  The Word tells us we are either focused on the goodness of God or on the things of the World.

1 John 2:14 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world.¹⁷ And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Power in the Name of Jesus

In the day of Jesus people worshiped so many things including idols and names of different self proclaimed God’s.  Whether we realize it or not we are guilty today of some of the same things. We also don’t understand the consequences of our choices.  We worship money, houses, cars and especially success.  None of which will bring us eternal gratification.

Jesus came to bring us a relationship that would give us power from our true heavenly father.  This power would be complete and our source of strength throughout our lives.

Parable of the Lion

(A Dream from the Holy Spirit)

One of the most vivid dream revelations I have received was about the lion that is seeking to devour us.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

In this dream, I was faced with a difficult situation. There was a lion outside of the house I was in and his goal was to destroy me. I realized the door was opened and I began to walk across an open field to another place of shelter.  I was exposed and the lion was lurking and waiting for his chance to attack. As long as I was inside this house I was protected and nothing outside had access to me so I was comfortable and at peace.