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SUMMARY:1 Timothy 6:12
DESCRIPTION:1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith\, lay hold on eternal life\, whereunto thou art also called\, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. (KJV) \nAre you living in God’s will for your life? \nAbraham demonstrated faith because he was willing to sacrifice his son. Do you think this is a choice he would have made on his own? Look at some of his choices. His choice was to lie and tell the king that his wife was his sister (Genesis 20:2). His choice was to take Lot when God called him to go alone (Genesis 12:1-4). Based on those choices\, do you think he would have chosen to kill Isaac? Not to throw shade\, just making a point. One is the will of God\, and the others are not. When you walk in the will of God\, you have His provision and protection. \nPsalm 1:1-3 What delight comes to the one who follows God’s ways! He won’t walk in step with the wicked\,    nor share the sinner’s way\, nor be found sitting in the scorner’s seat. 2 His passion is to remain true to the Word of “I AM\,” meditating day and night on the true revelation of light. 3 He will be standing firm like a flourishing tree planted by God’s design\, deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss\, bearing fruit in every season of life. He is never dry\, never fainting\, ever blessed\, ever prosperous. (TPT) \nOtherwise\, you make your own decisions and attach God’s name to them. What you are really doing is creating a mess for Him to clean up. \nProverbs 14:12 You can rationalize it all you want and justify the path of error you have chosen\, but you’ll find out in the end that you took the road to destruction. (TPT) \nYou need faith to walk in the will of God. Faith will cause you to believe God and wait for His decisions and plan. \nHebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation\, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for\, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]. (AMPC) \nFaith will cause God to count you as righteous. \nJames 2:23 And [so] the Scripture was fulfilled that says\, Abraham believed in (adhered to\, trusted in\, and relied on) God\, and this was accounted to him as righteousness (as conformity to God’s will in thought and deed)\, and he was called God’s friend. (AMPC) \nAs God’s plan unfolds in your life\, only God can complete it. You don’t have the power on your own. \nPhilippians 1:6 And I am convinced and sure of this very thing\, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return]\, developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you. (AMPC) \nEvery day of your life can be a testimony to the will of God. Though it may not always be comfortable\, it will always be blessed. \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather\, I remember\, coming across the words “the permissive will of God”\, as I was growing in my understanding of You. I thought that was the most valuable revelation I could have gotten. I repent for using those words to convince myself and justify my choices. I actually thought those words meant I was walking in a lesser form of Your will and it was alright because it was still Your will. You showed me it was not that simple. Thank You for growing me up. Thank You for an even deeper revelation and understanding. I don’t want to justify my behavior by calling it Your permissive will. That is just a religious way of saying I did what I wanted and expected or hoped You would stop me or bless what I was doing. You gave me free will\, and I can choose. You want my service\, my obedience and my worship to be my choice. As I have walked along this journey\, I can honestly say I want Your will for my life to be done; that was not always the case. I submit; not because You force me to. I submit because I choose to. I have found  what You want for me far exceeds what I could ever want for myself…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
URL:https://yourvisionwriters.com/devotional/1-timothy-612/
CATEGORIES:October
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SUMMARY:Zechariah 4:6
DESCRIPTION:Zechariah 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me\, saying\, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel\, saying\, Not by might\, nor by power\, but by my spirit\, saith the LORD of hosts. (KJV) \nDo you believe you can win? \nHow do you win against the devil? The battle is not yours it is the Lord’s. He wins through you. \n2 Chronicles 20:15\,17 He said\, “Listen carefully\, all [you people of] Judah\, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem\, and King Jehoshaphat. The Lord says this to you: ‘Be not afraid or dismayed at this great multitude\, for the battle is not yours\, but God’s. 17 You need not fight in this battle; take your positions\, stand and witness the salvation of the Lord who is with you\, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them\, for the Lord is with you.’” (AMP) \nThe devil’s tactics are to steal\, kill\, and destroy. \nJohn 10:10a The thief has only one thing in mind—he wants to steal\, slaughter (kill)\, and destroy. (TPT\, edited) \nThe Spirit and the love of the Lord stop the enemy’s plans. \nJohn 10:10b But I have come to give you everything in abundance\, more than you expect—life in its fullness until you overflow! (TPT) \nBecause of God’s love\, the enemy can no longer steal what belongs to you. Your joy\, your blessings\, and your peace are always available to you. The devil can’t kill what is alive in you. The devil cannot take away what God has called and empowered you to do. The adversary cannot destroy the salvation power God sent to raise you and keep you. He tried it and failed. \nRomans 8:35\,37-39 Who could ever divorce us from the endless love of God’s Anointed One? Absolutely no one! For nothing in the universe has the power to diminish his love toward us. Troubles\, pressures\, and problems are unable to come between us and heaven’s love. What about persecutions\, deprivations\, dangers\, and death threats? No\, for they are all impotent to hinder omnipotent love\, 37 Yet even in the midst of all these things\, we triumph over them all\, for God has made us to be more than conquerors\, and his demonstrated love is our glorious victory over everything! 38 So now I live with the confidence that there is nothing in the universe with the power to separate us from God’s love. I’m convinced that his love will triumph over death\, life’s troubles\, fallen angels\, or dark rulers in the heavens. There is nothing in our present or future circumstances that can weaken his love. 39 There is no power above us or beneath us—no power that could ever be found in the universe that can distance us from God’s passionate love\, which is lavished upon us through our Lord Jesus\, the Anointed One! (TPT) \nJesus got up on the third day. Because Jesus got up\, you have God-given faith. It can be indestructible\, just as God is\, if you continue to build it up. \nJude 20 But you\, beloved\, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith [make progress\, rise like an edifice higher and higher]\, praying in the Holy Spirit. (AMPC) \nYou are more than a conqueror (Romans 8:37) and your faith is stronger than you think. Look back over your life. See what the Lord has done. You will see you have been battle-tested\, and you are war-ready. \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather\, as I take stock of the things I have experienced throughout my life\, I thank You. I give You praise and glory. I repent for those times when I listened to the enemy\, when he tried to convince me\, he could steal what You destined for my life. Also\, when he tried to convince me to give up on Your love for me\, by telling me I was not lovable and not worthy. And when he tried to cause me to waiver in my faith in Your power to deliver me. You were my God then and You are my God\, now. You held me in Your arms and sustained me. Thank You. Now I know You carry me. You protect me from the enemy and You protect me from myself. You taught me there is nothing the enemy can take from me; I have to give it to him. I have to allow him to have what he was trying to get. By Your Spirit\, the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead\, I stand. He is still trying to use the same tricks and tactics today that he used in my past. I am ready to do battle and to see You get the victory…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
URL:https://yourvisionwriters.com/devotional/zechariah-46/
CATEGORIES:October
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SUMMARY:1 Corinthians 1:18
DESCRIPTION:1 Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. (KJV) \nAre you testifying to the power of God? \nAgnostics claim either it is not possible to have absolute or certain knowledge of God\, or they do not know of a supreme being. Atheists don’t believe in the Lord God or any other god. Sinners\, if they don’t fall into either of those two categories\, simply have not yet come to know the Lord for themselves. What do all three have in common? They are all perishing. \n2 Corinthians 4:3-4 But even if our Gospel (the glad tidings) also be hidden (obscured and covered up with a veil that hinders the knowledge of God)\, it is hidden [only] to those who are perishing and obscured [only] to those who are spiritually dying and veiled [only] to those who are lost. 4 For the god of this world has blinded the unbelievers’ minds [that they should not discern the truth]\, preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah)\, Who is the Image and Likeness of God. (AMPC) \nAs you live your life\, you may have the opportunity to witness to a person in one or all three categories. An agnostic is a person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God. An atheist is a person who disbelieves or lacks belief in the existence of God. For both of them\, if there were no God\, neither of them would have a definition for their lives. The existence of God gives their lives description and foundation. Tell her\, if there was no God\, there would be no need for her to profess what she does not believe or recognize as true. Let him know it is not a matter of what he thinks. It’s not a matter of how she feels\, nor what she can prove. It is a matter of faith. Explain to him\, he exercises faith all day\, every day. The only difference and benefit is with this leap of faith\, she gains the source of all knowledge and the love and power of God. \nJeremiah 33:3 Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things\, fenced in and hidden\, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize\, have knowledge of and understand). (AMPC) \nTo the unsaved\, remind him of the love and power of God which God provides through salvation. Tell her it is available\, right now. \nJohn 3:16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son\, so that whoever believes in (trusts in\, clings to\, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction\, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. (AMPC) \nAs you are talking\, the Holy Spirit will remind you it is the same love and power that transformed Jesus from the Son of God into the son of man. The same love and power that allowed Him to be crucified in order to take the keys to hell\, death\, and the grave. The same love and power that gave Jesus victory on the third day when He rose and set the captives free. The Holy Spirit is empowering you to give them your testimony. Tell her who you were\, what God did for you\, and who you are now. Tell him that same God is waiting to transform his life as well. \nMark 5:19 Stay here; I want you to go back home to your own people and let them see what the Lord has done—how He has had mercy on you. (TVT) \nJohn 4:39 Many from the Samaritan village became believers in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony: “He told me everything I ever did!” (TPT) \nThe transformation in your life acknowledges the power of God and gives place to their transformation as well. \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather\, when I look at me\, I know You are the only God\, You are my God\, and my God is God. Only You could save me. Only You could transform me\, mind\, body\, and spirit. Only You\, God\, could create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit in me. I repent for passing on the opportunity to be a living testimony to the truth of Your existence and Your power. With each new chance You give me to witness\, please help me not to debate. Help me give my testimony simply\, and therefore\, powerfully. Help me tell who I once was\, how You changed me\, and who I am today. Help me talk about Your goodness\, Your mercy and Your lovingkindness. Help me speak according to Your word\, which says\, if You be lifted up\, You’ll draw all men unto You…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
URL:https://yourvisionwriters.com/devotional/1-corinthians-118/
CATEGORIES:October
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SUMMARY:2 Corinthians 3:5
DESCRIPTION:2 Corinthians 3:5 We have not reached this conclusion by any merit of our own! Of God’s doing are we made competent! (TMB) \nAre you in control of your ego? \nDaniel 4:30 Look at this great city of Babylon! By my own mighty power\, I have built this beautiful city as my royal residence to display my majestic splendor. (NLT) \nWhat was King Nebuchadnezzar thinking? The prophet had already warned him. Because of his arrogance and because he did not give God the credit He was due; the king spent seven years living like a wild animal. That is not something you would want to happen to you; or has it already happened\, and you don’t realize it? Not physically\, because you would know that. However\, are you running around doing anything and everything you want to do without regard to how you are representing the Lord and without His anointing on you. \nJudges 16:20 She said\, The Philistines are upon you\, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep and said\, I will go out as I have time after time and shake myself free. For Samson did not know that the Lord had departed from him. (AMPC) \nThere could very well be a powerful anointing on your life. You could walk in a demon-destroying\, sick-healing\, dead-raising anointing\, just like Jesus had. Make sure you give God the glory\, just as Jesus did. \nJohn 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father\, and that the Father is in Me? What I am telling you I do not say on My own authority and of My own accord; but the Father Who lives continually in Me does the (His) works (His own miracles\, deeds of power). (AMPC) \nContinue to remind yourself it is not you; it is the Lord working through you. \nJohn 5:19 So Jesus answered them by saying\, I assure you\, most solemnly I tell you\, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of His own accord); but He is able to do only what He sees the Father doing\, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does in the same way [in His turn]. (AMPC) \nPlease don’t start believing the news articles\, Facebook likes\, tweets and retweets about you. \nIsaiah 14:12 My\, how you’ve fallen from the heights of heaven! O morning star\, son of the dawn! What a star you were\, as you menaced and weakened the nations\, but now you’ve been cut down\, fallen to earth. (TVT) \nDon’t begin to honor the anointing and leave out the One who anoints. Nothing good will come of it. \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather\, I asked You to use me\, use me in Your service\, use me for Your glory\, use me in the midst of Your people. Thank You for challenging me. Thank You for requiring me to make sure my heart was pure\, and my motive was to bring You glory. You told me a self-serving motive would cause me to end up like King Nebuchadnezzar. You told me how the enemy would try to convince me the anointing on my life is mine. You reminded me of the times when people would thank me and clap. The most important thing You told me was I have to remain humble and rooted in You. If I do\, the accolades and gratitude will not change me. I repent for saying I could never do what the King did. Instead\, I want to believe I wouldn’t. What I will ask is that You keep me close to You\, and I will always acknowledge You and give You the credit that is Yours already. I will tell the world that I thank You and they should thank You\, not me\, for loving them enough to send a song that inspired them. I will to tell the world to praise You\, not me\, for sending a word that brought correction and encouragement. Please Father\, don’t let me\, for one second\, pull the attention from You and accept it for me…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
URL:https://yourvisionwriters.com/devotional/2-corinthians-35-2/
CATEGORIES:October
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SUMMARY:Exodus 9:16
DESCRIPTION:Exodus 9:16 But indeed for this purpose I have raised you up\, that I may show My power in you\, and that My name may be declared in all the earth. (NKJV) \nAre you the nail? \nDo you take for granted your contribution to the war against the enemy? Every kind word you speak\, every sacrifice you make\, is important. \n“For the want of a nail the shoe was lost\, \nFor the want of a shoe the horse was lost\, \nFor the want of a horse the rider was lost\, \nFor the want of a rider the battle was lost\, \nFor the want of a battle the kingdom was lost\, \n                                    And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.”  \n(For Want of a Nail\, Benjamin Franklin)  \nDon’t down play your importance in the kingdom and the difference you make. \n\nYou make a difference because you are in the world and the world needs to know what to believe. You preach the gospel with your life.\n\nRomans 10:14 But how can people call on him for help if they’ve not yet believed? And how can they believe in one they’ve not yet heard of? And how can they hear the message of life if there is no one there to proclaim it? (TPT) \n\nYou make a difference because you are making disciples of those who watch what you do and why you do it.\n\nMatthew 28:19a Go\, then\, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples. (GNT) \n\nYou make a difference because people look at you to know who God is\, who Jesus is\, what God wants etc.\, and they find Him.\n\nMatthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy\, noble\, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven. (AMPC) \n\nYou make a difference because you worship Christ as Lord of your life and you are always ready to explain if someone asks about your hope as a believer.\n\n1 Peter 3:15  But in your hearts set Christ apart [as holy—acknowledging Him\, giving Him first place in your lives] as Lord. Always be ready to give a [logical] defense to anyone who asks you to account for the hope and confident assurance [elicited by faith] that is within you\, yet [do it] with gentleness and respect. (AMP) \n\nYou make a difference because you represent God by working to reconciling people to Him.\n\n2 Corinthians 5:20 We are ambassadors of the Anointed One who carry the message of Christ to the world\, as though God were tenderly pleading with them directly through our lips. So we tenderly plead with you on Christ’s behalf\, “Turn back to God and be reconciled to him.” (TPT) \nIt is typical for you to think that it is only those in Christian leadership preach the word of God. Most people do. However\, you are a critical component in God’s desire for all to be saved. \n1 Timothy 2:4 It is God\, who wishes all men to be saved and [increasingly] to perceive and recognize and discern and know precisely and correctly the [divine] Truth. (AMPC\, edited) \nPlease know\, you and all you do; your successes and what you think are your failures are important in the kingdom. \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather God\, thank You for touching my heart. Thank You for letting me know any work You call me to do is important. I repent for minimizing or even dismissing my assignment. Comparison is a trap of the enemy. It is a very effective tool that he has used against me more than once. I am so sorry he has also got what he wanted more than once. I repent for comparing what You called me to do with what someone else was doing and how they were doing it. I don’t want to miss the opportunity to serve You. Whether the service is for a small matter or a large one; I want to take advantage of every opportunity to be used by You. It is not about all the lives I might touch. It’s about that one life. I often think about Billy Graham. I don’t know the name of the person who witnessed to him. He may not have realized\, at the time\, the magnitude of the impact he was making on the Kingdom. He was changing the life of someone who would change the lives of thousands upon thousands of people. What if he had decided it doesn’t matter if he shared the gospel  or not? Thank You Father\, every assignment matters…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
URL:https://yourvisionwriters.com/devotional/exodus-916/
CATEGORIES:October
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SUMMARY:1 Peter 1:2
DESCRIPTION:1 Peter 1:2 Your original identity is defined by what God\, the Father of humanity has always cherished about you; how your pre-Adamic innocence would be preserved in the prophetic word\, and redeemed through the obedience of Jesus Christ\, and the effect of the sprinkling of his blood. Realizing his grace and peace exceeds any definition of contradiction or reward. (TMB) \nWho are you? \nIn the movie “300”\, the fathers\, grandfathers and great-grandfathers reared the Spartan boys to be warriors from birth. They ate\, drank and slept battle. They taught them battle like you would teach your child to walk\, think\, and live. King Leonidas was preparing to go to war. His friend\, Daxos\, came to support him in the battle. This is the script from the scene. \nDaxos says\, “ I see I was wrong to expect Sparta’s commitment to at least match our own”. \nKing Leonidas replied\, “Doesn’t it?” He points to an Arcadian soldier behind Daxos and says\, “You there. What is your profession?” The Arcadian soldier was a potter\, and he replied\, “ I am a potter…sir.” \nKing Leonidas points to another soldier and says\, “And you\, Arcadian\, what is your profession?” That Arcadian soldier was a sculptor\, and he replied\, “ I am a sculptor\, sir.” \nKing Leonidas: Says\, “Sculptor”. Then he turns to a third soldier and says\, “You?” The third Arcadian soldier was a blacksmith\, and he replied\, “ blacksmith.” \nKing Leonidas turns around and shouts\, “SPARTANS! What is YOUR profession?” The Spartans shouted back\, “HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!” \nKing Leonidas turn back to Daxos and says\, “You see\, old friend? I brought more soldiers than you did!” \nAs you stand on the spiritual battlefield\, wearing full armor and ready for war; who are you and how did you get to this place? \n\nGod formed you and breathed life into you.\n\nGenesis 2:7 Then the Lord God formed [that is\, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground\, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit]. (AMPC) \n\nGod made the blueprint for your life.\n\nJeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you\, says the Lord\, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil\, to give you hope in your final outcome. (AMPC) \n\nGod chose you before the foundation of the world.\n\nEphesians 1:4 Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world\, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight\, even above reproach\, before Him in love. (AMPC) \n\nGod knew you would need redemption.\n\nRomans 7:21-24  Through my experience of this principle\, I discover that even when I want to do good\, evil is ready to sabotage me. 22 Truly\, deep within my true identity\, I love to do what pleases God. 23 But I discern another power operating in my humanity\, waging a war against the moral principles of my conscience and bringing me into captivity as a prisoner to the “law” of sin—this unwelcome intruder in my humanity. 24 What an agonizing situation I am in! So who has the power to rescue this miserable man from the unwelcome intruder of sin and death? (TPT) \n\nGod made the provision for your salvation through Jesus\, His son.\n\nRomans 8:3 For what the Law could not do [that is\, overcome sin and remove its penalty\, its power] being weakened by the flesh [man’s nature without the Holy Spirit]\, God did: He sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful man as an offering for sin. And He condemned sin in the flesh [subdued it and overcame it in the person of His own Son]. (AMP) \n\nGod established a Passover forever more. Jesus’ death covered you in His blood just as they placed blood on the doorposts in Egypt.\n\nRomans 3:25 Whom God displayed publicly [before the eyes of the world] as a [life-giving] sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation (propitiation) by His blood [to be received] through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness [which demands punishment for sin]\, because in His forbearance [His deliberate restraint] He passed over the sins previously committed [before Jesus’ crucifixion] without punishment. (AMP\, edited) \nYou are not a teacher\, doctor\, lawyer\, homemaker\, preacher\, minister\, prophet\, etc. who also happens to be a Christian. You are a child of God who uses your profession as teacher\, doctor\, lawyer\, homemaker\, preacher\, minister\, prophet\, etc. to glorify God! HOO-RAH!!! \n1 Timothy 6:12 So fight with faith for the winner’s prize! Lay your hands upon eternal life\, to which you were called and about which you made the good confession before the multitude of witnesses! (TPT) \nYou are a soldier in the army of the Lord. \nIsaiah 54:17 “No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And every tongue that rises against you in judgment you will condemn. This [peace\, righteousness\, security\, and triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord\, And this is their vindication from Me\,” (declares) says the Lord. (AMP\, edited) \nStand and fight like it! \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather\, thank You for showing me who I am. I am Your child. I am heir to Your throne. That means something. No matter what career path I take or profession I have; I am not a someone who has a particular job and also believes in You. I am a child of God who just happens to have whatever job I am currently working on. This is such a slight difference in semantics\, such an enormous difference in the spiritual scheme of things. I repent for getting the difference confused. I have it straight now. I am sorry when I neglected to mention Your name when celebrating a success. I am Your child. You chose me\, formed me\, trained me and made me the person I am. I have no success without You and anyone who knows me will know that as well. I thank You for the good thoughts You have for me. Thank You for the amazing and expected end You planned for me. Because I received Your revelation\, I changed how I see myself\, which changed how I carry myself and\, therefore\, changed how I fight. Now I fight with confidence because You have already won the victory…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
URL:https://yourvisionwriters.com/devotional/1-peter-12/
CATEGORIES:October
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SUMMARY:1 Corinthians 2:5
DESCRIPTION:1 Corinthians 2:5 Man’s wise schemes of influence could never match the power of God as reference to your faith. (TMB) \nAre you being tricked? \nIn the Bible\, there are stories of men who got monetary gain by fooling the people into believing in them instead of in God. \nActs 16:16 Now it happened\, as we went to prayer\, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us\, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. (NKJV) \nUnfortunately\, that behavior still exists today. There are those who use their position\, charisma\, cunning and even authority to manipulate brothers and sisters in the faith into giving. They orchestrate fifty-dollar lines\, one hundred-dollar lines\, prophesies for special people only\, etc. God loves a cheerful giver\, not one tricked\, coerced or berated into giving. \n2 Corinthians 9:7 Let giving flow from your heart\, not from a sense of religious duty. Let it spring up freely from the joy of giving—all because God loves hilarious generosity! (TPT) \nGod loves and will provide for the giver whose heart is in his giving. This does not just apply to money. You should also give your time\, talent\, resources\, etc. to the kingdom; and you should do it cheerfully. \nProverbs 3:9-10 Glorify God with all your wealth\, honoring him with your firstfruits\, with every increase that comes to you. 10 Then every dimension of your life will overflow with blessings from an uncontainable source of inner joy! (TPT) \nYou have to be connected to God. If you are\, He will speak to you about your giving and make you aware of what is going on. \n1 John 2:20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One [you have been set apart\, specially gifted and prepared by the Holy Spirit]\, and all of you know [the truth because He teaches us\, illuminates our minds\, and guards us from error]. (AMP) \nYou don’t have to barter with men to receive what God has for you. He will give it to you freely. \nRevelation 22:17 The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church\, the true Christians) say\, Come! And let him who is listening say\, Come! And let everyone come who is thirsty [who is painfully conscious of his need of those things by which the soul is refreshed\, supported\, and strengthened]; and whoever [earnestly] desires to do it\, let him come\, take\, appropriate\, and drink the water of Life without cost. (AMPC) \nYour relationship with the Lord makes His will available to you. Your faith gives you the power to access it. \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather\, I thank You for giving me the wisdom and revelation. I repent for all the times I allowed anyone to fool or trick me into serving You or giving. You have made it possible for me to come to You and hear You speak to my heart. You will tell me what You want me to know. You will tell me when to give and what to give. I thank You Father\, because spending time with You creates a heart that cheerfully gives. That is a blessing all by itself. Your word says\, if I give\, You promise to give back to me; good measure\, pressed down\, shaken together\, and running over. You have given me two additional revelations about this verse. I am not to give just so I can get\, and this verse is not only about money. All giving is also about learning from You and being used by You. I don’t give because of Your promise. I give because You have mandated me to. Your promise is just a bonus You made available for me. It is an additional blessing if I am faithful and obedient to Your commands. You made the path to being blessed by You so clear. I can live to receive the many blessings You have for me. If I do\, You will bless me even more. Your word is ever before me\, even in my heart. If I have faith in You\, I will believe in Your power and see it manifested in my life. No one will trick me into serving or giving. Please increase my faith and I will give all of who I am as You lead me to…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
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SUMMARY:1 Thessalonians 5:22
DESCRIPTION:1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. (KJV) \nDo you know what evil looks like? \nDo you know the things that fall into the category of evil? If not\, here is a list\, it is not all-encompassing. However\, it is a pretty good one: \nGalatians 5:19-21 The behavior of the self-life is obvious: Sexual immorality\, lustful thoughts\, pornography\, 20 chasing after things instead of God\, manipulating others\, hatred of those who get in your way\, senseless arguments\, resentment when others are favored\, temper tantrums\, angry quarrels\, only thinking of yourself\, being in love with your own opinions\, 21 being envious of the blessings of others\, murder\, uncontrolled addictions\, wild parties\, and all other similar behavior. Haven’t I already warned you that those who use their “freedom” for these things will not inherit the kingdom realm of God! (TPT) \nThe thing is\, you have to be on the lookout because sometimes evil is not as obvious as you might think. Evil does not always look the way we think “evil” should look. \nProverbs 14:12-13 There’s a way of life that looks harmless enough; look again—it leads straight to hell. Sure\, those people appear to be having a good time\, but all that laughter will end in heartbreak. (MSG) \nThe movie “Needful Things” tells the story of a shop that opened in a small\, picture-perfect town. The proprietor always seemed to have an item in stock that was perfectly suited to any customer who came through his doors. The thing is\, the item was not just a want. Somehow it was a “need”. It was something the customer believed he or she could not live without. They would do anything to get the item they “needed.” The prices were negotiable\, because money was not the only currency used. The proprietor would choose someone the customer would have to play a “trick” on and/or allow the customer to trade favors. The proprietor somehow knew about the long-standing desires\, private grudges\, arguments\, and feuds between the various townspeople. The pranks were his means of forcing them to escalate until the whole town was eventually caught up in madness and violence. \nThe movie was extreme in its delivery\, but the Lord was and is still speaking. Do you understand the difference between a need and a want? What is a need? A need is something that is necessary for the survival\, urgency\, life or death outcome. Emergency should come to mind. \nActs 17:27-28 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him\, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said\, ‘We are his offspring.’ (NIV) \nWhat is a want? A want is something that you wish for and/or desire. The desire can be really intense and you may even feel you will die if you don’t get it. However\, will you die if you don’t get it? The answer is no. \nJames 4:2-3 You want your own way\, and fight for it deep inside yourselves. You lust for what you don’t have and are willing to kill to get it. You want what isn’t yours and will risk violence to get your hands on it. 2-3 You wouldn’t think of just asking God for it\, would you? And why not? Because you know you’d be asking for what you have no right to. You’re spoiled children\, each wanting your own way. \nWhen you don’t know the difference between what you want and what you need\, you are a target for the adversary. The devil always pays up front; he just holds back the consequences until you are all-in. Your relationship with the Father gives you the edge you need to resist the devil and he will flee. \nPsalm 37:4-5 Delight yourself also in the Lord\, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord\, Trust also in Him\, And He shall bring it to pass. (NKJV) \nKeep these concepts in mind. First\, you have to delight yourself in the Lord. Make Him your joy\, your delight\, and your true pleasure. Then He is free to give you the desires of your heart. He will tell you what to desire. You don’t have the wisdom to know. This is where you confuse what you want with what you need. However\, He knows. Finally\, don’t meddle in the situation. Don’t try to help God work it out. He will bring it to pass. \nJames 4:7 So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him] and he will flee from you. (AMP) \nMake sure you don’t miss the appearance of evil. \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather\, first thank You for being my God\, my covering\, my keeper\, and my deliverer. I repent for all the times in my life when I chose what I thought something was a good thing\, when really it wasn’t. I know every one of those times; I made the choice without acknowledging You first. I will no longer give You a quick prayer. I will inquire of You. I will sit at Your feet and wait for Your leading. I have to suffer the fall-out for my actions and own my part in it. There are consequences when I don’t seek You. There are consequences when I don’t acknowledge You in all my choices. Sometimes I am confident about the decision I am about to make and I get through it untarnished. A good deal of the time\, I don’t. I am getting rid of the times when I take risks by using my intelligence and gut instincts; I will use spiritual discernment. What I hear will not sway me; whether it is the enemy whispering\, any other person speaking\, or my thoughts someone. I want to be led by the Spirit…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
URL:https://yourvisionwriters.com/devotional/1-thessalonians-522/
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SUMMARY:1 Peter 1:22
DESCRIPTION:1 Peter 1:22 You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth\, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart. (NLT) \nWhat kind of love do you have? \nJohn 3:16 For here is the way God loved the world—he gave his only\, unique Son as a gift. So now everyone who believes in him will never perish but experience everlasting life. (TPT) \nLove is a word that is passed around as often as the word friend. Often people use it because it is soft and sounds nice\, not because it is true. Sometimes it simply a warmer way of saying\, “I think you are nice.” Often  used instead of saying “thank you”\, for a kindness that is exchanged between two people. Family members\, both close and distant\, say it. As you progress in the things of God\, you learn there the difference in the love you will display when referring to your interpersonal relationships. Growing in God should also give you the liberty to change the way you love. Here are some examples of love. \n\nEros—Romantic Love.\n\nEros is an intense sexual desire for someone. Usually\, it is so passionate and overwhelming that the Greeks often thought it would cause someone to lose control of their words or actions. Today\, we might call it lust. Samson slept with harlots (Judges 16:1)\, Samson met Delilah (Judges 16)\, King David toward Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11). \nEzekiel 23:20a “She was filled with lust for oversexed men.” (GNT) \n\nPhilia—Affectionate Love.\n\nAll love is affectionate in some manner\, but philia love is one that doesn’t involve any passion or sexual impulse. It’s more like love between good friends or goodwill between you and someone you respect or admire. \n1 John 3:16\,18  By this we know love because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 18 My little children\, let us not love in word or in tongue\, but in deed and in truth. (NKJV) \n\nStorge—Familiar Love.\n\nThough people confuse storge with philia (love among friends)\, it has more to do with the love a family feels for each other. It is most recognized as the love a parent has for his or her child. It’s a powerful bond that is not easily broken. \nMark 5:23 He pleaded with Jesus\, saying over and over\, “Please come with me! My little daughter is at the point of death\, and she’s only twelve years old! Come and lay your hands on her and heal her and she will live!” (TPT) \n\nPragma—Enduring Love.\n\nThose married for a while know that there comes a time when the honeymoon is over. The eros you both had has added to it storge and philia and life goes merrily along. However\, if you last long enough\, eventually you have pragma\, an enduring love. It is love that stands the test of time. It’s the kind of love a husband and wife have after fifty years of marriage\, and they still want to kiss and hold hands. As the opposite of eros\, where the passion burns white hot and fades quickly\, pragma  matures and grows over time into something truly special. Abraham was 50 and Sarah was 40 when they got married. They were married for 77 years when Sarah died. \nGenesis 23:2 So Sarah died in Kirjath Arba (that is\, Hebron) in the land of Canaan\, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. (NKJV) \n\nPhilautia—Self-Love/Care.\n\nYou learned the dangers of ego on September 20 and October 23. However\, philautia love refers to a healthy self-esteem. It is your emotional appraisal of your own worth\, how you think\, feel\, and act. It also reflects and determines how you relate to yourself\, to others\, and to the world. You can also think of philautia as how you take care of yourself\, in that you try to eat healthy food\, get enough sleep\, and exercise. If you don’t care for yourself\, you won’t have philautia. \nDaniel 1:8\, 12-13\, 15\, 17 But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile (taint\, dishonor) himself with the king’s finest food or with the wine which the king drank; so he asked the commander of the officials that he might [be excused so that he would] not defile himself. 12 “Please\, test your servants for ten days\, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink. 13 Then let our appearance and the appearance of the young men who eat the king’s finest food be observed and compared by you\, and deal with your servants in accordance with what you see.” 15 At the end of ten days it seemed that they were looking better and healthier than all the young men who ate the king’s finest food. 17 As for these four young men\, God gave them knowledge and skill in all kinds of literature and wisdom; Daniel also understood all kinds of visions and dreams. (AMP) \n\nLudas—Playful Love.\n\nIf you’ve ever been in love\, you have no doubt felt ludas . It’s the butterflies in your stomach\, the quickened heartbeat\, the anxiety you feel when you’re waiting for your love interest to walk through the door. It’s the flirting and teasing and playing you do in the early stages of dating. The focus is usually more on fun rather than building a relationship. \nSong of Solomon 1:4a “Draw me away with you and let us run together!” (AMP) \n\nAgape—Unconditional Love.\n\nAgape love is by far the most special\, most respectful of all the types of love. It is the kind Jesus refers to again and again throughout His ministry and is the one the Christian faith encompasses. Agape love is a universal\, unconditional\, selfless love for others. It involves being altruistic and caring more for others than for yourself. Jesus perfectly exemplified agape love when He died on the cross to save us from sin and death. He suffered so He could set us free. \nRomans 5:8 But Christ proved God’s passionate love for us by dying in our place while we were still lost and ungodly! (TPT) \nMatthew 22:37-39 Jesus answered him\, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with every passion of your heart\, with all the energy of your being\, and with every thought that is within you.’ 38 This is the great and supreme commandment. 39 And the second is like it in importance: ‘You must love your friend in the same way you love yourself.’ (TPT) \nThe love God requires of you is agape love. The love He has for you represents it. It does not change depending on the person. It is sacrificial. Love is caring in action. Love isn’t what we feel\, it’s what we do. \n1 Corinthians 13:4-8a Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself\, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely\, does not seek its own\, is not provoked\, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity\, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things\, believes all things\, hopes all things\, endures all things. Love never fails. (NKJV) \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather\, I thank You for Your love. I repent for not loving the same way You do at all times. I am often overwhelmed at the magnitude of Your love. It is unconditional; thank You that there are no strings attached\, no hoops to jump through. I have never had to and will never have to work for Your love. Though You have expectations for me\, You continue to love me even when I don’t fulfill them. It is not an easy to love Your way and completely impossible without You. Yet\, I know I can do it if I take myself out of the equation. I have to allow Your love to flow through me. When I do\, I can expect to help someone else experience Your love. My only goal is to be submitted to You to the extent You can and will use me to show Your love. It is more than turning the other cheek. It is stepping into a completely different place where my actions can transform a person’s life. It is being a conduit where someone can come in contact with genuine love. Thank You for the opportunity to show Your love as I live on this earth…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
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SUMMARY:Romans 8:5
DESCRIPTION:Romans 8:5 Sin’s symptoms are sponsored by the senses\, a mind dominated by the sensual. Thoughts betray source; spirit life attracts spirit thoughts. (TMB) \nHow are you making your choices? \nSome sources suggest that the average person makes 35\,000 choices per day. Let’s break this down. If you sleep the recommended eight hours per day\, that means you make 2\,187.5 decisions per hour\, approximately 36.5 decisions per minute\, and roughly .6 decisions every second. What happens when you make decisions in your daily life based on how you feel\, whether they are good or bad? \n2 Corinthians 1:17 Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to the flesh\, ready to say “Yes\, yes” and “No\, no” at the same time? (ESV) \nHow does that compare to the times when you make your decision based on the Word of God and the guidance of the Holy Spirit? \nColossians 3:15 Let the peace of Christ [the inner calm of one who walks daily with Him] be the controlling factor in your hearts [deciding and settling questions that arise]. To this peace indeed you were called as members in one body [of believers]. And be thankful [to God always]. (AMP) \nWhen you are emotional\, you don’t think about why you are making the choice\, you just do what you want. Also\, emotional decisions rob you of the time you need to take to reflect on how your choice will affect you and/or others\, both in the decision moment and in the future. When you make an emotional decision\, you don’t want to be questioned. Why? Because you know you don’t have a God-ordained or prudent reason for the choice. When you let your flesh dictate your choices\, you fail to acknowledge God and often you make a mess. \nProverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions]\, But the Lord weighs and examines the motives and intents [of the heart and knows the truth]. (AMP) \nAlways step away from the situation in order for God to center you and guide you. \nProverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord completely\, and do not rely on your own opinions. With all your heart rely on him to guide you\, and he will lead you in every decision you make. 6 Become intimate with him in whatever you do\, and he will lead you wherever you go. (TPT) \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather God\, though it is easy to make a decision when I am emotional\, I know I shouldn’t. I repent for the times when I tried to justify the decisions I made because I just didn’t want to admit I made the wrong one. Though You have grown me up to an almost unrecognizable place\, I know there is still much more for You to do. I realize emotional decisions can be negative as well as positive. They are negative when fueled by anger and/or pain. They are positive when influenced by excitement\, happiness\, and even love. Either way\, an emotional decision is not Your best for me. If I do not submit my decisions to You first; I will not make decisions that will please and honor You\, the ones You want me to make. I want Your peace to abide within me. Then Your presence will be evident in the choices I make; in the words I speak and the actions I take. I thank You for Your peace…\nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
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SUMMARY:Colossians 2:20
DESCRIPTION:Colossians 2:20 If it is true that you were included in Christ’s death\, then the religious systems of this world with its rules and regulations no longer apply to you. What further relevance would there be for you to continue to live under the influence of man’s doctrines and ideas? (TMB) \nAre you religious or spiritual? \nTo be religious is to adhere to a fundamental set of beliefs and practices\, no matter what. Sometimes you don’t even know why you are complying. Often\, these beliefs involve devotional and ritual observances. They can also contain a moral code governing the conduct of your life. The strict adherence to the code can produce a feeling of bondage. When you do things simply to keep traditions or earn favor\, you are living like a Pharisee and not walking in the freedom. Religion is the law\, and it kills. Being spiritual requires the manifestation of the Spirit of God and that brings life (2 Corinthians 3:6). \n\nIf you are religious\, you blindly follow rituals and formality.\n\n\nIf you are spiritual\, you want guidance gained by communion with the Father.\n\nIsaiah 29:13 And the Lord said\, Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips but remove their hearts and minds far from Me\, and their fear and reverence for Me are a commandment of men that is learned by repetition [without any thought as to the meaning]. (AMPC) \n\nIf you are religious\, you submit to the demands of and yield complete control to man.\nIf you are spiritual\, you listen for and obey the voice of God.\n\nColossians 2:8-10 Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything. They spread their ideas through the empty traditions of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings. But that’s not the way of Christ. Everything of God gets expressed in him\, so you can see and hear him clearly. You don’t need a telescope\, a microscope\, or a horoscope to realize the fullness of Christ\, and the emptiness of the universe without him. When you come to him\, that fullness comes together for you\, too. His power extends over everything. (MSG) \n\nIf you are religious\, you speak of sin and of fault.\nIf you are spiritual\, you speak of repentance and forgiveness.\n\nJohn 3:17 For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject\, to condemn\, to pass sentence on) the world\, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him. (AMPC) \n\nIf you are religious\, you care about how people see you on the outside.\nIf you are spiritual\, you care about what is in your heart.\n\nMatthew 23:27-28 “You’re hopeless\, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You’re like manicured grave plots\, grass clipped and the flowers bright\, but six feet down it’s all rotting bones and worm-eaten flesh. People look at you and think you’re saints\, but beneath the skin you’re total frauds. (MSG) \n\nIf you are religious\, you focus on what “to do”.\nIf you are spiritual\, you focus on who “to BE”.\n\nEphesians 6:6-7 Not in the way of eye-service [as if they were watching you] and only to please men\, but as servants (slaves) of Christ\, doing the will of God heartily and with your whole soul; 7 Rendering service readily with goodwill\, as to the Lord and not to men. (AMPC) \nPlease know\, keeping traditions won’t make you holy or give you everlasting life. Jesus died to make it possible to have a spiritual relationship with the Father\, not a religious one. \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather\, You are The almighty\, all loving God. I don’t want to be religious in my interaction with You. I repent for allowing my Christianity and tradition to govern me with rules and regulations. Blindly following what everyone else was doing or what I was told to do with no understanding of why. I no longer pray because I’ve been told I should pray. I no longer fast because it’s the third day of the week. I do not love You out of obligation. I love You because of my relationship with You. Your word says You are Spirit and my interaction with You must be in spirit and in truth. I spend time with You because want to. I submit to Your leading and Your presence in order for our time to be rich and full of Your glory. There is no obligation. There is no banner to wave that says I prayed for an hour. I just want to be with You. Just to know we have a covenant relationship. I no longer want to be called Your servant; I want to be Your friend…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
URL:https://yourvisionwriters.com/devotional/colossians-220/
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SUMMARY:Romans 6:13
DESCRIPTION:Romans 6:13 Do not let the members of your body lie around loose and unguarded in the vicinity of unrighteousness\, where sin can seize it and use it as a destructive weapon against you; rather place yourself in readiness unto God\, like someone resurrected from the dead\, present your whole person as a weapon of righteousness. (TMB) \nAre you allowing God to keep you under control? \nIt might be strange to think a part of your body could lead you to sin. Look at Romans 3:13-18: \nRomans 3:13 Their words are full of deadly deceit; wicked lies roll off their tongues\, and dangerous threats\, like snake’s poison\, from their lips; (GNT) \nRomans 3:14 Bitter profanity flows from their mouths\, only meant to cut and harm. (TPT) \nRomans 3:15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: (KJV) \nRomans 3:16  They leave ruin and destruction wherever they go. (GNT) \nRomans 3:17 And they have no experience of the way of peace [they know nothing about peace\, for a peaceful way they do not even recognize]. (AMPC) \nRomans 3:18 “There is no fear of God [and His awesome power] before their eyes.” (AMP) \nYou can’t be an effective witness if any of these verses describe you. \n1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Don’t you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who comes from God and dwells inside of you? You do not own yourself. 20 You have been purchased at a great price\, so use your body to bring glory to God! (TVT) \nIf any part of your members is out of alignment with the Father\, run into His presence. God’s healing is available to you and for you in every area of your life\, continuously. Keep yourself under subjection\, and you will serve the Lord with all your heart\, with all your mind\, with all your soul\, with all your strength\, and also with your whole body. \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nMy Father\, what a revelation. I never thought I should look at the parts of my body in addition to my thoughts. I repent because I did not take the time to understand this method of attack from the enemy. I am sure there are things I did that dishonored You\, which I will not do again now that I have revelation. Now I personify the parts of my body to keep them under subjection to You. I have new strategies available to me. I bridle my tongue. I make sure my feet don’t carry me to places You don’t want me to go. I prevent my eyes from looking at things that don’t glorify You. I am sitting and meditating on this word. I have to keep my whole body\, not just my mind and my heart. I will keep my hands\, and they will not be swift to do work that tears down the Kingdom. Thank You for bringing me to the place where I can allow You to arrest me\, when my members have run amuck. I want to live under Your control…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
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SUMMARY:Exodus 5:2
DESCRIPTION:Exodus 5:2 And Pharaoh said\, Who is the LORD that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD\, neither will I let Israel go. (KJV) \nAre you causing the enemy to fear God? \nSometimes the devil can try your life. It is his job. In those times\, if you don’t require the enemy to understand who your God is\, he won’t back up. \nLuke 4:8 And Jesus replied to him\, Get behind Me\, Satan! It is written\, You shall do homage to and worship the Lord your God\, and Him only shall you serve. (AMPC) \nYou can’t stand before the devil like the cowardly lion. You have to know who the God you serve is. \nDeuteronomy 10:17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords\, the great\, the mighty\, the terrible God\, Who is not partial and takes no bribe. (AMPC) \nExodus 15:7-8 In the greatness of Your majesty You overthrow those rising against You. You send forth Your fury; it consumes them like stubble. 8 With the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up\, the floods stood fixed in a heap\, the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea. (AMPC) \nJeremiah 10:6 There is none like You\, O Lord; You are great\, and great is Your mighty and powerful name. (AMP) \nRevelation 22:13  “I am the Alpha and the Omega\, the First and the Last\, the Beginning and the End [the Eternal One].” (AMP) \nThe God you serve is\, was\, and Who is to come. He is your strong tower; you can run to Him and be safe. The devil should fear God because you read the end of the story. \nRevelation 22:3-5 And there shall be no curse anymore: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants shall serve him; and they shall see his face; and his name shall be on their foreheads. And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp\, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. (KJV) \nPlease agree with me as I pray. Then ask the Lord what your prayer should be and wait for His response: \nFather\, I thank You for prompting me to understand how to resist the enemy. I want him to flee. I repent for shaking like the cowardly lion in the Wizard of Oz as if the devil is stronger than You. I have nothing to fear. I will live my life making sure he understands I know the reason he should fear the God I serve. No weapon formed against me will prosper. What an awe inspiring fact to stand on. What a confidence-building place to be in. I am no longer afraid. I am no longer worried. I am just excited. I stand every day\, in full armor\, engaged and ready for whatever the day brings because You flung the stars and set the earth in motion. You parted the Red Sea. You raised Jesus from the dead and You live in me. The devil needs to be afraid\, very afraid…\n \nAsk the lord what he wants to say to you about today’s devotional and journal it here:
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