When you feel pulled out of the peace that passes understanding and pushed into worry, turmoil, fear, doubt and unbelief – begin declaring God’s living, powerful Word out loud! God’s Word is an instrument which implements authority over the negative powers that work to hinder your heart and mind from dwelling in oneness with the Savior, and walking by faith. Declare these proclamations of Truth, and discover the power of God’s overcoming Word! Proclamations from God’s Word: 1. “Be…..
Most believers recognize 1Corinthians 13 as the Bible’s love chapter. This New Testament section enlightens us as to what God’s higher love looks like and acts like; it is a picture of God’s pure, perfect, unconditional love. Our human love is not unconditional because in our humanness we have preferences of what we like or dislike. Are you in a struggle to keep on loving someone? Although it is easy to love sometimes, it can be a challenge to continue…..
There will be times in our lives when we come in contact with people who will disturb, agitate, or upset us when they say or do something we consider harmful, hurtful, or lacking in honesty and truthfulness. If we stay in this place of fretting, it will rob our hearts of the Spirit’s peace, joy, and positive outlook and will replace them with worry, anger, distress, and a tendency towards pessimism. The more we fret, the more we will gravitate…..
Today the Holy Spirit wants to encourage us, while walking on our earthly spiritual journey by saying- during dry spiritual seasons, when you are waiting on me, and do not sense my presence, nor can you perceive My voice, do not harden your hearts against me. What does it mean to “harden your heart”? A hardened heart is a heart that has grown spiritually disoriented, callous, numb, feeling disconnected, and insensitive towards God because of difficult trials or prolonged hardships……
King David was God’s chosen, and the anointed King of Israel, yet he experienced hard times, trials and the testing of his faith. This king was called, a man after God’s own heart, but there were times his humanness pulled him into making unwise choices, apart from God, and the consequences created were hard to bear. He also had various family problems, and many enemies who desired to take advantage of him, and some wanted to kill him just because…..
As lovers of God, it is our desire to keep stepping forward in the kingdom realm of Christ, and evolve into our destiny. We long to have our hearts and minds enlightened and cleansed of all the negative lies we have embraced, believed, and internalized about ourselves. There are usually core lies we believe that were planted by the enemy early in our lives. These negative lies will continue to influence and affect our sense of well-being, create fear, and…..
Many people are afraid of their feelings of anger, because they don’t quite know what to do with or how to appropriately handle this uncomfortable emotion. There have been times in my life that I have experienced feelings of anger, and I pray, “Lord I don’t want to be angry”. In reply, His understanding and gentle Spirit of Truth speaks to my heart, “I know you don’t, but you are”. I understand the importance of what He is revealing to…..
When teaching His disciples how to pray, Jesus pointed out the necessity and importance of practicing forgiveness towards those who have wronged us. Many times this text has been misinterpreted as if God will not forgive us unless we forgive others, which is not true. The redemptive act of Christ on the cross has made the way, to offer mankind forgiveness for all failings and shortcomings, even if the process of forgiving others has not been completely worked out in…..
The Lord is pleased when His children become givers and desire to bless others. The scripture states when we liberally bless others out of a pure heart full of God’s love, abundant blessings will return to us in the same measure we give out. When we give out of a pure heart, and give with the purpose of blessing others, and not to relieve our false guilt or because we want a blessing in return, the rewards are great! Generous…..
The Old Testament prophesy in Isaiah 53, clearly states that the coming Messiah will come close to His redeemed people and carry our sicknesses, weaknesses, sorrow, and pain, by putting it on Himself. The New Testament reinforces this same truth, stating that Jesus Christ took away our helplessness, diseases, and disorders. Because of mankind’s fall into sin, Satan had the authority to put diseases, weaknesses, and distresses on the human race. However, on the cross, Jesus Christ paid the price…..