Luke 15:28 - "But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,"
In the parable of the prodigal son, if the elder son had considered his brother, he would have rejoiced at his return even as his father did. Rather he was totally self-centered and became angry.
How can we esteem others better than ourselves when in truth we really think we are better than others? The Pharisees did the right things for all the wrong reasons. Inside they were corrupt. So
Matthew 6:24 - “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life,"
You can't win a victory as long as the problem is the biggest thing in your life. Jesus said "No man can serve two masters" then He said "take no thought" -- we serve our thoughts.
That's why Isaiah 55 says for us to forsake our THOUGHTS,
Romans 10:17 - "Faith cometh by hearing and hearing, by the word of God."
There is a rest of faith -- there is a faith that rests in confidence on God -- God's promises never fail. The Word of God can create a resistless faith (through continually speaking it and meditating on it) -- a faith that is never daunted, a faith that never gives up, and never fails.
God has a plan of healing -- it is on the line of perfect confidence in Him. You can never pray "the prayer of faith" if
Psalms 24:9,10 - "Lift up your heads, O gates, And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in! Who is the King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle."
There is an anointing, a victory, a strength, and a heavenly might that has been prophetically orchestrated for you. Your "point of access" is your faith that "lifts up the gate". The Hebrew word for "lift up" is "nasa"!
Lifting up your gates to access the glory and the anointing
John 7:37- "If anyone thirst let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
His supply is a flow that not only never ceases, but perpetually increases in our lives. That is why He said that out us will flow rivers of living water (John 7:38). Those rivers are a constant and ever-increasing flow of the precious Holy Spirit.
The sevenfold flow of the Holy Spirit is found in Isaiah 11:2 and in many
2 Corinthians 6:3 - "Give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed."
There are thousands of different churches, but they are all one in the Spirit to the extent that they receive the life of Christ. If there is any division, it is always outside of the Spirit.
The spiritual life in the believer never has known dissension, because where the Spirit has perfect liberty, there is total agreement, and there is no schism in the body. "The letter kills, but the Spiri
2 Corinthians 5:19 - "...God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them..."
No judgment will fall on you today because it fell on Jesus 2000 years ago at Calvary. And if God was gracious enough to remove Lot and his family before the judgment fell (Genesis 19:12-22), how much more will He do for you who are no longer under judgment!
Don't be judgment-focused and look back at the sins you have committed. He remembers that He has already
2 Corinthians 6:2 - "Behold now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation."
There are two processes of salvation. First, God helped you when the Spirit was moving you to make Jesus the Lord of your life. Second, He keeps you in the plan of His salvation. In the process of regeneration, you are being made like God; you are being brought into the operation of the Spirit's power. This is the great day of salvation, a day of moving on for God.
If we remain stationary
Luke 10:41,42 - " But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.”
Meditation on God's Word and promises can help you stay focused on your spiritual goals and to keep the main thing in front of you.
Don't give in to the temptations of pettiness. Rise above it and keep your mind focused. Mary and Martha remind us of the importance of mai
Romans 10:10 - "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
Many believers try to believe for a miracle without spending enough time in the Word to change their heart and mind. They just want to confess it with their mouths and have it instantly appear. But that won't happen.
It's what we believe in our hearts and say with our mouths that we receive. "Faith cometh by hearing and hearing, by the word of God" (Romans
Philippians 2:10 - "that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,"
If you've been born again, you belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. You are a joint heir with Him. You are covenanted together with Almighty God by the blood of Jesus. You've been given Jesus' own name. that's the kind of confidence you need to have about the Name of Jesus. You need to know you've been named after Him.
Know that when you speak, you're speaking with His a
2 Chronicles 20:20 - "Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established."
God wants to give us higher ground, holier thoughts, and a more concentrated, clearer ministry to others. God wants us to be a rising tide every day. This rising tide is an attitude of the spirit where God rises higher and higher. He wants us to come to the place where we will never look back (Genesis 19:15-26).
So change your perspective so that you will know that God is operating through you for
Romans 4:5 - "And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,"
Romans 4:5 talks about faith that believes God justifies the ungodly. When you believe that God justifies the ungodly it will give you boldness to come to God, even when you feel unclean because you have just blown it.
When you fail, don't run away from God. Run boldly to Him, knowing that you are justified by the blood of Christ and not by your g
John 15:9 - "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love."
In your workplace you probably take coffee breaks and lunch breaks -- Why not do the same in your spiritual life -- take time out for a love break?
What is a love break?
It is the time you take to enjoy and feed on the love of Jesus for you. As you spend time feeding on the love of Jesus for you, you will see yourself nourished, strengthened and sustained by His Love and also see it flowin
John 15:7 - "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you."
God says you have the potential to receive whatever you ask. You have a blank check -- but there is one condition on the cashing of that check: You must abide in Christ, and His word must abide in you. Jesus wants to knock the limits off your mind.
But first He requires that you stay hooked up with God. Jesus sees in you the potential to do greater things than He did
Job 42:5 - "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You."
When Job told the Lord, "My eye sees You," he was not saying that he saw God physically. He was referring to the moment when he had a personal revelation of God?
God wanted Job to know that without a personal revelation of Him, the devil could easily steal from him. But from the moment that Job had a personal revelation of God, things got a lot better for him, with God restoring to him double of
John 20:21 - "So Jesus said to them again, 'Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.'"
Possessing what belongs to us in our Christian walk requires change. Unless we choose to progressively walk beyond our own mindsets, we remain spiritually stagnant.
Regardless of how long we have been a believer we need to understand who we are in Christ, our right standing with God, and how to walk in the Spirit.
Church, Sunday school classes, and Bible study
Galatians 5:17 - "For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want."
Living in the Spirit means that I trust the Holy Spirit to do in me what I cannot do myself.
Each time I am faced with a new demand in life, I look to Him to do in me what He requires of me. It is not a case of trying, but of trusting; not of struggling, but of resting in Him.
I shal
Matthew 9:17 -"Neither do men put new wine into old wineskins. Or else the wineskins burst, the wine runs out, and the wineskins perish. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."
A wineskin is essentially a container or a vessel that stores liquid. Jesus said rivers of living water would flow from our belly (John 7:37-39). New wine will flow from our vessel if we embrace our calling in Christ.
This means a change in the way we move, live and have our bei
Acts 3:1 - "Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer."
Peter and John were at the Gate Beautiful when they encountered a lame man begging alms. He was living in a state of survival...begging just to survive. He lived with no victory, no breakthrough, no ability to move forward, no joy, no vision for his future that was different from the daily grind.
Rather than giving him earthly riches to meet a temporal need, which would have left him in
Deuteronomy 31:6 - "So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the LORD your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.”
Choosing to be open to exposure will require that you look at things differently and pay attention to life again. New experiences, new knowledge, and new environments can completely change your approach to life. Anxiety, restlessness, excitement, and insecurity -- these feelings are the price of expo
Psalm 95:1 - "Come, let's shout praises to God, raise the roof for the Rock who saved us!"
Praise is a weapon given to us by God – a weapon that we need to utilize. Sometimes people can be shy about praising aloud, but God wants to hear YOUR VOICE! Praise is a declaration of the power, might and character of our God...out loud! God wants to hear us say the words, but praise also works internally to change our disposition and shift us into the place of GREAT FAITH.
The combinatio
Philippians 1:20 - "My expectation and hope is that I shall never fail in my duty, but that at all times, and especially right now, I shall be full of courage, so that with my whole being I shall bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die."
Here are some practical ways to partner with God and prepare yourself for the next breakthrough in God's purpose for your life:
1. Pray for your family members that need a salvation encounter.
2. Pray for your nation to have a comeback
Romans 6:16 - "16 Don’t you realize that grace frees you to choose your own master? But choose carefully, for you surrender yourself to become a servant—bound to the one you choose to obey. If you choose to love sin, it will become your master, and it will own you and reward you with death. But if you choose to love and obey God, he will lead you into perfect righteousness."
When the Galilean boy brought his bread to the Lord, what did the Lord do with it? He broke it. God will always break
Acts 4:13 - "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus."
2020 is a year where you will be baffling the minds of many. You are emerging from the depths and from the darkness of the shadows of the Most High. People will be shocked by God's presence in you.
People will be amazed and ask you, "Where did you come from? Who is your covering? Who is this
