Daily Devotional

Son, people need to understand that between them and Me is a great chasm. The only way man can meet with Me is through a mediator. My Son is that mediator and the only One who can bring us together. When they finally realize this and come to their senses, by seeing themselves as I see them, there will be joy in heaven when they repent. For I am filled with love and compassion, and will run to embrace them, kiss them, and welcome them into My kingdom.

 

Son, remember that while you are still on this earth, use your worldly resources to benefit others. Be faithful in little things and I will give you greater things. Remember that if you are dishonest in  the little matters – you won’t be honest with greater responsibilities. If you are untrustworthy about worldly wealth, I cannot trust you with the true riches of heaven? If you are not faithful with other people’s things, then why should I trust you with things of your own?

 

I know the heart of man, but no man knows his own heart. Your heart is revealed by what you do. Look at your leaders. They are supposed to know right from wrong, but they are the very ones who hate good and love evil, and then beg Me for help in times of trouble! Do they really expect Me to answer them after they twist justice and all that is right?

 

Lord, You are my God, and You are so good to me. You are ready to forgive anyone that humbly comes to You. You are full of unfailing love for all who ask for Your help. I can call to You whenever I’m in trouble and know that You will answer me. So teach me Your ways, that I may live according to Your truth! Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor You. For who am I, that I should try to answer You or even reason with You? You gave me life and showed me Your unfailing love. My life is preserved by Your care.

 

Kingdom Thinking – Part 23

Luke 19:13 “So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’”

 

Kingdom thinking will lead us to break the poverty mindsets over people and help them to create their own wealth. Yes, we want to feed the poor, but kingdom thinking will take us one step further in how we can create a business or prepare them to work in high-level jobs in order to feed themselves and become prosperous for the sake of the Kingdom of God.

 

In helping others to feed themselves through creating prospering businesses we can give them the ability to have a longer life-span, have less sickness as well as less suffering that poverty brings. By helping others help themselves we can also bring in the Gospel and see their spiritual lives altered and prospering as well.

 

Kingdom thinking leaders are able to use their influence to help transform people spiritually, financially and civically for kingdom purposes. We realize God is the One who gives the ability, but He often works through secondary means and, we, the Body of Christ, are the secondary means.

 

Kingdom thinking will cause people to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness according to Matthew 6:33. “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

 

What are “these things” that will be added to us? Reading through the list we see that it is talking about our clothing (shelter), food, health as well as things concerning our future prosperity. In all of my travels in 100 different countries of the world I find that these are the basic things people worry about. So what is the answer? Put His Kingdom and His righteousness first, before all other things in life!

 

Secondly, kingdom thinking will get people who are seeking His kingdom to use what is available. We see this principle coming out in John 6 where Jesus asked Philip: “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” Jesus only did this to test Philip because He already knew what to do.

 

What was Philip’s response? “Eight months wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” (vs.7) This is the way Satan works. When God calls us to do something, Satan is always there to show us what we do not have in order to discourage us from doing the Lord’s will.  However, we read that there was another disciple who mentioned a boy with “five small barley loaves and two small fish,” but then he said, “how far will they go among so many?” (vs. 9) We read that in the hands of Jesus it was enough and He fed a multitude of people. Jesus used what was available, thanked His Father and had plenty for everyone.

 

I was trying to teach this principle to my oldest daughter when she wanted to go on a short term mission program to Morocco. She needed $1500 for the trip. I was asking her what she had available.  At first she thought she did not have anything, but I reminded her of her artistic talent. She is a great artist (must be from her mother’s side) and she had drawn a picture of the heads of a number of animals. In that art piece there was a space and I suggested she draw the face of an Australian Aborigine man, which she did.

 

I told her what we would do is make 100 T-shirts with that art piece and put a text ‘SAVE THE HUMANS’ on the top.  I reminded her that we are constantly talking about saving the animals, but what about saving the humans especially when it comes to the abortion of babies.  

 

I invested $500 and we made a 100 T-shirts and sold them for $20 each. Out of that we made $2000 and my initial investment was paid back and she had $1500 for her mission trip to Morocco. And she learned an important lesson to use what is available.

 

Kingdom thinking will help people to realize that they have available more than they think they have, and with God’s favor – it can meet the need, even feed a multitude.

 

Daily Devotional

Son, if you want to be a disciple of Mine don’t begin until you count the cost because it will require you to give up everything you own. When you choose to be My disciple there will be joy in your life. When you walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing. I will be your sun and your shield. My grace and glory will be with you, and I will withhold no good thing from you.

 

Lord, don’t You hear the uproar of Your enemies? Don’t You see that Your arrogant enemies are rising up? They devise crafty schemes against Your people; they conspire against Your precious ones. When will they learn that You alone are Lord, that You alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth?

 

Son, do not be fearful of these evil people because what you fear and dread might happen to you; fearful people have no peace or joy. The foundation of wisdom for the wicked is based upon experience and what they have studied about life. They shout for people to listen to their counsel, and to apply what they say. When misery and trouble comes they speak impulsively and think they have done nothing wrong.

 

Son, tell all the people of America that I am coming, and I am making accusations against them. America will anxiously wait for relief, but only bitterness awaits them. America’s leaders have filled the land with sin and ruined it completely. These leaders who lie awake at night thinking up evil plans, rise at dawn to carry them out, simply because they have the power to do so. I will reward their evil with evil, and they will no longer walk around proudly, for it will be a terrible time.

 

Lord, I long to enter Your kingdom. With my whole being, body and soul I will shout joyfully to You. I would rather be a gatekeeper in Your kingdom than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

 

 

 

Daily Devotional

Son, you will be blessed when you hear My word and obey it. So keep reading My word and looking forward to My Kingdom. Be dressed and ready for service. You are very valuable to Me, and I already know what your needs are, so have faith. I will certainly care for you, and remember that life is not measured by how much you own.

 

Don’t be afraid of those who want to harm you because I have the power to kill and then throw them into hell. Yes, I am the one to be feared! But, I am also merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

 

Son, is it right for you to be angry about the things in your life? When you were born, you came with nothing, and when you die you will leave with nothing. Should you only accept the good things in life from Me and never anything bad? I allow hard things in Your life to test you, so that you can know and trust Me. When you cry out to me, I will hear and save you.

 

I have put a wall of protection around you, your family and everything you own. I am the one who gives you success in everything you do. I am the one who frees you from heavy tasks that people of the world put on you and that they are burdened with.  When I am Lord of your life you can go and do whatever you want.

 

Lord, may Your name be holy in my life, help me to long for Your kingdom. Give me today the things that I need, and forgive me of my sins. Help me to learn how to forgive those who have done evil to me, and help me to overcome the temptations that come my way.

Daily Devotional

Son, in the coming days it will be very important that My children listen to Me!  My children must not only read My word but obey it, cling to it, and wait patiently for Me. When you do these things – more understanding will be given to you. My path might lead through rough seas and dry deserts, in a way unknown to you. My pathway will always require My children to trust Me completely. So listen to My instructions very carefully, and know that I will care for You with a true heart and lead you by My skillful hands.

 

Son, open your ears to what I am saying, and tell the next generation about the glorious things I have done for you. Tell them about My power and My mighty wonders so that they might know Me, and set their hope on Me. Tell them that I will bless them when they do not turn away from My teaching. Let them know that My wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who live it.

 

Son, you must also tell those children of Mine who say I can’t protect, lead, or provide for them, “When they refuse to trust Me, I will end their lives in failure and terror. They talk about Me as though they are very intimate with Me, but all they do is give Me lip service, and lie to Me. They do not remember My power, nor do they remember all My miraculous wonders, and what I’ve done for them. In the coming days they will turn their back to Me. These people who are not listening to Me, even what they think they understand – will be taken away from them.”

 

Lord, when troubles come, help Me to keep my eyes on You. Help me when I am overwhelmed with longing for Your help, and when I cannot sleep, and too distressed even to pray! Help me never think that You have rejected me. Help me to recall all you have done, and remember your wonderful deeds for me long ago.

 

Lord, You are the God of great wonders, and demonstrate Your awesome power to everyone who will listen.

Daily Devotional

Lord, I’m not a professional prophet, and I was never trained to be one. I’m just a builder, and yet You called me, and told me to prophesy. You instructed me to tell everyone Your message,  “I am the One who keeps the foundations of the earth firm, and human defiance only enhances My glory. I will never forget the wicked things being done by this sinful nation of America. I am determined to bring disaster upon her when I bring My justice. There is a famine in America, not a famine of bread or water, but of hearing and obeying My word. Therefore, America is ripe for punishment, and I will not delay the punishment any longer. I have spoken, and I will do everything I said I will do!”

 

Son, in this time – tell My children, “Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you. When you are slapped on one cheek, offer the other cheek also. When someone demands your coat, offer your shirt also. Give to anyone who asks, and when things are taken away from you, don’t try to get them back.  Do to others as you would like them to do to you. Be willing to give, then when you have a need others will give to you. If you give out of a reluctant heart then others will be reluctant to give to you. Remember, how and what you give will determine how and what you will get back.”

 

Since you are a builder then you know that the foundation is the strength of the building. When My children refuse to read, hear and obey My word they are like a house without a foundation, and when the troubles that are coming – come, they will collapse into a heap of ruins.

 

Lord, I will continue to tell everyone that this time is surely coming.

Daily Devotional

Lord, You have been with me from the day I was born, and You have cared for me each day. Therefore, I will keep on hoping for Your help, and praising You more and more. Though I am not skilled with words, I will tell everyone about Your saving power. I will tell everyone that You  alone are just. Now that I am old and gray, let me tell this new generation of all your mighty miracles that You have done for me, even about what You have done to those who tried to hurt me; how they have been shamed and humiliated.

 

Son, I reveal My plans to mankind through My prophets, and I never do anything until I reveal My plans to My prophets. So ask yourself what are My prophets saying? “My people have forgotten how to do right!” “An enemy is coming!” “The rain will stop falling on your farms.” “Disease comes to your cities.” “Your young men will die in war.” I will bring upon you all the disasters I have announced, so prepare to meet Me!

 

Son, I have heard your prayer, so prepare My people for My coming. Turn the hearts of the fathers today back to their children. Tell those who are rebellious to accept the wisdom of the godly. You will be blessed when you believe that I will do everything I said I would do. Therefore, be certain of everything I have revealed to you, for nothing is impossible with Me.

 

Daily Devotional

Son, am I your king? Then don’t reject My instruction, and do not refuse to obey what My word says to do. Don’t be led astray by the same lies that have deceived you and others in the past. When you are humble you will see Me at work, so be glad and encouraged, and remember that I hear the cries of My children when they cry out to Me.

 

Don’t be alarmed at what is taking place in the world today. People today do not want to hear anything that requires them to change. I sent My prophets to them over and over, and they commanded My prophets to shut up! When you live your life as I command, you will stand out.

 

So take a risk and tell everyone that, “I have risen from the dead! I will not let those who refuse Me to go unpunished! No sin can be hidden from Me.” Only tell them what I show you and what you have heard from Me.

 

Lord, I am exhausted trying to hide my sins; for they cannot be hidden from you. I will keep praying, hoping and trusting in Your unfailing love; for Your unfailing love is far too wonderful.

 

 

Daily Devotional

Lord, thank You for answering my prayers. You have always been faithful to answer my prayers with awesome deeds. You are my hope, and I must tell everyone how great You are.

 

Everyone, come and listen, and I will tell you what my Lord did for me. For when I cried out to Him for help, praising Him as I spoke, He listened! He paid attention to my prayer. Therefore, my life is in His hands, and He will keep me from stumbling.

 

Lord, Your joy is my strength, and I will celebrate because You have heard my prayer.

 

Son, you must have faith in Me, that I will do what I said I would do for you and your family. You must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. When you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours. But first, you must forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against. Remember, I am the One who answers your prayers and cares for you. All your blessings come from Me. So be wise and understand these things, and with discernment listen carefully. My path is true and right, and My righteous people live by walking on it.

 

Most people make a serious error when they don’t know My Word. Therefore, they don’t know My power, and that I am God. I am the only One who can forgive sins. These people must acknowledge Me; that there is no other Savior. If they don’t acknowledge Me they must bear the consequences of rebellion against Me. Soon they are about to be destroyed by Me, and every precious thing they own will be taken away.

 

So tell them to bring their confessions to Me and say, “Forgive me of all my sins and graciously receive me, so that I may offer You my praises; the praise You deserve.”

Daily Devotional

Son, the leaders of your country spout empty words and make promises they cannot keep. They think that they control the future, but they will eat the fruit of lies. They trust in their military, believing that this will make them safe. But the time of punishment has come; the day of payment is here. It will be a terrible day when I turn away and leave your country alone and all because they will not listen to Me, or obey Me. I will repay those who oppose me and My children according to what they have done.

 

So, do not look at life merely from a human point of view. Don’t make your living by extortion or put your hope in stealing. If your wealth increases, don’t make it the center of your life. Remember, if you cultivate wickedness you will harvest a thriving crop of sin.

 

Son, look over the situation that faces your country, and call My people to come together and pray. Tell them not to be afraid of these leaders who strut about like they are people to be feared. Rather, remember Me and I will fight for you and your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wife, and your home! Now is the time to seek Me so that I can shower My righteousness upon you, and so that you will harvest a crop of wisdom and love.

 

Lord, I pray to You for help when my heart is overwhelmed. Help me to wait quietly for You. My hope is in You alone. You are my Rock of Salvation and my Fortress where I will not be shaken. My victory and honor come from You alone. You are my Refuge in times of trouble and the Place where no enemy can reach me. I will trust You at all times. You have spoken clearly to me; those things I have heard many times: My future is with You and not with the leaders of my country that oppose You. For even the leaders who love You are afraid to proclaim the truth of what You say to this nation. They have compromised, thinking the corrupt system is salvageable, when it’s not. Oh how I long for YOURS to come Lord and show all the nations what true justice and peace are, and where righteousness and prosperity come from. Come Lord Jesus – Come!