Daily Devotional

Son, remember I am coming soon, so don’t worry about anything. Instead, pray about everything. Tell Me what you need, and thank Me for all I have done. Then you will experience My peace, which exceeds anything you can understand. My peace will guard your heart and mind as you live on this earth.  So fix your thoughts on what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Forget the past and look forward to what lies ahead. I will take your weak mortal body and change it into a glorious body like Mine; so stay true to Me.

 

Lord, I can see what You have done for me and my family. I have no confidence in my own flesh. Everything is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing You. For I want to know and experience You. Help me to learn how to be content with what I have, and learn the secret of living victoriously in every situation. You told me that I can do everything through You. You promised to take care of me and my family, and supply all of our needs. When I discover Your words, I devour them. They are my joy and my heart’s delight.

 

Son, soon people of this world will ask you to plead on their behalf because of the trouble and distress that is coming. Whatever happens, rejoice in Me; for you are My spokesman. Speak My words with confidence, then you will be an influence, but if you do not speak My words then they will influence you!

 

Son, tell your nation that their leaders have abandoned Me and have turned their back on Me. Therefore, I will raise My fist to destroy them. I am tired of giving them another chance; for sin runs rampant in your nation. I have removed My protection and peace from them. I have taken away My unfailing love and My mercy. They will ask you, “Why have I said such terrible things against them? What have we done to deserve such treatment? What is our sin?” Then you must tell them that it is because they are unfaithful to Me. They worship other gods and serve them, and have abandoned Me and My word. They stubbornly follow their own evil desires and refuse to listen to Me. Now I will show them My power; now I will show them My might, and at last they will know and understand that I am the Lord.”

 

Lord, You are my strength and fortress, my refuge in the day of trouble! You always keep Your promises. You help the fallen and lift those bent beneath their loads. You are close to all who call on You, and You hear our cries for help and rescue us. There is no God like You in all of heaven above or on the earth below. You show unfailing love to all who walk in wholehearted devotion. Give me the desire to do Your will in everything and to obey all Your commands. Thank You for Your faithfulness!

 

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Lord, I am fearful of what is coming, and I am losing hope. So Let me hear of Your unfailing love each morning for I am trusting You. Show me where to walk, and teach me to do Your will. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.

 

Son, don’t be intimidated in any way by evil, and remember the way of satan is to make you feel insecure and tell you that you are inferior. When you believe him you will do the opposite of what I have planned for your life.

 

For I have given you the privilege of trusting Me, and the privilege of suffering for Me. So don’t be selfish, and try to impress others. Be humble, and think of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others. I am working in you, by giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Me. Do everything without complaining and arguing, and hold firmly to My word.

 

Son, what I am going to tell you is not to bring fear in your life, but to help you to be prepared.

Because your leader’s mouths are full of lies and they refuse to listen to me – their wickedness has caught up with them. I now will remember all their wickedness and will punish them. When they pray I will pay no attention. For war, famine, and disease is coming.

 

Some of My pastors are not preparing their flocks for what is coming. For they hope for peace, but no peace is coming until My Son returns.

 

Lord, I am certain that You began a good work in me, and will continue Your work until it is finally finished on the day when Your Son returns. So what really matters is that I live a pure and blameless life. For I am a citizen of heaven, therefore I must conduct myself in a manner worthy of this citizenship. I know that when Your people stand together with one spirit and one purpose, there is joy.

Daily Devotional

Son, tell My people to be careful how they live. They are to live their lives with love, by following My example. They are not to take part in worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose it. They are not to live like fools, but make the most of every opportunity.

 

Tell them that when they sing spiritual songs and make music to Me in their hearts, that this brings confusion to those who oppose them. Tell them they need to be thankful for everything.

 

Son, tell fathers to discipline and instruct their children that I have given them; that they should show them by example how to do My will with all their heart. Be men who stand against evil, by being men of truth. Show your children My peace; that comes when they are fully prepared for what’s coming. Be men with faith who know how to block the arrows of the evil one. Show them that My word is powerful, that it has the power to cut out any wickedness in one’s life. Show them that you are men of prayer, and that you pray all the time and on every occasion; that as men of persistent prayer you will be alert.

 

Son, tell your nation, that if they obey Me and do whatever I command, then they will be My people, and I will be their God. But the leaders of your nation have said that I do not know  what’s ahead for them! So do not trust your leaders, no matter how pleasantly they speak. For any nation who refuses to obey Me will be uprooted and destroyed. I, the Lord, have spoken!

 

Lord take control of what I say, and help me know when I should speak. I look to You for help, for You are my refuge. Keep me from the traps they have set for me; from the snares of those who do wrong. Thank You that You allow me to tell You all my troubles. When I am overwhelmed, You alone know the way I should go. You are all I really want in life.

 

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Son, I want to talk with you about your grandsons and My plan for their lives. Tell them I am Lord and there is no one like Me! My name is full of power, and I am the only true God. I am the living God and the everlasting King! The whole earth trembles at My anger. Nations cannot stand up to My wrath. I made the earth by My power, and I preserve it by My wisdom. With My understanding I stretched out the heavens.

 

Tell them to be courageous and be men who stand up for the truth! For I have given them the privilege of telling others about the endless treasures available to them in My Son. Because of their faith in Me, they can come boldly and confidently into My presence.

 

Their roots will grow deep in their love for My word and My word will keep them strong. Then they will begin to understand how wide, how long, how high, and how deep My love is for them.  For My mighty power is at work within them to accomplish infinitely more than they might ask or think.

 

So tell your grandsons to lead a life worthy of their calling, for they have been called by Me. They need to be humble, gentle, and patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults. They need to do everything they can to keep themselves united with My Spirit. Then they will not be influenced with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, they will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more to be like My Son. They will be successful in all they do and wherever they go.

 

Lord, thank You for Your thoughts and promises about my grandsons. For You know when they sit down or stand up. You know their thoughts. You see them when they travel and when they rest at home. You know everything they do and will do. You know what they are going to say even before they say it. Point out anything in them that offends You, and lead them along the path of everlasting life.

Kingdom Thinking – Part 19

Matthew 11:12 “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.”

 

Kingdom thinking will embrace the entrepreneurs. Basic definition of an entrepreneur: someone who organizes a venture (business or otherwise) and assumes the risk for it. In other words, an entrepreneur for the sake of the Kingdom of God is ready to take risks. So many of us want to play it safe and if we sense that everyone else is with us on it we might dare to step out. Not so with an entrepreneur. He sees what needs to be done whether or not anyone else is stepping out to see it done, or to do it with him.

 

A survey was taken among 50 octogenarians (those over 80 years of age). They all had one thing in common. They had been saved for 50 years or more. When asked if they could live their lives over again what they would have done differently, most of them said that they would have taken more risks. What a testimony!

 

The Gospel will advance through (might I say) entrepreneurs who are willing to leave all and go – according to the command given them by God. They are willing to set out for a venture to see the Gospel spread throughout the world into every people group.

 

They are men/women whose faith is a conviction and not merely a preference. They are men and women of the same caliber as Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego who did not bend their knee to Nebuchadnezzar’s statue that he had built, and then were willing to go into the burning furnace for their conviction. This was the result with the king: “Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king’s command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way.” Daniel 3:28-29

 

They are men and women like William Carey, father of the Modern Missionary Movement.” When he was told to sit down and be quiet about converting the heathen he spoke even louder not only with words, but actions, and off to India he went. Forty years later he had started institutions of higher learning, translated the Bible into six Indian languages: Bengali, Oriya, Marathi, Hindi, Assamese and Sanskrit as well as portions of the Bible into 29 other languages. He also brought in a printing press and established a newspaper as well as getting the government to outlaw practices like infanticide and suttee (in which Hindu widows would immolate, sacrificing themselves on their husband’s funeral pyre).

 

Was William Carey an apostle, entrepreneur, prophet, etc.? Perhaps he was all, but one thing was for certain; that he was a man with Kingdom thinking. He was a man who saw that “the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.” Matthew 1:12 (KJV)

 

We all have a purpose from God, and faithfulness is what God’s people are crowned and rewarded for. We need to have “kingdom thinking” to fulfill our purpose.

 

Daily Devotional

Son, my heart is broken. I mourn and I am overcome with grief. Do My people really think they can steal, lie, murder, commit adultery and then come before Me and say, “We are safe because we are saved!” These people do not do what I have told them, and they refuse to be taught. Truth has vanished from among them; it is no longer heard on their lips. Their lives are ruled by greed. Why do My people stay on this self-destructive path?

 

I have a plan for their lives, and I will be merciful only if they stop their evil thoughts and deeds and start treating each other with love. Before I made the world, I loved them and chose them in My Son to be holy and without fault in My eyes. For I am rich in kindness and grace, and I purchased their freedom with the blood of My Son and I forgave their sins.

 

This is My plan: At the right time I will bring everything together under the authority of My Son. Everyone will understand the incredible greatness of My power and anyone who believes in My Son will be saved. This salvation is not a reward for the good things My people have done. Furthermore, because My people are united with My Son, they have received an inheritance from Me, and I will make everything work out for their good according to My plan. 

 

Lord, how can Your people live in this world without You and without Your hope. It is only when I do everything as You say, that it will be well with me! All of Your promises are backed by all the honor of Your Name!! Thank You!

 

Daily Devotional

Son, I want to talk to you this morning about three things: First, is the country you live in, second, is My church and third, is about you.

 

Son, your country has closed its ears to My word, and has no respect for Me! Even the children have turned from Me. They worship foreign gods, and don’t tremble at the thought of who I am. Your leaders talk and promise peace when there is no peace. Are they ashamed of their disgusting actions? Not at all-they don’t even know how to blush! Should I not avenge Myself against such a nation?  Don’t be misled, your country cannot mock Me. They will harvest what they have planted. Their wickedness has deprived them of My wonderful blessings. Their sin has robbed them of all the good things I wanted to give them. They should ask about the old, Godly way, and then walk in it. They would be wise to travel that path, and find rest for their souls. But they say, “No, that’s not the road we want.” So what will they do when the end comes?

 

I have labeled them “rejected,” and will discard them. They will be at war, have famines, and they will serve foreigners in their own land.

 

Son, tell My church that I have set them free, and to make sure they stay free. They need to stop thinking that they can be right with Me by doing good things. They need to let My Holy Spirit guide their lives, then they won’t do what their sinful nature craves. For when My Holy Spirit is in control it produces: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Let them know that My faithful love endures forever.

 

Son, if you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important. Pay careful attention to the work that I have given you to do, then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done. You will reap a harvest of blessing if you don’t give up.

 

Lord, because You died on the cross, and rose from the dead, I am losing interest in this world, and the world is losing interest in me. I want to thank You that Your faithful love endures forever. Thank You that You are Lord of lords, and that You made all things – so skillfully. Thank You that You made light, the sun to rule the day, and the moon and stars to rule the night. Thank You that You are the Light of this world! You are my rock, in whom I find protection. You have the power to save me. You are my refuge, the One who protects me and my family from violence. When I cry out in my distress, You hear me from Your sanctuary. Your way is perfect, and all of Your promises are true.

 

 

 

Daily Devotional

Son, before you were born I set you apart and appointed you. You must go wherever I send you and say whatever I tell you. I called you by My marvelous grace, and I have put My words in your mouth. So don’t be afraid of people, for I will be with you and will protect you. People will fight you, but they will fail.

 

I am shocked that America has turned away from Me so soon. They are following a way that pretends to be righteous. What did they find wrong with Me that has led them to stray so far from Me? They worship worthless things, only to become worthless themselves. Has any nation ever traded its gods for new ones, even though they are not gods at all? Yet America has exchanged Me for worthless things! Soon they will see what an evil, bitter thing it is to abandon Me and not to fear Me.

 

I have pronounced judgment on America for all their evil, and for deserting Me! The people of America are being fooled by their leaders because they have deliberately twisted the truth. They spy on you and will take away your freedom that you have in Me. They want you to become their slaves, dependent on them for everything. So tell the leaders of America everything I tell you to say, “No amount of soap or lye can make you clean. I see the stain of your guilt. You have turned your backs on Me and say, ‘We have done nothing wrong. Surely God isn’t angry with us.’ Now I will punish them severely because they claim that they have not sinned.”

 

Lord, I received Your message as a direct revelation from You. For I am counting on You, and I have put my hope in Your word, and in You. Therefore, I no longer will live for myself, but live for You. I will live in this earthly body by trusting in You; because You love me and gave Yourself for me.

 

 

Daily Devotional

Son, it is useless to build a home without Me. When I am Lord of your home I will answer your prayers before you even call to Me. I will bless you when you are humble and tremble at My word. My grace is all you need, and My power works best in weakness. Always examine your motives, and test yourselves to make sure your home is based upon My word. You must always stand for the truth. Be joyful, grow to maturity, encourage each other; then My peace will be in your home!

 

Son, I have called to your nation so many times, “Here I am, here I am!” It has deliberately sinned-before My very eyes and chose to do what they know I despise. Your leaders do not seek My council anymore. They think they are holy, but they are a stench in My nostrils, an acrid smell that never goes away. The people believe whatever anyone tells them, and have no idea what the leader’s plans are. Their plan is to take advantage of people by taking control of everything; to enslave them and then take everything they have.

 

I still have true servants in your country; for just as there are good grapes among a cluster of bad ones so I will not destroy everyone. Would I ever bring this nation to the point of judgment and then not do it? There is still time and I am ready to respond, I am ready to be found, but still your leaders are not looking for Me.

 

Lord, thank You for the promise of peace in my home, and thank You for Your promise that You will provide for my family – even in judgment.

 

Daily Devotional

O Lord, You made heaven and earth, and Your Spirit is upon me. You have anointed me to bring good news to the poor, comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that, “We will be released from this worldly system and be free. The time of God’s favor has come, and with it the day of His anger against His enemies.”

 

Son, you and your wife are great oaks that I have planted for My glory. I will faithfully reward you and your wife by making an everlasting covenant with the two of you. Then everyone will realize that you are people I have blessed. I know that you give not only what you can afford, but far more. Because I have filled you with abundant joy, it has overflowed in rich generosity. Remember that I was rich, yet for your sake I became poor, so that by My poverty I could make you rich.

 

Son, where are My watchmen who pray day and night; who give Me no rest because of their constant prayers for Me to complete My work? I am coming, and I will bring My rewards with Me. So tell My Holy People, the People Redeemed by Me, to cleanse themselves from everything that can defile their body or spirit, and to work toward complete holiness because they fear Me.

 

Lord, sometimes I feel that there is no rest, because there are so many battles in this world and the fear that it brings in me. Thank You that you know how to encourage those who belong to You, that are discouraged.