No Condemnation

I don't need any one's help in condemning me, I can do that all on my own. And believe you me, this is one of the biggest problems I have if not the biggest.

I can kick myself for being so stupid. See, what did I tell ya! 

Oh how I love this little devotional! It' tells me I'm free! And being free is freeing indeed! Now all I have to do is bury the words deep within me so I can live my life I was meant to.

My hope is you will find yourself being freed indeed too!

God Bless.

“No Condemnation”

I have been forgiven and set free from my sins.
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus....For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh.
(Romans 8:1, 3)

There are two kinds of coffee: percolated and instant. Percolated coffee takes longer to make because it has to go through the brewing process. The book of Romans is like percolated coffee. We cannot get instant coffee out of Romans chapter 8. We must go through the preceding seven chapters. Those are the percolator. But the result is that much richer. 

Only when we have been through those chapters do we get to the “therefore.” The preceding chapters deal with the total sinfulness of all humanity, as well as with the failure of religion to change man’s sinful nature. Using the examples of Abraham and David (see chapter 4), with a comparison between Adam and Christ (see chapter 5), Paul moves on in chapter 6 to reveal God’s remedy for the old man: execution. God doesn’t patch up the old man. He doesn’t reform him. He executes him! The good news is that this execution took place when Jesus died on the cross.

Romans 7 deals with our relationship to the Law. I always used to think, Why come to the law after all that? But I have learned that the ultimate hurdle we have to get over, the last stage of this percolator, is how we relate to the Law. Without the percolator, we cannot live in Romans 8, because the essential condition is “no condemnation.” The moment in which we come under condemnation is the moment when we are out of the Spirit-controlled life of Romans 8. The devil’s main objective is to bring us under condemnation. The objective of God’s Word, especially in Romans, is to deliver us from condemnation. 

Thank You, Lord, for Your forgiveness. I am free from the devil’s efforts to bring me under condemnation, and there is no condemnation for me because I am in Christ Jesus. I have been forgiven and set free from my sins. Amen.

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Think First

Joyce get's me but more importantly, God get's me and He sends me these little devotionals to speak encouragement into my life. 

I often think I know better than God and usual get myself into trouble. So today's devotional has been ingrain in me and I'm ready for a new week and to let God be God in my life! He doesn't need my interference!

God Bless.

Think First

by Joyce Meyer

You ought to be quiet (keep yourselves in check) and to do nothing rashly. 
—Acts 19:36

Committing to do something without asking God about it and waiting for Him to speak to us is not wise; nor is it wise to jump into things without thinking first about what we are getting ready to do. We often obligate ourselves to too many things and end up weary and worn out. God certainly strengthens us through His Spirit, but He doesn’t strengthen us to do things that are outside of His will for us. He won’t strengthen us to be foolish! 

Once we commit to do something, God expects us to keep our word and be people of integrity, so His advice to us in the verse for today is to “think before we speak.” In our thinking, we ought to ask God what He thinks about the matter we have under consideration.

This is certainly a lesson I have had to learn. I used to allow enthusiasm to get the best of me and say yes to things without asking for God’s advice and then end up complaining about my schedule. God had to let me know that if I had sought Him first and followed His guidance, I could have avoided being frustrated and stressed. I am sure you have many opportunities to get involved in things you would enjoy or consider important. I simply encourage you today not to commit to anything without giving it serious thought and without seeking God’s guidance concerning whether or not He would have you do these things.

God’s word for you today: Think before you speak!

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From the book Hearing from God Each Morning: 365 Daily Devotions by Joyce Meyer. Copyright © 2010 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.

Worry Is Selfishness In Desguise

There seems to be a theme developing in my week. If you haven't guessed it, I'm going through something and it's big in my life.

I can feel God's pull on my heart and life and as I sit here, tears are running down my cheeks because what I'm facing is propbably one of the biggest things ever!!

And these little devotionals are speaking to me and I just watned to put them out there for others.

I wanted to finish by saying, God I need you! Not my will but Yours!

God Bless.

Worry Is Selfishness in Disguise

Too often, people give in to worry without realizing how deadly it is. When you get to the root of it, worry is a sin. Worry certainly doesn't come out of faith, and Romans 14:23 (AMP) states that "whatever does not originate and proceed from faith is sin."

Most of the time, worry is based on one sin in particular: selfishness. Usually when we worry, we're concerned about how our selfish desires are not being fulfilled. The more selfish desires you have, the more you have to worry about, and the more complicated your life becomes.
God wants us to simply focus on serving Him.

It is God's will that we live our lives free from all anxiety and distressing care. He wants us to be free to serve Him without being 'drawn in diverging directions' (1 Corinthians 7:34 AMP). We must not allow the worries of this world to divert us from His purpose for our lives.

Seek to rid yourself of selfish desires. This will keep your life simple and give you less to worry about. Then you can wholeheartedly pursue God's great plan for your life.

Prayer Starter: Father God, thank You for showing me that worry is a sin. Help me to get rid of my selfish, ungodly desires so that I can simply pursue Your destiny for me.

Learn To Take Life As It Comes

Yeah, taking life as it comes is easier said than done. Hopefully I am not the only one!

If I could have a crystal ball telling me what was going to happen and things were going to work out for me and how, I think I would feel better or at least be happier.

I say that now but I'm not that is true. I'm a crazed emotional person. However, I long to live a life as it comes. To me it would be a much freer life.

I thank God, He isn't done with me yet and He is bringing me along to so that kind of life is possible. I just got to get out of the way and let God be God. He's seemed to have done a better job than I could ever and He has blessed me beyond measure which I am eternity grateful.

God Bless.

Learn to Take Life As It Comes

Like most people, I resist things I don't like that I can't really do anything about. One day the Lord said to me, 'Joyce, learn to take life as it comes.'

I believe this is a lesson for all of us. What He was saying to me was that I needed to stop fighting the things I could do nothing about.

If we are traveling somewhere and suddenly find ourselves in heavy traffic due to an accident or bad weather, it doesn't do any good to resist it. Only time or God's supernatural intervention will change the situation. Why not relax and try to find some way to enjoy the time?

God has equipped us to handle life as it comes, which is why He tells us to only focus on today. He knows that if we spend time worrying about issues beyond our control, we will become tired and frustrated.

You don't need to waste time trying to change and control things outside your power. Set your mind to what God has placed in front of you and let Him take care of the rest.

Prayer Starter: Lord, I realize that I can't control everything, but I can trust You. Right now, I make a
decision do my best with what You've given me and leave the rest to You.

Joyce Meyer Ministers

Why We Ask Why

I came across this little devotional from my folder on my computer and I knew this one was for  me today and most days.

If I ever stopped asking why this is happening to me than either I've finally grown up or the Lord has called me home. I would hope it would be the latter.

I am so weak and so unbelievably without faith when crisis hits. Yet after reading this, I know it's time for me to grow up and say enough is enough. And replace the why with I believe.

If I did that I wonder how happier I would be not to mention my family and others around me. I need to start seeing it's not always about me but about others who are watching me act like a fool with her head cut off. Just maybe if I could believe I could change a person's life and become a soul winner instead of a crazed freaked out lunatic who can't keep it together longer than five minutes.

So I'm declaring I believe today!

God Bless.

Why We Ask 'Why?'

Do you ever find yourself in a tragic situation and asked God, 'Why? Why is this happening to me?'

For one moment, let's imagine that God actually answered that question. Would His explanation change anything? The effects of the tragedy would still be with you, and the pain would be just as severe as it was
before. What would you have learned?

When we ask God that question, I think the real questions we're asking are: 'God, do You love me? Will You take care of me in my sorrow and pain? You won't leave me alone, will You?' Is it possible that, because we're afraid God doesn't truly care about us, we ask for explanations?

Instead, we must learn to say: 'Lord, I believe. I don't understand, and I'll probably never grasp all the reasons bad things happen, but I know for certain that You love me and are with me, always.'

I believe it often takes more faith to go through something victoriously than to be delivered from it. Put your
faith in God and you'll come out stronger on the other side.

Prayer Starter: God, I believe in You, even when circumstances try to fill my mind with doubt. Help me to remember Your love for me and to put my faith in You, no matter what happens.

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Selah's Press On Lyrics

Sometimes the right words can't be spoken or they can't be formed in a way you need them to be because of what you are going thru.

Sometimes, the very thing that needs to be said can only be said through a song and for me today, Selah song Press On is all the words I need to get me through the day.

We are going to make it so, let's press on.

God Bless.

Selah - Press On Lyrics

Press On Lyrics

"Press On" was written by Burgess, Dan.

When the valley is deep

When the mountain is steep
When the body is weary
When we stumble and fall

When the choices are hard
When we're battered and scarred
When we've spent our resources
When we've given our all

In Jesus' name, we press on
In Jesus' name, we press on
Dear Lord, with the prize clear before our eyes
We find the strength to press on

In Jesus' name, we press on
In Jesus' name, we press on
Dear Lord, with the prize clear before our eyes
We find the strength to press on
We find the strength to press on, to press on

Songwriters
BURGESS, DAN

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Appreciate Honesty From Other People

I can tell you from personal experience, I hate it when someone tells me what I am doing wrong in my life.

Automatically, my defenses goes up and a stubborn attitude emerges. Yet, after reading this little devotional, maybe it's time I did an attitude check on myself and not so much on others.

Maybe it's time I try to listen to what others are saying and use this mind set as a why of shifting through what people tell me. God uses people and sometimes, the words people use has a little bit of truth from God in them to help steer me into a new direction.

Yep, this one is for me today. Hopefully you will find it useful as well.

God Bless.

Appreciate Honesty from Other People

Everyone loves compliments, but very few know how to handle constructive criticism. No one likes to be wrong, which makes it hard when people are uncomfortably honest with us.

But we need to be thankful for honesty in other people. I once heard someone say, "Only two people will tell you the truth about yourself: someone who is angry with you and someone who loves you very much." God uses both types in our lives, but He especially uses the honesty of friends and loved ones.

When someone can, in love, honestly show you how you can improve, the results will be so much more valuable than empty, ego-stroking compliments. It's this kind of relationship that the Bible describes as 'iron sharpening iron.'

I urge you to be thankful for people who tell you the truth about yourself, even if it's not what you want to hear.

When you hear the truth, especially something you weren't aware of, you can change. Ultimately, their honesty will make you a better person.

Prayer Starter: Lord, thank You for placing truly honest people in my life. Their honesty may make me uncomfortable at times, but I know that when I listen to them, You can help me become a better person.

Devotional From Today published by ReFrame Media