Quote Of The Day - An Affirmation

I don't know about you but I needed this and I have it written down, strung up, and I am beginning to speak this out over my life and in my family's life. I am looking forward in seeing what God will do.

Let faith arise!

God Bless.

Quote of the Day

-Joyce Meyer

“An affirmation to say everyday: The healing power of God is working in me right now. Eveyr day I get better and better in every way.” 

– Joyce Meyer

Good Words

I know I have said it before and I'm going to say it now....preach it, Joyce.

We need to learn and accept that words have power. Nothing may come from them at the time they are spoken or a day later, or even in day's and years to come but somewhere they will come back either to haunt us or bring blessing.

May we always seek to be blessing in every area of our lives and in the lives of others.

God Bless.

Good Words

by Joyce Meyer

Speak out to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, offering praise with voices [and instruments] and making melody with all your heart to the Lord. - Ephesians 5:19

The King James Version translates today's verse: Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. I like to apply this Scripture both ways. The way I speak to myself is important, and the way I speak to others is important, too. It is easy to fall into the trap of talking about negative things, problems, disappointments, and struggles. But none of that helps us stay filled with the Sprit and none of that reflects what the Holy Spirit wants to speak to us because He is not negative in any way. Even when He speaks to us about a problem, He speaks to bring a solution; and when He speaks to us about difficult situations, He does so to bring us comfort and strength. The more we think and talk about our problems, the weaker we become, but we are strengthened as we talk and think about Jesus and His promises to us. Life is not always easy; we all face difficulties at times. God has filled us with His Spirit to enable us to do difficult things with ease. When you are going through a hard time, keep your ear tuned in to the voice of God. Speak the positive things God says to you through His Word and through the voice of His Spirit in your heart. We all feed on our own words so it is very important to speak good words that are full of life.

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.

Praying From A Victorious Perspective

Love this and what this little devotional is trying to convey.

After reading this, our mindset has to change from a negative one and everything is out to destroy me to a victory perspective where we will live our lives knowing the King of King has defeated everything and everyone that will try to destroy us.

In essence, we have to live our best life and expect miracles at any given moment.

God Bless.

Praying from a Victorious Perspective

For each of us, life will involve many ups and downs, trials and tribulations, winds and waves. This is the normal Christian life: “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God” (Acts 14:22 NIV).

In God’s economy, our hardships work for us, not against us. But the outcome does not depend on our own strength. Christ’s victory: this is the perspective from which we must live and pray. This perspective keeps our prayers from falling to the ground before they strike their intended target. Like court heralds, we proclaim God’s sovereign greatness and we announce good news. (Well, it is bad news to the demonic forces over whom Jesus has won the victory.) As we intercede, we praise God and exalt His strength—and we remind Him of His promises. Tirelessly and persistently, we petition Him. By entering into His presence through our praises and reminding everyone within earshot (including ourselves) of His powerful benevolence, we shift into asking Him for what we need. Because we are praying with a heavenly perspective, enforcing the victory won by Christ’s shed blood, we are enabled to intercede and pray prayers that strike the mark.  From a position of victory, we pray prayers of victory. We proclaim the all-sufficiency of our God and we draw heaven’s blessings down to earth. We pray expecting God and His angels to break up the darkness with the brilliant light of His glory.  Do we see His glory every time? No. Often, we pray in the dark. But we keep on praying because He has furnished us with indomitable faith. 

Eventually, our prayers shift again. I can’t tell you how this happens or how quickly it will occur. All I know is that there comes a time when you actually stop asking. This is because of an almost fierce and well-won peace that, even when the darkness still seems to prevail, makes you sure that your prayers have been heard and God’s best answers are bound for their destination. You start to thank Him and praise Him for the provision that may not yet be visible, confident that in due time, it will become manifest. At that point, all you can do is praise Him anew, and you do. Your prayers are striking the mark!

-Author Unknown

The Faces Of Prayer

This is a great guide and insight into prayer.

Love, love, love this. I plan on using it to help break down as well as heightened my prayer life.

May you find something that will enhance your prayer life as well.

God Bless.

The Faces of Prayer

Various believers have identified a wealth of valid variations in intercessory prayer. Like everything else in our experience of living in the Spirit, these prayer categories can overlap and color each other. Yet highlighting them individually can be very useful as we explore our options. Elizabeth (Beth) Alves, who is sometimes called “the grandma of the prayer shield,” is one of those believers who has identified varieties of prayer anointing. I must give her credit for the twelve intercessor “specialties” that follow:

1. General Intercessors love to use prayer lists. Throughout the categories of intercessors that follow, you will always find general intercessors faithfully praying by this method.

2. Personal Intercessors do not pray as much for projects, crises, or groups of people as they do for specific people.

3. Financial Intercessors have been given a gift of faith specifically for finances—for individuals, ministries, cities, and regions.

4. Crisis Intercessors pray for short-term, emergency situations, such as natural catastrophes, serious sicknesses, or wars.

5. Spiritual Warfare Intercessors pray to thwart the devil’s works of darkness in Jesus’s great name.

6. Worship Intercessors engage in concerted praise and worship, creating a holy flow that causes inspired intercession to pour forth.

7. Governmental Intercessors feel called to pray consistently, persistently, and enthusiastically for state, national, and international leaders, by name. 

8. People Group and Missions Intercessors have an unquenchable passion to pray for those who have never heard the gospel message.

9. Salvation and Revival Intercessors pray fervently for people to come to Christ, obey Him, and make a sustained commitment to Him.

10. Israel Intercessors are “watchmen” who pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for the Middle East, and for God’s purposes among the Jewish people worldwide.

11. Church and Leadership Intercessors pray for the unity and revival of the church and for a hedge of protection around the leaders of the community of believers with whom they are connected.

12. Prophetic Intercessors pray with whatever particular focus the Holy Spirit gives them. They are the ones who listen and hear, look and see, and feel the burden of the Lord.

I am amazed when I see how prayers that strike the mark take on many different faces, expressions, and anointings of the Holy Spirit depending on the circumstances. Even if you start to feel you have it all figured out, your prayer expression will change from one season of your life to another. None of us can pray in every way for everything. But together, we can do it. 

Let’s get on board with it! It is always time to pray, all the time and in all different ways—all for the sake of God’s great name. May His kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven!

-Author Unknown

Then The Lord Said To Me

He loves us! Thank you, Lord!

Now may we believe and live by it so that we can be a testimony of His love bringing others into the kingdom.

God Bless.

Then the LORD said to me, “Go and love your wife again, even though she commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate that the LORD still loves Israel, even though the people have turned to other gods and love to worship them.” (NLT) -Hosea 3:1

God’s love is relentless. It pursues us despite the ugly sin that goes against the very nature of God. What amazing news! Even when we feel we’ve committed the worst of sins the Lord still loves us.

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So Many People Are Wandering Like Lost Sheep

I'm just going to leave the words of this little devotional right here so they may be soaked up and to shine light into our lives showing us just how much God love us.

God Bless.

...So my people are wandering like lost sheep; they are attacked because they have no shepherd. (NLT) -Zechariah 10:2

Do you ever feel as though you are just wandering through life? Without a shepherd in our lives, we leave ourselves vulnerable to attack. Attacks from others and even attacks against ourselves can come our way. Make room in your life for God to provide purpose and direction.

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Bearing Fruit

This is our commission for worse or for better.

God Bless.

Bearing Fruit

by Joyce Meyer

You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], He may give it to you. 
—John 15:16
The Bible says that we are blessed if our confidence is in the Lord. We will be like trees planted by the waters that continue to bear fruit (See Jeremiah 17:7–8).
I admit that sometimes, at the end of a day, we may feel that all of our fruit has been picked! But God will replenish us if we abide in Him. If we put our trust in God, we will bear all kinds of fruit, and will have new fruit to share with others every morning.

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From the book Starting Your Day Right by Joyce Meyer. Copyright © 2003 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.