Monday, October 11, 2010
OCTOBER 11
We Wrestle Not With Flesh and Blood
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12
One of the biggest tricks that satan pulls on Christians and gets away with is deceiving us into believing that people are our enemies and that we are fighting with flesh and blood. He will move on people to talk about us or to do unkind things to us and then try to get us to look at those people as our enemies and the ones that we are fighting with. Today is the day that he needs to stop getting away with that in your life. Realize today that satan is your enemy. When attacks seem to be originating with people, turn your attention toward satan and come against him with the Word of God. Find the Scriptures that deal with the issue at hand, take authority over and rebuke him and then walk in love towards other people.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
OCTOBER 10
Set The Captives Free!
“…and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.”
Isaiah 10:27
The Bible tells us that redemption has granted freedom from every sickness, every disease, every satanic oppression, bondage to sin, fear and everything that is a curse. However, as the body of Christ in the earth, we are the Enforcers and the Agents of administering freedom to those who will receive the Word of God that proclaims that freedom. We have been anointed of God. That means that His ability is both inside of us and rests upon us to bring to nothing all of these things that oppress man. We must have a mind that is made up to walk in this every day. As we begin our day, we should pray for people to receive this freedom that has been paid for by the blood of Jesus Christ. We should then be prepared with this gospel of freedom in our lips and our bodies ready to administer deliverance as the opportunities arise. We are anointed for this; we have been given the ability of God-that is why we are here.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
OCTOBER 9
Handling Tests and Trials
“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13.
The word used for temptation is very simply defined as a test or a trial. Tests and trials come in various forms and their source is satan and this natural world, not the Lord. Tests and trials come to attempt to move us away from the will of God or to “locate” our faith and our “vital” position in Christ. They also arise out of unchecked lusts of the flesh (James 1:14). Satan wants to know where you stand and just how much he can get away with in your life. In dealing with them, we must do so according to the knowledge of the Word. The first and the last things that we should know is that they do not come from God (James 1:13) and that there is always a way of escape. The part in between requires knowledge of the fact that we must rejoice at the onset of a test or trial. We are to count it all joy because we know that the trying of our faith will produce patience, endurance, steadfastness, constancy, which will bring us to the place of being perfect and entire, lacking nothing. Not many of us are actually looking forward to tests and trials, however, when they come (and they come to ALL of us), we have to know how to deal with them according to the Word of God. If we follow the instructions from the Bible, we will overcome every test and trial that comes our way.
Friday, October 8, 2010
OCTOBER 8
It’s All Ours
“He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?”
Romans 8:32
There are many of God’s people that have had a difficult time in being convinced that He wants them to be blessed and prosperous in all things. This is one of the Scriptures that should permanently settle that. Think about it: if God spared not His best, His dearest, His Son to redeem us, then certainly He would freely give us everything else because there is nothing left that could even compare to the value of His Son, except for us. Let this Scripture secure a big part of your meditations. We don’t want to shortchange the Father in the love that He desires to express to every one of us.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
OCTOBER 7
I Can See Clearly Now
“For their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the Old Testament; which veil is done away in Christ.” 2 Corinthians 3:14
If we are having a difficult time understanding the Scriptures it is because our focus is off base. If the Believer will look at the Word of God through his union with Christ, all things will be understood. Notice, this Scripture tells us that the veil has been removed “In Christ.” If we will discover our location and deal with the Word of God based on our being “in Christ”, we would discover just how much light the Father has placed us in. All of the New Testament Scriptures that have these words in them should be sought out and given priority by everyone who is born again: with Christ, with Him, in Him, in Whom, in Christ, through Him, through Christ, by Him, by Christ, by Whom, from Whom, of Christ and of Whom. I emphasize the fact that they must be given priority and must become the most important things for you EVERY DAY! The light will be so bright in you that you will wonder where you have been all your Christian life.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
OCTOBER 6
Be Aware of Those Tenses
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.”
Ephesians 1:3
Many of you may remember being taught early on in English grammar about tenses; such as past, present and future. They caused us to see what period of time some action occurred. In the New Testament, when we look at the redemptive work of Christ and our partaking of the blessings of our redemption, the tenses become very important. Notice the “hath” in Ephesians 1:3. That lets us know that it is something that has already been done. When something has already been done, it means that it is an established fact. It also means that whatever relationship that we have to that established fact has to be dealt with in the same light. When we see things like this in the Scriptures, the Father is meaning for us to receive these things and adjust our entire lives; our thoughts, our speech, our actions and our expectations; so that they are aligned with what has already been done. As you read the New Testament, and in particular the writings of the Apostle Paul, keep this in mind; then adjust your life accordingly.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
OCTOBER 5
Jesus IS Coming!
“Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is. And every man that hath this hope in Him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.”
1 John 3:1-3
Jesus is coming! One of the major reasons for us to keep this in mind, as a hope set before us, is because of its purifying effect upon our lives. When our minds are focused on His coming, it keeps us alert to holy living, it is a “sin deterrent”, and it helps us to purify our lives. Why is that? One reason is because in our minds, we see ourselves being like Him when He comes; therefore we want to be like Him now so that we won’t be ashamed at His coming. To make it plain, it puts the fear of God in us! It causes reverence for Him to rise in our thinking and it keeps us at the business of the kingdom. We will find that we have no time for sin, sulking or aimless living which are major issues for people in the church right now. Let’s make sure that our focus is right so that we can help others do the same.
Scripture reading:1 Peter 1:13-25; 1 John 4:16-18
Monday, October 4, 2010
OCTOBER 4
Workers With God
“For we are labourers together with God…”
1 Corinthians 3:9
Some of us probably have never really consciously thought of this, however it is true: it’s not all you and it’s not all God when it comes to the work of the kingdom. We are workers together with God. God is the Resource, The Power and The Head; we are the Body of Christ, the vehicle through which the work is carried out in the earth. You see, my friend, God needs YOU – HE NEEDS YOUR BODY! Because you have a body, it gives you the right and the authority to function in the earth. The Father is not going to get up from His Throne and come to earth to do the work and the Lord Jesus, the Resurrected Man Who is seated at the Father’s right hand, is there expecting His enemies to be made His footstool. Who is going to do that? We, the Body of Christ! So, don’t sit back waiting for God to do things in the earth. We have already been given our assignments and our commission; it is now up to us to do the work. Let’s get busy!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
OCTOBER 3
Magnify The Lord
“O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.”
Psalm 34:3
I can remember times that as children we would get a magnifying glass and put our hand underneath it or look at some insect or other object under it. We thought it was so cool as to how that glass would not only make the image larger, but it would also show in greater detail what we were looking at. We could see the lines in our hands more clearly or see in greater detail the pores in our skin, or we could see things on an insect that we couldn’t make out without that magnifying glass. Nothing else could be seen except for what was being looked at under that glass. How interesting it is that the Bible tells us to magnify the Lord. In all of the various things that we have to deal with in life, the Scripture encourages us to look at the Lord through the magnifying glass, not the challenges of life. Magnifying the Lord is giving Him the biggest place in our minds. We are to focus on the goodness of God to us through exalting His name. We are to see His mercy, His help, His protection, His provision, His answers and His faithfulness. When we set our minds on Him in this manner, He will always be larger than anything that we are dealing with. Hallelujah!
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