Category Archives: Holy Spirit

Cut it off!

Isa.50:7 “Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore, I have set my face like a stone, determined to do his will. And I know that I will not be put to shame.”

Remember Hannah and Peninnah? Hannah remained sorrowful until she took Peninnah’s mockery to God. Most times, people take things to God but step out of God’s presence still carrying the problem. Read the rest of this entry

Essentials II

Col. 3:23 (VOICE) “So no matter what your task is, work hard. Always do your best as the Lord’s servant, not as man’s”

If the Lord is with you, who can be against you? No one! You need to know and operate in this truth and reality. The primary source of Caleb’s courage, the primary source of our courage, is the Lord. Read the rest of this entry

Divine Guidance

Ps.31: For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.”

 

You need divine guidance to fulfill your destiny. We all need divine guidance to fulfill our destinies. From that story, we see two aspects of divine guidance

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Shortcut Short-circuits!

Job 31:1 “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman. For what has God above chosen for us? What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high?”

 

Most of the time if we will be true to self, we will admit that when God wants to save us from disaster, we often think He just wants to punish us. 

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Spirit Controlled!

Gal.5: 22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”

 

You would notice that the qualities listed in today’s Scripture reference, require a commitment to delay gratification. Notice also that in the original,

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By His Hands

Matt.9:18 “As Jesus was saying this, the leader of a synagogue came and knelt before him. “My daughter has just died,” he said, “but you can bring her back to life again if you just come and lay your hand on her.”

 

Laying on of hands brings Healing. Mark 7:32A deaf man with a speech impediment was brought to him, and the people begged Jesus to lay his hands on the man to heal him.” Read the rest of this entry

Affairs of The Heart

Ps. 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.”

 

King David was supposed to have gone to the battleground but instead he stayed back. One evening while taking a stroll on his roof, he saw a lady [Bathsheba] having her bath.

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New!

2 Cor.5:17 “This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” [with emphasis].

 

This is one of my favourite passages of Scripture. In fact, the first book I wrote, New Creation Reality, was based on this passage of Scripture.

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Time & Trouble

Ex.20:13 “You must not murder. 14 “You must not commit adultery.”

 

God’s commands are also His promises. We touched on the beauty of this in yesterday’s devotional.

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Do You Believe?

Mark 16:17 “These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak in new languages. 18 They will be able to handle snakes with safety, and if they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them…”

 

These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe…” [with emphasis]. The Bible does not say that the miraculous signs will accompany those that are in doubt or those that are afraid. You have to hinge your confidence on Jesus and in the Word of God. Read the rest of this entry