Not Ninety-Nine
Exodus 20:3 “You must not have any other god but me. No other gods, only me.” (NLT & MSG)
James 1:22 “…remember, it is a message to obey, not just to listen to. So don’t fool yourselves.” (LB). You do not get more spiritual by hearing scriptural and spiritual verses. You get more spiritual by doing something about what you have heard. Read the rest of this entry
Obeying
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.” (BSB, emphasis added)
Our anchor scripture highlights four phrases that show us how to position ourselves to be guided by God. The first phrase is Trust In The Lord With All Your Heart and this is Risking. Read the rest of this entry
80:20 Principle
Philippians 2:13 “For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. God will continually revitalize you, implanting within you the passion to do what pleases him.” (NLT&TPT)
We are staying with the question from yesterday which is, how do I know if what I am doing is something God wants me to do? Or if it is just my idea and it can get me into trouble? Read the rest of this entry
Eagle’s Wings
Matthew 16:25 “For whoever is bent on saving his [temporal] life [his comfort and security here] shall lose it [eternal life]; and whoever loses his life [his comfort and security here] for My sake shall find it [life everlasting].” (AMPC)
The question to you today is, what is it going to be? Save it and lose it or risk it and gain it with God? God is spreading out His wings and saying, ‘Get on it, child’. But you are saying it is too risky. Read the rest of this entry
Dependable
Mark 12:30-31 “And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
Jesus is speaking to you directly and He is saying that you need to take a risk on God. What is that thing that God will have you do, and you do not want to do because it is ‘too risky’? Read the rest of this entry
Risky
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.” (emphasis added)
From this passage, we see four phrases that show us how to position to be guided by God. These four phrases are four things that we have to inculcate in our lives to abide on eagle’s wings. Read the rest of this entry
Take Position
Deuteronomy 32:11-12 “Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take them up and carried them safely on his pinions. The Lord alone guided them; they followed no foreign gods.”
We are in a new season; God is lifting us on eagle’s wings. Over the next few days, we will start by laying the foundation for getting on eagle’s wings. And laying the foundation on how to be carried on eagle’s wings. Read the rest of this entry
Enduring Word
Luke 21:33 “Heaven and earth will disappear, earth and sky will be destroyed. But my words will never disappear, the words I have spoken will never be destroyed, my words remain forever true.” (NLT & NCV & LB)
We will kick off today’s devotional by continuing with our final thought from yesterday. And that is “how does the Word act on you”? When you act on the Word of God, the Word of God acts on you. Read the rest of this entry
Action!
James 2:18 “Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”
The very fourth choice you need to make to work the Word is to Choose To Act On It. James 1:22 “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” (NIV). Read the rest of this entry
