Step Out
Judges 6:14 “Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!”
Remember the example of the fish in a bowl? The fish most likely feels restricted even though it knows that it is made for more. However, until the fish can leap into the ocean, the fish should stay in the bowl. Read the rest of this entry
Tongue Power
2 Samuel 23:2 “The Spirit of the Lord speaks through me; his words are upon my tongue. God’s Spirit spoke through me, his words took shape on my tongue.” (NLT & MSG)
When we were much younger, when we went to the doctor for a medical check-up, the doctor would bring out a spatula. Then the doctor will use it to flatten the tongue. I always used to wonder what the doctor was Read the rest of this entry
Zero To Hero
Judges 6:11-12 “Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree… Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites. The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!”
You may be threshing wheat at the bottom of the winepress. But God is saying you are made for more. You may be hiding and that may be sufficient at the time. But God is saying to you are made for more. Read the rest of this entry
Made For More!
Judges 6:12 “The Lord’s angel appeared to him there and said, “The Lord is with you, brave and mighty man!” (GNT)
What is the universe of ideas that God has released to you that you are still tapping less than one percent of? That should bother you. Instead of focusing on how to get out of the hiding place God has placed you in. Read the rest of this entry
The Reason
Genesis 2:15-17 “The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. But the Lord God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”
Limits are essential to life. If you look at creation, you will see that it speaks to us consistently about this truth. For instance, did you know that more than eighty percent of the ocean has not been explored, mapped, or reached by man? Read the rest of this entry
Essentials
Psalm 104:9 “Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth.”
Limits are essential to life. If you do not understand limits, you cannot walk in being limitless or really be limitless. Being limitless actually really comes when you understand the boundaries and the limits of life. Read the rest of this entry
Just Stay!
Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” (KJV)
We will kick off today’s devotional with our final thoughts from yesterday. And it is that sometimes, you need to hide until it is time. Read the rest of this entry
Timing
Judges 6:11 “Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites.” (emphasis added).
Have you ever wondered if, is this all there is? Or felt like there had to be more. I remember years ago, while I was still in paid employment. Read the rest of this entry
How To
Mark 10:45 “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
A connection to Jesus is experienced firstly by Believing and Receiving. Secondly by Trusting and Obeying. Read the rest of this entry
The Only Way
Isaiah 50:10 “Who is among you who fears the Lord, Who obeys the voice of His Servant, Yet who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust and be confident in the name of the Lord and let him rely on his God” (AMP)
A connection to Jesus is experienced firstly by Believing and Receiving. John 1:12 “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” (NIV, emphasis added). Read the rest of this entry
