THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

FOCUS ON HOW BIG YOUR GOD IS, INSTEAD OF HOW BIG YOUR PROBLEMS ARE

We serve a great and MIGHTY God! He is the Creator of the universe, the one who spoke the worlds into existence. He’s called the Great I AM, and He’s saying today, “I am EVERYTHING you need. I am your STRENGTH. I am your WISDOM. I am your PROTECTION. I am your PROVIDER. I am your WAY MAKER. I am your PROBLEM SOLVER. I am your DREAM giver. I am your VICTORY!

David put it this way in Psalm 138, “Though I am surrounded by troubles, You will bring me safely through. Your fist is clenched against my enemies. Your power WILL save me.” Maybe you feel like David today. You’re surrounded by all kinds of difficulties. You’re tempted to just settle right where you are. You need to get your FIRE back! Instead of focusing on how big your problems are, FOCUS on how big your GOD is! He is EVERYTHING you need. He is the Great I AM, and He is the one LEADING and GUIDING you into VICTORY in EVERY area of your life!

Today’s Scripture:

“God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.'”

Exodus 3:14, NIV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD IS A GOD OF INCREASE, HE ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING BIGGER AND BETTER IN STORE….

When the people of Israel were in the desert on the way to the Promised Land, God gave them manna to eat. That was good. It sustained them for a while, but it wasn’t permanent provision. Eventually, the manna stopped coming. The people had to move FORWARD, and then God gave them quail. They were so excited. That fed them for a while, but it was also temporary.

See, God gave the Israelites temporary PROVISION on the way to the Promised Land where they would have PERMANANT provision. The fact that God had something much GREATER in store for their future is what kept them moving FORWARD. God COULD have sustained them with manna or quail, but God is a god of INCREASE. He works in SEASONS, and He ALWAYS has something BETTER in store.

Don’t get stuck in a rut and think that one way is going to last forever. Instead, stay open and be willing to CHANGE, make ADJUSTMENTS, make CORRECTIONS or try something NEW. If the “manna” stops coming, don’t get upset. Just keep moving FORWARD and be on the lookout for the NEW provision God has in store for you!

Today’s Scripture:

“And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 4:19, NKJV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD HAS ALREADY RELEASED INTO YOUR FUTURE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

God has already prepared paths for you to take in your FUTURE! When God laid out the plan for your life, He lined up the right PEOPLE, the right CIRCUMSTANCES and the right BREAKS. In your future, He’s already released FAVOR, supernatural OPPORTUNITIES and divine CONNECTIONS. The breaks you need in life have ALREADY been preordained to come across your path. If you will stay in faith and go out each day and be a person of EXCELLENCE, you’ll WALK into these appointments of favor. It will be just as if you STUMBLED into God’s BLESSINGS!

When you really UNDERSTAND this principle, you’ll begin to get excited about EVERY single day! You’ll have a spring in your step as you think about what blessing is coming NEXT! It could be today. It could be tomorrow. It could be next week. Keep EXPECTING. Keep BELIEVING. Stay FOCUSED on the fact that God has ALREADY released into your future EVERYTHING you need to fulfill your DESTINY. Start declaring seasons of increase over YOUR life. Declare that favor IS on you and opportunities ARE coming. As you do, you’ll move forward into the FAVOR and BLESSING God has ordered for YOU!

Today’s Scripture:

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”

Ephesians 2:10, NASB

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

ENLARGE YOUR VISION, INCREASE YOUR CAPACITY TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW THINGS GOD HAS IN STORE FOR YOU

God has MANY blessings in store for you! He has FAVOR in your future like you’ve NEVER imagined. He wants to take you places that you’ve never even DREAMED. But in order for us to partake of all of these blessings, we have to increase our CAPACITY to receive.

Think about this: if you have a one-gallon bucket, and someone has fifty gallons to give you, the problem is not with the supply. The problem is that you don’t have the CAPACITY to receive the fifty gallons. But if you get rid of that small container and get something LARGER, then you will be able to receive MORE. It’s the same way with God. If we THINK we’ve reached our limits, the problem isn’t that God doesn’t have the resources or the ability; the problem is that our CONTAINER is too small. We have to enlarge our VISION and make room for the new THINGS God has for us. Our attitude should be, “Yes, the economy is down, but I know God is still on the throne. I know wherever I go, His GOODNESS and MERCY follow me.”

When you have THAT kind of attitude, you’re increasing your CAPACITY to receive so that you can live the ABUNDANT life He has in store for you.

Today’s Scripture:

“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back…”

Isaiah 54:2, NIV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD WANTS TO OVERWHELM YOU WITH HIS GOODNESS

Today’s verse is really an encouragement for all of us to raise our level of EXPECTANCY. It’s like God is saying to us, “You think you’re blessed? You haven’t seen ANYTHING yet!” Sure, God has been GOOD to you, but He also has things for your FUTURE that if He told you right now, it would boggle your mind. You wouldn’t even believe it!

Know today that God wants to BLESS you in your FUTURE. He wants to OVERWHELM you with His GOODNESS and with things SO wonderful you can’t even FATHOM it!

Today, get ready for INCREASE. Get prepared for PROMOTION. This year is the year to step into blessings you can’t even IMAGINE. Keep BELIEVING, keep OBEYING His Word, and keep your heart OPEN because you haven’t seen ANYTING yet!

Today’s Scripture:

“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

1 Corinthians 2:9, NKJV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GET INTO AGREEMENT WITH GOD, HE CALLS YOU ‘WELL ABLE’

In scripture, God called Gideon a mighty man of fearless courage. Now Gideon looked around and said, ‘God couldn’t be talking about me. I come from the poorest family. I’m the least one in my father’s house.’ Gideon saw himself as weak, defeated, and not able. But God saw him as STRONG, CONFIDENT, and being more than a CONQUEROR.

The question is are WE going to believe what God says about US, or are we going to believe what we FEEL, what we THINK, or what the circumstances LOOK like? You may feel weak today, but God calls you STRONG. You may feel like a victim, but God calls you a VICTOR. You may be afraid, but God calls you CONFIDENT. You may be in debt, God calls you PROSPEROUS. You may be sick, God calls you WELL. You may be addicted, God calls you FREE. You may feel inadequate, but God calls you WELL ABLE.

Today, get into AGREEMENT with GOD. No matter what the circumstances LOOK like, you’ve got to dig your heels in and say, ‘God, I agree with what YOU call me. I’m FREE, FORGIVEN and HEALED in Jesus’ Name!”

Today’s Scripture:

And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, ‘The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor’

(Judges 6:12, ESV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

FOCUS ON GOD BECUASE HE IS FAITHFUL, AND HE WILL FIGHT YOUR BATTLES

In the Bible, when the people of Israel came out of slavery and were headed toward the Promise Land, they were so happy to finally be FREE! But then Pharaoh changed his mind about letting them go and came chasing after them. They came to a dead end at the Red Sea and things LOOKED impossible. Instead of staying in faith and focusing on the FACT that God had delivered them BEFORE, the Israelites got upset, fearful and started complaining, “Moses, why did you bring us out here to die?” Moses replied, “Stand still and you will see the deliverance of the Lord.” He went on to say, “The LORD will fight for you if you will hold your peace and remain at rest.” The Lord was FAITHFUL to His Word and delivered them again.

Moses knew he had to get the people out of that negative mentality or they would be defeated, and the same is true for YOU. You may be in a storm of LIFE, but don’t let that storm get IN YOU. Instead, set your focus on GOD because He is FAITHFUL, and HE will fight your battles. Stay CALM and remain in PEACE today because God is going to deliver YOU and lead you into YOUR promise land!

Today’s Scripture:

“Moses answered the people, ‘Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today…the LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.'”

Exodus 14:13-14, NIV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

WHATEVER YOU NEED, MAKE YOUR REQUESTS KNOWN TO GOD

God loves it when you come BOLDLY to Him! When we pray with an attitude of FAITH and EXPECTANCY, it shows that we BELIEVE God and His Word, and that opens the door for Him to move on our behalf.

Today’s verse tells us that when we pray EARNESTLY and CONTINUALLY that it makes tremendous POWER available. Think about a little child asking his mother for something he really wants. That child doesn’t just ask once. Or twice. He asks CONTINUALLY! He doesn’t just walk away if he doesn’t get an answer right away. That child builds his case and gives every reason he should get what he is asking for!

Scripture tells us to come to God with the FAITH of a child. It’s not that we have to beg Him, but our DETERMINATION is an expression of our faith in His GOODNESS. When we build OUR case with the Word of God, we are setting ourselves up to partake of His divine BLESSING. Today, whatever you need, make your requests known to God. Come to Him with the faith of a child. Pray EARNESTLY and CONTINUALLY and watch His power work on YOUR behalf!

Today’s Scripture:

“…The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].”

James 5:16, AMPC

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

TODAY, GET YOUR HOPES UP AND ENLARGE YOUR VISION

We are living in a day where God is INCREASING His favor. He wants to AMAZE you with His goodness. Maybe you have seen God’s goodness to a certain degree. In reality, you haven’t seen ANYTHING yet! God has favor in YOUR future that will SUPERSEDE anything that you’ve seen in the past.

The scripture talks about how the glory of the LATTER day will be GREATER than the glory of the former day. That means what God did for your parents or grandparents, He’s going to SURPASS in your generation. The BLESSING and FAVOR of past generations was good, but we serve a God of INCREASE! He has GREATER things in store for YOUR future!

Today, get your hopes UP. ENLARGE your vision. Be EXPECTING God to bring OPPORTUNITIES across your path. Expect to meet the right PEOPLE and get the right BREAKS. PREPARE your heart and mind to receive the increase and blessing God has for your future!

Today’s Scripture:

“The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the LORD Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace’…

Haggai 2:9, NIV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

PUT GOD FIRST IN YOUR LIFE, THEN NOTHING CAN STOP YOUR DESTINY

I heard somebody say, “Don’t let your heredity stop your destiny.” In other words, don’t let the way somebody treated you, or what they did or didn’t give you keep you from pressing forward and becoming all that God has created you to be.

The people who raised you may have had addictions, but that doesn’t have to be YOUR future. You can be the one to BREAK that negative cycle. Your parents may have had anger issues or never amounted to much, but you don’t have to keep letting that curse be passed from generation to generation. You can be the one to say, “NO MORE. This is a NEW day! I may have had an unfair PAST, but I’m NOT going to have an unfair FUTURE. I know God put a blessing on me BEFORE anybody could put a curse, and I’m NOT going to let my heredity stop my DESTINY.”

Today, know that God is FOR you! Seek Him with a humble heart and BREAK FREE from the bondages of the past. When you choose to put Him FIRST in your life, then NOTHING can stop your destiny!

Today’s Scripture:

…If God is for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:31, NIV