THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

BELIEVE GOD’S PROMISES BY FAITH, AND WHATEVER YOU ASK FOR IN PRAYER WILL BE YOURS

Has God spoken things to your heart that haven’t come to pass yet? Anytime you step out to BELIEVE God, the enemy will try to distract and discourage you in order to get you off course. But when you RECEIVE that promise by FAITH, when you hold it in your heart, when you PICTURE it in your mind and DECLARE it with your words, you begin to feel more CONFIDENT. You feel EMPOWERED and SETTLED in your heart. You begin to have JOY and PEACE because you know God is working behind the scenes on your behalf.

I encourage you today, GRAB HOLD of the promises of God and DON’T LET GO! Can you see it in your MIND’S eye? Can you see yourself HEALED? Can you see yourself PAYING off that last debt? Can you see yourself at your ideal WEIGHT? Can you see yourself SHARING THE GOSPEL with a family member or coworker? Ask the Lord to give you a VISION for your future. Open your heart and allow HIS thoughts to become YOUR thoughts. Receive His promises by FAITH, and just like it says in today’s verse—WHATEVER YOU ASK FOR in prayer will be yours!

Today’s Scripture:

“Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
(Mark 11:24, NIV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

KNOW THIS: NO MATTER WHAT, GOD WANTS TO MAKE YOU NEW. HE’LL GIVE YOU A FRESH START…..

When God puts a DREAM or a PROMISE on the inside of you, He deposits within you EVERYTHING you need to accomplish it. He wouldn’t give you the desire to do something without giving you the ABILITY to fulfill it. In fact, the scripture tells us that GOD gives us the desires of our heart. In other words, HE puts the desire inside of us and then works WITH us to bring it to pass.

Oftentimes, people set out to accomplish their DREAMS, but they face a setback or disappointment, and then they feel like their time has passed. But know this: no matter WHERE you’ve come from, no matter WHAT’S happened in your past, God wants to make you NEW. He wants to give you a FRESH START. If you feel like you’ve missed OPPORTUNITIES in your life, if you feel like your time has passed, remember, today is a NEW day. You are a NEW person, and God has NEW OPPORTUNITIES in store for you!

Today’s Scripture:

“And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new…”
Revelation 21:5, AMPC

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

WHEN YOU WEAR A GARMENT OF PRAISE, YOU’LL STAND STRONG

What type of attitude are you wearing today? What’s covering your mind and emotions? Are you clothed with despair and disappointment? Are you wearing “heaviness?”

If you’ve recently gone through a hurtful or disappointing situation, there is a SEASON to grieve a loss. It’s important to go through that process and RELEASE the hurt to God. But the Bible also says that God wants to give you a GARMENT of PRAISE instead of a spirit of heaviness or despair. He wants to exchange your hurt for His HEALING. He wants to fill you with His PEACE and JOY.

Are the GARMENTS of yesterday holding you back and weighing you down? Maybe it’s time to EXCHANGE that heaviness for His GARMENT of PRAISE. Maybe it’s time to RELEASE those heavy burdens. Maybe it’s time to FORGIVE those who have hurt you and begin to PRAISE your way to VICTORY. When you wear a GARMENT of PRAISE, you’ll stand STRONG and display His SPLENDOR all the days of your life.

TODAYS SCRIPTURE

“Provide for those who grieve…a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.”
(Isaiah 61:3, NIV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

 

YOU HAVE TO TRUST THAT GOD HAS YOUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART

God is a mighty DELIVERER! Today, you may feel afflicted, overwhelmed or burdened by the cares of life. Know this: God is working to bring you OUT of that difficult situation. It may not be in the way YOU thought, but you have to TRUST that God has YOUR best interest at heart.

Afflictions can take on many forms—a sickness or hardship, a temptation, a difficult coworker or contentious family member. There are so many things that can come against us. Remember, those afflictions are only TEMPORARY. Stand in FAITH today believing that God IS on your side. It doesn’t matter what your circumstances look like, why don’t you get up every morning and say, “This is the day that the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it!” You may not FEEL like rejoicing in the moment, but if you’ll look out with your eyes of FAITH, you’ll see your Deliverer IS coming. As you stand and TRUST the Lord, He will EMPOWER you to OVERCOME all of those afflictions, and you’ll see His hand of BLESSING in every area of your life.

TODAYS SCRIPTURE

“Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.”
(Psalm 34:19, NKJV)