THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

OUR GOD IS THE SUPREME COURT ALL BY HIMSELF AND HE’S ABOUT TO RULE IN YOUR FAVOR

In the legal system, a court will rule on a case and give their verdict, but that verdict can be appealed to a higher court that has more AUTHORITY and can overrule what the lower court decided. Finally, the SUPREME Court has the HIGHEST authority, and it can overrule ANY lower court decision.

In today’s Scripture, the psalmist is saying that the enemies that come against YOU —the fear, the lack, the sickness, the addiction—are NOT permanent. Our God is called the MOST HIGH God. He IS the Supreme Court all by HIMSELF. God is about to rule in your favor. He’s about to OVERRULE some things. You’re about to get a NEW verdict. God’s about to turn some things AROUND. You’re going to see a BREAKTHROUGH in your health. Doors are going to open BIGGER than you’ve IMAGINED. God’s going to bring divine CONNECTIONS, the right PEOPLE. He’s going to THRUST you to a NEW level of your destiny.

Today’s Scripture

Psalm 9:3–4, NLT

My enemies retreated For you have judged in my favor; from your throne you have judged with fairness.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

OUR GOD IS A MORE THAN ENOUGH GOD. DARE TO ASK BIG

When God laid out the plan for your life, He didn’t just put into it what you need to get BY and ENDURE until the END. He put MORE than enough in it. He’s a God of ABUNDANCE. We see this all through the Scripture. David says, “My cup runs over.” He had an ABUNDANCE, more than he NEEDED. Yes, we should thank God that our needs are supplied, but don’t SETTLE there. He is a more-than-enough God. He wants you to have an ABUNDANCE so you can be a blessing to those around you.

Are you asking for the abundant, overflowing, MORE-than-enough life that God has for you? God says you are to REIGN in life, that whatever you touch will PROSPER and SUCCEED. Don’t pray to just get by. Dare to ASK BIG. Ask for what God has PROMISED you. Ask Him for NEW levels. Ask Him for EXPLOSIVE blessings. Ask Him to propel you into your PURPOSE.

Today’s Scripture

Matthew 21:22, NKJV

And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

BE PROUD OF WHO GOD MADE YOU TO BE

Jesus said that if you don’t love yourself in a HEALTHY way, you will never be able to love OTHERS in the way that you should. This is why some people don’t have good RELATIONSHIPS. If you don’t get along with yourself, you’ll NEVER get along with others. We all have weaknesses, shortcomings, and things that we wish were different. But if you see YOURSELF as less than, not talented, and not valuable, you will become exactly THAT. If you feel unattractive on the INSIDE, you will convey feelings of unattractiveness. That’s going to push people away. You carry yourself the way you SEE yourself.

PEOPLE see you the way you see YOURSELF. Perhaps if you quit focusing on your FLAWS and start LOVING yourself in a HEALTHY way, being PROUD of who God made you to be, then as you send out these DIFFERENT messages, it’s going to bring new OPPORTUNITIES, new RELATIONSHIPS, and NEW levels of God’s FAVOR.

Today’s Scripture

Love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:39, NIV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO LET NEGATIVITY GO ALONG FOR THE RIDE

Scripture says to give no PLACE to the enemy. That’s not just talking about forces of darkness; that means to give a foothold to THINGS that weigh us down—GUILT, RESENTMENT, WORRY, DOUBT and BITTERNESS. These things come NATURALLY. The PROBLEM is that when we allow them IN, they take up space that SHOULD be reserved for the GOOD things God created us to be filled with—JOY, PEACE CONFIDENCE and CREATIVITY. But the negative can’t come in automatically and take over. YOU control what comes into your life. You have CONTROL over negative thoughts and emotions. You have to make the CHOICE and say, “I’m NOT going to give space to negativity and let it poison my LIFE. I WILL NOT let an offense make me sour and BITTER.” Take inventory of what you’re giving space to. LIFE IS TOO SHORT for you to go through it with negative things holding you BACK.

Today’s Scripture

Do not give the devil a foothold.

Ephesians 4:27, NIV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

YOUR MIND NEEDS A BREAK; YOUR BODY NEEDS TO RELAX

The Scripture says that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and we must take care of it. You can’t go against natural laws and expect God to BLESS you. Constant busyness and fatigue will make you feel flat. It’s easy to work all the time, to always be thinking about business, or some problem you must solve. That’s doing yourself and the people around you a DISSERVICE. Your mind needs a BREAK; your body needs to RELAX. That’s why God REQUIRED the people in the Old Testament to take a Sabbath. They had to REST.

If you live stressed out and overworked, don’t eat right or sleep enough, EVENTUALLY God will MAKE you lie down in green pastures. You’ll probably come to a point where you HAVE to rest. Don’t wear yourselves out to where God has to MAKE you slow down. You need RECREATION, EXERCISE, and LAUGHTER. The key is to live BALANCED—physically, spiritually, and emotionally.

Today’s Scripture

Psalm 23:2, NIV

He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

WHAT GOD STARTED IN YOUR LIFE, HE’S GOING TO COMPLETE

In the Scripture, some people brought a blind man to Jesus. You can imagine how THRILLED he was when Jesus opened his eyes, but everything was out of focus. Having blurry sight was FAR better than NO sight, and that could have been the end of the story. But then Jesus touched his eyes a SECOND time, and his eyes were COMPLETELY healed.

Many of us have seen God’s goodness. We’re grateful that He’s made us a whole lot BETTER and gotten us to where we are, although we haven’t accomplished our DREAMS. But too often, we settle for less than God’s best. God is NOT satisfied with MEDIOCRATY. He has a second touch coming YOUR way where He AMAZES you with His GOODNESS. Don’t be satisfied with BETTER. Be GRATEFUL for what God has DONE, but keep your FAITH stirred up for the FULLNESS of what you’re BELIEVING for. What He started in your life, He IS going to COMPLETE.

Today’s Scripture

Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again, and his eyes were opened. His sight was completely restored, and he could see everything clearly.

Mark 8:25, NLT

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY GOD’S FAVOR

When we receive a PROMOTION, or meet someone SPECIAL, or the medical report turns around, we know that’s the FAVOR of God. But when we face challenges and things are coming against us, it doesn’t seem like we HAVE favor. But having favor doesn’t mean you won’t have OBSTACLES; favor is what’s keeping those challenges from DEFEATING you. Today’s Scripture says that God’s favor is SURROUNDING you in the good times AND the tough times.

The psalmist says, “I have anointed him. I will steady him and make him strong. His enemies shall NOT overpower him.” In the middle of that challenge, you need to remind yourself that you are ANOINTED and crowned with FAVOR. Right NOW God is steadying you, making you STRONG, pushing BACK the forces of darkness, and taking you to VICTORY. You know a secret? You are SURROUNDED with His FAVOR in the storm, and God is turning the challenge to your ADVANTAGE.

Today’s Scripture

Surely, LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

Psalm 5:12, NIV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

DARE TO BELIEVE WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY DECIDED

In today’s Scripture, it doesn’t say Jesus WOULDN’T do any miracles; it says He COULDN’T. God works where there’s an attitude of FAITH. How many times do we STOP God from abundantly blessing our lives because we don’t BELIEVE His promises are going to happen? We let our CIRCUMSTANCES and what’s happened in the PAST talk us out of it.

Here’s the key: GOD’S idea of blessing you is very DIFFERENT than what YOU think BEING blessed is. We think NATURAL; God thinks SUPERNATURAL. He’s the running-over, the exceed-your-EXPECTATIONS God. He’s already DECIDED to bless you. Now it’s up to YOU. What you DECIDE will determine whether or not it comes to pass. You may not see how it can happen but take the LIMITS off of Him. Get RID of the excuses. Dare to BELIEVE what God has already DECIDED. If you DO this, God is going to EXCEED your expectations and take you to the FULLNESS of your destiny.

Today’s Scripture

And because of their unbelief, he couldn’t do any miracles among them except to place his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

Mark 6:5, NLT

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

YOU ARE ROYALTY, NOT CROWNED BY MAN, BUT BY ALMIGHTY GOD

Today’s Scripture talks about how God has made us to be KINGS and PRIESTS to Him. You need to start seeing yourself as ROYALTY. Start CARRYING yourself as royalty. Not in arrogance, thinking that you’re BETTER than others, but in HUMILITY, be PROUD of who God made you to be. You are not better than anyone else, but you are not LESS than anyone else. Understand that when your heavenly Father breathed HIS life into you and sent you to earth, you didn’t come as ordinary. He put a crown of HONOR on your head. Now start THINKING as royalty, TALKING as royalty, DRESSING as royalty, WALKING as royalty, and ACTING as royalty.

When YOU start seeing yourself as royalty, you will NEVER be intimidated again. You don’t HAVE to be the most talented, the most educated, or the most successful to feel GOOD about yourself. You are crowned NOT by people but by Almighty GOD.

Today’s Scripture

“And have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth.”

Revelation 5:10, NKJV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

KEEP HONORING GOD, HE’LL BRING YOU TO THE FOREGROUND

In the Scripture, David was discounted by his family, and his job as a shepherd was considered insignificant. His family looked on the outside, but David had a heart after God. He didn’t complain or get bitter; he didn’t slack off because nobody was watching or cared. He just kept being his BEST where he was. And on the day the prophet Samuel showed up to anoint one of his father’s sons as the next king, it was DAVID who was anointed over his brothers.

Just because PEOPLE leave you out doesn’t mean GOD leaves you out. People may overlook you or judge you by your LOOKS, your TALENT, or your SKIN COLOR. God looks on the INSIDE. He sees your FAITHFULNESS, your INTEGRITY. The good news is that if you keep HONORING God, He’ll take you from the background to the FOREGROUND. People may try to push you down, but God will lift you UP. People don’t determine your DESTINY; God DOES.

Today’s Scripture

“…The LORD does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”

1 Samuel 16:7, NIV