THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

A SLINGSHOT WITH “THE BLESSING” IS MORE POWERFUL THAN A TANK WITHOUT IT

When you honor God with your life, He puts a blessing on you that gives you an advantage. Today’s Scripture doesn’t say “blessings,” plural; it says “blessing,” singular. When you have “the blessing,” all kinds of blessings will come. It causes you to rise up when circumstances are pushing you down and to prosper when others are struggling. It’s not just because of your skill, talent, and determination. There is a force behind you that is fighting your battles, bringing the right people into your life, opening doors you can’t open.

Don’t discount yourself. David went out with a slingshot and a few stones and defeated Goliath. What you have may seem small compared to what you’re up against, but a slingshot with the blessing is more powerful than a tank without it. Your talent may seem small compared to the dream God put in your heart, but that talent with the blessing will take you further than you can imagine.

Today’s Scripture

Malachi 3:10, NKJV

“Bring all the tithe into the storehouse… and try Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

TAKE A STEP INTO THE UNKNOWN AND THAT’S WHEN THE WATERS WILL PART

When Joshua and the Israelites came to the Jordan River, there was no way for them to get across. God told Joshua to have the priests who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant step into the river; then the waters of the Jordan would part. I can imagine the priests saying, “Joshua, what if it doesn’t.” But instead, they dared to step into the unknown, and in that moment, the water upstream began piling up.

We say, “God, when You part the river, I’ll go.” God says, “Go, and I’ll part the river.” God purposefully puts us in situations where it looks impossible. When you don’t see how it can work out or where the funds are coming from, when every thought tells you to play it safe, if you’ll step into the unknown, along the way you’ll see miracles, doors will open that you couldn’t open, and the right people will show up. That’s when Jordan Rivers will part.

Today’s Scripture

Joshua 3:13, NIV

“As soon as the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—set foot in the Jordan, its waters flowing downstream will be cut off and stand up in a heap.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

YOU ARE THE HEAD AND NEVER THE TAIL, IT’S GOD’S PLEASURE TO PROSPER YOU

God’s people were supposed to go around constantly saying, “God takes pleasure in prospering me.” It was to help them develop an abundant mentality. Your life is moving toward what you’re constantly thinking about. If you’re always thinking thoughts of lack, not enough, and struggle, you’re moving toward the wrong things. All through the day, meditate on these thoughts: overflow, abundance, God takes pleasure in prospering me.

God can make things happen that you could never make happen. He’s already placed abundance in your future. Don’t you dare settle there with lack and not enough. That is where you are; it is not who you are. That is your location; it’s not your identity. You are a child of the Most High God. No matter what it looks like, have this abundant mentality. Keep reminding yourself, “God takes pleasure in prospering me. I am the head and never the tail.”

Today’s Scripture

Psalm 35:27, NKJV

…Let them say continually, “Let the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

IN GOD’S PERFECT TIMING WHEN EVERYTHING IS READY, YOU’LL FINALLY GIVE BIRTH TO YOUR DREAM

Psalm 7 says the ungodly “are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.” The GOOD news is, that’s not YOU. You are the RIGHTEOUS. You’re not pregnant with trouble, with bad breaks, sickness, lack, or depression. You are pregnant with FAVOR, with TALENT, with VICTORY. All through the day, keep saying, “Lord, thank You that I’m pregnant with Your PROMISES. I believe conception has occurred.” Perhaps your DREAM LOOKS impossible. It’s been a long time, you gave it your best effort, and it didn’t work out; but deep DOWN, you can’t HELP it—something keeps kicking, telling you that it’s still on the WAY. In God’s PERFECT timing, when everything is READY, you’re going to give BIRTH.

Quit telling yourself that you can never get ahead, that you don’t have enough of this, enough of that. You are pregnant with SUCCESS, pregnant with IDEAS, pregnant with your DESTINY. You’re going to give BIRTH to what God put IN you.

Today’s Scripture

Luke 18:27, NKJV

But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

THE ONLY POWER A LABEL HAS OVER YOU, IS THE POWER YOU GIVE IT

People constantly put LABELS on us, telling us what we can and cannot BECOME, what we do or don’t HAVE. People will label you “not good enough, too slow, addict, average.” Many times, these labels are not in agreement with what GOD says about us; but if we don’t KNOW any better, we’ll wear them like they’re the TRUTH. If we keep them on long enough, they’ll become so ingrained in our thinking that we’ll become what PEOPLE have said rather than what GOD has said—“you are STRONG, TALENTED, VALUABLE, MORE than a conqueror.”

Are there labels holding YOU back today? The only POWER a label has over you, is the power YOU give it. If you REMOVE it, quit THINKING about it, quit acting like it’s the TRUTH, that label will have NO effect on you. If you’re going to rise to the next level, you have to put on GOD labels. To LIVE better, you need to THINK better.

Today’s Scripture

Deuteronomy 28:13, NIV

The LORD will make you the head, not the tail…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

LEARN TO RELEASE THE IMPURITIES OF LIFE…..

When Jesus said “pure in heart,” the word PURE in the original language is where we get our word catharsis, which means “cleansing, releasing, purifying.” After a surgery, the doctor may put in a catheter, which is from the same root word. It’s a tube that drains out the IMPURITIES in the body—the infection, the toxins, the waste. The doctor knows that these contaminates will come NATURALLY. He’s not alarmed unless they’re not released and flushed out.

God is saying that you’re going to be BLESSED when you learn to release the impurities of LIFE, emptying out all the things that will infect you. Bitterness, guilt, worry, doubt, and self-pity are impurities that WILL come, but you have to let them GO and flush them out or they will contaminate your spirit and POISON you. But they can NOT hurt you if they just pass through. If you let them GO, God will fill your life with GOOD things.

Today’s Scripture

Matthew 5:8, NIV

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

TURN IT AROUND, AND TALK ABOUT THE PROMISE

To be snared means “to be trapped.” Your words can trap you. What you say can cause you to stumble and keep you from your potential. You’re not snared by what you think. Negative thoughts come to us all. But when you speak them out, you give them life. If you say, “I’ll never get back in shape,” it becomes more difficult. If you say, “I’m not that talented. I don’t have a good personality,” that is calling in mediocrity. It’s setting the limits for your life. When negative thoughts come, the key is to never verbalize them. That thought will die stillborn if you don’t speak it.

In the tough times, it’s very tempting to vent your frustrations. When you continually talk about the problem, you’re making it bigger. Turn it around and talk about the promise. Let your report be: “God is supplying all my needs. It may look impossible on paper, but with God, all things are possible.”

Today’s Scripture

Proverbs 6:2, NKJV

You are snared by the words of your mouth; you are taken by the words of your mouth.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD WILL GET YOU TO WHERE YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE 

Today’s Scripture tells us to rule our own spirit. It doesn’t say to rule somebody else’s spirit or to rule your circumstances. You can’t control what other people think or say about you or the negative circumstances around you. If you’re dealing with a sickness or your finances are low, your attempts to control it will only lead to frustration, worry, and discouragement. Part of ruling your spirit is to not let that poison get in you. Ships don’t sink because there’s water around them; they sink if they let the water get in them.

Another part of ruling your spirit is to not believe the enemy’s constant whispers, “You blew it. God’s never going to bless you.” God’s mercy is bigger than any mistake. Your mistakes didn’t cancel God’s plan, and He’s not finished with you. You may have fallen down, but your attitude should be, “I’m not staying down. God will get me to where I’m supposed to be.”

Today’s Scripture

Proverbs 16:32, ESV

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

WHEN YOU PRAY, PRAY LIKE IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY…..

Did you notice in today’s Scripture how big God thinks? Sometimes we’re praying for a dollar-an-hour raise; God’s talking about giving you nations. We’re praying to pay our bills; God’s planning on blessing you so you can also pay other people’s bills. We’re looking at the five loaves and two fish; God’s thinking about the twelve basketfuls of leftovers.

What does that mean, “Today is your birthday”? On your birthday, more than at any other time, you feel entitled to ask for something special. When you were a child, you knew that was your special day. You had the boldness to ask for what you really wanted. God is saying, “When you pray, act as though it’s your birthday and I am your heavenly Father. Come to Me with boldness. Ask Me for what you really want. Don’t hold back. Tell Me what you’re believing for. Ask for the secret things I placed in your heart.” Dare to ask big.

Today’s Scripture

Psalm 2:7–8, MSG

“You’re my son, and today is your birthday. What do you want? Name it: Nations as a present? continents as a prize?”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

LET IT GO AND TRUST GOD TO BE YOUR VINDICATOR

Bitterness is always knocking at the door—people do you wrong, you didn’t get the promotion, you came down with an illness. You can’t stop difficult things from happening to you, but you can choose how you respond to them. If you hold on to the hurt and dwell on the offense, you open the door to bitterness, which poisons your attitude to the point where you see everything in a negative light. It will steal your dreams and rob you of your joy.

When something unfair happens that you don’t understand and the question, “Why did this happen?” comes up, let go of it quickly. God sees what’s happening to you. He knows what wasn’t fair. He knows how to bring you out better. Trust Him to be your VINDICATOR. The longer you dwell on it, the more you let it bother you, the deeper it gets rooted in you. The key is to forgive quickly and let it go.

Today’s Scripture

Ephesians 4:31, NIV

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.