THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO LIVE THE GOOD LIFE GOD PROMISED IS ALREADY INSIDE YOU

You are destined for BLESSING ! Are you living the good life that God has PREARRANGED for you? Everything you need to live as an OVERCOMER is inside of you by the power of the Holy Spirit. As a BELIEVER, there are seeds of SUCCESS on the inside of you. There are BLESSINGS in store for you. If you’ll get into agreement with God in your THOUGHTS, ATTITUDES, WORDS and ACTIONS, then you will be POSITIONED to receive ALL of His spiritual blessings.

Choose to start your day by declaring what GOD says about you. Declare, “I am BLESSED. I am PROSPEROUS. I am HEALTHY and STRONG. I have FAVOR. NO weapon formed against me shall prosper. I am the head and NOT the tail, above only and NOT beneath.” Friend, when you start speaking like that, all of heaven takes notice. Your FAITH activates His plan for your life. ANGELS are dispatched on your behalf. BLESSINGS are set in motion. Before you know it, you are living the GOOD life He promised and moving forward into the DESTINY of BLESSING He has in store for YOU!

Today’s Scripture:

“For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].”
Ephesians 2:10, AMP

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

START EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTED

No matter where you are in life right now, God has much more in store for you. God wants to INCREASE you. He wants to give you more WISDOM so you can make better DECISIONS. He wants to give you a STRONGER anointing so you can have greater INFLUENCE. He wants you to prosper FINANCIALLY so you can be a blessing to OTHERS. Don’t get stuck in that old rut where you just get up and go to work, come home, go to bed, and then do it all again. That’s NOT all there is to life. God has new frontiers for you to EXPLORE and higher mountains to climb! We can tell you, with great CONFIDENCE, that your best days are right out in FRONT of you.

Proverbs says, “The path of the righteous gets BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER.” If you’re going to start experiencing these NEW victories, you must do YOUR part and start thinking the way GOD thinks. Think BIG! Think EXPANSIVE! Think INCREASE! Start EXPECTING the unexpected!

Today’s Scripture:

…No one’s ever seen or heard anything like this, never so much as imagined anything quite like it—What God has arranged for those who love Him…
1 Corinthians 2:9, MSG

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

YOU CAN NEVER OUTGIVE GOD

In the book of Genesis, God set up a system of SEEDTIME and HARVEST. Everything God does starts with a seed. The Bible also tells us that He gives seed to the sower. In other words, if you are a person who has a desire to bless OTHERS and sow seed, God will make sure you have PLENTY to give. Notice what happens when you GENEROUSLY sow seed—you increase MORE! Just like PLANTING a seed in the natural brings an abundant harvest, planting a SPIRITUAL seed brings an abundant harvest as well. You can NOT outgive God. He will pour out BLESSINGS on you that you cannot even CONTAIN.

God’s blessings go WAY beyond just the financial realm. He wants you to have blessed RELATIONSHIPS, good HEALTH and a happy CAREER. Take a step of faith today and look for ways to START SOWING. What do you have in YOUR hand? Can you start by giving a smile and sowing JOY? Can you HELP someone else at the gas pump? Choose to be a BLESSING because God promises to BLESS and INCREASE you in every area of YOUR life.

Today’s Scripture:

“There is one who scatters, yet increase more…”
Proverbs 11:24, NKJV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD WANTS YOU TO BE SO BLESSED, THAT IT RUNS OVER ONTO THOSE AROUND YOU

In the same way that a parent LOVES to see their child doing well and excelling, God wants you to do well and excel in EVERY area. He takes pleasure in PROSPERING you. He doesn’t want you to just barely have enough to meet YOUR own needs. God wants you to be so BLESSED that when other people get around you, it overflows onto THEM. He wants you to be SO blessed in your finances that you can pay your own bills, accomplish your own dreams and also be a blessing to OTHER people.

The key is, that YOU have to make room for it in your THINKING. You have to EXPECT that He wants to bless you. Take a step of FAITH today by THANKING Him for His ABUNDANCE in every area of your life. DECLARE that because you follow HIS ways, His BLESSINGS are going to chase you down! Don’t just settle for a “good enough” mentality, develop an OVERFLOW MENTALITY because God delights in the PROSPERITY of His people!

Today’s Scripture:

“…Let the Lord be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”
Psalm 35:27, NKJV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

THERE’S NO LIMIT TO WHAT THE LORD CAN DO THROUGH YOU, AND WITH YOU

God has planted His seed of HOPE, POWER and VICTORY inside of you! All you have to do is allow God to bring the BEST out of your life and decide you won’t settle for “good enough.” It may not always be easy to do this, but it’s very POSSIBLE! Perhaps you have made a hurtful mistake in your past, and that is still haunting you. If you let the enemy tell you that you’re not good enough for God’s forgiveness, then you’re settling for LESS than God’s victory. Setbacks are part of life, but Jesus said He came to give you an ABUNDANT life! If you decide to strive for EXCELLENCE, there is NO limit to what the Lord can do THROUGH you and WITH you.

Today’s Scripture:

“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:14, NIV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD PROMISES TO DELIVER YOU FROM ALL OF YOUR TROUBLES

No matter what “troubles” you may be facing today, God has promised to DELIVER you! Notice this verse doesn’t say He’s going to deliver you from “some” of your troubles—if you say and do everything perfectly. No, if you are RIGHTEOUS today, God promises to deliver you from ALL of your troubles. How do you KNOW if you are righteous? When you receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior, when you accept His forgiveness and BELIEVE He is working in your life, then you are RIGHTEOUS. Your FAITH and BELIEF in the goodness of God is His righteousness at work in your heart. The Bible says in Romans 4 that “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

If you are facing troubles today, EXPECT that God has a way of escape for you. Expect that He IS working behind the scenes on your behalf. MEDITATE on this verse and let it sink deep into your heart. Know that God is GOOD and He is your DELIVERER today. BELIEVE in His goodness and faithfulness and He will DELIVER you into the life of VICTORY that He has planned!

Today’s Scripture:

“A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all.”
(Psalm 34:19, NIV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

IF WE’RE GOING TO RISE HIGHER, WE HAVE TO HAVE HIGHER THOUGHTS

Did you know that you are meant to RISE HIGH in heavenly places? You are meant to stand with God in His Holy place? But notice that in order to ASCEND, we have to make sure we have CLEAN hands and a PURE heart. How do we do that? First of all, ONLY the blood of Jesus can make us clean and new. Once we receive Him as our Lord and Savior, we have to choose every day to stand against the contaminating forces of the enemy that would try to hold us down.

It all starts in our THOUGHT life. We have to guard our thoughts by guarding what we allow to INFLUENCE our thoughts. We can’t just watch anything on TV. We can’t just listen to any conversation. We have to make sure that what we allow into our minds is PLEASING to the Lord because what we allow into our minds will EVENTUALLY filter into our hearts. If we are going to ASCEND, we have to have HIGHER thoughts; we have to have a higher way of LIVING. Choose today to ASCEND so that you can partake of the BLESSING the Lord has in store for you.

Today’s Scripture:

“Who may ascend onto the mountain of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place?”
(Psalm 24:3, AMP)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

BE ENCOURAGED TODAY BECUASE YOUR LIFE IS ON AN EXTRAORDINARY PATH

We all face challenges. We all have obstacles to overcome. But if we can keep the right PERSPECTIVE, it will help us stay in FAITH so that we can move forward into VICTORY. You may feel, right now, like the challenges you face are too big or too overwhelming. One thing I’ve learned is that average people have average problems. Ordinary people have ordinary challenges. But remember, you’re NOT average. You’re not ordinary. You are EXTRAORDINARY. God breathed HIS life into you. You are EXCEPTIONAL, and exceptional people face exceptional difficulties. But the good news is that we serve an exceptional GOD! When you have an incredible problem, instead of being discouraged, you should be ENCOURAGED knowing that you’re an incredible PERSON, and you have an incredible FUTURE. Your path is shining brighter and BRIGHTER because of your incredible GOD!

Be ENCOURAGED today because your life is on an EXTRAORDINARY path. Keep standing in FAITH, keep declaring VICTORY, keep declaring the PROMISES of God over your life because you have an EXCEPTIONAL future!

Today’s Scripture:

“But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.”
(Proverbs 4:18, AMP)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

WHAT’S HAPPENED IN THE PAST IS OVER AND DONE

Are you ready for INCREASE? Are you ready to go to the next level, SPIRITUALLY, PHYSICALLY, and EMOTIONALLY? In this passage of scripture, Jesus is basically saying that you can’t go to a NEW level with an OLD way of THINKING. Many people hear the truth that God has MORE in store and something RESONATES on the inside. Their spirit comes into AGREEMENT with God, but often times, the natural mind will try to talk them out of it. Thoughts will come like, “It’s not going to happen for you. You’re not going to have a great year. You know what the economy is like.” Or, “You’re never going to get well. You saw what the medical report said.” “You’re never going to get married. You’ve been single so long.”

Friend, those are the OLD wineskins that you have to get rid of. This is a NEW season. What’s happened in the past is over and done. You may have been through some disappointments, you may have tried and failed, or things didn’t work out. That’s OKAY. God is still in control. It’s time to get a new VISION for your life. It’s time to open yourself to a new way of THINKING so that you can receive all the BLESSINGS God has in store for you.

Today’s Scripture:

“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”
(Mark 2:22, NKJV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD WANTS TO SATISFY AND BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY

Are you expecting to have a SUPERNATURAL year? Are you expecting INCREASE and ABUNDANCE? Notice this verse tells us that THE RIGHTEOUS, those who follow God’s commands, will be SATISFIED even in times of famine. Even when it looks like resources are slim, God has a plan to provide for His people. The scripture also tells us that God is looking for people who will be FAITHFUL to Him; people who will TRUST Him, people who will BELIEVE that He is the God of MORE than enough!

God always shows Himself strong on behalf of the people who seek Him FIRST-even during the most difficult times. No matter what you may be facing today, God wants to show Himself STRONG for you. He wants to MAKE a way where there seems to BE no way. He wants to SATISFY you and BLESS you ABUNDANTLY so that you can reach out and be a blessing to the people AROUND you. Take a step of faith today and begin to DECLARE His promises over your life. Declare that HE is the One who SATISFIES you all the days of your life.

Today’s Scripture:

“They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they will have plenty and be satisfied.”
(Psalm 37:19, AMP)