THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

WHEN YOU ARE FAITHFUL IN DOING WHAT YOU KNOW TO BE RIGHT, GOD WILL REWARD YOUR DILIGENCE

If we are to accomplish God’s BEST in our life, we have to be dreamers AND doers. You need to dream big dreams AND have a vision of VICTORY for your life, but you also have to put your FAITH into action. The Bible tells us that “faith without works is DEAD.” If you are believing for a PROMOTION at work, you need to be the most DILIGENT worker there. If your dream is to be debt FREE, you are going to have to be careful how you spend your MONEY. If you are believing for a better MARRIAGE relationship, sometimes you will have to fight for PEACE. Continue to sow those seeds of ENCOURAGEMENT, HOPE, FAITHFULNESS and live a DISCIPLINED life. When you are FAITHFUL in doing what you KNOW to be right, God will REWARD your diligence, and you will reap a HARVEST of VICTORY.

Today’s Scripture:

Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.

Ecclesiastes 11:6, NASB

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

WHAT WE ALLOW INTO OUR MINDS WILL EVENTUALLY AFFECT OUR HEARTS…..

You were meant to rise HIGH in heavenly places and stand with God, but notice that in order to ASCEND, we have to make sure we have clean hands and a pure heart. How do we have clean hands and a pure heart? First of all, only 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 enemy and his ATTEMPTS to bring us back DOWN. It all happens 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 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 affect our HEARTS. Choose today to ASCEND in your thoughts so you can ascend in your LIFE and receive the BLESSINGS the Lord has in store for you!

Today’s Scripture:

“Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.”

Psalm 24:3-5, NKJV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD HAS THE FINAL SAY AND HE HAS NOT CHANGED HIS MIND…..

You may have things in your life that seem DEAD—a relationship, a business, your health. Jesus would say to you that He has POWER over death. God’s LOVE can bring that relationship back to life that seems dead to you and take it to an entirely NEW level. Maybe you feel that you have a “dead-end JOB,” or maybe you think your life is going nowhere and you have no PURPOSE. We want to ENCOURAGE you today! The same power that raised JESUS from the dead can REVITALIZE your career and put you on a path of SUCCESS. If you start BELIEVING again, God is going to RESURRECT what you thought was dead. You may have tried and failed, but DREAMS that you’ve given up on are going to SUDDENLY come back to life. Problems that looked permanent are going to suddenly TURN AROUND. God has the FINAL say. He has NOT changed HIS mind.

Today’s Scripture:

…And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ.

(Ephesians 3:17–18, NIV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD’S PERFECT LOVE NEVER FAIILS OR FALLS AWAY…..

God tells you in His Word that He HAS always loved you and WILL always love you—a love that is truly ETERNAL and UNENDING. Nothing can ever separate you from His LOVE, and there is nothing you can do to make Him love you MORE and nothing you can do to make Him love you any LESS. His love is truly AMAZINIG! HUMAN love can be POWERFUL and FAITHFUL, but it still falls SHORT of the perfect love GOD has for you. It has been said that you can’t out-GIVE God, and that’s true of LOVE as well! First Corinthians 13 is a wonderful chapter because it gives a glimpse into God’s love, which NEVER fails. All the loves on the earth either fall away or FAIL from time to time, but not God’s PERFECT love. That is a wonderful thing to KNOW and something to model your OWN love and life after.

Today’s Scripture:

…I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, with lovingkindness I have drawn you.

(Jeremiah 31:3, NKJV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

WAITING ON GOD IS NOT LIKE WAITING ON ANYONE ELSE, HE ALWAYS KEEPS HIS PROMISES…..

Even when you are busy, you can choose to be PATIENT. Nobody really likes to wait around for something to happen, especially if it’s something they really want to see come to pass. But God says that people who TRUST in Him need to WAIT on Him. Waiting is hard, but here’s the good part: waiting on God is not like waiting on anyone else in your life because God NEVER fails to keep His WORD! If you’re asking God for something right now or hoping that He will fulfill your DREAMS, just keep praying and holding on. Don’t give up on God. If it’s not happening on YOUR timetable, REMIND yourself, “God KNOWS what He is doing. He has my best interest at heart. I wouldn’t be having this delay unless God had a very good REASON for it.” Rest assured that it will be in God’s PERFECT timing.

Today’s Scripture:

The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him.

(Lamentations 3:25, NIV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

SOWING SEED IS NOT JUST A ONE-TIME EFFORT, IT’S A PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE

In farming, the seed always PRECEDES the harvest—and that’s true in our lives as well. In other words, if you want to reap HAPPINESS, then you have to sow SEEDS by making OTHER people happy. If you want to reap FINANCIAL blessings, you have to SOW financially. If you want to reap FRIENDSHIPS, you have to be a good friend FIRST. Sowing seed is not just a one-time effort, it’s an important part of EVERYDAY life. Instead of focusing on YOUR need, worrying about how it’s going to work out and living frustrated, look for ways you can sow a SEED. Be more SEED-oriented than NEED-oriented. Can you give an ENCOURAGING word to someone who’s DOWN? Is there someone you can PRAY for? Are you investing quality TIME with your loved ones? If you’ll dare to SOW a seed in your time of NEED, God will do more than you can ask or think!

Today’s Scripture:

And hardworking farmers should be the first to enjoy the fruit of their labor.

(2 Timothy 2:6, NLT)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

THE FORCES THAT ARE FOR YOU, ARE GREATER THAN THE FORCES THAT ARE AGAINST YOU

Have you ever noticed that you often face your greatest ATTACKS when you’re about to give birth to the DREAMS God placed in your heart? The enemy waits until you’re CLOSE to the PROMOTION, close to the BREAKTHROUGH. He’ll strike when you’re just about to step up to a new level. Don’t be surprised if you face opposition or go through a DISAPPOINTMENT. Perhaps a friend whom you were counting on isn’t there. Or, it’s taking LONGER than you EXPECTED. That simply means you’re ABOUT to give birth to what God has placed in your HEART. The GOOD news is, the forces that are FOR you are GREATER than the forces that are against you. Your DESTINY cannot be stopped by a bad break, by disappointments, by opposition or by other PEOPLE. God ALWAYS causes you to TRIUMPH. He says, “NO weapon formed against you will EVER prosper.”

Today’s Scripture:

But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere.

2 Corinthians 2:14, NIV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD CAN TAKE WHAT IS BROKEN AND MAKE IT WHOLE AGAIN….

God is the provider of EVERY good and perfect GIFT. Although you may have some obstacles in your path right NOW, THANK the Lord for the STRENGTH He gives you to OVERCOME them. Thank God CONTINUALLY for all of the GIFTS He showers on you, both big AND small. If you wrote down all your BLESSINGS, you would fill up every piece of paper that you own, and THEN some! Instead of focusing on the parts of your life that are NOT going as planned, CHOOSE to FOCUS on the GOOD things that God has put in your life. Remember, GOD can take what is broken and make it WHOLE again.

Today’s Scripture:

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

James 1:17, NKJV

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD PROMISES TO LEAD AND GUIDE YOU INTO PATHS OF PEACE, JOY AND EVERLASTING LIFE

God has the WISDOM, the GUIDANCE and the DIRECTION we need for our lives, but it does NOT happen automatically. All throughout the day, we should be ACKNOWLEDGING God, asking for His HELP, seeking His WISDOM, following His COMMANDS and thanking Him for His GOODNESS. In the morning, we should wake up and say, “Father, I commit this DAY, my PLANS and my FUTURE into YOUR hands. Make the path clear, show me what to DO and give me the WORDS to speak.” When you start the day like THIS, God promises to crown your day with SUCCESS. When you are driving on the freeway say, “Father, thank You for keeping me SAFE.” At the office say, “Lord, help me to be FOCUSED and PRODUCTIVE today.” At home, “Father, bless my CHILDREN.” Before you go to bed, “Lord, THANK YOU for a good night’s rest.” When you’re acknowledging Him in ALL your ways, He PROMISES to LEAD and GUIDE you into paths of PEACE, JOY and everlasting LIFE!

Today’s Scripture:

In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

(Proverbs 3:6, NKJV)

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

SHOW GOD’S LOVE AND GOODNESS WHEREVER YOU GO….

Everywhere you go these days, people are hurting and discouraged; many have made mistakes; their lives are in a mess. They need to feel God’s COMPASSION and His unconditional LOVE. Is YOUR heart of compassion open to them? Do you take time to make a difference in OTHERS’ lives? God has given you a heart of COMPASSION, but you must decide to keep it OPEN and allow the love of God to flow through you to those AROUND you. In order to experience God’s abundant LIFE, you must keep your FOCUS on helping OTHER people. Don’t allow the enemy to keep you so busy that you overlook the needs of those AROUND you. Make a decision to show God’s love and goodness WHEREVER you go. Be on the LOOKOUT for people you can BLESS. Go out of your way to show God’s COMPASSION, and as you do, YOU will rise HIGHER and experience the BEST plan God has for YOUR life!

Today’s Scripture:

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

(1 John 3:17, NASB)