THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

WHEN YOU AGREE WITH WHAT GOD SAYS, YOU’LL DEFEAT ENEMIES THAT ARE MUCH BIGGER

There is NOTHING more powerful than saying what GOD has spoken about you. When you have God’s promises coming out of your MOUTH, you CAN’T be defeated. Even when Jesus was tempted by Satan in the wilderness, He said, “It is WRITTEN.” With EACH temptation, He went back to the Scripture and quoted what GOD said. When YOU’RE in difficult times, don’t just say what YOU feel, what you THINK, or what you WANT. Say what GOD says about your situation.

Today, you can say with His AUTHORITY, “I’m BLESSED. I’m PROSPEROUS. I’m REDEEMED. I’m HEALTHY. I’m a MASTERPIECE. I have the MIND of Christ. I have peace that PASSES understanding. I’m MORE than a conqueror through CHRIST. My LATTER days WILL be better than my former days.” When you go around with HIS thoughts playing in your mind all day, you activate the power that will OVERCOME obstacles that look INSURMOUNTABLE. When you agree with what GOD says, He’ll open doors you CAN’T open, and you’ll defeat ENEMIES that are much BIGGER.

Today’s Scripture:

Isaiah 55:11, NKJV

So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

THE ENEMY MAY HAVE DONE HIS BEST, BUT HIS BEST WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH

We ALL face things that are trying to push us DOWN today. THOUGHTS will tell you, “You’ll never get WELL. This setback has RUINED your finances. You’ll ALWAYS struggle with this addiction.” Don’t BELIEVE those lies. No more saying, “It’s never going to CHANGE.” Rather, you NEED to say with the apostle PAUL, “The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives inside ME.” The forces of darkness did their best to STOP Jesus, but they couldn’t keep Him from RISING. That tells ME that nothing YOU face can keep YOU from your PURPOSE–no PANDEMIC, no SETBACK, no LAYOFF. The enemy may have done his BEST, but his best will NEVER be ENOUGH.

You may FEEL as though you’re down in a PIT. The GOOD news is that the Most High God will lift you OUT. He’s about to FREE you from that addiction. He’s about to turn the medical report AROUND. He’s about to open NEW doors, bring new OPPROTUNITIES, new RELATIONSHIPS. The pit is NOT your destiny. Get ready to RISE.

Today’s Scripture:

Psalm 40:2, NKJV

He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD PAYS YOU BACK

Today’s Scripture tells a story about the disciples’ SURPRISE when they found Jesus sitting beside a well, totally REFRESHED. When they had left him, he was tired and hungry after traveling a long way to SAMARIA. But in the MEANTIME, He had met a woman and given her life a new BEGINNING. Jesus explained the secret to His renewed STRENGTH: “I get FED by doing what GOD wants Me to do. My STRENGTH, PEACE, JOY, and SATISFACTION come when I serve OTHERS.”

God wants you to make the lives of OTHERS better. When you do the will of your FATHER, you feel ENERGIZED, STRONGER, and REFRESHED. You MAY volunteer in your community or get up early on Sunday and serve in the children’s MINISTRY. You’d THINK you would leave TIRED, but when you help OTHERS, you get REPLENESHED. Strength, joy, energy, peace, and HEALING come to those who SERVE. God reenergizes and REFRESHES you so that at the end of the DAY you AREN’T down, you are UP. GOD pays you BACK.

Today’s Scripture:

John 4:34, MSG

Jesus said, “The food that keeps me going is that I do the will of the One who sent me, finishing the work he started.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

IF YOU’LL THRANSFORM YOUR THINKING, GOD WILL TRANFORM YOUR LIFE

Your life follows your THOUGHTS. If your thoughts have been running in a NEGATIVE pattern for year after year, it’s as though they’ve dug a deep RIVERBED that flows in only one DIRECTION. With every pessimistic THOUGHT, the riverbed is a bit deeper and the current STRONGER. FORTUNATELY, we can dig a NEW river, one going in a POSITIVE direction. When you start to dwell on God’s WORD and see the BEST in situations, you are REDIRECTING the flow of that river ONE THOUGHT at a time. As you REJECT negative thoughts and redirect the FLOW, as you choose FAITH instead of FEAR, expecting GOOD things, that negative stream will DWINDLE and the POSITIVE river will flow with FAITH-filled thoughts of VICTORY.

Keep in mind that the river of negativity wasn’t formed OVERNIGHT, nor will it be REDIRECTED without some conscious, strenuous EFFORT on your part. God will HELP you. Start expecting GOOD things. Stay full of FAITH, full of JOY, full of HOPE. If you TRANSFORM your thinking, God will transform your LIFE.

Today’s Scripture:

Ephesians 4:23–24, NIV

…to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

SURELY, OUR GOD IS NOT LIMITED BY WHAT ‘WE’ DON’T HAVE…

When Moses sent twelve men to spy out the PROMISED Land, ten spies came back saying though it was more than they ever DREAMED, the inhabitants were too big and STRONG and the cities too FORTIFIED. They were fully persuaded that they couldn’t DEFEAT the opposition. The two OTHER spies, Joshua and Caleb, came back fully persuaded that they could “SURELY” overcome and take the land. They had a surely MENTALITY. “SURELY we will defeat these enemies, OVERCOME this trouble, and live in the Promised LAND.” What’s INTERESTING is they were the only two ISRAELITES of that generation who MADE it INTO the Promised Land.

Don’t get talked out of your DREAMS. There may be GIANTS on your land—a SICKNESS, a DEBT, an ADDICTION. Do as Caleb did and put a “SURELY” on the front of what you’re BELIEVING for. “SURELY I will defeat this giant. My God is not LIMITED by the environment, by the ECONOMY, by what I don’t HAVE or by who’s AGAINST me. SURELY He’s on MY side.”

Today’s Scripture:

Numbers 13:30, LEB

And Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “Surely, let us go up and let us take possession of it because surely we will be able to prevail over it.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

LET IT GO AND TRUST GOD TO MAKE YOUR WRONGS RIGHT

The reason many people have no joy or ENTHUSIASM is because they go to bed each night with unforgiveness in their HEART. They’re reliving their hurts, thinking about their disappointments, stressing out about somebody who’s trying to make them look bad, upset because somebody’s playing politics in the OFFICE. Here’s the PROBLEM: If the sun goes down with BITTERNESS, it will come back UP with bitterness. If it goes down with RESENTMENT, it comes back UP with resentment. That’s blocking God’s BLESSINGS. That’s giving the enemy a FOOTHOLD.

BEFORE you go to bed each night, you NEED to say, “God, I’m RELEASING every negative thing that’s happened to me today–every HURT, every WORRY, and EVERY disappointment. I’m forgiving the people who did me WRONG. God, I’m going to bed in PEACE.” When you do THAT, the sun will go down with nothing blocking God’s BLESSINGS. Don’t go to bed at night with any kind of DEFEAT still in your mind. Let it GO and trust GOD to make your wrongs RIGHT.

Today’s Scripture:

Ephesians 4:26–27, NIV

In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

THE MOMENT YOU PRAYED, GOD ESTABLISHED A SET TIME TO BRING THE PROMISE TO PASS

In life, oftentimes we are WAITING for something; waiting for a DREAM to come to pass, waiting to meet the right PERSON, waiting for a problem to TURN AROUND. When things aren’t happening as fast as WE would like, it’s easy to get frustrated. But you have to realize that the moment you prayed, God established a SET TIME to bring the promise to pass.

God has a set time for your OPPORTUNITY. There is a set time for that problem to turn around, a set time for your HEALING, your PROMOTION, your BREAKTHROUGH. It may be tomorrow, or next week, or FIVE YEARS from now. But when you understand the time has ALREADY been set, it takes ALL the pressure off. You won’t live worried, wondering when this is ever going to happen. You’ll RELAX and ENJOY your life knowing that the promise has already been SCHEDULED and your answer IS on the way!

Today’s Scripture:

Daniel 9:23, NIV

“As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed.”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

STAY AT REST, KNOWING THAT NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU WILL EVER PROSPER

Our Guardian GOD is right by your side to protect you today. He guards you when you go OUT, and He GUARDS you when you return. He guards you NOW, and He will guard you ALWAYS. You can’t go ANYWHERE without your Guardian God. That’s why you can live from a place of PEACE, a place of FAITH, even though there’s TURMOIL all around you. Stay in PEACE. God didn’t say you wouldn’t have to FACE these things. But He DID promise He will RESCUE you from the TROUBLE. He has a hedge of PROTECTION around you, a BLOOD line that the enemy cannot CROSS.

God has been guarding you since you were BOR . If you knew all the things God has ALREADY kept you from, you wouldn’t WORRY about what you’re facing NOW. You would stay in PEACE, knowing that GOD has you covered. You’re NOT at the mercy of fate, bad breaks, or a dreaded DISEASE. Stay at REST, knowing that NO weapon formed against you will EVER prosper.

Today’s Scripture:

Psalm 121:7–8, NIV

The LORD will keep you from all harm–he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

YOU HAVE EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED FOR WHERE YOU ARE

When David went out to face Goliath, he didn’t have any protective armor, and his only weapon was his SLINGSHOT. King Saul had good INTENTIONS when he tried to get David to wear HIS armor and use his SWORD. But SAUL’s armor didn’t FIT David, and it would have weighed him down and HINDERED him. THAT’S because what God has given OTHER people is not going to WORK for you. Don’t try to be like somebody ELSE. “I wish I had THEIR talent, their LOOKS, their PERSONALITY.” What THEY have wasn’t DESIGNED for you. You are UNIQUE. You are one of a KIND. The Creator of the universe has custom-MADE you. NOBODY has what you have.

You have to be CONFIDENT in who God MADE you to be. You’re the right SIZE. You have the right LOOKS. You have the right personality and GIFTS. You have EXACTLY what you need for where you ARE. However insignificant your sling and five STONES may seem, they’re MORE than enough for a GOLIATH.

Today’s Scripture:

1 Samuel 17:40, NLT

He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd’s bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd’s staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

DON’T LOOK AT HOW BIG THE PROBLEM IS, LOOK AT HOW BIG OUR GOD IS

When you’re in tough times, the ENEMY will come in like a FLOOD to convince you that the disease is too BIG, you’ll NEVER get out of debt, your CHILD will never turn around. He knows if he can keep you defeated in your THOUGHTS, he’ll keep you defeated in your LIFE. The BATTLE is taking place in your MIND, but you’re not FIGHTING on your own. Today’s Scripture tells us that the Spirit of the Lord is fighting FOR you, pushing back forces of DARKNESS, keeping that sickness from taking you out, moving the wrong PEOPLE out of the way, opening doors that no man can SHUT.

Every morning when you wake up, you need to power UP and get your mind going in GOD’S direction. The OBSTACLE may be high, but our God is the MOST High. The disease may be POWERFUL, but our God is ALL-powerful. Don’t look at how big the PROBLEM is; look at how big your GOD is. Think POWER thoughts, think can-DO thoughts, and set MIRACLES in motion.

Today’s Scripture:

Isaiah 59:19, NKJV

When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.