THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GET READY FOR AN EXPLOSION OF GOD’S FAVOR

In the Scripture, the original Greek word used for God’s POWER is “dunamis.” That’s where we get the word “DYNAMITE.” Dynamite is used to level buildings and clear out WHATEVER’S in the way. God also says He’s going to level your MOUNTAINS, those obstacles that look PERMANENT to you–not make a tunnel THROUGH them, not make a path AROUND them, not give you the strength to go OER them. God is going to do something EXTRAORDINARY. I can see God putting the dynamite in right NOW and lighting the fuse. You’ve been FAITHFUL, you’ve GIVEN, you’ve SERVED. Get ready for an EXPLOSION of good BREAKS, an explosion of HEALING, an explosion of JOY, an explosion of FREEDOM. Those obstacles that have been holding you back are about to be BLOWN away.

There is NOTHING too hard for God. He’s going to do some things in your life where you and the people AROUND you will know and have NO doubt that it is HIS hand.

Today’s Scripture:

Jeremiah 32:17, NKJV

Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR WHERE GOD IS TAKING YOU

As a young man, Moses had the DREAM that he was supposed to deliver God’s people from their slavery in Egypt, but he made a mistake that put him into a NIGHT season. After he spent forty years in a desert place, God said, “All right, Moses, NOW you’re ready for Me to use you to deliver My PEOPLE.” Moses had learned to WAIT on God, to LISTEN to His VOICE, to walk in HUMILITY. He came up higher in his CHARACTER.

You have to be PREPARED for where God is TAKING you. Moses couldn’t HANDLE it the first time, but God didn’t write him off. He used the night season to REFINE him. In the NIGHT seasons, you need to pass the tests, change where you need to CHANGE, and deal with the areas that God is bringing to LIGHT. THEN, as He did for Moses, because your character has been DEVELOPED, God will bring you OUT of that night season and get you to where you’re SUPPOSED to be.

Today’s Scripture:

Numbers 12:3, NIV

Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

TRUST HIM WHEN YOU’RE SPINNING…..

The Scripture says that God is the POTTER, and we are the CLAY. The potter takes a lump of CLAY and spins it on his wheel. The clay could say, “I’m TIRED of going in circles. Let me OFF this wheel.” The clay doesn’t realize that while it’s SPINNING, the potter is MOLDING it. It’s rising UP from a lump of clay into a beautiful VASE. AFTER it has gone through the PROCESS, it would tell you, “I didn’t like the spinning, but WITHOUT it I wouldn’t be what I AM.”

You may feel like YOU’RE spinning today. You’re doing the same thing over and OVER and don’t see much PROGRESS. But when it feels like you’re going in CIRCLES, something is happening that you can’t SEE. You’re coming up HIGHER. God is MODLING your CHARACTER. It may seem ROUTINE, but when you’re faithful where you ARE, when you have a song of PRAISE when you could be complaining, you’re rising HIGHER. TRUST Him when you’re spinning. Trust Him when you’re in the ROUTINE.

Today’s Scripture:

Isaiah 45:9, NLT

“What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, ‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!'”

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GOD NEVER REMOVES SOMETHING, UNLESS HE HAS SOMETHING BETTER COMING….

For forty years in the wilderness, the Israelites depended upon God’s supernatural PROVISION of manna for their SURVIVAL every day. But they didn’t realize the manna was only a TEMPORARY provision. They were SATISFIED with something to eat, but God was NOT satisfied. HE was taking them into a land flowing with milk and honey, with all kinds of fruits, vegetables, and RESOURCES. So, when they ate their first produce from the Promised Land, the manna CEASED. I can hear them crying out, “God, what’s HAPPENING?” But God was saying, “From now ON, I’m bringing you into ABUNDANCE.”

When something CEASES in your life–a FRIEND walks away or a JOB ends–it’s not the time to get DISCOURAGED. God NEVER removes something unless He has something BETTER coming. If He didn’t stop CERTAIN things, we would never get out of our COMFORT zone. It’s time to get READY, because INCREASE is coming, greater PROVISION is on the way, and God is about to take you where you CAN’T go on your own.

Today’s Scripture:

Joshua 5:12, NKJV

Then the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

WHAT GOD NAMES YOU OVERRIDES WHAT PEOPLE NAME YOU

In Genesis 35, just before Rachel died while giving birth, she was in so much pain and distress that she named the baby Ben-Oni, which means “son of my SORROW.” Back in those days, a child’s name set the DIRECTION for their life. She had pronounced that he would live a sorrowful, painful, depressing life. But Jacob intervened and CHANGED his name to Benjamin, which means “son of my right hand, son of my STRENGTH.” Jacob would not allow his son to see himself as a son of sorrow, as limited and defeated.

Perhaps the people who should have been speaking FAITH over you, AFFIRMING you, naming you VICTORIOUS, TALENTED, and a MASTERPIECE did just the opposite. If they named you a failure, not good enough, or not talented, the GOOD news is that what GOD names you OVERRIDES what PEOPLE name you. Don’t let the negative things PEOPLE have spoken over you, how you were RAISED, or what you didn’t GET determine your DESTINY. CHANGE your name to what GOD calls you.

Today’s Scripture:

Genesis 35:18, NLT

The baby’s father, however, called him Benjamin (which means “son of my right hand”).

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

….MORE REWARDING THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE

The prophet Joel said, “Wake UP the mighty men!” I’m here to wake up your DREAMS, wake up your TALENTS, wake up your POTENTIAL, wake up what GOD put in you. You may have let some circumstances convince you that it’s never going to happen, but I believe you’re going to rise UP and see it come to PASS. Don’t be discouraged by the disappointment, the closed door, or the bad break. That’s a SIGN that the dream is still ALIVE in you.

Get your HOPES up. Every morning, rise up and REMIND yourself to be PATIENT, to PERSEVERE, and to PREPARE. Keep HONORING God, keep being your BEST, and what He has PROMISED you IS going to THRUST you to a NEW level of your DESTINY. What GOD has put in you is going to take you FURTHER and be BIGGER than YOU could have IMAGINED, better than ANYTHING you’ve ever DREAMED, and more REWARDING than you ever thought POSSIBLE.

Today’s Scripture:

Judges 5:12, NIV

Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, break out in song! Arise, Barak! Take captive your captives…

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

THE NEGATIVE THINGS WE EXPERIENCE ARE SERVING GOD’S PLAN

It’s EASY to get frustrated when things take much LONGER than we think they SHOULD. We ALL face delays, betrayals, and heartaches. A coworker lied about us, and it set us back. We ask God why it’s HAPPENING and when He’s going to CHANGE it. We think it’s holding us BACK, but the psalmist says that EVERYTHING SERVES God’s PLAN. He didn’t say just the GOOD things–The times you’re PROMOTED, getting good BREAKS, and things change in YOUR favor.

What we don’t always REALIZE is the NEGATIVE things we experience are SERVING His PLAN. You’re being DEVELOPED, getting STRONGER through it. WITHOUT it, you wouldn’t be prepared for what’s coming. When you understand that EVERYTHING serves His plan, you won’t live frustrated by things that aren’t fair and stressed over things you don’t LIKE. You realize that it wasn’t a COINSIDENCE that person walked away. GOD moved them out so you could move FORWARD. It was SERVING His PLAN. Don’t be upset over things that are DESIGNED to move you AHEAD.

Today’s Scripture:

Psalm 119:91, TLB

Your faithfulness extends to every generation, like the earth you created; it endures by your decree, for everything serves your plans.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

THE OPPOSITION MAY LOOK TOO BIG, BUT GOD TRIUMPHS OVER EVERY NEGATIVE FORCE

Have you ever wondered, “Why are all these unfair setbacks and difficulties coming AGAINST me? Why all the OPPOSITION?” It’s because when you gave your life to Christ, God said, “You’re MINE.” When He put a crown of FAVOR on your head, you became a TARGET to the enemy. He KNOWS God has DESTINED you to take new GROUND, so he’s working OVERTIME to try to STOP you. Those bad breaks weren’t random; those were strategic ATTACKS. The enemy wouldn’t waste his time bringing those CHALLANGES if he didn’t KNOW there was GREATNESS in you.

You need to know that there is a FIGHT for your FUTURE, but it’s not YOUR battle. GOD is fighting FOR you. The enemy may send opposition that looks too big, but God TRIUMPHS over EVERY negative force. Those setbacks and difficulties that are trying to keep you from your DESTINY, God is speaking to them RIGHT now. BREAKTHROUGHS are coming, HEALING is coming, FREEDOM is coming, VISTORY is coming. The GREATNESS in you is about to come OUT!!

Today’s Scripture:

Psalm 30:1, NLT

I will exalt you, LORD, for you rescued me. You refused to let my enemies triumph over me.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

DON’T LET WHAT YOU DON’T SEE TALK YOU OUT OF WHAT YOU KNOW

It’s easy to believe when we’re SEEING signs of what we’re BELIEVING for. The TEST comes when you’re praying, but the medical report isn’t IMPROVING. You’re doing the RIGHT thing, but your marriage isn’t getting better. You KNOW God put the PROMISE in your heart, but there’s no SIGN of it happening. If you saw a little IMPROVEMENT, you could see that what you’re doing is HELPING. But MANY times, before a promise comes to PASS, you have to go through a season of SILENCE when you don’t see ANYTHING changing. This is when MANY people get discouraged and give up.

The apostle Paul says that in due SEASON you shall REAP if you don’t lose HEART. It doesn’t say there’s a good CHANCE you’ll reap. NO, God says that if you won’t get tired of doing the right THING, if you won’t let what you don’t SEE talk you out of what you KNOW, you will REAP in due season. Now get READY. Your due SEASON is closer than you THINK.

Today’s Scripture:

Galatians 6:9, NKJV

And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

GET READY FOR SOME OPEN DOORS

We’ve all had times when we didn’t get the PROMOTION, the LOAN didn’t go through, or a RELATIONSHIP didn’t make it. We did our BEST, but the door closed. But God wouldn’t ALLOW the door to close if it was going to keep you from your DESTINY. WE may not see how it can work out, but the Scripture says GOD is your doorkeeper. Other people and obstacles can’t KEEP you from what God has ORDAINED for you.

It may FEEL as though you’re behind a closed door. You can’t seem to get well. You’re working hard but not getting ahead in your finances. Relationships keep falling through. Stay ENCOURAGED. Those CLOSED doors are NOT permanent. Your time IS coming. The Most High GOD is your doorkeeper. I believe YOU are about to see some doors that have been closed for a long time suddenly OPEN. SUDDENLY, your HEALTH improves, the right PEOPLE show up, or you get the PROMOTION. What happened? The DOORKEEPER stepped in. Get ready for some OPEN DOORS.

Today’s Scripture:

Revelation 3:7, NIV

What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.