Don't Forget!

When The Lord your God brings you into the Land he swore to your fathers... Becareful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, the land of slavery.

This word came to me at work while i was thinking about my past. I thought about all the things i did, some good, and mostly bad. I was thinking about the times i broke Gods heart, i thought about the times i failed to stay faithful to him when he always was faithful to me, i thought about the trials i faced and how things just were not working out for me in the physical, and i felt like life wasn't so great... 

Now this is just a bit about my past, as i cant go into details. We all have our "Egypt" that we left behind for Christ and in that"Don't Forget" just kept resonating in my mind, and then this scripture came to me and i give God thanks for it.

 God would of not said this if it was not important. When we forget our humble beginnings, we leave the door open for pride to come in and ransack us spiritually! There is a scripture that speaks explicitly about this. 1 Cor 10:12 So if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!

This is so important. I am sure many of us have seen people fall from pride, it is a terrible thing once it has taken place inside us, We will "never arrive" or be at that place where im "it" or i am the better than. We see in the bible many times how the Pharisees thought they were so better then everyone, but in reality they were worst then the very sinner! Pride is destructive, and as soon as an ounce of it is seen, we must destroy it! 

I pray this word encourages and strengthens you, God Bless!

Behold the LAMB!!

The Next day john seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of this world. John 1:29 KJV

As of late i have been thinking about what Jesus Christ did on the Cross.and also was thinking about myself and how i have so many dysfunctions but Christ still loves me. A no good sinner, but then i realized that God isnt like us. He's God, and his ways are high above us,we will never understand him, but one thing i do understand is that no matter what God still loves me and you! We all have messed up pasts but God put our "stuff" on the Cross so that we might live! Amazing isnt it? 

Rev 21:7 reads "He that overcometh shall inherit all things, and i will be his God, and he shall be my son" If we just keep on running this race we shall inherit the kingdom of Heaven. Sometimes it's not so easy, trying to live holy in an unholy world is rough. You're constantly battered on all sides, your mind is under attack, and everything is just messed up because of sin. But amidst all of this we have someone we can turn to, God! He's able to strengthen our feeble knees, and empower us with his might!

One last thing i was thinking about this week was, living Holy for the Lord everyday, not just on Sunday. 

It's so easy to fall into "Holy mode" on Sundays, then just go back to the same old stuff from Mon - Sat. I was saying to the Lord, "i want to live holy everyday of my life, and i need your help" Lately i have been struggling alot with this, but i came to the realization that no matter what i am going to do this, no matter how the enemy wants to work in my life. Sometimes we need to get to a place in life where we say enough is enough and just "do"! I got tired of letting the enemy walk all over me and i refuse to let him have victory in my life. Knowing we fight a mighty enemy, know this. We server a mighty God who is more then able to bring us through our trial and temptations! Wait on the Lord: be of Good Courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart, wait, i say on the Lord. Ps 27:14. 

God Bless you, we are winners, and we will overcome by the Blood!!!

The piece that wont fit

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God?Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. James 4:4 NIV

Thoughts:

As i read this scripture today i thought to myself "i am guilty of this." I know i struggle with this sometimes, especially being a Christian, i may feel like i should fit in with people of the world, i should have more friends and so on, but as i am writing this i realize that when you have been chosen by God you will never fit in! 
The dictionary defines normal as conforming to a standard, the usual or average. Conforming to the world is normal in the eyes of man, but when you give your life to God, conforming to him is the normalcy! we are a piece of a puzzle that wont fit in the puzzle of the world, and i want to encourage someone today, don't worry if you feel like an outcast, know that you belong to God and that's all that matters. if the world hates you it's ok God loves you!! You may even feel like you do not belong in the church, don't worry about people, God still loves and continue on going to church for God not people, he will bless you for your continual effort. 

This last word i want to leave with you is to submit yourself to God and he will submit to you, when we give us, he gives himself to us. What a blessing that is, we don't even deserve God but he gives himself to us.
I pray you're blessed by this word

God bless!

Don't run from God (Destiny)

Before i even write a scripture i want to apologize to every single person that has read these devotionals in the past, present, and soon to be future. Some who read this may know me in person and some who don't may not. I have been allowing the devil to overcome me, and i want to let all know that when God calls you to do something don't run from it.
God commissioned Jonah to preach the word to the great city of Nineveh... but he ran away from his calling but because of Gods concern for his people, he didn't just let him walk away.Because of this the word that was preached to Nineveh the city was saved from Gods wrath!
God has given us all dreams, visions, and purpose in this life and when we turn from it for silly reasons. We literally say "God i want nothing to do with you". Some may say "hey, its no big deal" but let me tell you this, it is a very big deal when we walk out on God.

Imagine if Jesus Christ said "you know what i don't want to die for these wicked people, they're nothing" Lets think about this, because i sure am. If he said no, none of us would even be standing here right now, but because of God's infinite love for his people!!! He laid his life on the cross for us, a wretched people, deep in sin. This is why we have to give thanks that God is not like man.
Sometimes as children of God we do not realize our potentiality in the Kingdom, and that we affect so many lives, but we just forfeit our blessings like Esau.
I also want to let you know that God spoke through my someone to me, and i started to think about what i was doing, and that i was wasting my blessings. The Bible says "blessed is the man whom God corrects, do not despise the discipline of the almighty, for he wounds but he also binds up; he injures, but his hand also heals" John 5:17-18. This is a powerful verse, and as i am typing this i want this verse to seep into my very soul, and i pray it will open all of our eyes. My brothers, my sisters lets go forth in the calling God has for us, lets lift one another up and keep each other in prayer. The devil is trying to cripple the Kingdom of God but he cant stop us!

P.S I plan on continuing these devotions until God says stop. Please pray for me as i do this. If one person can be impacted from this, then i know it has served it's purpose. It's not about me, but about lives being saved.

God bless you!

You are Rich

There are many fearing Christians, who are spiritually rich, yet think themselves poor; by their doubts, and complaints, and griefs, they make themselves poor.

We all do this sometimes, we forget we have God, and that God has every single thing we need and will ever need. We have a Father who cares us, and though it may seem that he does not hear when we need something he does. He just does not answer by our time frame, yet he's ALWAYS on time. 

I love how God operates. when we think about all those times we needed something and he always provided just before whatever it was, it makes me laugh, because God was in control all the time, and he was just testing us. Encouraging us all to trust God, He knows what we need. and he will answer.

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Is 40:31)

God bless you!

Worship sets us free!

And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get you behind me, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.

Luke 4:8

I may have already wrote about worshiping God, but i want to speak about it again on a different level. As people of God we're called to worship the holy king, worship causes us to see things we would not normally see, for example the calling that God has over all of our lives. I want to remind us all that WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THE FOUNT THAT NEVER RUNS DRY! If we don't we simply... die. God is the best sustenance we could ever have, no food,nor man or thing can give what God can give. He gives freedom from our inner man, the fleshy nature. He also gives us a way out all our issues, even the stuff you don't tell your spouses or loved ones. Worship to God stops the enemy in his tracks, it confuses him, it derails him, and i am letting us all know today when you come up on something that you can't fix, something you can't let go of, God can do it, Some things wont go away with counselling, or any other man made way... Only God can do it! So i encourage us all as brethren in Christ to worship the Lord our God, for only he can truly set us free, The bible says we must worship God in spirit and truth, and once we do this we will see change.

God bless

Building Character

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. Phil 4:12-13 (NIV)

It's easy to be content when things are good, bills are being paid, having the good job, good car etc etc... but what about when you don't have some of these things? Car isnt working, mortgage is behind in payments, and a big one here, no job? you say, Lord why?! I have asked myself this question multiple times in the past but then i realized the moral here is; God is building character within me. speaking from a human perspective we all feel like things are not working out and sometimes forget God is doing something greater. 
I woke up today and i started to think about the job i have. i know i have a job but the thing is it's not in my field of what i would love to do. (This may be the case with many who read this). I would prefer to work on cars and learn more about them, but (humanly) speaking i am working at a factory making cookies. This right here is how we think in the physical, but then i realized that this is just a stepping stone to my destiny. 
When we look at Paul we see a man who has gone through alot, was it his will... Probably not, but God was building Godly characteristics in him,and ultimately further him, and others! 
The worlds message to us all is "we must live big, driving the nice cars, big houses,and all that stuff" But the truth is we need God. For example having love, paitence or peace is so much better then having a Lambo. I want to encourage us all to not just go through our going throughs, but to be  content as well! We need not be discouraged because if God is in the vessel we can smile at the storm. You may not have the most ideal circumstances at this moment, but be joyful and rejoice in the Lord, knowing the fact we serve God is enough to shout Hallelujah when all else fails because in the end, we'll be up in the heaven rejoicing!

Be blessed