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Scripture Of The Day - Wearing The Crown Of Glory

Psalms 62:5-8 - "My soul, wait in silence for God only, for my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us."

In His Presence Are the Answers That You Seek. Wear the crown of glory that He would have you wear uprightly. Lay down any identity that man would come with. Man would come and try to push His crown off your head, and put upon it a counterfeit identity.

Lay down all these things that rush into your mind – to where you cannot even come into His presence, because your mind, your spirit, is somewhere else. Call everything that would command you to give up dreams and visions and hope – command it to be cast behind you, for it is of the enemy.

Let His Spirit rule and reign. Let Him begin to flow out of you – with discernment, with knowledge, with worship. Practice this when you're alone.
 
Scripture Of The Day - Eating God's Word

2 Peter 1:10 - "Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall."

You shall never fall. The devil's out there 24 hours a day devising ways to make us fall. Jesus is on the throne 24 hours a day giving us power to resist him, and we need to be exercising our faith all the time.

If you're going to stand in the days ahead, you're going to need a lot more than Sunday school Laodicean faith. You're going to need some full-grown, mountain-moving faith, and there's only one way to get that: by giving yourself to the Word daily more diligently than you ever have before.

Give diligence to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen; and no matter how slippery the situation gets, you won't have to fall!
 
Scripture Of The Day - Going On To Maturity

Hebrews 5:14, 6:1 - "But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity."

In the letter to the Hebrews, the recipients had long been Christians, who by then ought to have been teaching others. Instead, they were still like infants needing to be fed milk (Hebrews 5:12-14).

They were to go on to maturity, to the status of spiritual adults, and to more profound truths concerning our right standing with God and the authority and identity given to the believer as a result of Christ's finished work.

Yield yourself fully to Christ and find in Him the hidden life. Then you will grow in grace and learn to mentor other baby Christians into becoming spiritually mature in advancing the Kingdom.
 
Scripture Of The Day - Moving Into The New

Psalm 106:2 - "Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can declare all His praise?"

God wants us to see that the power of God coming upon people has something more in it than we have yet known. The power to heal and to baptize is available, but you must say, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" (Acts 9:6).

If you had the eyes of Jesus, you would see that the harvest is already here (John 4:35). The Holy Spirit wants you for the purpose of manifesting Jesus through you. The Holy Spirit moving upon us will make us to be like Him, and we will truly say, "Lord, what do You want me to do?"

In order to soar with the Lord, we need to shift our perspective to the spiritual realm. As our eyes focus on Jesus, then we can discern the Kingdom assignment. It is time to move into the new. We have a book filled with blank pages waiting for us to write our futures. Your life can be what God wants it to be – those desires He placed inside of you are meant to lead you to His purpose for your life!
 
Scripture Of The Day - Seeking Revelation

Job 42:5 - "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You."

When Job told the Lord, "My eye sees You," he was not saying that he saw God physically. He was referring to the moment when he had a personal revelation of God?

God wanted Job to know that without a personal revelation of Him, the devil could easily steal from him. But from the moment that Job had a personal revelation of God, things got a lot better for him, with God restoring to him double of everything that he had lost. (Job 42:10-16).

When you are reading your Bible and affirming and meditating on God's Word and suddenly you exclaim, "I see it, Lord!" that is when your personal revelation of God has come. And you are in a position to receive all that He has for you!
 
Scripture Of The Day - Understanding Our Potential

Genesis 11:6 - "The LORD said, 'If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.'"

God gave you the ability to imagine and plan and bring into being anything you desire. The people to whom God was talking had planned to build a tower.

God didn't stop them from building a tower by cutting off their potential. He stopped them by confusing their language, because He couldn't stop their potential as it would compromise their free will. ("Let them rule over...all the earth."- Genesis 1:26)

We have the potential to believe impossibilities into possibilities. "...Everything is possible for him who believes." (Mark 9:23)
 
Scripture Of The Day - Demonstrating His Life

John 7:37- "If anyone thirst let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."

His supply is a flow that not only never ceases, but perpetually increases in our lives. That is why He said that out us will flow rivers of living water (John 7:38). Those rivers are a constant and ever-increasing flow of the precious Holy Spirit.

The sevenfold flow of the Holy Spirit is found in Isaiah 11:2 and in many other places in the scriptures. The sevenfold expression of the Holy Spirit reveals the deep and mysterious secrets of the kingdom and empowers you to do the extraordinary so that Jesus will receive glory and honor by His great power working in and through you.

The Lord wants to release in and through your life these ceaseless rivers of living water so that your life can demonstrate daily the mighty and powerful flow of the Holy Spirit.
 
Scripture Of The Day - Lifting Up The Gate

Psalms 24:9,10 - "Lift up your heads, O gates, And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in! Who is the King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle."

There is an anointing, a victory, a strength, and a heavenly might that has been prophetically orchestrated for you. Your "point of access" is your faith that "lifts up the gate". The Hebrew word for "lift up" is "nasa"!

Lifting up your gates to access the glory and the anointing pertains to releasing those things that hinder and bind you to the limitations of your natural world.

Let go of the habits, the hindrances and the hurts that are paralyzing you and keeping you bound to a life of the ordinary. Let go of your natural abilities and discover the glory, the strength of the Lord, and the might of the Lord!
 
Scripture Of The Day - Building Our Confidence In God

Romans 10:17 - "Faith cometh by hearing and hearing, by the word of God."

There is a rest of faith -- there is a faith that rests in confidence on God -- God's promises never fail. The Word of God can create a resistless faith (through continually speaking it and meditating on it) -- a faith that is never daunted, a faith that never gives up, and never fails.

God has a plan of healing -- it is on the line of perfect confidence in Him. You can never pray "the prayer of faith" if you look at the person who is needing it; there is only one place to look and that is to Jesus.

May God help us today to get our eyes off the conditions and symptoms, no matter how bad they may be, and get them fastened upon Him, and then we shall be able to pray the prayer of faith.
 
Scripture Of The Day - Take No Thought

Matthew 6:24 - “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life,"

You can't win a victory as long as the problem is the biggest thing in your life. Jesus said "No man can serve two masters" then He said "take no thought" -- we serve our thoughts.

That's why Isaiah 55 says for us to forsake our THOUGHTS, and by the Word, take God's thoughts. That's why 2 Corinthians 10:5 says to cast out our THOUGHTS that challenge the Word and bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Quit serving them.

Realize that circumstances won't ever change until you switch from wrong to right thinking. Remember that you have the Word (God's thoughts). You have the Holy Spirit to strengthen you and you have the mind of Christ.
 
Scripture Of The Day - Dying To Self and Living In Christ

Luke 15:28 - "But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,"

In the parable of the prodigal son, if the elder son had considered his brother, he would have rejoiced at his return even as his father did. Rather he was totally self-centered and became angry.

How can we esteem others better than ourselves when in truth we really think we are better than others? The Pharisees did the right things for all the wrong reasons. Inside they were corrupt. So our evaluation of others needs to change.

We need to esteem others on a different basis than the world does (by embracing the love of Christ in us). To esteem someone better than ourselves simply means to value him more than we value ourselves. To some, that may seem impossible but it can happen when we die to self and live for God.
 
Scripture Of The Day - Living In The Glory

Acts 4:13 - "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus."

2020 is a year where you will be baffling the minds of many. You are emerging from the depths and from the darkness of the shadows of the Most High. People will be shocked by God's presence in you.

People will be amazed and ask you, "Where did you come from? Who is your covering? Who is this God that you serve?" When they see you and the power, anointing, and authority that you walk in, they will be wrecked. People will be saved and want you to disciple them because of the glory you carry.

2020 is the year of the world's greatest show! Your true "you" is being unveiled. Your true "you" is being displayed.
 
Scripture Of The Day - Advance And Move

John 7:38 - " Believe in me so that rivers of living water will burst out from within you, flowing from your innermost being, just like the Scripture says!”

It's time to advance! The sound and winds of Heaven are prevailing. Your time of activation is now. Your marching orders are here. You are in a monumental time of the Lord.

God is positioning His Bride for victory and the sound of Heaven is being released. God is dispatching the heavenly host on our behalf!

Now Go!

The blessings and favor of the Lord that is upon you. Advance and move. Just like Joshua, God has promised you a great inheritance. It's time to take back, recover and restore!
 
Scripture Of The Day - Christ In Me

Romans 6:16 - "16 Don’t you realize that grace frees you to choose your own master? But choose carefully, for you surrender yourself to become a servant—bound to the one you choose to obey. If you choose to love sin, it will become your master, and it will own you and reward you with death. But if you choose to love and obey God, he will lead you into perfect righteousness."

When the Galilean boy brought his bread to the Lord, what did the Lord do with it? He broke it. God will always break what is offered to Him.

After you give yourself to the Lord, He begins to break what was offered to Him. Many adjustments may have to be made: in family, or business, or church relationships, or in the matter of our personal views. God will not let anything of ourselves remain.

His finger will touch, point by point, everything that is not of Him, and He will say, "this must go."

Are you willing?
 
Scripture Of The Day - Worthy To Be Praised

Psalm 95:1 - "Come, let's shout praises to God, raise the roof for the Rock who saved us!"

Praise is a weapon given to us by God – a weapon that we need to utilize. Sometimes people can be shy about praising aloud, but God wants to hear YOUR VOICE! Praise is a declaration of the power, might and character of our God...out loud! God wants to hear us say the words, but praise also works internally to change our disposition and shift us into the place of GREAT FAITH.

The combination of our great faith rising before Him, and His presence moving in to inhabit our praise, creates a dynamic atmosphere primed for miracles to take place. These are the ingredients that will always create breakthrough!

Ascend in praise and rise above the chaos raging in the earth. Resolve in your heart to keep your eyes fixed on His face in faith, regardless of circumstances. Don't be thrown, HE WILL GET YOU THROUGH TO AN ASCENDED PLACE WHERE THE ENEMY CANNOT TOUCH YOU AND MUST FLEE!

Use your voice in 2020 to not only decree the Word of the Lord but also to bless the heart of our God. He is our Father, exalt Him to the highest place in your life. He is worthy of all!
 
Scripture Of The Day - Choosing To Be Open To Exposure

Deuteronomy 31:6 - "So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the LORD your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.”

Choosing to be open to exposure will require that you look at things differently and pay attention to life again. New experiences, new knowledge, and new environments can completely change your approach to life. Anxiety, restlessness, excitement, and insecurity -- these feelings are the price of exposure.

The fact that God has exposed you to something is always a sign that it can be yours. God is exposing you so you can absorb Destiny in the deepest part of your soul. Breathe in and believe, and let God open the doors of Destiny through exposure.
 
Scripture Of The Day - Advancing God's Kingdom

Acts 3:1 - "Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer."

Peter and John were at the Gate Beautiful when they encountered a lame man begging alms. He was living in a state of survival...begging just to survive. He lived with no victory, no breakthrough, no ability to move forward, no joy, no vision for his future that was different from the daily grind.

Rather than giving him earthly riches to meet a temporal need, which would have left him in a survival state, Peter and John met his need that money couldn't buy and released healing to him through the power of Jesus' name. His survival status shifted to a man who carried revival as he leaped to his feet and praised God. His vision for life was revived! His joy was revived! His faith in God was revived!

This is a picture of not just miracles for individuals, but a picture of Christ working through believers to elevate the name of Jesus. Believers have been lame, dysfunctional or limited in hope or vision of their usefulness in God's Kingdom. Being discipled into who they are in Christ will cause an inactive, incapacitated, weak and limited Church to burst out with a revelation of their calling in Christ and confidence to help others in advancing their spiritual life.
 
Scripture Of The Day - Bearing Fruit That Lasts

Matthew 9:17 -"Neither do men put new wine into old wineskins. Or else the wineskins burst, the wine runs out, and the wineskins perish. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."

A wineskin is essentially a container or a vessel that stores liquid. Jesus said rivers of living water would flow from our belly (John 7:37-39). New wine will flow from our vessel if we embrace our calling in Christ.

This means a change in the way we move, live and have our being (see Acts 17:28). With the new wine will come new creativity and new methods. We must not expect to do business as usual or church as usual. You will know them by their fruit (see Matthew 7:15-20).

New wine confirms not just the gifts of the Spirit and fruit of the Spirit but also in the lives of those to whom we minister. This new wine will release great joy to those who have walked through seasons of weariness—but have persisted and refused to give up.
 
Scripture Of The Day - Walking In The Spirit

Galatians 5:17 - "For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want."

Living in the Spirit means that I trust the Holy Spirit to do in me what I cannot do myself.

Each time I am faced with a new demand in life, I look to Him to do in me what He requires of me. It is not a case of trying, but of trusting; not of struggling, but of resting in Him.

I shall not set out with a determined effort to change myself; but instead, reckoning myself dead in Christ to these things, I shall look to the Spirit of God to produce in me the needed purity of humility or meekness, confident that He will do so. This is what it means to "stand still, and see the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you" (Exodus 14:13).
 
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