SCRIPTURE: Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. (Proverbs 18:21) DEVOTIONAL: Harmonize Your Words With What God Says Because many people have no revelation of the power of their words, they have caused themselves undo hardship. Many people failed when things became difficult, only […]
SCRIPTURE: For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. (Matthew 12:34) DEVOTIONAL: What’s in Your Heart Will Come Out The “heart” Jesus is referring to in this passage (see Matthew 12:34–37) is not the organ that pumps blood throughout the body. He is talking about the “spirit man.” The heart is a […]
SCRIPTURE: …God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; (Romans 4:17) DEVOTIONAL: People Are Not My Source When our church moved from Lake and Pulaski street on the West Side of Chicago to Forest Park, Illinois, some of the members did not want to […]
SCRIPTURE: Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ… (2 Corinthians 2:14) DEVOTIONAL: Jesus Already Won the Battle When you are born again, your potential is no longer limited to yourself. Your potential is in God. Your potential goes beyond your natural abilities and gifts into His supernatural authority and power. However, […]
SCRIPTURE: for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: (Proverbs 23:7) DEVOTIONAL: What Is Your Most Dominant Thought? I heard it said once that we will always move in the direction of our most dominant thoughts. That is a profound truth! If we see ourselves working hard but never getting ahead, then we will probably […]
SCRIPTURE: Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. (1 Corinthians 12:1) DEVOTIONAL: The Holy Spirit Imparts Spiritual Gifts 1 Corinthians 12 describes the spiritual gifts that are sovereignly distributed to God’s people (the Church) for the benefit of all. These include: “For to one is given by the Spirit the word of […]
SCRIPTURE: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17) DEVOTIONAL: There’s Something Better Thank God for spiritual gifts (as we read about last week), but there is something better. When I say something better, I mean that God intended for you to operate in what you have already. If I’m […]
SCRIPTURE: When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. (Proverbs 11:2 NIV) DEVOTIONAL: Pride Will Keep You from Your Blessing (Naaman, a Syrian army leader who had leprosy, receives hope from an unexpected source.) “And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of […]
SCRIPTURE: Cry out for knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding. (Proverbs 2:3 MEV) DEVOTIONAL: We Need the Knowledge of God If we don’t have the knowledge of God, we cannot come out of the world’s system and into the kingdom reality. Second Peter 1:2–4 says, “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through […]
SCRIPTURE: And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. (Revelation 11:15) DEVOTIONAL: A Supernatural System Breaks Through (Reading through the book of Daniel, chapter 2, we see represented […]
