The disciple devotes himself to God’s Word to be transformed into a holy person, radiantly Christ-like and radically different from the world. Spiritual disciples  devour God’s Word because in it is the key to a more dynamic relationship with their living Lord and a greater availability to the Holy Spirit.

Be constant in your reading and study of God’s Word. Recognize that your faith will grow only as much as you feed on God’s Word.

Let God’s Word and His Holy Spirit radically transform your way of thinking. Renew you mind to know and do the will of God, giving your body a living sacrifice.  -  From “Truth-In-Action”

“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” – Romans 10:17

“Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” – Luke 12:15

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.  All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.  And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.  Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;  I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’  Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?  Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’  And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’  Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’  Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’  Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:31-46)

Here are the principles by which men will be judged; their treatment or those who are hungry, homeless, poor, diseased, and imprisoned.  Social concern cannot biblically be divorced from the Christian walk.  “He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and He will pay back what he has given” (Proverbs 19:17).  Jesus equates our treatment of those who are destitute or distressed with our treatment of Himself.  What we do for them, we do for Him.  We must not allow the Christian walk to be only a spiritual enterprise, unrelated to the service of humanity.  When we fail to care for social need, we fail to place proper value on others, decreasing our own merit in the eyes of the Lord and inviting His condemnation.

“What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?  If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,  and one of you says to them, ‘Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,’ but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?  Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (James 2:14-17).

Charles E. Blake

“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, THAT he will also reap.” (Galatians 6:7)

What ever you sow is what you will reap.  If you want more money, you’ll have to give money or something that is equivalent to money, such as YOUR TIME and YOUR TALENT. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE, YOU MUST GIVE.

I had a debt that I prayed to God to release me from. The debt was a little more than $150,000 dollars. The Spirit of the Lord told me to give a $1000 dollars into His ministry. I obeyed the word from the Lord and sowed the $1000 dollars, believing that God would release me from the debt. Six weeks later I received a letter from the creditor informing me that my debt was settled in full and that the account was closed. Needless to say, I had a praising and shouting good time. You see, “God is not a man, that He should lie.” (Numbers 23:19) God said if we give we WILL receive. He didn’t say when we give we might receive or we should receive. He said we WILL receive, and I BELIEVE GOD.

The following is  from “The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity” by Catherine Ponder.

THE LAW OF LAWS

Truly the laws that govern prosperity are just as sure and workable as the laws that govern mathematics, music, physics, and the other sciences. The Bible describes that basic law of prosperity when it speaks of sowing and reaping, or giving and receiving. The scientists describe it as action and reaction. By some it has been termed the law of supply and demand, Emerson described it as the law of compensation, whereby like attracts like. He declared that the law of compensation is the “law of laws!”

YOU CANNOT GET SOMETHING FOR NOTHING

I agree with Emerson that it is time the law of compensation was emphasized as life’s basic law. I like to think of this basic law of prosperity as radiation and attraction; that what you radiate outward in your thoughts, feelings, mental pictures and words, you attract into your life and affairs. But you cannot get something for nothing.

The reason why there is still poverty in this universe of lavish abundance is that many people still do not understand this basic law of life; they do not yet realize that they must radiate in order to attract, and that what they do radiate they constantly attract.    Most people today still have to learn that they cannot get something for nothing, but must give before receiving or must sow before reaping.  When they do not give or sow in terms of prosperity, they make no contact with God’s lavish abundance, and so there is no channel formed through which the rich, unlimited substance of the universe can pour forth its riches to them.

The truth of this was recently brought to my attention when I had contact with some people in a poverty-stricken area.  I soon discovered that these people only wanted a “hand-out.”  They were not interested in invoking the basic law of prosperity by giving or sowing first.  Instead, they were trying to get something for nothing, which simply cannot be done.  Thus, they continued to live in poverty.

If you haven’t read any of Catherine Ponder’s books, I encourage you to start with The Dynamic Laws Of Prosperity.

Have a blessed day.

“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.  And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.” Amen.

The Lord’s Prayer is a prayer outline with seven major topics, each representing a basic human need:

1. The Paternal Need: “Our Father”.  When we pray, all needs are met by the benevolence of a loving Father.
2. God’s Presence: “Hallowed be Your name.”   Enter into His presence through praise (Psalm 100:4), and call Him “Father” because of Christ’s atoning blood. (Hebrews 10:19-22, Galatians 4:4-6)
3. God’s Priorities: Your kingdom come.”  Declare that His kingdom priorities (Romans 14:17) shall be established in yourself, your loved ones, your church, and your nation.
4. God’s Provision: “Give us.”  Jesus, the need-meeter, told us to pray daily, asking Him to supply all our needs.
5. God’s Forgiveness: “And forgive us.”  We need God’s f0rgiveness, and we need to forgive others.  Daily set your will to walk in love and forgiveness.
6. Power Over Satan: “And do not lead us…deliver us from the evil one.”  Pray a hedge of protection about yourself and your loved ones (Job 1:9-10, Psalm 91), and verbally put on the armor of God (Ephesians 6:14-18).
7. Divine Partnership: “For Yours is the kingdom.”  Praise God for sharing His kingdom, power, and glory with us (2 Timothy 4:18, Luke 10:19, John 17:22).

Praying the Lord’s prayer is the prayer that teaches us how to pray.

Larry Lea

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’  But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?  And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?   Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. (Matthew 5:43-45)

Jesus leaves no room for speculation in this passage, commanding love for those who hate, despise, and persecute us.  Such love is only possible through the power of Jesus Christ, who Himself loved in that way and now seeks vessels through whom to love again the hate-filled who assail Him as they oppose you.

Demos Shakarian

“For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is  like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.  But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.” (James 1:23-25)

Purity of life is not a quest for perfection as much as it is a quest for liberation from those things that may inhibit effectiveness and reduce power-filled living.  These verses show the Word of God as a means of reflection — a mirror into which we are to look and see ourselves.  The call is not only to heed what we see and accept the Bible’s corrective instruction, but there is an unwritten lesson here.  We should avoid the temptation to see (and judge) others in the Word, analyzing what they ought to do, instead of what we need to do.

“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. (2 Corinthians 3:18)

This verse also likens God’s Word to a mirror, but describes the image seen as no less than the Lord Jesus Himself.  Together James 1:23-25 and 2 Corinthians 3:18 illustrate that the Bible shows us Christ’s likeness in order that we may measure our conduct and character against His and allow God to shape us into Chist’s likeness.

“For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.  Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.” (Romans 8:29-30)

God’s Word IS the  purifier unto holy living.

Have an abundantly blessed day.

I AM living my life with fullness and joy.

I AM whole.
I AM perfect.
I AM strong.
I AM powerful.
I AM loving.
I AM healthy.
I AM wealthy.
I AM harmonious.
I AM happy.

In all things I AM more than a conqueror through Christ who loves me.

I AM favored of God.

I AM healed.

I AM supplied by God now and continuously.

I AM blessed with happiness, success, and true achievement, now and continuously.

I AM God’s divine plan fulfilled God’s way.

I AM heaven on earth now and continuously.

I AM in harmony with God’s divine law which is always working to bless me with righteousness, peace, and joy.

I AM one with God and I AM governed by His law.

I AM God’s treasured possession.

I AM receiving miracles now and continuously.

I AM speaking the word of God now and continuously, and those who seek my hurt are brought to shame.

I AM confessing with my mouth that Jesus is Lord, and I AM believing in my heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and I AM saved.

I AM strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

I AM delivered by God from every evil work, and I AM preserved for His heavenly kingdom.

I AM meditating in God’s word continuously, and I AM doing according to all that is written in it, and my way is prosperous and I AM having good success.

I AM serving the Lord my God and He blesses my bread and my water.

I AM rejoicing in You Lord and I AM ever shouting with Joy because You defend me.

I AM what I think I AM.

I AM receiving blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of my salvation.

I AM made in God’s image.

I AM free and you are free and all is well between us.

I AM a man/woman of faith.

I AM attracting to myself everything that I divinely desire with the good thoughts, feelings, and mental pictures I constantly entertain and radiate.

I AM encouraged.

I AM persistent.

I AM  strong in faith.

I AM prospering in all things and I AM in good health as my soul prospers.

I AM redeemed from the curse of the law of Moses, because Jesus bore my sicknesses and carried my diseases in His own body and by His stripes I AM healed.

I AM committing my works to the Lord and my thoughts are established, now and continuously.

Remember to read these affirmations in the morning when you rise and again in the evening before you go to sleep.  Say them aloud whenever you can.  You will experience miracles in your life.

God Bless You!

We must remind ourselves daily of the price Jesus paid in order for us to be free.

Jesus is the jubilee of God.  He came to preach the gospel to the poor, to set captives free, to heal the broken-hearted and to set at liberty them that were bound.

Because of this great gospel, we are free; free from bondage, fear, sickness, disease, poverty, lack, woe and care.

As you make this confession of faith, see yourself the way God sees you and sound your trumpet of freedom!

Father, in Jesus’ name, thank You for sending me my jubilee.  I’m grateful for the length You went to, in Christ Jesus, to set me free.  I recognize the benefits You provided for me in Jesus’ sacrifice at Calvary.  I acknowledge the power of Your Word and the guidance of Your Spirit.  I will walk in the liberty provided for me as a new creation.  As an act of my will, I sound the trumpet of my freedom from sickness, disease, fear, lack, want, strife, non-forgiveness and care.  Jesus my Lord is the fulfillment of all You desire and have provided for me.  And I live in complete victory and success in every area of my life.  My Jubilee has come, in Jesus’ name.  Amen