What Is It You Believe? Do You Believe God and The Totality Of His Word?

God's Word is true.   The question is, "do you believe it"?    Do you believe that God is who He said He is?   Do you believe that God will do what He said He would do?   Do you believe that He is your Healer?   Do you believe that He will take care of you and provide for you?   

Do you believe that God is the One, the Only, the True, and Living God?    Do you believe that He loved you so much that He sacrificed His Son for You?    Do you believe that He can give you peace in the midst of the storms of life?   WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE?  

You say you believe in God and His Word, now the question is, do you believe the "totality" of His Word?   Do you believe Him fully or are you just picking scriptures out of His Word that you choose to believe?    If you say you fully believe His Word, are you willing to live your life fully for Him?   

Understand, God is not looking for a part-time love.   He is not looking for someone to cheat on Him so that they can appease their flesh.   He sacrificed His all for us and He wants us to love Him enough to sacrifice our flesh for Him.   

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Romans 3:4

 King James Version (KJV)

God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Are You Giving Up When You Come Up Against Resistance or Are You Trusting God Despite What You See?

What you see is not what you get.    Life changes and God is well able to bring about the change you need in your life but you have to trust Him and you have to speak words that pertain to life and Godliness.  

What are you saying?   Are you speaking words of despair or are you speaking faith filled words?   Are you talking like you are defeated or are you decreeing and declaring your victory?    Your words matter.   You can't just say anything and everything.   You have to speak words that are in line with God's Word for your life.

We have to make sure we are not giving up when we come up against resistance.   Resistance is an opposing force.   It hinders your mobility and your motion.   The enemy is always going to oppose us.   However, it is up to us to continue to press forward even when we come up against opposition.   

You have to trust God for your change despite what you see.   Faith is not based on what we can see.   We have to have faith and trust God despite what we see.

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

2 Corinthians 4:18

“While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

Have You Sealed Your Life With The Word Of God To The Point That Outside Influences No Longer Have An Affect On You?

Are you doing what God has told "you" to do?   It's easy to look at someone else's life and see what it is they are not doing but the question is, are you looking internally.   Are you checking yourself to make sure your life is in line with what God has said for you to do?  

We have to make sure that we are sealing our lives based on God's Word.   When you seal something, you fasten it and close it securely.   When something is fastened securely, you don't have to worry about outside elements coming in.   Have you fastened your life securely to God by His Word to the point that the outside influences no longer enter in and have an affect on your behavior.

We pray all the time for God to lead us, guide us, and to direct us.    Are you following Him faithfully?   Remember, He is not going to usher you into sin.    However, He will escort you through the trials of life.   When you are being escorted, you are being accompanied (especially for protection or security).   Remember, God will never leave you nor forsake You.   He will shield you and He will protect You but You have to trust Him and follow Him.   You have to surrender your all to Him.   It's not about looking at the imperfections of others.   It's all about allowing God to perfect the things in you so that His low can flow freely through you. 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

Luke 6:42

Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

Are You Allowing God To Be God Over Your Life or Just God Over Random Situations In Your Life?

Are you so stuck on what was that God is not able to do anything new in your life?   Are you so attached to your past that you are stagnant and can't move forward into the hope, future, an expected end that God has promised?    Exactly where are you in life?

God is God alone and He has said that there are things that He has prepared for You but You have to be ready and willing to receive them.   You have to be willing to let go of the old so that You can receive the new.   So often we want to hold on to what "we" know because what "we" know is identifiable and comfortable.    When something is identifiable, it is noticeable and easily recognized.   Understand, what God wants to do in you, through you, and for you may not be noticeable to you and that is where faith comes in.   You have to trust and believe that God knows what He is doing.    

You have to truly believe that God is God of all.   He has to be God to you in all things.   In other words, You have to believe that He knows what He is doing even when you don't understand what He is doing.   You have to trust in the fact that He is well able to heal you, deliver you, strengthen you, provide for you, protect you, and make a way out of no way for you.    You have to make Him God of  your life and not just God over random situations in your life.   

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

I Chronicles 29:11-12

¹¹ Thine, O LORD, [is] the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all [that is] in the heaven and in the earth [is Thine]; Thine [is] the kingdom, O LORD, and Thou art exalted as head above all.
¹² Both riches and honour [come] of Thee, and Thou reignest over all; and in Thine hand [is] power and might; and in Thine hand [it is] to make great, and to give strength unto all.

Where Is Your Confidence? Do You Love and Trust God Enough To Release Your Worry, Doubt, and Pain To Him?

Why keep going back?   Why keep trying to do things the same way in your own power and strength?   Why not surrender all?  Why not give your all to God?    

Understand, God is waiting and willing to do in you and for you what only He can do.   All you need to do is surrender.   All you need to do is let go.    What we tend to do is to hold on to our hurt, our pain, and our struggles.   We don’t want to tell anyone how we feel; not even God.    Yes, God knows but God also wants you to release to Him.   When we release things to God, it says that we trust Him with every aspect of our lives.  

Just think about when you talk to someone.   When you open up to them and tell them all about what you are going through.   You are saying that you trust that person and they become your confidant.   That’s what God wants to be.   He wants to be “One” that you have total confidence in.   

Do you love God and trust God enough to talk to Him and to release your worry, doubt, and pain to Him?   Understand, He has already promised to take care of you.   

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Psalm 5:8

O LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my foes; Make Your way straight before me.

Are You Limiting God Based On What Someone Else Has Said About You and Your Life?

What if someone told you what you couldn't do?  What if they looked at your life and your accomplishments and made the determination that you are just not qualified to do what they think needs to be done?   What would you do?  Would you give up?   Would you lose hope?   Would you let go of your faith?   Or would you trust God to prove them wrong?   

Understand, you serve a limitless God.   He is not limited to what man thinks about you.   As a matter of fact, He said that He takes the foolish things in this world and confuses the wise.   So He will take what seems to be foolish to other people concerning your life and bring confusion to them.   They will walk around wondering how you got to where you are and you will be able to testify of God's goodness, grace, love, and mercy towards you.   You will be able to tell the world that God is not a respecter of persons and what He did for you, He will do for them too if they just trust Him, believe Him, obey Him, and have faith in Him.

Make sure you don't limit yourself based on other peoples perception of who you are and who God is.    You serve a limitless God and He has great things in store for your life.
 

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

1 Corinthians 1:27 

King James Version (KJV)

²⁷ But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Are You Living In The Mediocre? Understanding Mediocre Means Ordinary, Average, and Middle Of The Road

Are you looking for substitutes in life?   A substitute is defined as a person or thing "acting or serving" in place of another.    What is it or who is that you have put in the place where God's plan is supposed to be operative in your life?   It's easy to find a substitute but a substitute does not carry the same qualities as the original.   

How often do we try to find substitutes in life?   How often do we say "this will do"?   How often do we give up hope for what God has unctioned us to do and just settle and become complacent?   It's time to press into God's best.   It's time to stop living in the  "mediocre".   The word mediocre means ordinary, average, and in the middle of the road.   

We have to understand that the line has been drawn.   There is a line between life in death.   There is a line between sin and righteousness.   There is a line that distinguishes God's highest and best for our lives.    We have to begin to trust, believe, and press into God's highest and best in every area of our lives.    

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Philippians 3:14

King James Version (KJV)

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

 

Are You Walking Fearlessly In Faith?

Is your assurance in God?   To be sure means to be confident in what you think and know.   It means to be without doubt.   So often we are sure of what we want but the question is, are your wants in line with the Word and will of God?

You have to get to a place where you know that you know.   Where you know that God is your source.   Where you know that God will deliver  you.   Where you know that He is the healer and He will make a way when there appears to be no way.   You have to know that you know!

To know means to be aware of something through observation, inquiry, and information.   You have to see and discern God's goodness in your life and the lives of others.   You have to learn of Him and ask of Him.   You have to trust Him so that you can walk confidently through the trials of life.

God loves you and He has promised to take care of you.   Be confident and walk fearlessly in faith.
   

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Deuteronomy 7:9

Know therefore that the Lord thy God, He is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations.

Are You Imparting Support, Confidence, and Hope To Someone Else Today?

Sometimes it is easy to get caught up on what other people are doing and what other people are saying but it's not about all of that.    People will do and say what they please and you can't change that.   You can't make people do what is right and you can't make people say what is right.  However, you can encourage people.  

To encourage means to give support, confidence, and hope to someone.   Are you speaking encouraging words to the people around you?   Are you strengthening them and letting them know that they can do all things through Christ?   Are you telling them that none of us are perfect and we are all forgiven?   Are you praying with them for God to open up doors in their lives?  

Understand the power of "your" words.   You have the power in your mouth to help build up and edify someone else's life.   You have the power to encourage, strengthen, and enlighten someone else.    Let your words be words of life to someone else today.    Pray for them and speak life to them.   Let them know that they are loved and that you are there for them.    One word spoken in love can change the whole course of someone's day and even their life.   

Don't be afraid to speak life into someone else's life!

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

Are You Still Looking Back or Are You Focused On The Purpose and Plan That God Has For Your Future?

How often do you look back?   How often do you try to go back?  Going back to your past should no longer be an option.   Even if your past days were good days, you should not be trying to relive the days of old.   You should be excited about fulfilling the plan and the purpose God has for your life.   Understand, plans are for the future.    God's plans are His goals, objectives, and intentions for your life.

It's time to stop dwelling on the past.   It's time to move forward with God.   It's time to let your past catapult you into your future.   It's time to let go and to trust God with the next steps of your life.    Just think about it, when a baby learns to walk, he has to gain confidence in order to take the next few steps.   If he thinks about how he fell in the past, it may take him a while to regain his confidence.   But if he is adventurous, encouraged, and excited about walking, he will continue to try to take more and more steps.    That's how we have to be with our walk with God. 

Even though things may not have worked out in our lives the way we expected or planned them to, we have to remain confident in the promises of God.   We can't let life knock us down and be afraid to get back up.   We can't become discouraged and refuse to move forward with God out of fear.    We have to have faith and confidence in what God has promised.   He said in His Word that He has a plan for us and that plan carries within it hope, our future, and an expected end.

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Romans 15:13

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

Are You Trying To Live Your Life In A Way That Pleases God or Are You Just Relying On His Forgiveness and Mercy? Even Though God Is Merciful, We Should Still Be Trying To Walk In Obedience ...

How are you living?   How are you walking out each day in your life?   Are you living your life in a way where you are relying on the forgiveness, mercy, and grace of God or are you trying to live in obedience to His Word.   Yes, God is merciful and God is kind and no, we are not perfect but we should be trying to walk in obedience to the Word that we know.   

None of us are perfect and we are all prone to making mistakes.   That is why God have given us mercy for each new day.   He already knows the areas in our lives where we will fall short.   But we should be striving each day to live our lives in a way that is pleasing to the Father.   We shouldn't just do what "we" want to when we know the things we want are not pleasing to God.   It should be our desire to walk in obedience and to live our lives in a way that magnifies Him in the earth. 

It's time out for allowing sin to just rule and reign.   It's time to subdue the flesh and walk by the Spirit.   It's time to let God be seen.   It's time to love Him and to allow the reflection of His love to be seen through us.   It matters how we live.   If we are not reflecting who God is in the earth, how will others know about His love, His goodness, His grace, and His mercy.    

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION 

   2 John 6

King James Version (KJV)

And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

Are You Waiting On The Perfect Opportunity To Praise God or Have You Learned How To Praise Him Through The Storms Of Life?

Are you waiting for the perfect opportunity to worship God?   Do you need a certain atmosphere to give Him praise?   Have you learned how to praise Him in the good times and the bad?   Have you learned how to praise Him whether you are sick or feeling good?   Is your praise limited based on what you thought God should have done for you?  Understand, God is worthy of our praise!

We have to get to a place where we stop allowing our situation to dictate our actions.   Sometimes we go through.   We go through heartache and we go through pain.   Sometimes our bodies are weak and we experience sickness or disease.   Sometimes, things just don't work out the way "we" planned.    But even in those times, we still have to trust and believe God.   We have to praise Him despite our situation.   The word despite means in spite of or without being affected by.   We can't allow our situations to dictate our actions when it comes to praising God.  

When we go through things in life, it doesn't change who God is or what God can do.   It doesn't limit His power or His ability.   Just think about it, when its raining outside, it doesn't mean you can't get in your car and go to the store.   It's doesn't mean you can't go out and dance in the rain.   The rain is a hindrance, but it can't stop you from going places or using your hands, arms, and feet that God has given  you.   

Understand, some of the things we encounter in life are hindrances.  Some may set limitations on "the way" we can praise God (like sickness or disease) but we should still give Him praise.   We are not praising God for our situation but we are praising Him for who He is and for His power and ability to work everything in our lives together for our good.   

Don't wait for what you consider a perfect opportunity to praise God.   Learn how to praise Him "through" the storms of life.  

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Acts 2:26

Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

Are People Looking At Your Past Mistakes and Failing To See God's Hand Upon Your Life? Don't Allow Words Of Discouragement To Cause Your Faith To Fail ...

God has called us to encourage one another.   To encourage means to give support, confidence, and hope to someone.   Are you being an encourager or are you discouraging someone's faith?   To discourage means to cause someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm.   Have you ever had someone to cause you to lose hope by what they said you couldn't do or wouldn't do?   It's like taking a blow and someone knocking the faith out of you.   

Not only do you have to know who to listen to when it comes to your faith walk, you also have to know what to say to others when it comes to theirs.   Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean God won't do it for them.   If someone has faith in the Word of God, who are we to discourage what they believe God will do for them.    The same holds true if you are trusting and believing God to do something in your life.   Don't allow someone else's discouraging words cause you to lose faith and hope in what God has said that He will do in your life.   Your past does not depict your future.   To depict means to show or represent.   Your past has no bearing on God's promises.   He is well able to do in you, for you, and through you, everything that He has promised to do if you trust Him, obey Him, and have faith in Him.

People may look at your past mistakes and your outward appearance and think that God would never move on your behalf but understand, God is loving, kind, merciful, and just.    He is forgiving and He will honor His promises in your life if you are willing and obedient.   God's blessings are not based on your past.  They are based on His promises and He is true to His Word.  

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Are You Walking In Faith & Patience To The Point That You Are Trusting God "No Matter What" Is Going On In Your Life?

The Bible says through "faith and patience" we shall obtain the promise.   Some of us are walking in faith and some of us are walking in patience without faith.   Faith says that you believe God and that you trust God will do whatever needs to be done in your life.   Patience is defined as the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset.    Are you walking in both?   Are you trusting and believing that God will do what He said He would do in your life?   Are you accepting the delay and suffering without getting angry or upset?  

You have to know that God's promises are true "no matter what".   No matter what is trying to delay you from receiving God's blessings, His promises are true.   No matter what trouble you encounter.   No matter what suffering you go through.   None of these things can stop God's promises from being made manifest in your life.   

If you want to see the promises of God in your life, STAY IN FAITH.   Continue to trust and believe God.   Don't be moved by the delay, trouble, or suffering.   Just know that God is God alone and He will honor His Word in your life.   

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

James 1:3-4

King James Version (KJV)

³ Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

⁴ But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Are You Getting Worried, Stressed, and Overwhelmed By Your Situation or Are You Trusting That God Has A Plan?

God has a plan.   You may not know it and you may not see it coming into fruition but you have to trust and believe what God has said.   He said that He knows the plans He has for "you".    That means, God has a plan.   

How often do we get stuck on what we are going through?   We get worried, we get stressed, we even become overwhelmed by the situations in our lives but UNDERSTAND, God SAID, He has a plan.    Some things in life, we just can't fix.   We can't go back and redo our past but we can trust God with our future.

We have to begin to realize that today is a new day in God.   It is filled with His love, grace, and mercy.   It is a day of opportunity.   It is a day where we can choose to let God lead us, guide us, and direct us.   It is a day where we can put our total  trust in Him and His Word.   

The opportunity is available for us to trust God.   What will you do today?   Will you stop trying to fix it and trust God to fix whatever is wrong in your life?   Will you believe that He is your healer and that divine healing is taking place in your body right now?   Will you trust God to bring forth the resources you need?   

This day is a divine opportunity that has been given to you by God to trust Him.    It's a divine opportunity to worship Him and to praise Him.    It's a divine opportunity to be still and to know that He alone is God!   

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Deuteronomy 7:9

King James Version (KJV)

Know therefore that the Lord thy God, He is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations;

Are You Prepared To Make The Necessary Sacrifices So That Your Life Can Be Pleasing To God?

Are you willing to do what God has said?    God speaks through His Word and He tells us what we should do and what we shouldn't.   In Proverbs 3, He tells us to trust in Him with all of our heart and to lean not to our own understanding.   Are you trusting Him with your whole heart or are you leaning to what you can see and interpreting your situation for yourself?

In Deuteronomy 4, He tells us that if we seek Him, we shall find Him if we seek Him with all of our heart.   Are you seeking Him with your whole heart?   In order to seek, you must search and be on the lookout for something.    Are you glancing around his Word or are you truly seeking out His Word and will for your life.   To glance means to take a brief or quick look at something.

We have to be willing to do what God has said.   When you are willing to do something, you are ready, eager, and prepared to do it.    Are you ready to serve God?   Are you eager to seek out His will for your life?   Are you prepared to make the necessary sacrifices so that you can be pleasing to the Father?  

Remember, life is choice driven and the God has given you the power to choose exactly how far you are willing to go in order to live your life in a way that is pleasing to Him.

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Matthew 3:17

King James Version (KJV)

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Are You Seeing God Move Through Your Eyes Of Faith or Are You Allowing Other Peoples Words To Cause You To Doubt?

What will you do with God's yes?   Will you grab hold of it?   Will you rest in it?   Will you move forward with it?   So often in life, we encounter rejection and negative situations.   There are people all around us that tell us what "they think" we can or cannot do.   But what if God has given you a yes?   What if the only one that is telling you what you can do is God?   Will you step out on His Word or will you bow to the voice of defeat?  

Understand, one word from God can change your life.   God's "yes" is all you need when you understand the power of His Word.    God spoke the world into existence through words.   Therefore you should know what He says is true and carries within it the power to change and create situations, circumstances, and atmospheres on your behalf.  

If you need a change in your life, you have to believe that nothing is impossible for God.   You have to believe that He can and will do whatever needs to be done in you, for you, and through you.    You have to see God move through your eyes of faith and not hinder Him through people's words of doubt and unbelief.    You have to trust Him and believe that He will back up His Word with signs and wonders following.  

If God tell you yes, trust Him, believe Him, follow Him, obey Him, and wait on Him to manifest His promises in your life.

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Mark 9:23

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

What Are You Allowing To Infiltrate and Permeate Your Mind? What Are You Meditating On?

What are you allowing to infiltrate your mind?   To infiltrate means to enter or gain access to something.   It means to permeate.   When something permeates your mind, it fills it and spreads through it.   What is it that you are allowing to take over your thoughts which in turn fuels your actions?   

There is a reason that God told us in Philippians 4 what to think on.   He was very specific in telling us to think on the things that are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of a good report.   We just have to be cautious and make sure that we are not allowing the things that are false, dishonest, unjust, tainted, unpleasant, and of a bad report infiltrate or permeate our mind.    Remember, those things that we meditate on (or think on consistently) is providing fuel for our actions and our reactions to situations in our lives.  

Philippians 4:8

King James Version (KJV)

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Life Is Full Of Choices ... The Question Is, What Are You Choosing?

We all have to make decision every day in life.   We choose when to get up out of bed.   We choose what we will eat for breakfast.   We choose what we want to wear.   We choose whether or not we will worship, praise, and acknowledge who God is in our life.    Life is full of choices.  The question is who and what are you choosing?

The word choose should mean to pick out or select (someone or something) as being the best or most appropriate of two or more alternatives but sometimes we choose what we "already know" is not the best.   We make choices based on our flesh and our feelings rather than God and His Word.    We make decisions that are conducive to temporary satisfaction instead of bringing pleasure to God for the eternal life that He has made available to us.   

Understand, a decision is a  conclusion or resolution that is reached after consideration.   It is saying that a matter is resolved, settled, and finished.    When you make a decision, you are committing and pledging your allegiance to whatever you decide.

We have to resolve in our hearts and our minds that the best decisions in life are those that revolve around God and His Word.   We have to be committed to Him in order to make decisions that revolve around Him.   God has given each of us the ability to choose for ourselves.   He gave us direction on how and what to choose just as an earthly parent will direct their child and tell them what is best but it's still up to the child to make the right choice.    We have to decide to choose God because by doing so, we are choosing eternal life.  

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Deuteronomy 30:19

King James Version (KJV)

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

God's Word Is A Seed ... Are You Speaking God's Word and Planting Seeds Of Life Into Your Life and The Lives Of Others?

People are not always going to say what you want them to say and they are not always going to do what you want them to do.   The question is, what are you saying and what are you doing?   Are you speaking life to your life and to the lives of others or are you speaking words of defeat and discouragement.   

God wants you to speak life.   He wants you to confess His Word in and over you life and the lives of those around you.   He wants you to say that you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.   He wants you to say that you are the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath.   He wants you to confess that you are forgiven and that you know that He loves you.   God wants to use your voice in order to encourage others so that they know that greater is He that is in them than anything that is coming up against them in this world.   He wants them to know that He is the God that heals, delivers, and provides.    When they don't know what to say, He wants you to speak life over their lives.

Don't get caught up or stuck on the words of others that are not in line with the Word of God.   Know that God's Word will transform your life and give you a peace that surpasses your understanding.    Know that it carries within it the power to change situations when it is spoken.    Know that God's Word is a seed that can be planted in the hearts and minds of those around you that will grow and bear much fruit.

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Luke 8:11K

ing James Version (KJV)

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

What Are You Eating? Are You Filling Up On The Word Of God or The Things That Pertain To The World?

What are you eating?   Are you eating food that is nourishing for your body or are you filling up on junk food?    Food that is nourishing will cause us to be strong and grow, whereas junk food can affect every part of our body and cause us to be overweight and very unhealthy.    We have to watch our diet.  

What we need to understand is, just as junk food affects us physically, taking in the junk of the world will affect us spiritually.    We can either feed off of God and His Word or we can feed off of the things in this world.    We can either feed our Spirit or we can seek to feed and to satisfy our flesh.  

The word feed means to supply with material, power, or other things “necessary” for its operation.   The Word is necessary for us to be strong in God, to be led by God, and to live for God.  We have to be aware of what we are consuming.   When we consume things, we absorb it and we give all of our attention and energy to it.    What is it that you are consuming?   What are you absorbing in your eye gate, ear gates, and your life?    What are you filling up on?  Make sure you are taking in those things that lead to life and Godliness.  

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Revelation 10:9-10

King James Version (KJV)

⁹ And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

¹⁰ And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

Are You Hearing and Discerning The Voice Of God In Your Life?

Change is not always easy but change is sometimes necessary.    Sometimes we have to make the necessary adjustments in our lives to see the promises of God manifest in us, through us, and for us.    To adjust something means to alter it or move it slightly in order to obtain the desired result.

If there are actions and attitudes in your life that are "not quite" in line with what you know God has said, change them.   If you are praying "sometimes", pray as the Bible says in Thessalonians.   It says in  1 Thessalonians that we are to pray without ceasing.   Remember, prayer is having a conversation with God.    Have you ever been around someone and felt so comfortable with them that you talked and talked without ceasing?   That is how you should be with God.   You should talk to Him continuously but you also understand, you have to listen as well so that you can know what He wants you to do in any given situation.    

So often we think that God is not speaking to us but the Word of God says in John 8:47 that "He that is of God, heareth God's words".    To hear means to perceive and to discern the sound of something or someone.    You have to know when God is speaking.   He may be speaking through His Word  or through a person.   He may be speaking through the inward witness of His Holy Spirit that is within you.   However, God chooses to speak, you have ears to hear what He is saying.   In other words, you have to be able to perceive and discern the sound of His voice.   

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Revelation 2:17

King James Version (KJV)

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.