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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 29th

📖 "The wise also will hear and increase in learning, and the person of understanding will acquire skill and attain to sound counsel [so that he may be able to steer his course rightly]—” Proverbs 1:5 Amplifed Bible Classic Edition  

Would you like to be considered wise? Then you must do what the wise do. The text tells us that the wise will hear and increase learning. God does not expect us to stay the same. He wants us to grow and become more than what we currently are. Every day, every month, every year, we should be getting better and better. We should be learning more. A wealthy businessperson once stated that if you want to be successful, you should read 500 pages a day. We know that this blanket statement is not for everyone, but what we can learn from that statement is that we should take the time to read and study every day. We should be growing and improving in our intelligence. We should be growing spiritually; and our health should be improving as well. We want to also acquire skill and heed sound, godly counsel. If we do these things, we can be certain that our lives will improve, and we will go from glory to glory. 

#wisdom #glorytoglory #dailydevotional #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 28th

📖 "And such as deal wickedly against the covenant shall deceitfully dissemble: but the people that know their God shall prevail and succeed.” Daniel 11:32 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition 

God’s will is for us to succeed in every aspect of life. He desires for us to prosper and be in health even as our soul prospers” (III John 2). Our victories will come out our relationship with God. As we walk with God, He will give us insight into our situations. He will give us instructions. He will lead us and guide us in the way that we should go. God will fight for us. He will defend us against our critics. God defended Moses when Miriam criticized him. God even let her know that He did not speak to Moses the way He spoke with other people. God was implying that there was a closeness there: a relationship. Every Father desires to have a relationship with their children. As we fellowship with Him through the Word and through prayer, we have a better understanding of who He is and a better understanding of His ability. Knowledge of the Word as well as application of the Word will cause us to prevail and succeed over situation the enemy brings our way. He always causes us to triumph. That victory comes through knowing Him. 

#iamvictory #triumph #Hedefendsus #devotional #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 27th

📖 "For the Lord has chosen Zion, He has desired it for His habitation: This is My resting-place forever [says the Lord]; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. I will surely and abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread. Her priests also will I clothe with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. There will I make a horn spring forth and bud for David; I have ordained and prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises of old]. His enemies will I clothe with shame, but upon himself shall his crown flourish." -Psalm 132:13-18 Amplified Classic

God desires to manifest His goodness in our lives. In the text, we see that when He decided to dwell with the people, changes had to take place. He would bless their provision and satisfy the poor with bread. There would be joy throughout the land, and their would-be fulfillment of the promises of God. Their enemies would be clothed with shame. There would be prosperity in the land. God’s will is for us to prosper in every area of our lives. When we make Him number one in our lives, His Word becomes a priority in our lives, and we are doers of His Word, we can expect God to manifest His goodness in greater ways. God will do so as we allow our lives to be a dwelling place for Him. 

#Zion #HisGoodness #vcccharlotte #devotional  

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 26th

📖 ""Those who trust in the Lord are steady as Mount Zion, unmoved by any circumstance." -Psalm 125:1 The Living Bible

Believers are peculiar people. We are not to be moved by natural circumstances. We are to keep our eyes on the Word of God. The things that we see are temporary, and the things that we see are subject to change. Every challenge, every obstacle, every attack of the enemy is subject to change. The Bible tells us that weeping may endure for a night, but joy will come in the morning (Psalm 30:5). Psalm 126:5-6 tells us that, “they that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him”. There may be tears today, but joy will eventually replace it. You may bring your seed in tears, but you will be rejoicing with the harvest. No matter what the circumstance may be in the natural, we know that it is subject to the Word of God. We are steady and immovable because we know that God is watching over His Word to perform it. We know it is impossible for Him to lie. 

#harvest #joyinthemorning #devotional #vcccharlotte 

 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 25th

📖 "But now, says the Lord—the one who created you, Jacob, the one who formed you, Israel: Don’t fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; when through the rivers, they won’t sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you won’t be scorched and flame won’t burn you." -Isaiah 43:1-2 Common English Bible

When we made Jesus the Lord over our lives, we became children of God. We now belong to Him, and we are in covenant with Him. It is our responsibility to learn what has been promised in God’s Word. God is obligated to His word, and He is watching over His Word to perform it. God has promised to protect and defend His children (Psalm 91; Psalm 34). Regardless of what trouble or danger we may face, God will honor His Word in our lives when we stand on it. David defeated the giant when He stood on the covenant. Daniel was preserved in the lion’s den. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were preserved when they were thrown in the furnace by the king. Over and over, we see where God protected His people. He has not changed. It doesn’t matter what the enemy may try to do, God is still able to deliver us from all danger. If He did it before, He can do it again. 

#deliverer #Israel #goodfather #vcccharlotte #dailydevotional

 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 24th

📖 "Let not sin therefore rule as king in your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies, to make you yield to its cravings and be subject to its lusts and evil passions. Do not continue offering or yielding your bodily members [and faculties] to sin as instruments (tools) of wickedness. But offer and yield yourselves to God as though you have been raised from the dead to [perpetual] life, and your bodily members [and faculties] to God, presenting them as implements of righteousness. For sin shall not [any longer] exert dominion over you, since now you are not under Law [as slaves], but under grace [as subjects of God’s favor and mercy].” -Romans 6:12-14 Amplified Bible Classic Edition  

Sin can be a destructive force. The Bible tells us that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Sin came into the world because of Adam and Eve’s disobedience, and it has wreaked havoc on the earth ever since. God warned Cain that “if you do not do well, sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you, but you must master it (Genesis 4:7 AMP)”. We must all master sin and not let it have dominion over us. Through the Greater One that is on the inside of us, we can live above sin and refuse to allow it to have a place in our lives. We can yield our members as instruments of righteousness, and we can be vessels fit for the Master’s use. As we walk with God and spend time with Him through prayer and the Word, we can get to a place where sin is no longer an influence in our lives. We can represent the kingdom of God and be His ambassadors as He desires for us to be. We can be living epistles of His goodness and His grace and walk as subjects of God’s favor and mercy. 
 
#amen #sin #inspiration #devotional #vcccharlotte 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 23rd

📖 "Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of lights [the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens], in whom there is no variation [no rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [for He is perfect and never changes].” -James 1:17 Amplified Bible  

God is a good God. He is only capable of doing good. Jesus tells us that the thief (the devil) comes to steal, kill, and destroy. If something has been stolen from you or destruction has taken place in your life, you can trust and believe that it did not come from God. ONLY good things come from God. The late Oral Roberts once stated that, “There is nothing good in the devil, and there is nothing bad in God”. Everything that is good in our lives came from God, and He wants our lives to reflect His goodness towards us. When He approached Abram, He told him that He would bless Him. That was one of the first things He said to Abram and God honored His Word to him. The devil even commented to God that Job served Him because He had blessed the works of his hands (Job 1:10). As we walk with God, we should expect our lives to get better. We should expect nothing but good, because that is all that is in God. He is perfect and never changes. 

#perfection #vccccharlotte #GoodGod 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 22nd

📖 "For if because of one man’s trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God’s] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). Well then, as one man’s trespass [one man’s false step and falling away led] to condemnation for all men, so one Man’s act of righteousness [leads] to acquittal and right standing with God and life for all men. For just as by one man’s disobedience (failing to hear, heedlessness, and carelessness) the many were constituted sinners, so by one Man’s obedience the many will be constituted righteous (made acceptable to God, brought into right standing with Him).” -Romans 5:17-19 Amplified Bible Classic Edition 

When Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden, all of mankind came under the curse. All of mankind had the sin nature on the inside of them and was destined for a life of failure and calamity.  Mankind had become united to Satan and was unable to attain a right standing with God. Jesus came to alter the destiny of mankind. He became a curse for us so that we could be free from the law of sin and death. Jesus became poor so that we might be made rich. Jesus took on sickness so that we could be well. Jesus became sin so that we could become righteous. Jesus came so that we could not only have life, but that we could also reign in this life as kings and priests. We are to be the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath. We can stand before God as if we have not sinned one day in our lives. Adam caused misery for humanity, but Jesus redeemed us from that misery. He made us more than conquerors! 

#conquerors #redemption #Godissgood #devotional 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 21st

📖 "Samuel replied, “Has the Lord as much pleasure in your burnt offerings and sacrifices as in your obedience? Obedience is far better than sacrifice. He is much more interested in your listening to him than in your offering the fat of rams to him.” -I Samuel 15:22 The Living Bible  

Obedience is important to God. It shows honor and respect. God even says that if we are willing and obedient, we will eat the good of the land. Children are encouraged to obey their parents so that it will be well with them. Obedience shows trust. It demonstrates that you trust the person that is giving the command and that they have your best interest at heart. You trust that they would never ask you to do something that would be harmful to you. God loves us, so when He asks us to do something, it is always for our good. God is always trying to bless us. Every good gift and every perfect gift comes from Him. 
 
#gift #devotional #obedience #vcccharlotte 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 20th

📖 "We never give up. Our bodies are gradually dying, but we ourselves are being made stronger each day." -2 Corinthians 4:16 Contemporary English Version 

As believers, we should commit to the stance that we never give up. Never. We never give up on God. We never give up on the promises of God. We never give up on ourselves. Whenever you want to give up, your eyes are on the wrong thing. We keep our eyes on God’s Word. We keep our eyes on the unseen. We understand that the things that are seen are temporary. The things that are unseen are eternal. If you can see it with your eyes, it is subject to change. God is not a quitter, and He is on the inside of us. He will push forward. He will keep you going. He will cause you to overcome in every area of your life. Greater is He that is in you than He that is in the world. That alone should cause you to never give up. So, trust Him. He will never let you down. 

#nevergiveup #trustGod #vcccharlotte #motivation 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 19th

📖 "But on that day I will separate and set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of insects will be there, so that you may know [without any doubt] and acknowledge that I, the Lord, am in the midst of the earth. I will put a division (distinction) between My people and your people. By tomorrow this sign shall be in evidence." -Exodus 8:22-23 Amplified Bible 

We have been translated out of the kingdom of darkness, and we have been translated into the kingdom of God. God will take care of those who are inside of His kingdom; He will take care of His own. God set a distinction between the Israelites and the Egyptians. The chaos and the damage that was taking place in Egypt was not taking place in Goshen. There may be chaos and destruction taking place in the world, but it doesn’t have to affect us. We are in the kingdom of God. Satan is the god(ruler) of this world, which is why the world is in the shape that it is in. God desires to shield us from what is going on in the world. We can have prosperity in a famine. We can walk in divine health in the middle of “flu season.” We can have peace while the rest of the world is nervous and troubled about tomorrow. We may be in this world, but we are not of it. We function in another realm. We are to function in the kingdom of God.  

#kingdomofGod #devotional #vcccharlotte #motivation

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 18th

📖 "I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” -Psalm 34:1 Amplified Bible Classic Edition 

We are to bless the Lord at all times. When things are going well, we bless the Lord. When things are going wrong, we bless the Lord. We are to praise God no matter what. Praise stills the avenger. The Word of God tells us that the Lord inhabits the praises of His people. When Paul and Silas were imprisoned, they sang praises to God and shook the prison. Praise brings God onto the scene. When Jehoshaphat went to war, God told Him to send the praisers out ahead of him. The battle was won after the praisers began to praise God. We will win more battles when we learn to praise Him more. You may not be able to fight the battle, but victory is imminent when God comes on the scene. He always causes us to triumph. 

#triumph #winnerscircle #vcccharlotte #encouragement

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 17th

📖 "Where could I go from Your Spirit? Or where could I flee from Your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (the place of the dead), behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me." -Psalm 139:7-11 Amplified Bible Classic Edition 

God is always everywhere. We cannot get away from His presence. If you are a believer, this is a good thing. This means that when we find ourselves in a tight spot, He is there. When life gets hard, He is there. When we need solutions to our problems, He is there. We can call upon the Lord at any time and know that He is already there. It does not matter if we are at sea, on an airplane, or underground on the subway, God is with us. God said in His Word that He would never leave us or forsake us. It should be comforting to us that our Almighty God will never leave our side. If our lives do not line up with the Word of God, this could be unwelcome news. That means that God sees the sin that mankind is involved in. It pays to obey God and to honor His Word, then to suffer shame and embarrassment because of the consequences of our negative actions. Thank God for His mercy. He said that once we ask forgiveness of our sins, He will remember our sins no more. Let us stay aware of God’s presence. His eyes are running throughout the earth looking to show Himself strong. He wants to move on your behalf too. 

#omnipresent #devotional #vcccharlotte #AlmightyGod 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 16th

📖 "God is faithful (reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on); by Him you were called into companionship and participation with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord." -I Corinthians 1:9 Amplified Bible Classic Edition 

God is faithful to His Word. It is impossible for Him to lie. It is a divine truth that He cannot lie. God’s Word is the only means we have of trusting Him. We cannot see God nor can we touch Him. We can read God’s Word, and we can trust Him. In fact, trusting God’s Word is like trusting God Himself. When we choose to believe God’s Word, it causes a dependency on Him just like you would depend on the word of a man or woman. We trust man daily. We trust the bank. We trust our supervisors. We trust the doctor. Unfortunately, sometimes we tend to trust everyone and everything except God, when he is more dependable than man. He is more faithful than any man. We must get to a place where we can put more trust in what we read in God’s Word, than what we hear from the words of a man. Man may let you down, but God will not. He is reliable, trustworthy, and ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on. 

#trust #Godisfaithful #dailydevotional #motivation 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 15th

📖 "We are workers together with God. So we beg you: Do not let the grace that you received from God be for nothing." -2 Corinthians 6:1 International Children’s Bible 

We are God’s representatives in the Earth. We are His hands, and we are His feet. We are workers together with Him. The things that God desires to accomplish in earth will require our cooperation. We are to depend on God, but we must also remember that God is depending on us. We must also not forget that we are what we are by the grace of God. We must never take the grace of God for granted, for without Him, we are nothing. Out of appreciation for His grace, we must stay in tune with the Spirit of God and walk with God. We are co-laborers with God, attacking the kingdom of darkness and taking ground for the kingdom of God. God depends on us, and we cannot let Him down. 

#ambassadorsofChrist #vcccharlotte #graceofGod #devotional 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 14th

📖 "[The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love," -Colossians 1:13 Amplified Bible Classic Edition 

When we get born again, we no longer belong to the kingdom of darkness.  Satan is no longer our lord, and he has no authority over us. We have been taken out of the kingdom of Satan and translated into the kingdom of God. God’s kingdom is greater than Satan’s. It is a far superior kingdom. It is a kingdom of abundance, prosperity, dominion, and authority. We have been given power over the enemy and nothing shall hurt us (Luke 10:19). We must learn to operate in this new kingdom. Because of the superiority of the Kingdom of God, we can expect to overcome every evil tactic of the enemy. God ways are higher than our ways. His ways are also higher than that of the kingdom of darkness. As we grow in the things of the kingdom, we can expect more victories in our lives. We are in a kingdom of victory. 

#iamvictory #vcccharlotte #overcomer #motivation

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 13th

📖 "I am the Lord; that is my name; I don’t hand out my glory to others or my praise to idols. The things announced in the past—look—they’ve already happened, but I’m declaring new things. Before they even appear, I tell you about them.” -Isaiah 42: 8-9 Common English Bible

God has a record of accomplishment. He has kept His Word for thousands of years and will continue because He does not change. Throughout the Bible, God spoke about the things that would take place in the future. Sometimes it took a few years. Other times, it took hundreds of years, but eventually, it happened. Some things have yet to come to pass, but we know that the fulfillment of it is on the horizon. We can rest assured that if God promised it, He will cause it to manifest in our lives as we stand on the Word of God and believe Him for it. Once things have manifested in our lives, God doesn’t want us to stop looking to Him. He wants to do things in our lives that we have never experienced before. He desires to take us from glory to glory. It starts with a declaration. When God begins to reveal things that He desires to do in our lives, we have to declare them. Our declaration is our approval and a demonstration that we agree with God. As we decree these things, we are showing that there is an expectancy that we expect God to do some new things in our lives. The best is yet to come. 

#thebestisyettocome #vcccharlotte #declaration #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 12th

📖 "He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed." -I Peter 2:24 Amplified Bible Classic Edition 

When Jesus died on the cross for us, there was a two-fold redemption: a redemption from sin and sickness. Jesus’s sacrifice freed us from the power of sin and the sickness. We do not have to be a slave to sin or any other habit that is displeasing to God. When sin came into the earth through the fall of mankind, sickness entered in as well. It’s important to know that we do not have to be sick any more than we have to be in bondage to sin. God set us free from both. So, NEVER FORGET: you are not only righteous, but you are also healed.

#righteous #devotional #ChristJesus #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 11th

📖 "Don’t lie to each other. You’ve gotten rid of the person you used to be and the life you used to live, and you’ve become a new person. This new person is continually renewed in knowledge to be like its Creator. Where this happens, there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, uncivilized person, slave, or free person. Instead, Christ is everything and in everything." -Colossians 3:9-11 God’s Word Translation 

When we get born again, the old man has passed away, and we become new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). For our lives to reflect the change that took place on the inside, we must put on the new man by renewing our minds to the Word of God. As we learn to think like God and to talk like God, we will eventually get to the place where we will live like God. It doesn’t matter what color you are, what your nationality is, or how you were raised, we who are born again, are all ONE in Christ. The extent to which you renew your mind will be the extent in which you become more like your Creator, God the Father. He loves you and desires for you to grow in the things of God so that you can become an imitator of God. Every child should desire to be like their parent, especially when that parent is a good one. How much more should we desire to be like our Heavenly Father? 

#HeavenlyFather #devotional #bornagain #vcccharlotte 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 10th

📖 “Therefore there is now no condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment] for those who are in Christ Jesus [who believe in Him as personal Lord and Savior]." -Romans 8:1 Amplified Bible 

The devil wants to torment us. One way He does so is by constantly reminding us of our past. He wants to remind us of our past failures, past mistakes, and past sins. When we are in Christ and accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, our past is under the Blood of Jesus. He cleanses us from all sin, and we become the righteousness of God. God removes the guilty stains of sin. We no longer have to be ashamed of what we were before Jesus became the Lord of our lives. We can walk around knowing that we are in right standing with God. Satan is the accuser and condemner. Don’t give him a voice in your life. The only opinion that should matter is God’s. God says you are His child, and He sees you as righteous. God sees you as an overcomer. God sees you as victorious. We should see ourselves the same way. We are more than conquerors! 

#morethanconquerors #Jesus #devotional #nocondemnation 

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