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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | April 6th

📖 "Let us look closely at our ways and examine them and then return to the Lord.” -Lamentations 3:40 God’s Word Translation 

Every now and then, we have to examine our lives. Sometimes, we can get off track and not realize it. Other times, we could find ourselves in unbelief or in a place where we aren’t trusting God as we once did. We can become so busy that we aren’t praying or reading the Word like we used to. The good thing is that we can always get ourselves back on track. We can always return to the Lord. Returning to the Lord doesn’t always mean we are living a life of sin. It could also mean that we need a personal revival. We need to do things the way we once did. God is always reaching out to us; the key is how we respond. We can always come back if we have drifted away. 

#Godlovesyou #devotional #vcccharlotte #meditate 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | April 5th

📖 "Because the Lord God helps me, I will not be dismayed; therefore, I have set my face like flint to do his will, and I know that I will triumph." -Isaiah 50:7 The Living Bible

Our confidence should always be in God. When we know who is on our side and who has our back, it should be difficult for us to live in a state of worry or dismay. We can be like Jesus. We can set our faces like a flint, knowing that we will triumph. Paul even said, “now thanks be unto God who always causes us to triumph in Christ” (2 Corinthians 2:14). We can “set our faces”, regardless of the circumstances. We can gain confidence in the fact that God will never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). When God helps you, you can’t help but win. We are not only winners, but we are also more than conquerors through Him that loves us (Romans 8:37).  
 
#winners #conquerors #devotional #Godfidence #iamvictory

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | April 4th

📖 "My desire is to have you free from all anxiety and distressing care." -I Corinthians 7:32a Amplified Bible Classic Edition

Paul, speaking to the Corinthian church, expressed that his desire was for them to be free from all anxiety and distressing care. His desire is what God desires. God desires to handle every worry and every care. He doesn’t want you distracted with the issues of life. Jesus said in Luke 12:29, not to have a mind that is, “anxious, troubled, unsettled, excited, worried, and in suspense”. God knows what's up the road. He tells us not to worry about tomorrow. God can handle every situation when we give it over to Him. The key is we must hand it over to Him. Cast your care on the Lord and don’t allow the enemy to overwhelm you. God can handle anything, including your problems. 

#castyourcaresonHim #trustGod #noworries #dailydevotional 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | April 3rd

📖 "Restore to me the joy of Your salvation. And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.” -Psalm 51:12 NKJV

Let us be reminded of what we received when we accepted Jesus as our Savior. The word "salvation" encompasses deliverance, preservation, safety, health, peace, harmony, wisdom, confident hope, grace, protection, and provision. WOW! When we consider all that is wrapped up in the salvation that is provided to us freely through Jesus, it should be enough to make us shout! It will remind some of us of the hymn lyrics, “When I think of the goodness of Jesus and all that He’s done for me; my soul cries out HALLELUJAH! I thank God for saving me!”

Meditate on this throughout the day. Isaiah 12:3 NKJV says, “Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.” Draw what you need from the Lord in prayer. Praise God for His generosity toward you! Rest knowing that you will experience the Holy Spirit’s bountifulness. He is upholding you. The Spirit of the Living God is pouring the power of salvation into your situation right now. Be sure to proclaim your victory! Share what the joy of salvation means to you with someone who has not experienced what you have found in the Lord.

#joyoftheLord #mondaymotivation #Jesussaves #devotional

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | April 2nd

📖 "Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion; And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude], And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God’s image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness." -Ephesians 4:22-24 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

When God sets us free; He expects us to stay free. We are to strip ourselves of our former nature and walk in the new nature that is on the inside of us. Our mindset should change. We should no longer think like the world. Our thinking should be in line with the Word of God. We should walk in holiness and consecrate our lives to God because He paid the ultimate price for us through the Blood of His Son. The very least we can do is to live for Him. We owe Him our lives. We should endeavor to increase our knowledge of God so that we can be transformed by the renewing of our mind. We increase our knowledge of Him so that we can be transformed into His image. With all that God has done for us, why shouldn’t we live for Him. 

#whomtheSunsetsfree #renewyourmind #iamvictory #devotional 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | April 1st

📖 "For which of you, wishing to build a farm building, does not first sit down and calculate the cost [to see] whether he has sufficient means to finish it? Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to complete [the building], all who see it will begin to mock and jeer at him, Saying, This man began to build and was not able (worth enough) to finish." -Luke 14:28-30 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

Before making any major life decisions, we must count the cost. Before you build something, you must count the cost to finish the project. Before you change jobs, you must count the cost. Before you get into a relationship, you must count the cost. We must be thorough thinkers. As we contemplate our decision, we must look at things from every angle and allow the Spirit of God to show us things we may not have seen. When we yield to the leadership of the Spirit of God, we follow His lead, knowing that He will not lead us astray. He would not lead us down the wrong path. We put our trust in Him; we will never be put to shame or disappointed in our expectations.

#thelordismyshepherd #countthecost #devotional

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 31st

📖 "If the Lord does not build the house, it is useless for the builders to work hard over it. If the Lord does not watch over the city, it is useless for the watchman to stand guard.” -Psalms 127:1 Evangelical Heritage Version 

One of the best things that we can do for ourselves is to stay in sync with God. Success is inevitable when we are where He wants us to be and doing what He wants us to do. When the Lord is building the house, the ministry, or the business, it takes the pressure off us. God will finance it. God will bring the people in. God will go before us and make the crooked places straight. When we are building the house, the business, or the ministry on our own, we are responsible for the finances, the resources, and the people to ensure it succeeds. It is so much easier when we allow God to complete His purposes for us. We are co-laborers with Him. He can handle anything that He has planned for us, and there is nothing too hard for Him. 

#trustandobey #goodGod #success #devotional 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 30th

📖 "I use God’s mighty weapons, not those made by men, to knock down the devil’s strongholds. These weapons can break down every proud argument against God and every wall that can be built to keep men from finding him. With these weapons I can capture rebels and bring them back to God and change them into men whose hearts’ desire is obedience to Christ.” -II Corinthians 10:4-5 The Living Bible 

It's easy to forget sometimes that we are not fighting a physical battle. We are fighting a spiritual battle with a spiritual enemy. We must use spiritual weapons when fighting spiritual battles. How can we lose when we use God’s weapons and armor? The key is to stay spiritually minded and to stay out of the flesh. Man is never our enemy. The person may have allowed the enemy to use them, but they are not our problem. The name of Jesus will always work. The Word of God will always work. The whole armor of God will always work. We must always be willing to use what God has supplied us with. When we do, victory is always certain. 

#iamvictory #devotional #spirituallyminded #vcccharlotte 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 29th

📖 "So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them [obeying them] will be like a [a]sensible (prudent, practical, wise) man who built his house upon the rock. And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them will be like a stupid (foolish) man who built his house upon the sand. And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great and complete was the fall of it." -Matthew 7:24-27 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

Trials, challenging times...they come to all of us. What we do with the Word of God will determine what happens to us during the storms of life. When we build our house (our lives) on the Word of God, our house will stand. We won’t fall apart. We won’t cry the blues. It doesn’t matter how hard the storms beat upon our lives; we will still be standing victoriously in the end. The people, who only hear the Word, are the ones whose house did not survive the storm. They heard the Word, but they built their house on something else. The foundation of their house was something other than the Word of God. The Word of God is the only sure foundation that will guarantee that we thrive, not just survive in this life. Jesus said that we are not to live on bread alone, but every Word that proceeds out of the mouth of God (Matthew 4:4). As we do, we will live victoriously, the way God intended for us to. 

#victorious #faithfulGod #dailydevotional #vcccharlotte 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 28th

📖 "Then Elisha said, Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will sell for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel in the gate of Samaria! Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, If the Lord should make windows in heaven, could this thing be? But Elisha said, You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it. -2 Kings 7:1-2 AMPC 

Samaria was experiencing a famine. Their city was surrounded by an army, and the army would not allow anything in or anything out. The situation looked impossible, but Elisha still gave the king good news. He told him the famine would be over in twenty-four hours. The king’s right-hand man did not believe it, and his unbelief cost him his life. It is important how we respond to the Word of God. Proverbs 13:13 tells us that the person who despises the Word will be destroyed. When we hear from God, we should be like Mary and respond, “Be it unto me according to your word” (Luke 1:38). We must receive God’s Word and believe it regardless of the circumstances. God gave us His Word to change circumstances. His Word is just as powerful as He is, and He is not a man that He should lie. When you read the end of the story, God did exactly what He said He would do; the famine ended twenty-four hours later. In like manner, when we believe God’s Word, He will do the same. He is watching over His Word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12 Amp.). 

#trustGod #vcccharlotte #Godoftheimpossible #devotional 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 27th

📖 "For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise for the Jews from elsewhere, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this and for this very occasion?” -Esther 4:14 AMPC

Esther was where she was for a reason. She was put in a place where she could speak up and preserve the very existence of her people. She was placed there by God, and the same could be said of Joseph. He told his brothers that they meant to do him harm, but it was actually God that had placed him where he was. We know that Joseph brought a lot of things on himself, but he understood the importance of where he was. We have to understand our importance. We are in the kingdom of God, and we are a people of purpose. There are people that God wants to send us to. There are people who need what we have to offer. We are ambassadors of the kingdom, and we are God's representatives. Just like Esther and Joseph were placed in strategic places, God is doing the same thing with us. We must stay in tune with the Spirit of God so that we can fulfill what God has in store for us. We are the light of the world. We are the salt of the earth. We are a city set on a hill that can not be hidden.

#forsuchatimeasthis #motivation #trustGod #devotional

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 26th

📖 "But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield." –Psalm 5:11-12 NKJV

 

There is a direct connection between our willingness to put our trust in the Lord and our joy. In verse eleven, the word “rejoice” means to have joy continually because we put our trust or faith in God. How do we develop our faith? Romans 10:17 NKJV tells us that “So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.” 

As we study and put the Scriptures into practice, confidence in the integrity of God will grow. As a result, the Lord shows up to defend us, and we experience this consistent and continual joy. We begin to love calling on the name of the Lord because He shows up when we call. Our relationship becomes a fellowship as we get in His presence. Through fellowship comes an understanding of what it is to be in right standing with God because of what Jesus did for us. As our fellowship deepens, a friendship is forged, and we find ourselves surrounded by a shield of favor! No matter what is happening, we see all things working together for our good and His glory! When we know the Lord is our sure defense and that His favor goes before us in every situation, how could we not have joy? Beloved, that is the trust – the joy connection! Take some time to meditate on Romans 15:13 NKJV. It says, “Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” 

#fellowship #trustGod #devotional #rejoice #vcccharlotte 

 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 25th

📖 "When Gideon got there, he heard a man telling his friend a dream. The man said, “I had a strange dream. There was a loaf of barley bread rolling around in the camp of Midian. When it got to the command post, the loaf of bread hit that tent so hard that the tent collapsed, turned upside down, and fell flat.” His friend replied, “That can only be the sword of Gideon, son of Joash, from Israel. God is going to hand Midian and the whole camp over to him.” When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped the Lord. Then he went back to the camp of Israel and said, “Attack! The Lord will hand Midian’s camp over to you.” -Judges 7:13-15 God’s Word Translation

 

There are times in our lives when we may need God to confirm things in our lives. We may be unsure about the call of God on our lives. We may be unsure about whether to take a job or not. Sometimes it may be hard to discern the will of God concerning a certain area of our lives. God primarily leads us in our spirits by the Holy Spirit. Sometimes He will speak to us in our spirits. There are other times where He may use people to confirm something that He has been dealing with us about for a long period of time. God can confirm whatever it is that you are unsure about. Gideon was questioning whether they would win in battle, and God confirmed it through a conversation He overheard. God is a creative God. He knows how to deal with you to the point that you know that you know, what to do. You don’t have to be in the dark about anything. Nothing is too hard for God. 

#nothingisimpossible #devotional #vcccharlotte #Gideon 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 24th

📖 "The Lord your God will force those nations to leave your country little by little. You will not destroy them all at once. If you did, the wild animals would grow to be too many for you." -Deuteronomy 7:22 Easy to Read Version

We all must embrace the fact that God is smarter than us. God’s wisdom is better than any man or woman’s. He knows and understands every situation that we encounter. He knows the best way to handle every situation. In this scripture reference, we see that God understood that if He just wiped out all the inhabitants at once, they would have an issue with the wild animals. God had the strategy that would allow them to take the land and defeat their enemies. Many times, we look at a situation, and we don’t look at the “domino effect”. We don’t look at how one situation will affect the next situation, and so on. God knows the outcome of every situation because He’s God. He knows the best approach needed to obtain the best outcome. Let's just trust God and trust that He will always do what is in the best interest of His children. 

#hiswaysarehigher #devotional #vcccharlotte 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 23rd

📖 "For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.” -John 3:16 AMPC

God loves us. He loves and prizes us so much that He gave up His Son. He allowed His Son to experience the pain and agony of the cross so that we could be redeemed from the curse of the law. God did not want us to perish. Jesus paid it all. He paid the ultimate price so that we wouldn't have to. To pay someone else's penalty with your life, that's love. Let's not let that love be in vain. We can show our appreciation by giving Him our lives. We owe it to Him. He deserves our best.

#ultimateprice #devotional #redemption #reallove #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 22nd

📖 "I said, I will take heed and guard my ways, that I may sin not with my tongue; I will muzzle my mouth as with a bridle while the wicked are before me." -Psalms 39:1 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

One of the hardest things to discipline is our tongues. James even wrote that a man who doesn’t offend with his words is a perfect man (James 3:2). We sin with our tongues when we talk contrary to the Word of God. God calls that an evil report (Numbers 13:32). We must discipline our tongues. When things seem to be going wrong in our lives, we must discipline our tongues. Job 6:25 says, “How forcible are right words!” When we speak the right words, they become a force in our lives. Words will always make an impact in our lives; we determine if it will be a positive force or a negative force. Death and life are in the power in the tongue. (Proverbs 18:21) God has given you the right to choose the words that you speak, so choose wisely. 

#discipline #devotional #powerofthetongue #vcccharlotte 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 21st

📖 "If you would [diligently] seek God And implore the compassion and favor of the Almighty, Then, if you are pure and upright, Surely now He will awaken for you And restore your righteous place. “Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will greatly increase." -Job 8:5-7 Amplified Bible

God is a God of increase. He desires for His children to increase in every area of their lives. There are things we can do to experience increase in our lives. First, we must seek Him diligently. We must look for opportunities throughout the day to spend time with God. Sometimes, we must temporarily stop doing things in our normal routine so that we can have more time to spend with God. As we make time with God our top priority, God can take some of that time to reveal things to us that will cause increase to take place in our lives. God wants to lead and guide us in the way that we should go. He wants to teach us to profit (Isaiah 48:17). God doesn’t want our lives to stay small, He desires for our lives to have significance. When we do things His way, our lives will have significance, and we will make an impact for the kingdom of God. 

#kingdomofGod #dailydevotional #JehovahJireh #inspiration 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 20th

📖 "He will rescue you in six troubles; in seven nothing that is evil [for you] will touch you. In famine He will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes. At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the living creatures of the earth.” -Job 5:19-22 Amplified Bible Classic Edition 

God knows how to take care of His people. When we find ourselves in trouble, He knows how to get us out of it. If you are serving in the military and you find yourself in live combat, God will keep you in battle. Our perspective on famine, war, and trouble should be different from that of this world. We have a God! We have a God that promises to protect us, and He promised us that He would satisfy us with long life. God knows how to feed us, clothe, and protect us. As believers, we have nothing to fear. It doesn’t matter what is goingon this earth, we don’t operate our lives based on earthly things. We set our affections on things above. Because we are spirit-minded, we can have life and peace. 

#peaceofGod #devotional #GoodGod 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 19th

📖 "You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy. At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore." –Psalm 16:11 NKJV

Because of our relationship with our Heavenly Father, He will show us the right path. If you choose to walk on that path, the Lord’s presence will go with you. As you rely on Him and put the total weight of your trust, honor, and love in Him, you will find yourself in His right hand. Did you note the progression? First: Relationship - God will show you. Second: Fellowship - If you move in His direction, His presence will go with you. Third: Friendship - If you value His presence, He will position you at His right hand. Relationship to fellowship and fellowship to friendship is what our Heavenly Father offers. Why? Because He wants you to experience abundant life, fullness of joy, and pleasures that are eternal! If the path you are on is not producing the abundant life Jesus paid for you to have, get in pursuit of the Lord. If you are not experiencing the presence of God with the fullness of joy, regardless of what is happening on the journey, pursue Him for direction. Get back on the path of life! If you find yourself with more pain than pleasure, pursue God’s presence until you are at His right hand. He has provided all that you need. Will you accept it? 

#iamvictory #pathoflife #inHispresence #devotional 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | March 18th

📖 "So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. They made a circuit of seven days’ journey, but there was no water for the army or for the animals following them. And he said, Thus says the Lord: Make this [dry] brook bed full of trenches. For thus says the Lord: You shall not see wind or rain, yet that ravine shall be filled with water, so you, your cattle, and your beasts [of burden] may drink. This is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord. He will deliver the Moabites also into your hands.” -2 Kings 3:9; 16-18 Amplified Bible Classic Edition 

There is nothing too hard for God. Everything is easy for Him. It was “a light thing” to provide water for the Israelite army and their animals. It was “a light thing” to deliver the Moabites into the hands of the Israelites. There is no challenge that is too difficult for our Heavenly Father. We don’t need to know how He is going to pay the bill. We don’t need to know how He is going to meet the need. We don’t need to know how God is going to do it. He didn’t tell the Israelites how He was going to put water in the trenches, He just did it. God knows how to pay the bills and how to meet our needs. We just need to trust Him and know that it's easy. Nothing is too difficult for God. 

#iamvictory #devotional #godisincontrol 

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