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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | July 4th

📖 "It happened after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, at the age of a hundred and ten years. They buried him in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash." -Joshua 24:29-30 Amplified Bible

Joshua died after living a long life. Not only did he enjoy a long life, but he also received his inheritance. Remember that Joshua was one of the twelve spies who spied out the land. Ten of the twelve brought an evil report, but Joshua brought back a good report. He and Caleb believed that they could take the land and walk in the inheritance that God had for them. Both walked in what God preordained for them to walk in. They held fast to their confession of faith and received after standing for over forty years. We can walk in all that God has for us if we will do the same. We must believe the Word of God and stand on it. We also must hold on to the Word until we attain what He has promised, regardless of how long it takes. God is not a man that He should lie. If we stand, He will come through. He always does.

#faithfulGod #devotional #joshuaandcaleb #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | July 3rd

📖 "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." -John 10:10 King James Version

Many have said that this is the dividing line of the Bible. Whatever is going on in your life, reading this will help determine who the source is. If it is stealing, killing, or bringing destruction, you know it's not God. Jesus clearly tells us what the thief comes to do. If good things are taking place, you know it's of God. He sent Jesus so that you can have life and have it more abundantly. I'm sure it grieves God when we accuse Him of doing what the enemy is responsible for. He loves us. He only wants the best for our lives, and we should settle for nothing less. Jesus came that we should experience life and life more abundantly.

#lifemoreabundantly #JesusChrist #devotional #goodGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | July 2nd

📖 "A fool vents all his emotions, but a wise person calmly restrains them." -Proverbs 29:11 Evangelical Heritage Version

Sometimes we can allow our emotions to get the best of us. Sometimes, we may want to tell everyone what we have been through and how we feel about it. We want people to feel what we feel, but that is not always a good thing. In the book of James, we are told to be quick to hear and slow to speak (James 1:19). We must be disciplined with our tongues. We cannot allow ourselves to get angry to the point where we fly off the handle and say things we will regret later. We must be willing to stay quiet until we are ready to speak, and when we are not speaking from a place of anger. We must not allow our emotions to rule us. We must allow our spirit man to dominate us. He is to be in control, especially if our spirit man has been born again. Jesus was always in control of His emotions, and as we continue to mature spiritually, we can do the same thing.

#spiritualgrowth #quicktohearslowtospeak #wisdom #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | July 1st

📖 "But I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more." -Psalm 71:14 Amplified Bible Classic Edition 

Hope is important. The Bible tells us that “hope deferred makes the heart sick” (Proverbs 13:2). We should never deprive people of hope. Faith is the substance of things hoped for... (Hebrews 11:1). You could look at it like this: hope is the blueprint, and faith is the materials to make the blueprint a reality. We must not belittle hope. The Bible tells us that Abraham “against hope believed in hope” (Romans 4:18). Abraham had to hope when the circumstances told him what he believed for was impossible. He had to find hope in what God had told him. That is how we maintain our hope. We keep our faith in what God has told us, and we believe it because it is impossible for God to lie. Hope is to be the anchor to our soul. We must hope continually and continue to praise Him more. We must praise Him because He is the God of hope. He can turn every negative situation around.

#Hope #trustGod #dailydevotional #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 30th

📖 "He who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes his sins will obtain mercy.” -Proverbs 28:13 Amplified Bible Classic Edition 

At some point in our lives, we will the mark. We will make a mistake or sin. When we miss the mark, we should always go to God. God is merciful. He tells us that if we confess our sins, He will forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness (I John 1:9). Sometimes when we make mistakes, we have been like Adam and run away from God. God doesn’t want us to hide from Him or ignore Him. He wants to love on us. He wants us to know that we are forgiven. We must forsake our sins and endure to live a clean and upright life before God. What we can’t do is try to cover our transgressions. That’s what David did. He sinned with Bathsheba and then once she became pregnant, He tried to cover it up by having her husband killed. That decision cost him a lot. Even though God forgave him, the consequences of that sin were very grave. Thank God we serve a merciful God; a God that is not only merciful, but a forgiving as well. Oh, how He loves you and me!

#mercifulGod #devotional #forgiveness #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 29th

📖 "But as it now is, He [Christ] has acquired a [priestly] ministry which is as much superior and more excellent [than the old] as the covenant (the agreement) of which He is the Mediator (the Arbiter, Agent) is superior and more excellent, [because] it is enacted and rests upon more important (sublimer, higher, and nobler) promises.” -Hebrews 8:6 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

As New Testament believers, we have a better covenant with better promises. We are not required to sacrifice animals to atone for our sins. There was one sacrifice that took the place of the other sacrifices. The blood of Jesus cleanses us from sin, not the blood of animals. We still have access to the Blessings of the Old Testament. We have a better covenant because we have a better standing with Christ. We are not only cleansed from sin, but we can come boldly and obtain help in the time of trouble. We are righteous through Him. We have authority through Him. He has redeemed us from the curse. This new covenant is so much better than the old. We serve a good God!

#newtestament #covenantGod #vcccharlotte #devotional

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 28th

📖 "Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.” -Hebrews 12:2 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

There are times in life when we must turn from everything around us and look to Jesus. One way we look to Jesus is by looking to His Word. We are to walk by faith and not by sight. We are to turn away from everything that would distract us from the Word of God. While we are waiting for the fulfillment of the promise, sometimes we must endure. Sometimes, we must ignore the shame. We must fight the good fight of faith until we obtain what God has promised us. God would not ask us to do something that He would not do. If Jesus could endure, then we can endure. If Jesus could ignore the shame, so can we. If we are willing to do what Jesus did, we can get the same results that Jesus obtained.

#wwjd #trustGod #devotional #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 27th

📖 "Some of the redeemed were fools because of their sinful ways. They suffered because of their wickedness. They had absolutely no appetite for food; they had arrived at death’s gates. So they cried out to the Lord in their distress, and God saved them from their desperate circumstances. God gave the order and healed them; he rescued them from their pit." -Psalm 107:17-20 Common English Bible

The Bible tells us that the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). The people had suffered because of their transgressions. They found themselves on the road of destruction because of the lifestyle that they were living. The good news is that they came to themselves. Thank God that we can always come to ourselves. They cried out to the Lord in their distress, and God rescued them. He did not tell them that they needed to suffer a little while longer because of the severity of their sins. He came to them as soon as they cried out to Him. He healed, saved, and restored them. He has not changed. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been going down the wrong path; you can always turn around and get on the right track. You can always cry out to the Lord with a sincere heart, and He will rescue you. He will redeem your life from destruction. He will rescue you from the pit.

#redeemer #devotional #comebackhome #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 26th

📖 "In fact, a woman whose young daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit heard about him right away. She came and fell at his feet. The woman was Greek, Syrophoenician by birth. She begged Jesus to throw the demon out of her daughter. He responded, “The children have to be fed first. It isn’t right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” But she answered, “Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” “Good answer!” he said. “Go on home. The demon has already left your daughter.” When she returned to her house, she found the child lying on the bed and the demon gone.” -Mark 7:25-30 Common English Bible

This woman was desperate. Her daughter was being tormented by a demon, and she knew that Jesus could set her daughter free. Jesus did not say He would help her daughter, but then again, He didn’t say would not help her. He simply told her that one does not give bread to the dogs. The Syrophoenician was not moved. Nothing would hinder her from receiving what she needed from Jesus. Her response to Jesus not only caused a favorable response from Jesus but also caused her daughter to be set free from the oppression of the enemy. When we want something from God, we must not give up until we get what we came for. We must persist. We cannot be moved by what we see. We cannot be moved by what we hear. The circumstances cannot move us. Having done all to stand, we stand. Faith stands until it receives. We must do the same.

#persistence #bible #faith #vcccharlotte #mondaymotivation

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 25th

📖 "In those days King Hezekiah of Judah became ill and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live. Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord And said, Remember [earnestly] now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in faithfulness and in truth, with a whole heart [absolutely devoted to You], and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying, Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will [a]add to your life fifteen years.” -Isaiah 38:1-5 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

It wasn’t the will of God for Hezekiah to die prematurely. If it was the will of God for Hezekiah to die, He would have told Hezekiah that it was His will for Him to die, and there would have been nothing he could do to stop it. Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and sought the Lord. He reminded God of his faithfulness and devotion to Him and reminded Him that He had done what was right in His sight. This caused God to intervene in Hezekiah’s situation, and He added fifteen more years to His life. God also healed what would have caused Hezekiah to die prematurely. When we receive a bad report, we don’t have to receive it. We can go to God, receive His wisdom or simply stand on His Word, and change that negative report. God is on our side. God is never our problem; He is always our answer. No matter what we face in life, God can turn it around.

#Godcandoit #trustGod #devotional #encouragement

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 24th

📖 "Till I come, devote yourself to [public and private] reading, to exhortation (preaching and personal appeals), and to teaching and instilling doctrine. Do not neglect the gift which is in you, [that special inward endowment] which was directly imparted to you [by the Holy Spirit] by prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands upon you [at your ordination]. Practice and cultivate and meditate upon these duties; throw yourself wholly into them [as your ministry], so that your progress may be evident to everybody.” -I Timothy 4:13-15 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

As believers, we should devote ourselves to reading and studying the Word of God. The Word is the key to our success in this life. Another key is to cultivate and develop the giftings and callings that are on the inside of us. We are not to neglect them. The gifts are what will bring us before great men and cause us to fulfill the purpose that God preordained for us to walk in. We are to throw ourselves wholly into them so that our progress will be evident to the rest of the world. We must be diligent in our business. We must be diligent in the Word. We must be diligent to whatever God has called us to. It is the prerequisite to our becoming more and more. It is how we go from glory to glory. It is how we eventually get to the place where God says, “Well done thou good and faithful servant”!

#WordOfGod #devotional #giftsandcallings #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 23rd

📖 "And indeed you already are [extending and displaying your love] to all the brethren throughout Macedonia. But we beseech and earnestly exhort you, brethren, that you excel [in this matter] more and more, To make it your ambition and definitely endeavor to live quietly and peacefully, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you, So that you may bear yourselves becomingly and be correct and honorable and command the respect of the outside world, being dependent on nobody [self-supporting] and having need of nothing." -I Thessalonians 4:10-12 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

As believers, it is important for us to be a good example to both the believer and the unbeliever. One way we can do that is by being dependent on God. As we operate in sowing and reaping, giving and receiving, we can get to a place where we are self-supporting. God can bring us to a place where we do not have to borrow from any financial institution or any other person. We can get to a place where the blessings of God will come upon us and overtake us as we diligently seek Him. This will not only command the respect of the outside world, but it will also cause an attraction from the world so that they can know how they can get to the same place. This is just another way for us to be the light of the world, the salt of the earth and a city set on a hill that cannot be hidden.

#lightoftheworld #ambassadorsofChrist #devotional

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 22nd

📖 "Yet the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen [you] and set you on a firm foundation and guard you from the evil [one]." -2 Thessalonians 3:3 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

God is faithful. He is faithful when times are good and when times appear to not be so good. When things are challenging in our lives, we can rely on God. He will help us. He will strengthen us. When we feel like we can’t go any further, God will strengthen us. When we want to quit, God will strengthen us. God will supply whatever you need. We overcome because we have the Greater One on the inside of us. He will set us on a firm foundation and will guard us from the evil one. God is our sufficiency and our ability. He is faithful not only to His Word, but He is also faithful to us. We serve a great God.

#faithfulGod #devotional #vcccharlotte #mystrength

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 21st

📖 "And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom and curing all kinds of disease and every weakness and infirmity. When He saw the throngs, He was moved with pity and sympathy for them, because they were bewildered (harassed and distressed and dejected and helpless), like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. So pray to the Lord of the harvest to force out and thrust laborers into His harvest.” -Matthew 9:35-38 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

Jesus was all about His Father’s business when He was here on earth. He went about teaching, preaching, and healing. Despite His efforts, Jesus still recognized that He could not do it alone. Later, He commissioned His twelve disciples and seventy others to go out and do the same thing that He was doing. Jesus was moved because He saw the state of the people. Despite all He was doing, so many more people were distressed, dejected, and helpless. Things have not changed. The same devil that harassed and oppressed back then is still doing it today. The harvest is still plentiful, but unfortunately, the laborers are still few. We must step up as believers. We must receive the ministry of reconciliation that has been given to us. We must continue the work of Jesus and go about teaching, preaching, and healing. We must go out and reap the harvest of souls that are ready to receive Jesus. The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few.

#aboutmyfathersbusiness #harvesttime #vcccharlotte #Jesus

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 20th

📖 "Ask the Lord, who makes storm clouds, to give rain at the right time for the spring rains, and he will provide showers of rain, and there will be crops in the field for everyone." -Zechariah 10:1 Evangelical Heritage Version

God desires to answer our prayers. The Word of God tells us that we have not because we do not ask (James 4:2). Jesus tells us to ask because when we do, we will receive (Matthew 7:7-8). God is not holding back on us, but many fail to receive because they fail to ask. There are believers who have not renewed their minds to the promises of God. Because of that, when a need arises in their lives, they try to figure out how they can make it happen instead of looking to God. God does not want us depending on ourselves. He does not want us to depend on anyone or anything but Him. We must simply ask. God is a good Father; every good Father wants to do good things for His children. God is not holding out on us. Sometimes, He is simply waiting on a request. Let us not disappoint Him. He is more than capable of handling your request.

#GoodFather #answertoprayer #devotional #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 19th

📖 "I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." -Psalm 81:10 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

Sometimes if we are not careful, we can put limitations on God. We can get to a point where we won’t make a request to God because we can’t see how He will meet that need. God was telling His people in this verse that no matter how wide they opened their mouths, He would fill it. It was His way of saying I can meet your need no matter how large it may appear. God will not only meet the need, but He will fill it to the full. That sounds like the Amplified Version of Philippians 4:19. We must make sure that we keep the limits off of God. He can handle whatever need we may have. No matter how wide you open your mouth, He can fill it.

#devotional #takethelimitsoff #vcccharlotte #trustGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 18th

📖 "Do not let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me." -John 14:1 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

As believers, we should be walking in peace on a daily basis. Jesus would not tell us to do something if we weren’t capable of doing it. We must see to it that our hearts are not troubled. No matter what we are facing in life, we can face it knowing we win because we are trusting and relying on God. It is our responsibility not to allow ourselves to be distressed or agitated. It is our responsibility to keep our eyes on the Word of God. We get distressed when our eyes are on the wrong thing. We get agitated when we are occupied with our circumstances instead of what the Word of God says. God will keep us in perfect peace when we keep our minds stayed on Him (Isaiah 26:3). We can have peace in this troubled world. We can have joy in the middle of the storm. If we couldn’t, Jesus wouldn’t have told us to do it. We can do it. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.

#Philippians4v13 #devotional #peaceofGod #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 17th

📖 "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mismated alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with darkness?What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial [the devil]? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?What agreement [can there be between] a temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in and with and among them and will walk in and with and among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.So, come out from among [unbelievers], and separate (sever) yourselves from them, says the Lord, and touch not [any] unclean thing; then I will receive you kindly and treat you with favor, And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. -2 Corinthians 6:14-18 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

God wants there to be a separation between the world and His people. We are to be the light of the world. We are the salt of the earth. The Blessing of God manifesting in our lives is the calling card to the world. It should draw the world to us because we are experiencing the goodness of God, despite all the ills that are taking place in the world. God wants to pour out His goodness on His sons and daughters. One way to make that happen is to separate ourselves from the world. We can be in this world, but we don’t have to be of the world. We don’t have to talk like the world, and we don’t have to have the world’s mentality. When Jesus was on the earth, He did not associate with the devil or His works. He set the people free from the oppression of the enemy. We must be like Jesus. The devil had nothing in Him, and the enemy must not have anything in us. We are the temple of the living God. He is living in us and walking in us. We are His ambassadors, and we should look and act like it every day of our lives.

#ambassadorsofChrist #devotional #separation #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 16th

📖 "When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon (Peter), Put out into the deep [water], and lower your nets for a haul. And Simon (Peter) answered, Master, we toiled all night [exhaustingly] and caught nothing [in our nets]. But on the ground of Your word, I will lower the nets [again]. And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish; and as their nets were [at the point of] breaking, They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and take hold with them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was gripped with bewildering amazement [allied to terror], and all who were with him, at the haul of fish which they had made" -Luke 5:4-9 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

It's amazing what happens when we obey God. Peter toiled all night long. Peter had done all that he knew to do. In his own efforts and in his own strength, he was unsuccessful. However, when he acted on the words of Jesus, the miraculous took place. When he ceased operating from his intellect and simply walked in obedience, abundance and increase took place. There is a time to use your intellect, but there is also a time when you must throw that out of the window. Sometimes God may ask you to do something that doesn’t make sense to your natural mind, but out of respect to God, we ought to obey. God will amaze us if we let Him. Our obedience to His Word will open the door to make the miraculous a normal occurrence in our lives.

#trustGod #notbypowernotbymight #byhisspirit #devotional

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | June 15th

📖 "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God's] own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. [10] Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God's people; once you were unpitied, but now you are pitied and have received mercy.” -1 Peter 2:9-10 AMPC

God doesn't see us as insignificant. He does not see us as mediocre people. We are a chosen race and God's own special people. We are special because He purchased us by the blood of the Lamb. He sees us as royalty. He chose us because He loves us. It is because of His mercy that we are not consumed. When Adam fell, all of mankind fell. God could have left us in a fallen state, but His love for us wouldn't allow it. Remember you are special. You're not special because of what you have done. You are special because of what He has done. Oh, how He loves you and me.

#worthyisthelamb #chosenpeople #devotional #vcccharlotte

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