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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | October 12th

📖 “The Lord also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation). And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God’s Word and the right of their necessity].” -Psalm 9:9-10 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

When things get tough in our lives, we should go to God. When it feels that we are dealing with all types of obstacles and attacks, from every side and in every area, we are to run to God. God will give us wisdom. He will give us insight that we might not have thought about. He will give us the plan to get us out of the situation. What we can count on is that God will not forsake us when we put our trust in Him and stand on His Word. God is obligated to His Word, and He is watching over His Word to perform it. It is impossible for God to lie, so we know that if He promised to deliver us, we can count on Him to come through. Not just every now and then, but every time.  
 
#reliable #trustGod #dailydevotional #OurHelp #Bible 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | October 11th

📖 “The backslider in heart [from God and from fearing God] shall be filled with [the fruit of] his own ways, and a good man shall be satisfied with [the fruit of] his ways [with the holy thoughts and actions which his heart prompts and in which he delights]." -Proverbs 14:14 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

There is an old saying that you “reap what you sow”. Just like we must be satisfied with the fruit of our words, we must also be satisfied with the fruit of our ways. There are positive consequences when our ways please the Lord. One Scripture tells us that when our ways please Lord, He will make our enemies to be at peace with us. Our ways or our behavior is simply a reflection of the condition of the heart. The Word tells us that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Well, out of the abundance of the heart, we act. When love is in our hearts in abundance, we will act and react in love. Your actions are seeds just like your words are seeds. What you sow, you will eventually reap. We must endeavor to follow the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

#goldenrule #devotional #reapwhatyousow #wordshavepower #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | October 10th

📖 “Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah." -2 Chronicles 32:7-8 King James Version

Hezekiah was admonishing the people of Israel. Sennacherib was threatening to attack the nation of Israel, and he had been experiencing victory after victory. Hezekiah was not afraid. He knew that God would fight for them. He told the people not to be afraid because of Who was for them. He knew that God would fight for them. The people rested on those promises.

When we hear from God or when we are standing on a promise that is found in the Word of God, we must rest on what God has said. Faith without rest is unbelief. Fatih and fear cannot stay in the same house. When you're in fear, you can sometimes find yourself immersed in worry. When you're in faith, you rest. You know that God is going to take care of it, so there is no use in worrying about it. Rest and praise are indicators that you are in faith and that you are taking God at His Word. They are statements to the devil and to your circumstances that a change is on the horizon.

#rest #noworries #vcccharlotte #GodAlmighty

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | October 9th

📖 “Thus says the Lord God: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities I will [also] cause [Israel’s] cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. And the desolate land shall be tilled, that which had lain desolate in the sight of all who passed by. And they shall say, This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited. Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it." -Ezekiel 36:33-36 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

God is a God of restoration. He knows how to turn our lives around, regardless of how bad of shape that it may currently be in. God turned the captivity of Job and gave him twice as much. In the text, God was saying that He would rebuild Israel’s cities. He would also make the desolate land look like the Garden of Eden. Your life may be in shambles, but God can turn it around. God can turn your wilderness into the Garden of Eden. God can restore your health, your finances, your family, whatever might need to be restored, He can do it! Let’s not limit God in our believing. He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we ask or think.

#trustGod #restoration #devotional #encouragement #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | October 8th

📖 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” -Revelation 22:12-13 NKJV ⁠

This is a simple reminder: Jesus is coming. Sometimes we can forget that. There is so much going on in our world. Food prices are up. Gas prices are up. There is so much chaos in our world, that we can sometimes get caught up in this world. If you have made Jesus Christ the Lord of your life, Heaven is your eternal home. We are looking forward to a better place: a place with no sickness, no disease, crime or chaos. We have hope! If this world was all we had to look forward to, we would be in trouble. Jesus is coming. We cannot lose sight of this. We have to keep our eyes on heavenly things. Our time on this earth is minute compared to eternity. We must always keep the right perspective. Our Savior is coming to get us!

#Jesus #savior #eternity #devotional #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | October 7th

📖 “Near the shore where we landed was an estate belonging to Publius, the governor of the island. He welcomed us courteously and fed us for three days. As it happened, Publius’s father was ill with fever and dysentery. Paul went in and prayed for him, and laying his hands on him, healed him! Then all the other sick people in the island came and were cured. As a result we were showered with gifts,[a] and when the time came to sail, people put on board all sorts of things we would need for the trip.” -Acts 28:7-10 The Living Bible ⁠

What an example of a true ambassador of Heaven. Even though Paul was a shipwrecked prisoner, he was still ministry minded enough that he prayed and laid his hands on Publius’ father. Not only did he pray for Publius’ father, but he also prayed for all of the sick on the island. Paul could have been so caught up in what he was dealing with, that he could have shown little to no concern about the needs of others. It's easy to fall into that trap. It's easy to be so consumed with what is going on in our lives, that we ignore the plight of others. We must always be mindful of our citizenship. We must always remember that we are ambassadors of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are His hands and feet. We are all that He has. ⁠

#paul #shipwrecked #verseoftheday #motivation #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | October 6th

📖 “The Lord turned to him and said, Go in this your might, and you shall save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you? Gideon said to Him, Oh Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Behold, my clan is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house. The Lord said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man." -Judges 6:14-16 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

God desired to set His people free from the Midianites. Gideon was chosen by God to deliver the Israelites, but he did not have a positive self-image. He began to give God reasons why he couldn’t carry out what God had called him to do. Gideon must not have known that God is omniscient. He didn’t know that God knew he was the least in his father’s house. God knows everything about us. If He called us, then He has equipped us and knows what it takes for us to accomplish what He has called us to. We are what God says we are, and we can do what He says we can do. We must see ourselves the way He sees us. If you read the rest of the story, Gideon went on to defeat the Midianites, and Israel was free from their control. When we get to the place where we agree with God, we will experience victory as well.

#trustGod #Gideon #devotional #victory #selfimage #selfdoubt

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | October 5th

📖 “And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." -Joshua 24:15 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

Joshua is letting the people know that it doesn’t really matter who they choose to serve, he had already made up his mind that he and his household would serve the Lord. As believers, we must make that same commitment. God desires for our families to serve Him. The angel told Cornelius to ask for a man named Peter, who would explain how he and his household could be saved (Acts 11:13-15). God desired for his whole household to be saved. We must have the same attitude. Not only will we serve God, but our children, and their children. God is a generational God. He not only keeps covenant to a thousand generations, but He also desires to walk with each generation. He was called the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God put marriage in place so that He would have godly seed. God is always concerned about having a generation that will serve Him, we should do the same. Whatever concerns God should concern us.

#jehovah #Bible #devotional #family #vcccharlotte #familyfirst #Godfirst

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | October 4th

📖 "And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day." -Genesis 1:31 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

After God finished his six days of creation, He looked at everything that He had made, and He approved it completely. One version says that He looked at “everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good (KJV)”. There was no sickness or disease in the earth when God originally created it. There was no sin, and there was no curse. Everything He made was good and He approved of it.

God has not changed. The Bible even tells us that God “takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant (Psalm 35:27).” God delights in our prosperity. He wishes above all things that we prosper and be in health, even as our soul prospers (III John 2). God has not changed. Jesus even said that He came that we might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10) and Jesus was the will of God in motion. If there are things in your life that aren’t “good,” God has given you the ability to change it. He has given you authority, His Word, and faith to overcome. Don’t continue to settle for anything but God’s best for your life. God’s will is for you to flourish and to thrive. It always has been, and it always will be.

#prosperity #creation #dailydevotional #Bible #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | October 3rd

📖 "As it is written: I have made you the father of many nations—in the presence of the God in whom he believed,the one who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist.” -Romans 4:17 Christian Standard Bible

God can do many things. He gives life to the dead, and He speaks into existence the things that do not exist. We are made in His likeness and His image, and God expects us to operate the way He operates. We are to be imitators of God as dear children. We are to call into existence the things that we desire into existence in our lives. We are to speak prosperity into existence. We are to speak healing into existence. We are to speak peace into existence into our lives. Those things belong to us because Jesus paid the price for us to have those things. Our words cause those things to manifest into our lives. Our words cause the spiritual blessings that we have been blessed with to materialize and become a reality in our lives. Our words go into the future before we do. If there is something in your life that needs to change, your words will change them. Your words can create or your words can destroy. The choice is yours. 

#wordshavepower #verseoftheday #motivation #Godisgood

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | October 2nd

📖 "For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning. Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].” -Hebrews 4:15-16 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

When Jesus came to the earth, He emptied Himself of everything that made Him God. He experienced what it was like to be mortal. He experienced hunger and fatigue. He was betrayed, and He was tempted. He experienced the same things that we experience. His experience on earth enabled him to be a faithful high priest for us. A high priest that can sympathize and understand what we are going through right now. We are assured that we can come boldly before the throne of grace and obtain help in the time of trouble. We are not alone in this world. Jesus is our advocate and our intercessor, and He is praying for us at the right hand of the Father. We have the assurance that whenever we find ourselves in a tight spot or a tough-looking situation, we can go to God knowing that we can receive well-timed help to get us out of every negative situation we face. We are never alone. We are never without help.

#trustGod #dailydevotional #nofear #faithfulGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | October 1st

📖 "And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils” -Mark 3:14-15 King James Version

Jesus was going about teaching, preaching, and healing. He was doing a great job at it, but He was only one man. He needed help, and so He ordained twelve men to assist him in teaching, preaching, healing and casting out devils. Before Jesus ascended into heaven, He gave the Great Commission and told us to cast out devils in His Name, lay hands on the sick in His Name, and to preach the Gospel to every creature. The assignment never changed, even after Jesus ascended into heaven; but we are to continue the mandate. Are you telling people about Jesus? Are you laying hands on the sick? Are you casting out devils? Jesus is the head of the Church, but we are His Body. He expects us to continue His work in the earth. We must all do our part. Are you doing yours? 

#Healer #JesusChrist #devotional #GreatCommission #Gospel 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | September 30th

📖 "So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.” -Acts 19:20 King James Version

The Word of God is the answer to every problem that we face in life. There are times in our lives when we need to increase our Word intake. There are times when we must “immerse” ourselves in the Word of God. As we increase the amount of Word in our lives, we can expect the Word to prevail in our lives. If you are experiencing an attack in your body, increase the Word concerning healing. If lack is trying to invade your finances, increase the Word concerning prosperity. Whatever the enemy is trying to attack: your joy, your peace, your health, find out what the Word of God has to say, and then counter-attack what the enemy is trying to do. The Word will always prevail when it is planted in our hearts. We must guard it until it produces victory in our lives.

#protectyourheart #devotional #bible #poweroftheWord

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | September 29th

📖 "Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; Cause me to understand wherein I have erred. How forceful are right words! But what does your arguing prove?” -Job 6:24-25 New King James Version

There is a time to speak and a time to stay silent (Ecclesiastes 3:7). Our words are significant, and they have power. With the help of the Holy Spirit, we must recognize when to speak and when to hold our tongue. When the enemy attacks our lives, it is important what we say because our words are potent. Our words can move mountains, and our words can also reinforce what is already in place. That is one reason we must call those things that be not as though they were (Romans 4:17). God has chosen the things which are not, to bring to naught (nothing) the things that are (I Corinthians 1:28). We must get a revelation of the importance of our words and the timing of when to speak those forcible words. Those components could be the key to breakthroughs and turnarounds in our lives.

#Devotional #atimetospeak #wisdom #inspiration #iamvictory #wordshavepower

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | September 28th

📖 "The place you began will seem unimportant because your future will be so successful." -Job 8:7 International Children’s Bible

We must never despise where we start. We must embrace the process. One man said, “The path to the prize is greater than the prize itself”. The path causes us to grow, develop, and to become more. It causes us to develop the talent and the potential that God placed on the inside of us. As we are faithful where God places us, then He will promote us and over time, we will find ourselves in a position that is far beyond where we began. God will prosper us as we stay faithful on the path that He has set before us.

#promotion #faithfulGod #verseoftheday #discipline

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | September 27th

📖 "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away." -Revelation 21:4 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

As believers we know that there is a better place than this present earth. Heaven is our destination if we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. The text tells us that we can look forward to a time when there will be no more grief, pain, anger, or sorrow. There will be no more sickness in heaven. There will be no signs of the curse because there is no curse in Heaven. Sickness, disease, lack, poverty, and death are all results of sin, and sin is what caused the curse to enter the earth. Heaven is a wonderful place and a place we should all look forward to as believers. There isn’t anything on this earth worth missing Heaven over. If Heaven is full of good things, we can only imagine the alternative. We can only imagine the suffering and torment that is taking place in hell. It should be enough to make sure that you are in right standing with God. Let’s examine ourselves today and make sure that there is nothing in our lives that will cause us to miss Heaven. There is nothing on this earth that is worth it.

#Heaven #vcccharlotte #nomoretears #dailydevotional

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | September 26th

📖 "This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a just and righteous man, blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked [in habitual fellowship] with God. The earth was depraved and putrid in God’s sight, and the land was filled with violence (desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power). And the Lord said to Noah, Come with all your household into the ark, for I have seen you to be righteous (upright and in right standing) before Me in this generation.” -Genesis 6: 9&11;7:1 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

The earth was in bad shape. The world was so bad that God decided that He would destroy all of creation, including man. Fortunately, He was able to find one man who walked righteously before Him. That man was Noah. Noah walked in habitual fellowship with God, and it saved his life and the lives of his family. Our relationship with God will do the same. Regardless of how bad the world gets, we can still be set apart. We can still live a life that is holy, sanctified, and righteous. When we do, God will always show up in our lives. He instructs us to come out from among them and be separate (II Corinthians 6:17-18). There is to be a difference between us and the world. There is to be a separation. Jesus is difference that our world so desperately needs. We are His ambassadors on earth, so let’s represent Him properly.

#separation #ambassadorsofChrist #Jesus Noah #verseoftheday

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | September 25th

📖 "O Lord God of hosts, who is a mighty one like unto You, O Lord? And Your faithfulness is round about You [an essential part of You at all times]." -Psalm 89:8 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

Faithfulness is a part of God’s character. Faithfulness is who God is. He is faithful to His promises, and He is faithful to us because that is a part of His character. We never have to question the integrity of God’s Word. We never have to wonder whether He will fulfill His promises. Jeremiah 1:12 tells us that God is alert and active and watching over His Word to perform it. Even His angels hearken to the voice of His Word (Psalm 103:21). God is a covenant-keeping God, and the Word tells us that He keeps covenant to a thousand generations (Deuteronomy 7:9). You don’t ever have to worry about God keeping His Word. We must examine ourselves and make sure that we are in faith and standing on God’s Word. When we do our part, God will always do His.

#faithful #devotional #trustGod #motivation #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | September 24th

📖 "For a wide door of opportunity for effectual [service] has opened to me [there, a great and promising one], and [there are] many adversaries." -I Corinthians 16:9 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

God is endeavoring to make our lives better. He already has a plan for our lives: pans that are good and not evil (Jeremiah 29:11). As we are faithful where we are, God will open doors for us: doors that will enable us to advance in our respective companies, doors that will increase our income, doors that will improve our quality of life.

The enemy may try to hinder and stop what God is doing, but he will not be successful if we stand against him and exercise our authority. The devil is not stronger than God, and he cannot hinder what God is doing in our lives unless we allow him to. Don’t allow the devil to rob you of God’s blessings. He is a defeated foe, and God expects us to demonstrate Satan’s defeat. As we resist the devil, he has no choice but to flee. Stand on God’s Word, resist the devil, and watch your life continue to go from glory to glory.

#glorytoglory #motivation #dailydevotional #jeremiah29v11 #Godlovesyou

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | September 23rd

📖 "They profess to know God [to recognize, perceive, and be acquainted with Him], but deny and disown and renounce Him by what they do; they are detestable and loathsome, unbelieving and disobedient and disloyal and rebellious, and [they are] unfit and worthless for good work (deed or enterprise) of any kind." -Titus 1:16 Amplified Bible Classic Edition

As believers, we have an obligation to represent God here on the earth. We cannot misrepresent Him through our actions. In his letter, Paul informed Titus of a group of people who claimed to know God, but their lifestyle contradicted that. Their actions showed that they really did not have a relationship with God. I John 5:18 tells us that “anyone born of God does not [deliberately and knowingly] practice committing sin.” We are born of God, and His life is on the inside of us. Since His life and nature is on the inside of us, we ought to live a sanctified and holy life. There are no perfect people, and we all should strive for perfection. God looks at the heart. If we have a heart for God and desire to serve Him, our lifestyle and behavior will get in line with what is on the inside of us. We will begin to live holy, even as He is holy.

#Holy #Godisgood #honorGod #setapart #dailydevotional

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