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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 20th

📖 Now the man Moses was very meek (gentle, kind, and humble) or above all the men on the face of the earth. —Numbers 12:3 AMP

Moses, at one time was considered to be the humblest man in the entire world. Can you imagine that being said about you? Many people struggle with humility. Many are caught up in and think only of themselves. Moses could have walked in some pride. He was God’s mouthpiece. He was the vessel that God used to free His people from slavery. He was the only one that God spoke to face to face (Numbers 12:8). He would spend days at a time talking to God, and yet he remained humble. He didn’t think more of himself because of his interaction with God. Moses understood that he was nothing without God. God was his sufficiency. We must stay little in our own eyes. We must understand that everything that we have, even our status, is because of God. Humility always precedes promotion, so let's stay little in our own eyes. Humility always brings honor. 

#moses #dailydevotional #humility #vcccharlotte #motivation 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 18th

📖 For the dream comes through much effort, and the voice of a fool through many words. —Ecclesiastes 5:3 NASB 

It has been said that a dream, whether big or small, will have the same cost – your life. That simply means that your dreams will require a lot of your time and effort. It will mean getting up early and staying up late. It will mean sacrificing meals at times. It may mean sacrificing time with your friends because you are working towards your goals. It could mean some lonely times because that dream will require you to be away from others so that you can work. Dreams cost. The bigger the dream, the higher the cost. We must be willing to ‘pay in full’ before we can experience the dream. Everything we want in life must be paid for in advance. You must pay the price of admission before you are allowed to experience the show, the movie, or the performance. The same thing goes for our dreams. We must pay the price of admission before we see the manifestation of the goal.  

#dreams #devotional #perseverance #vcccharlotte #goals 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 17th

📖 [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] —Philippians 3:10 AMPC

It appears that one of Paul’s main goals in life was to know God more intimately. Paul seemed to have a healthy obsession with God. He talked about how he prayed in tongues more than all of those in the church of Corinth. He talked about how he did not want to frustrate the grace of God, and that is why he worked so hard. He was willing to go through whatever he had to go through to fulfill the call of God that was on his life.  
 
Paul wanted to have a deeper, more intimate relationship with God. It meant more to him than anything else, and that should be our attitude. We should love God with all our heart, mind, body and soul. We should love Him with our entire being. There are times in our lives when we have to examine our walk with God. We have to search our hearts and make sure that there is nothing in our lives that is more important than God. It’s in Him that we live, and move, and have our being. So, let’s make Him a priority. 

#firstthingsfirst #devotional #prayer #paul #honorGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 16th

📖 It is true that we live in the world, but we do not fight from worldly motives. The weapons we use in our fight are not the world's weapons but God's powerful weapons, which we use to destroy strongholds. We destroy false arguments; we pull down every proud obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey Christ. —II Corinthians 10:3-5 GNT 

As believers, it is important for us to see things from a spiritual perspective. When we encounter situations and circumstances that are contrary, we must remind ourselves that our weapons are not carnal, but they are spiritual. We have the Name of Jesus, the Blood of Jesus, the Word of God, the Spirit of God, and the whole armor of God. These weapons are sufficient to combat the devil when he comes against us. We must fight the battle in the spiritual realm and in the mental realm. We must cast down imaginations and take every thought captive that goes against the Word of God. We do not want to give the enemy any place in our lives. Many times, he is granted access through our thoughts. Let's commit to KEEPING the devil out of our lives. We win in the spirit and the mental realm, and when we win in those areas, we win in the natural realm too.

#spiritualwarfare #devotional #resistthedevil #motivation #vcccharlotte 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 15th

📖 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision and told him, “Don’t be afraid! Speak out! Don’t quit! For I am with you and no one can harm you. Many people here in this city belong to me.” —Acts 18:9-10 The Living Bible

When God sends you, He equips you. He not only equips you, but He assists you. He makes available His vast resources and His protection. It doesn’t matter where He sends you, He will take care of you. Like Paul, if God is with you, no one can harm you. If God is with you, no one can stop you. If God is with you, no obstacle can stand in your way. God has people everywhere. He has people that are ready to heed His every command. There are people ready to give their time, resources, and finances. God knows where they are, and He knows how to bring them across your path. No matter how rough it gets, don’t quit. God’s got you. 

#vcccharlotte #Godsgotus #devotional #motivation

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 14th

📖 However, the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me before all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah he chose the house of my father; and among the sons of my father He was pleased to make me king over all Israel; 

And of all my sons, for the Lord has given me many sons, He has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. 

And He said to me, Solomon your son shall build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his father. 
—I Chronicles 28:4-6 AMPC

God has a destiny for all of us. He wrote the story of our lives while we were being formed in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:16 AMP). God chose David to be king over Israel. Then He chose Solomon, out of all his sons, to take over the throne from David. It is important that we walk out what God has chosen for us to do and not what we have chosen for ourselves. God is smarter than us, and He loves us more than we love ourselves. He has equipped us for what He has chosen us for. The gifts and talents that God has blessed us with are irrevocable. Many times, we want to carve out our own paths, but we must travel the path that God has preordained for us. When we do, we know that He will go before us and make the crooked places straight. God’s ways are always higher than ours. 

#destiny #purposedriven #Godswaysarehigher #vcccharlotte #giftsandtalents

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 13th

📖 Another said, “Yes, Lord, I will follow you, but first let me say good-bye to my family.” But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.” —Luke 9:61-62 NLT 

God expects us to move forward in life. He does not want us living in what happened yesterday, whether it was good or bad. When it comes to our past, we must be like Paul. We must forget those things that are behind us and move toward the things that God has for us. The past can hinder us. It can hold us back. God does not want us living in the past. He wants to take us from glory to glory. He wants our lives to continue to get better and better. We cannot be like Lot’s wife: she looked back, and it cost her. Looking back can cost us as well. We must remove all hindrances from our lives and remember that looking back can actually be a hindrance in and of itself. So, let's keep moving forward! God will go before us and make the crooked places straight as we do.  

#keepmovin #eyesonJesus #dailydevotional #vcccharlotte #Bible

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 11th

📖 I am the Lord, and I do not change. And so you, the descendants of Jacob, are not yet completely lost. —Malachi 3:6 GNT 

Aren't you glad that God doesn’t change. He is still a healer. He is still a deliverer. He is still a restorer. Everything that you read in the Word about God is still true today. He is still merciful. He is still a covenant keeping God, and there is nothing too difficult or too hard for Him. God’s Word is His résumé’. It allows you to see what He can do and what He is capable of. He cannot lie, and therefore, He can be trusted. Humans can say one thing and mean something else. Human beings can be untrustworthy, but not our God. He is always the same, yesterday, today, and forever. 

#faithfulGod #Hebrews13v8 #devotional #verseoftheday #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 10th

📖 I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective and powerful because of your accurate knowledge of every good thing which is ours in Christ. —Philemon 1:6 AMP

We should have accurate knowledge of the Word of God. We have to study to show ourselves approved unto God (2 Timothy 2:15). We should be like those who heard Paul and Silas preach in Berea. They were considered nobler than the church of Thessalonica, because they had a ready mind and searched the Scriptures daily to see if what was being taught was accurate. When you have a working knowledge of the Word, it is hard to be deceived by false teachers or those who may misinterpret Scripture. When Satan attacked Jesus, He tried to present the Word inaccurately, but Jesus countered that with Scripture. Jesus overcame the devil through His knowledge of the Word of God. If we want to experience the same type of victory, we must do the same.  

#Thessalonians #devotional #Bibleknowledge #vcccharlotte 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 9th

📖 When the brothers started emptying their sacks of grain, they found their moneybags in them. They were frightened, and so was their father Jacob, who said, “You have already taken my sons Joseph and Simeon from me. And now you want to take away Benjamin! Everything is against me.” —Genesis 42:35-36 CEV

Have you ever had this feeling? Have you ever felt like the whole world was against you? If we don’t stay on top of ourselves, we can allow ourselves to get to a point where we feel like everyone is against us, our family, our boss, the government, even the dog. The Bible tells us that God is for us, and if He is for us, who can be against us. We must remind ourselves that we are children of God, and He will intervene in our affairs when we ask Him to in faith. God can turn every negative situation around. There is nothing too hard or too difficult for Him. We must stay in the Word of God, and we must stay in the presence of God through prayer, praise and worship. As we do those things, our perspective will change. Instead of seeing ourselves as losing, we will see ourselves properly. We will see ourselves as being more than conquerors.  

#conquerors #devotional #motivation #Bible #trustGod 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 8th

📖 Jacob was boiling pottage (lentil stew) one day, when Esau came from the field and was faint [with hunger]. 

And Esau said to Jacob, I beg of you, let me have some of that red lentil stew to eat, for I am faint and famished! That is why his name was called Edom [red]. 

Jacob answered, Then sell me today your birthright (the rights of a firstborn). 

Esau said, See here, I am at the point of death; what good can this birthright do me? 

Jacob said, Swear to me today [that you are selling it to me]; and he swore to [Jacob] and sold him his birthright. 

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils, and he ate and drank and rose up and went his way. Thus Esau scorned his birthright as beneath his notice. 
—Genesis 25:29-34 AMPC 

Esau sold his birthright for some soup. One’s birthright gave them authority, special blessings, the father’s blessing, and a great name, and many other things. Esau traded all of that for beans, peas, and lentils. We must learn a lesson from Esau. We cannot trade what we want the most for what we see in the moment. Esau traded his inheritance (which included wealth) for some soup. He made a decision in the flesh, and it cost him. We cannot afford to make the same type of mistakes in our own lives. Many times, people will entertain sin and that sin costs them something. It cost them their job, their marriage, their standard of living, even their good name, all because of what they saw at that moment. Let us make good decisions. Let's make decisions that bring rewards, not regret.  

#rewardsnotregrets #inheritance #devotional #lessons #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 7th

📖 Every child of God can defeat the world, and our faith is what gives us this victory. 
—I John 5:4 CEV 

Every child of God can overcome the world. Every born-again person has been given the measure of faith. That faith, when developed and exercised, will cause the believer to overcome all the enemy may throw his way. As your faith increases, your limitations decrease. As you grow in your faith walk, you learn to believe God for increase in your finances, healing in your body, and anything else that is out of sync. Faith will work on anything. When Jesus was on the earth, He spoke to fig trees, storms, fevers, and even the dead. They all obeyed Him because faith will work on anything. Jesus even said that if you spoke to a mountain, it would have to obey you (Mark 11:23). We must make the development of our faith a priority if we are going to continue to overcome in this life. Faith is what will cause us to win. Faith is what gives us this victory! 

#faith #victory #childofGod #vcccharlotte #verseoftheday

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 6th

📖 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 
—I Corinthians 3:18-19 KJV

The Word of God tells us to come out from among them (the world) and be separate. We are to be separate from the world because Satan is the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4). We do not want to embrace the values or wisdom of this world. That is one reason the Bible tells us to renew our minds. God wants our thinking to be in line with His Word. God’s Word is His Wisdom. The Wisdom of God is foolishness to the world because God’s way of doing things goes against the ideals of the world. The wisdom of this world is “earthly, sensual, and devilish” (James 3:15). We should seek the wisdom that is from above because it is pure, peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy, and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy (James 3:17). God’s ways are higher than our ways, but so is His Wisdom. Let’s stay away from the wisdom of this world, and let's embrace the wisdom that comes from God. We always come out on top when
we do. 

#wisdom #vcccharlotte #kingdomlife #devotional #trustGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 4th

📖 Now four men who were lepers were at the entrance of the city’s gate; and they said to one another, Why do we sit here until we die? 

If we say, We will enter the city—then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the army of the Syrians. If they spare us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 

So they arose in the twilight and went to the Syrian camp. But when they came to the edge of the camp, no man was there. 

And when these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried away silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them [in the darkness]. Then they entered another tent and carried from there also and went and hid it. 
—II Kings 7: 3-5; 8 AMPC

A parked car never goes anywhere. God wants us in motion. God wants us in pursuit of Him and His will for our lives. Even if God goes before us and makes crooked places straight, it is all in vain if we never walk the path that God created. There may be a time where we must be quiet, so the Lord can help us make the right moves. God had to tell Joshua to get up and take the land because he had mourned for Moses too long (Joshua 1:2). It is okay to pause sometimes, but then we must keep moving. God moved when the lepers moved. He caused the Syrians to think they were hearing chariots and horses when the lepers came their way. God knows how to direct us if we get on the wrong path. God may prod us. He may tell us to move, but He cannot make us move. Obedience is on us. When we are obedient and get in motion, good things are bound to happen.  

#keepmoving #devotional #motion #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 3rd

📖 For you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men? —I Corinthians 3:3 NKJV 

Jesus did not die on the cross for us to act like mere men. Jesus came so that we could live a supernatural life. He came so that we could live above the beggarly elements of this life. We don’t have to act like mere men. We can love the unlovable. We can show kindness to our enemies. We can overlook the shortcomings of people. We don’t have to respond the way the world responds. We can react in a different manner. When we respond in love, that is what will set us apart. Anyone can get into strife and division; anyone can be a mere man. God is calling us to a higher level. He is calling us to be the light of the world. He is calling us to be the salt of the earth. He is calling us to be a city that is set on a hill. 

#supernaturallife #vcccharlotte #light #devotional 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 2nd

📖 But you [Jeremiah], gird up your loins! Arise and tell them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed and break down at the sight of their faces, lest I confound you before them and permit you to be overcome. 

For I, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land—against the [successive] kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land [giving you divine strength which no hostile power can overcome]. 

And they shall fight against you, but they shall not [finally] prevail against you, for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you. 
—Jeremiah 1:17-19 AMPC

Sometimes when we are walking out the will of God, we have to deal with fear. God was telling Jeremiah to say what He was commanding him to say and not to be moved by the people’s faces. God even told Jeremiah that even if they fight against Him, they couldn’t win because God was with Him. God is consistent. All throughout the Word of God, He tells His people not to be afraid of a man because He was with them. There is no one stronger than God. No one has ever defeated God, and no one ever will. God will make you a fortified city. God will give you divine strength. God will cause you to overcome every wile and strategy of the wicked one. We win every time. 

#Jeremiah #devotional #faithoverfear #overcomer #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | May 1st

📖 Now Samuel grew; and the Lord was with him and He let none of his words fail [to be fulfilled]. —I Samuel 3:19 AMP

When God is with you, success is inevitable. As we walk with God and follow His orders, we can ensure that we will stay on a path of success and prosperity. Isaiah 1:19 tells us that if we will be willing and obedient, we will eat the good of the land. One way we can stay on a successful path is to speak the Word of God. When we speak the Word, God will see to it that none of your words will fail to be fulfilled. Jesus is the high priest of our confession. He is watching and listening to what we are saying. He told Moses that He was going to give the people exactly what they were saying in His ear. God is watching over His Word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12). If God is going to fulfill our words, we must make sure our words line up with His. If we will think like God, talk like God, and act like God, it’s just a matter of time before we live like God. He lives a life of victory!

#SpeaktheWord #victory #devotional #success #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | April 30th

📖 Not that we are sufficiently qualified in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency and qualifications come from God. —2 Corinthians 3:5 AMPC 

Let us always keep in mind that the ability to succeed in life does not come from ourselves, but from God and God alone. We are to glorify Him with our gifts and talents. That is the reason why we were given them in the first place. With this scripture in mind, we must be dependent upon God when it comes to operating in the ability He has given us. We must remember that it is in Him that we live, move, and have our being. Every good and perfect gift comes from above. So let us honor Him by remembering that our sufficiency comes from him. 

#praiseGod #sufficiency #devotional #honorGod 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | April 29th

📖 God also bound himself with an oath, so that those he promised to help would be perfectly sure and never need to wonder whether he might change his plans. 

He has given us both his promise and his oath, two things we can completely count on, for it is impossible for God to tell a lie. Now all those who flee to him to save them can take new courage when they hear such assurances from God; now they can know without doubt that he will give them the salvation he has promised them. 

This certain hope of being saved is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls, connecting us with God himself behind the sacred curtains of heaven, 
—Hebrews 6:17-19 The Living Bible 

God has not changed His plans concerning us. It is still His will for us to prosper. It is still His will that we walk in divine health. It is His will that we experience His goodness in every area of life. God not only gave us a promise, He gave us His oath. He wanted us to rest in His integrity. He wanted to assure us that He would keep His Word to us. Because of the promise and the oath that believers have with their Heavenly Father, we can have hope. We can know that no matter how impossible it looks, God will come through. How we feel has nothing to do with it. God will do what He said He will do. He is not a man that He should lie. If He said it, He will do it. If He spoke it, He will bring it to pass. We can put our trust in God, He will never let us down. 

#hope #giver #trustGod #verseoftheday #devotional #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | April 27th

📖 Day by day the Lord observes the good deeds done by godly men and gives them eternal rewards.  He cares for them when times are hard; even in famine, they will have enough. —Psalm 37:18-19 The Living Bible 

It doesn’t matter what is going on in the world, God’s got us. He cares for us. When there is chaos in the world, we can have peace because we know that God has our backs. Even in famine, God will see to it that we have enough. When you read the Word of God, you see God doing that repeatedly for His people. God doesn’t depend on the resources of this world, but He uses the resources of the world to bless His people. His coming through for us is not dependent on the state of our economy. God knows where all the money is. He knows where all of the food is. He knows how to get it to us when we need it. David said, “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread”. If God did it for David, He will do it for you. He is no respecter of persons. 

#faithfulGod #provider #psalms #faith #Jesus

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