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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 27th

📖 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 | January 25th

📖 "Don't be like the people of this world, but let God change the way you think. Then you will know how to do everything that is good and pleasing to him."
-Romans 12:2 Contemporary English Version

As we continue to walk with God, we must continue to renew our minds to the Word of God. God has given us His Word to change our thinking. In order to live on a higher level, we must think on a higher level because as a man thinketh, so is he (Proverbs 23:7). Our outer world is simply a reflection of our inner world. As we feed on the Word of God, it will change our image. It will change how we see yourself and a correlation will take place on the outside. God doesn’t have limitations. All things are possible with Him. His Word tells us that all things are possible with us as well. We are made in God’s image, and we are capable of living in victory the way He walks in victory. The Word of God even tells us that as He is (Jesus), so are we in this world. God expects us to rule and reign as kings in this life. As we renew our minds to the Word of God, eventually we will. 

#renewyourmind #vcccharlotte #JesusChrist #Bible #verseoftheday #devotional 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 24th

📖 Fools make a mock of sin and sin mocks the fools [who are its victims; a sin offering made by them only mocks them, bringing them disappointment and disfavor], but among the upright there is the favor of God. —Proverbs 14:9 AMPC

Only fools make a mockery of sin. As believers, we are to be sober-minded about the wages of sin. The Bible tells us that the wages of sin is death. Adam and Eve underestimated the cost of sin. It cost them everything. Sin will mock us if we don’t stay free from it. We must stay away from sin and embrace righteousness and the dividends it pays. The text tells us that among the upright, there is favor with God. We only tend to gain when we do things God’s way. Obedience doesn’t cost, it pays. It always pays to serve God.  

#obedience #honorGod #devotional #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 23rd

📖 Don’t be in any rush to become a teacher, my friends. Teaching is highly responsible work. Teachers are held to the strictest standards. And none of us is perfectly qualified. We get it wrong nearly every time we open our mouths. If you could find someone whose speech was perfectly true, you’d have a perfect person, in perfect control of life. 
—James 3:1-2 The Message

One area of our lives that we must constantly stay on top of are the words of our mouths. According to James, if you want to be a perfect person, you must have perfect speech. None of us have arrived in this area, but it is something that we can improve on at all times. We can improve our reactions when we receive a bad report. We can be like Jairus when he received a bad report in reference to his daughter. He said nothing. He had already said what he desired when he approached Jesus, and he said nothing else. His discipline with his words allowed him to see the miraculous. He saw Jesus raise his daughter from the dead. If you want to stay in control of your life, you must stay in control of your words. You show me a person whose life is out of control, and there is a strong possibility that their words helped them to get to that place. When the devil attacks, watch your mouth. When life gets tough, watch your words. God has given us a means in which we can maintain control of our lives, even through difficult times. If you can stay in control of your words, you can stay in control of your life. 

#control #vcccharlotte #watchyourwords #devotional

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 22nd

📖 My Lord God in heaven has plenty of good and valuable things. Because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will give to you everything that you need. 
—Philippians 4:19 Easy English Bible

As believers we are to look to and depend on heaven’s resources. The mistake that many believers have made is that they look to their own resources and live a life that falls short of the life that God has for them. We are citizens of heaven. We are in the family of God. Because of these truths, we can access the good and valuable things that God has in store for us. God tells us that He has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:4). We receive from heaven, but the resources come through the earth. We have to take our eyes off the earth if we are going to receive from heaven. Heaven is our source. The earth is just the channel in which we receive from Heaven. Keep your eyes on God. Keep your eyes on His Word. God will give to you everything that you need when you put your trust in Him. 

#familyofGod #vcccharlotte #keepyoureyesonGod #devotional

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 21st

📖 God is not a human being, and he will not lie. He is not a human, and he does not change his mind. What he says he will do, he does [will he not do it?]. What he promises, he makes come true [ will he not fulfill it/make it come true?]. —Numbers 23:19 Expanded Bible

We cannot look at God the way that we look at other human beings. God is not a man, and He does not lie. God will not change His mind concerning His children. He promises to meet every need in our lives (Philippians 4:19). If He promised to do it, then we can definitely count on Him to do it. The Word of God says that we are redeemed, so that means we are. It tells us that we are healed, so that means that we are. Whatever the Word says we are, that is what we are. When we believe in His Word and stand on His promises, we experience the reality of those promises. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but God’s Word will never pass away (Matthew 24:35). God always comes through. He can be depended upon. 

#GodsWord #devotional #trustGod #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 20th

📖 Then the two tribes of Joseph came to Joshua and asked, “Why have you given us only one portion of land when the Lord has given us such large populations?” 

“If the hill country of Ephraim is not large enough for you,” Joshua replied, “and if you are able to do it, you may clear out the forest land where the Perizzites and Rephaim live.” 

“Fine,” said the tribes of Joseph, “for the Canaanites in the lowlands around Beth-shean and the valley of Jezreel have iron chariots and are too strong for us.” 

“Then you shall have the mountain forests,” Joshua replied, “and since you are such a large, strong tribe you will surely be able to clear it all and live there. And I’m sure you can drive out the Canaanites from the valleys, too, even though they are strong and have iron chariots.” 
—Joshua 17:14-18 The Living Bible

The two tribes mentioned believed that they deserved more because of their large numbers. They were attempting to use their numbers as leverage to get more land. Joshua used their numbers to challenge them. He believed that they should take advantage of their numbers and use them to get more land if they really believed they needed more than what was given them. They were to use their numbers not only to take more ground, but also to drive out the inhabitants of the land. If we believe that there is more here for us, we must go get it. It is not just going to just fall in our lap. No one owes us anything. We owe it to ourselves to go out and take all that belongs to us. If what we have isn’t enough, we must be willing to take more ground. We must take responsibility for where we currently are, not make excuses. God has given us all the tools for victory, we must simply use them. 

#takewhatsours #responsibility #verseoftheday #vcccharlotte #strengthinnumbers

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 18th

📖 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 | January 17th

📖 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. —Psalm 78:40-42 KJV

Have you been limiting the Holy One of Israel in your life? Many times, God desires to do so much more than what we are currently experiencing because of unbelief. Jesus could only heal a few sick folks in His hometown because of their unbelief. Unbelief hindered them from receiving, and it will do the same thing in our lives if we allow it. God desires to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we could ever ask or think. Let’s not hinder God in any area of our lives. Let’s allow Him to do more in our finances, our health, our relationships, and any other area of our lives. God wants to show Himself strong in our lives, let’s allow Him to do so. 

#abundance #LetGod #devotional #vcccharlotte #dontlimitGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 16th

📖 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time [appointed] for every matter and purpose and for every work. —Ecclesiastes 3:17 AMPC

“There is a time appointed for every matter and purpose and for every work.” Many times, we emphasize finding the will of God for our lives. It is important for us to know what we were put on this earth to do. Even though that is key, it is also important for us to get the right timing. When are we supposed to start that business? When do we pursue that degree? When do we get married? When do we purchase a home? God has a timing for the major events in our lives and we must stay in tune with Heaven so that we don’t miss God’s timing. God wants to lead and guide us in every area of our lives, including God’s timing. Our success is not only in finding the will of God but also knowing His timing. There was a timing to Jesus coming to the earth. There was a timing concerning Moses and the delivery of the Israelites. There was always a timing to the major events in the Bible and there is a timing to the major events for our lives. You want to walk in God’s best, walk in God’s timing.

#vcccharlotte #God’stiming #devotional #listen #intune

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 15th

📖 It is true that I am an ordinary, weak human being, but I don’t use human plans and methods to win my battles. I use God’s mighty weapons, not those made by men, to knock down the devil’s strongholds. —II Corinthians 10: 3-4

In the natural world, we may appear to be human beings, but we have access to something that is greater than our mortality. We have the Greater One on the inside of us. Not only is He living on the inside of us, but He has also given us access to His armory. Because we have a supernatural enemy, a natural, carnal weapon won’t do. A natural weapon will not subdue a supernatural outlaw. God has given us His mighty weapons to bring down the devil’s strongholds. The devil doesn’t have to cause havoc in our lives. God has given us His armor and He has given us the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. God has given us His Spirit. He has given us a measure of faith to overcome the world. God has invested so much into our winning that we cannot let Him down. If we desire to please the Father, we must use what He has given us. If we want to win in life, God has given us the means to do so. We are without excuse. 

#win #vcccharlotte #GreaterOne #devotional #Heisalive

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 14th

📖 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 AMPC 

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 good health, even as our soul prospers (III John 2). Jesus even said that He came that we might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). 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 | January 13th

📖 And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly. So they had brick for stone, and slime (bitumen) for mortar. 

And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower whose top reaches into the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the whole earth. 
—Genesis 11:3-4 AMPC

When it comes to conquering large tasks, we must be willing to reduce the big goal into smaller goals. You cannot build a city until you first bake a brick. Many times, we look at the goal or the task in its entirety, and we don’t focus on the smaller tasks that will ultimately cause the big goal to be accomplished. One man once said, instead of focusing on building a wall, start by focusing on laying one brick at time, because eventually, you will have a wall. It's the same way with life. Instead of focusing on building a great life, why not focus on having a great day? Take it one task at a time. One day at a time. As time goes on you can look back and look at the progress that has been made. Before you know it, you’ve lost weight. You’ve read the book. You’ve saved the money. Whatever the task may be, it can be accomplished, the key is consistency. You cannot build a city until you first bake a brick. 

#devotional #vcccharlotte #focus #goalsetting #accomplishments #consistency

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 11th

📖 Grace and spiritual blessing be to you and [soul] peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), Who gave (yielded) Himself up [to atone] for our sins [and to save and sanctify us], in order to rescue and deliver us from this present wicked age and world order, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father. —Galatians 1:3-4 AMPC

Jesus came to deliver and set us free from this wicked present age. Satan is the god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4) and the whole world is under his influence (Eph.2: 3-4). The world is subject to the effects of the curse that is in the earth. The curse is the direct cause of sickness, disease, poverty, and death. The curse is the direct result of all the calamities that mankind faces. Jesus came into the earth and went to the cross so that we can be delivered from the curse. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law (Galatians 3:13). God expects us to walk in victory. He expects us to take His Word and overcome the effects of the curse. We can overcome all the obstacles and challenges in our lives because Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. What a mighty God we serve! 

#vcccharlotte #devotional #MightyGod #freefromthecurse

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 10th

📖 And the word of the Lord came to him (Elijah), saying, Go from here and turn east and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, east of the Jordan. You shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. So he did according to the word of the Lord; he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, east of the Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank of the brook. ⎯I Kings 17:2-6 Amplified Bible Classic Edition 

Elijah was in a place where he had to trust God. He had obeyed God, and it was now time for God to come through. As we can see from the passage above, He came through. We can always count on God to confirm His Word. The Bible tells us that He is watching over His Word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12). We can put our trust in God. We can trust that He will meet every need because He promised to (Philippians 4:19). He said He was our Healer so we can trust Him to heal us of every sickness and every disease (Exodus 15:26; 23:25). Regardless of what God tells us to do, we must be obedient and understand that if we are willing and obedient, we will eat the good of the land. Elijah obeyed God, and God came through. When we are obedient to the Word of God, we can expect the same.

#elijah #trustGod #verseoftheday #devotional #healer #bible

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 9th

📖 And he replied to Him, Teacher, I have carefully guarded and observed all these and taken care not to violate them from my boyhood. 

And Jesus, looking upon him, loved him, and He said to him, You lack one thing; go and sell all you have and give [the money] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come [and] accompany Me [walking the same road that I walk]. 

At that saying the man’s countenance fell and was gloomy, and he went away grieved and sorrowing, for he was holding great possessions. 
—Mark 10:20-22 AMPC

The rich young ruler had the right motives, and he had the right heart. He wanted to inherit eternal life. He had kept the commandments from his youth. He only had one problem; he couldn’t let go of his riches. His unwillingness to walk away from his wealth revealed that his wealth really had him. As believers, we cannot allow anything to come between us and God. There cannot be anything in this world that we treasure more than our relationship with God. We cannot love anyone or anything, more than we love God. We must refrain from having idols in our lives. God should be number one in our lives, and nothing should take His place. Let us learn from the rich young ruler. Let us not allow anything in our lives to jeopardize our relationship with God. We must love the Lord our God with all of heart, with all of our soul, and with all of our strength (Deut. 6:5). 

#eternallife #vcccharlotte #richyoungruler #devotional #relationshipwithGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 8th

📖 The Lord did not set His love upon you and choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the fewest of all people. 

But because the Lord loves you and because He would keep the oath which He had sworn to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 

Know, recognize, and understand therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, Who keeps covenant and steadfast love and mercy with those who love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations, 
—Deuteronomy 7: 7-9 AMPC

Did you know that God is in love with you? In the above passage of Scripture, God expresses His love towards the Israelites, but He has expressed His love for us as well. John 3:16 tells us that He so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. When we accept Jesus, we become children of God, and we are granted access to His covenant (John 1:12, Romans 8:16-17, Ephesians 2:11-13). God is a covenant keeping God. Whatever we find in His Word, we can stand on it, and we can receive it in our lives because God is not a man that He should lie (Numbers 23:19). God has redeemed us out of the hand of our enemy (Satan) and we have been placed into the kingdom of His Son (Colossians 1:13). God sees us as royalty. He sees us His children. He does not see us as mere men. When we receive knowledge of the covenant and act on that knowledge. We begin to look and to act like His children. We begin to look and to act like His ambassadors. The Bible tells us that, “The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God” (Romans 8:19). Let’s  
not keep them waiting, let us manifest ourselves, in Jesus Name. 

#Godlovesus #vcccharlotte #truth #devotional #HeisourRedeemer

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 7th

📖 Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him], And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance]. —Proverbs 16:3 AMP 

Some of the most common questions asked by Christians have been, “What am I supposed to do”? or “Why am I here”? When we submit our lives to God and place our lives in His Hands, we can trust that He will lead and guide us in the way that we should go. God will direct our steps, and He will speak to us. God will tell us everything we need to know in reference to our future. Once we understand the will of God for our lives, we must submit to it. We must submit to His guidance. It is pointless to seek the face of God concerning our future if we are not going to do what He instructs us to do. God’s plan for our lives is beautiful. If we trust and submit our lives to Him, we will experience the good life that He has preordained for us to live. 

#purposedriven #trustGod #vcccharlotte #Godsplan #devotional

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 6th

📖 Alas, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! There is nothing too hard or too wonderful for You
—Jeremiah 32:17 AMPC

Notice that Jeremiah starts off by talking about the handiwork of God. When one considers the universe and the planets, the sun and the moon, they cannot help but think about how awesome God is! When you look at the earth, or the complexity of the human body, it shows the genius of our God. Nothing is too difficult for Him. If God could create the universe, the animals, and the human body in six days, He can handle your situation. Let’s not insult God and think that our problems are insurmountable. We must keep the proper perspective when it comes to our God.  

#nothingisimpossible #iamvictory #devotional #goodGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 4th

📖 So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?" He said, “A rod.” And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand), “that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.” —Exodus 4:2-5 NKJV

When pursuing the will of God, we must understand the importance of trusting in Him. He may ask you to do something that isn’t what you normally do. He may ask you to do something that will cause you to have to overcome fear and anxiety. Moses was obviously afraid of the snake, but God told him to pick it up by its tail. Moses had a decision to make. He was either going to let fear control him, or he was going to obey God. Moses chose to obey God, and the snake turned into a stick. We must be willing to obey and trust God no matter what. God wants us to become totally dependent upon Him. As we obey His orders and commands, we will develop an unshakeable confidence in Him. One that will help us to fulfill the will of God for our lives. 

#trustinGod #pursue #devotional #vcccharlotte #confidence

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