Daily Devotions

Archive for January, 2018

Eyes Wide Open

2018 Declaration #3—WE WILL KEEP OUR EYES WIDE OPEN FOR WHAT THE LORD HAS TO SHOW US—Kids Version: Look! Jesus has something to show us!—We will keep our eyes wide open to see what the Lord is wanting to show us 1) concerning His truths, 2) concerning situations that are working against us, 3) concerning conniving people, 4) concerning opportunities, 5) concerning how we can impact lives of others, 6) concerning how we can pray and declare over our nation and its leaders, 7) concerning current world events, e.g., when we hear about missiles in N Korea, pray for the propulsion system to fail, guidance system to fail.
“Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand).” (Jer.33:3, AMPC)

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Align More Effectively

2018 Declaration #2—WE WILL ALIGN OURSELVES MORE EFFECTIVELY
Kids Version: God has a mission for us and we choose to accept it!
We will be more in alignment to cooperate more effectively with the workings of the Lord. We will cooperate more and be more sensitive to God’s supernatural, to His intervention from the spirit realm. We will not be just tagging along with the Christian/Church crowd but taking steps on purpose rather than just taking steps because it seems to be the “natural order” of things.
May the Lord grant to you today the assurance that you are connected to His heart so that you may know what is in His heart for you and that you may do that which is in His heart for others. You are connected to the heart of God so that He may work with you and give indisputable evidence of His Kingdom through your life.

“Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in MY heart and in MY mind. I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before My anointed forever.” (1Sam.2:35, NKJV)
“And the disciples went everywhere preaching, the Master working right with them, validating the Message with indisputable evidence.” (Mk.16:20, Msg)
“I carefully charted out my paths to align my steps with Your decrees.” (Ps.119:59, Voice)
“Lend an ear, listen to these words of the wise, and align your thought with my instructions.” (Prov.22:17, Voice)

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Reaching Beyond Barriers

Declaration 1 (Part 3)— This is the year to take the next step.—Peter walked on water. Some have let go of the mast of the boat and taken a step toward the gunwale but have only peeked over the side. Some have actually stepped over to the gunwale and have climbed up and are dangling their feet over the side but have stopped there. All 12 disciples could have taken the next step and gotten off the side and onto the water but Peter was the only one who did. The only people who criticize Peter for going down in the waves are people who are standing on shore in dry weather; are those who are satisfied to continue sitting right where they are now. (Phil.3:13) “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,  14  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” (KJV) “Reaching forth to those things that are before” is reaching beyond a barrier; reaching beyond something that has not been passed before.

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The Next Step–Study the Bible

Declaration 1 (Part 2)— THIS IS THE YEAR TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP.  (d.) This is the year to study things in the Bible you have never studied before. Buy books and software.  e.) This is the year to take the necessary step in the direction of health and nutrition.  f.) This is the year to set aside a daily, designated time for prayer and devotion. Buy a daily journal.  g.) This is the year for some to take the step into leadership.  (Second segment from 2018 Declarations)

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The Year to Take the Next Step

Declaration 1.–This is the year to take the next step.  Kids Version: Adventure is Out There: Ready, Set, Go!  This year you will be taking a step more in the direction the Lord has you headed in within your bent, your calling, your purpose. This is the year for stepping up to the next level of your purpose and function in the Kingdom of God.  (a.) If you have been praying for people to be healed of colds, you will start praying for people to be healed of cancer.  (b.) This is the year to take the test for the next highest position in the company you work for.  (c.) This is the year, if you have a high school degree, to take the step toward a bachelor’s degree; take step toward masters.
(First segment from 2018 Declarations)

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2018 DECLARATIONS

2018 DECLARATIONS

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The Month of January is For

The month of JANUARY IS FOR REACHING BEYOND FORMER BARRIERS. In January, (and throughout 2018) we will reach beyond the stopping points we have always stopped at before. We will not allow poor self-image, sense of unworthiness, family-accepted pitfalls or limited resources to keep us from “reaching forward to those things which are before” (Phil.3:13). We will press forward and extend our reach to some markable degree greater than we have before.

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