Psalm 95:7 – “For we are those He cares for, and He is the God we worship.  So, drop everything else and listen to His voice!  For this is what He is saying: “Today, when I speak, don’t even think about turning a deaf ear to Me like they did when they tested Me at Meribah and Massah, the place where they argued with Me, their Creator.  Your ancestors challenged Me over and over with their complaining, even though I had convinced them of My power and love.  They still doubted My care for them.”

What an amazing passage of Scripture.   Today, I sense the urgency to pray for everyone to have God’s ultimate and infinite peace and presence.     

As I read, prayed, pondered, and mused on the Word, the immensity of God echoed in my consciousness.    God demands our attention and our commitment.   He doesn’t always get it because we are sometimes rebellious and self-serving.

Psalm 95:7-9 tells us that we are those He cares about.  “So, drop everything else and listen to His voice!”   Interesting!  God is the speaking God!   He communicates!   When we claim that we do not hear Him, we question His honesty and our condition.   Jesus said, “My sheep, HEAR My voice and follow me.”   If we are His, we hear and know His voice.   The passage continues, “For this is what He’s saying: TODAY when I speak (not if but when), don’t even think about turning a deaf ear to me…”

God speaks in many ways through many things, but He speaks and is speaking.   The question is, are we listening?  Do we even know how to listen?  When we hear Him and know Him, the natural fruit of that is overflowing with praise.

Psalm 100:4 is incredible.   “You can pass through His gates with the password of praise.  (You can) come right into His presence with Thanksgiving…”

That is AMAZING!  We are invited into the throne room of heaven (where He is) through praise and thanksgiving.   No wonder James would tell us to be joyful in trials because joyful praise brings His presence.   Remember, God inhabits (is enthroned) upon the praises of His people.

Praise, gratitude, thankfulness, and revelation through Hearing His voice enable us to live in Him, for Him, and by Him.   He helps us walk the right paths as we become determined to walk them.

The words of the Psalmist in Psalm 102:24 resonate powerfully: “I know my life is not yet finished.”  The focus is not the cessation of natural life but the fulfillment of God’s purposes.

Psalm 103:5 is beautiful, “You’ve supercharged my life so that I soar again like a flying eagle in the sky!”  If we are not soaring, why not?  What hinders us from knowing and experiencing God’s fullness?  Whatever it is, it must be forced to shut down and Listen to His voice.   The words He speaks are Spirit and Life.

Today can be the first day of a life of total victory.   Hear Him, and as you Hear Him, you will be transformed.

Can you hear Me now, or yet seems to be God’s question today!   Listen and rejoice. He is the Living God who speaks and desires to fully reveal His desires, plans, and purposes to each of us!  

Have a fantastic day!  I pray that God’s Grace will guide you into the place God desires for you, and you will experience incredible victory and peace!    God bless!

Psalm 106:1 – “Everyone thank God, FOR He is good and easy to please.”

What a concept that a multitude of believers do not believe!   This is a good day because of God’s Grace, Mercy, Love, and Gifts.  The undiscovered treasures and truths wrapped in the unexplored parts of the day will be revelatory and release understanding and blessing.  I am ever grateful for each of you, your deposit in my life, and the joy you bring.  Thank you.

As I read, prayed, and meditated on the Word, several things were refused to allow me to overlook them.

In Job 4, Eliphaz said something powerful.   In Job 4:5-9, he reminded Job of a timeless truth.   We grow weary and allow depression or despondency to prevail when difficulties come.   We become fearful and frustrated over problems and obstacles.   We trust our own perceived or presumed integrity.   The Law of Harvest was his theme.

However, if we focus on ourselves, we miss an even greater revelation, which the Psalmist presented in Psalm 106:1: “Everyone thank God, FOR He is good and easy to please.”

Wow!   That is not the concept of the vast majority of those who profess to be believers.  We struggle to be accepted, thinking our Heavenly Father is hard and harsh.   We try to earn His favor and acceptance.   We revert to the idea of Eliphaz and think like we’ve heard – “God’s gonna get you for that.”

Psalm 105:8 –“For though a thousand generations may pass away, He is still true to His word.”

I love the picture of Psalm 106:3 – “The happiest one on earth is the one who keeps Your word AND clings to righteousness every moment. “

One problem is that we tend to view God as harsh and impossible to please.   Out of that mindset, we make idols of the heart to replace Him.  Before you protest, consider how often we reinterpret God and His Word to accommodate what we want to be reality.

Psalm 106:20 shook me hard.  “They preferred the image of a grass-eating ox to the presence of the glory-filled God.”  Why?  It was less threatening.  They could control an ox but not the living God.  They took a path that was less threatening and less demanding.  We tend to profess our faith but withhold our hearts. 

I see that in today’s genocide.  Psalm 106:37-39 – “They even sacrificed their little children to demon spirits…”  We do it not always by abortion but by opening the door for them to be exposed to the demonic teachings, teachers, and practices that pervert and pollute.   “These dark practices greatly defiled the land AND their own souls…”

God is faithful, loving, forgiving, and easy to please IF…  If?  If we will give Him our all.  We are destined to be victorious examples for the world.

Today, God is calling us to come to Him in full surrender. Too often, we become like those described in Psalm 107:10b: “We were (are) prisoners to our pain, chained to our regrets.”  A biblical view of God will deliver us from that bondage. Be free! 

Rejoice and give thanks; today is a day of victory if we will believe and receive!

1 Corinthians 8 & 9 – – Study those two chapters; they are incredible.

A threefold cord is not easily broken.    In 1 Corinthians, the apostle Paul, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, took them from fleshly thinking and living to the throne room and spiritual maturity.

• In 1 Corinthians 8, he addressed the carnal mind and faux knowledge.
• In 1 Corinthians 9, he addressed the reality that just running the race was not the objective, but reaching the ultimate goal was. In
• 1 Corinthians 10, he addressed the need to make everything we do glorify God.
• In 1 Corinthians 11, he revealed the mystery of the Church as One Body, Christ’s body. Improper relationships and failure to understand the unity and necessity of the body opened the door for the enemy to steal health and life.

Then, in 1 Corinthians 12, Spiritual gifts are addressed, as are other ministries.   He revealed the reason for the gifts and from whom they are derived.  In verse 14, we discover that – “The body is not one member, but many.”  Every member is as vital as any other. There is an order of function but no hierarchy.

In 1 Corinthians 13, we see how it all functions—AGAPE!  Then, in verse 12, he packaged the message and unveiled how we reach that goal: “FOR NOW we see through a mirror, darkly; BUT THEN face to face. NOW I know in part; BUT THEN shall I know EVEN AS I am known.” [Emphasis mine]

In the flesh, hindered by the carnal mind and fleshly desires, we do not see the unclouded image of Christ.   We see Him, but we also see the world and feel its tug at our hearts.  The nearer we draw to Him Who is Light, the more the darkness is driven away, and the more clearly we see who we are, who He is, and who we can and should be.

The Bible tells us that we know as we are known.   Known by whom?  Jesus!  What does He say about us?  We will finally see that, and as we see, we become!

THE KEY:   Seek God above everything and press into His presence.  Be like the Olympic athlete and have a singular but determined focus.   It is yours; be who you are in God’s eyes.  Be Victorious, mountain movers, conquerors, and manifestations of Jesus.   Thy kingdom come, and Thy will be done ON EARTH in us, just like it is in heaven.

Declare it, believe it, and receive it!  Have a fantastic day walking in His Victory and Peace!

The Bible – That is our Text Today.

Who am I?  Who are you?  The answer to that is found in the Book of Books, the Word of God, the Bible.   In that book, we discover the pathway to peace and wholeness. 

Through Jesus’s sacrificial blood in the atonement, we discover how to be Born Again and become members of the Body of Christ.   We discover how to live and realize the help that God has provided for us to make this journey into eternity.   What a Book!

As believers, we are now alive forever!   That’s right, this body of flesh will die, but our spirits will live forever with Jesus in heaven if we are born again!   Jesus is the Way, the only Way to the Father.   Jesus is the Truth, and out of that Truth, we find Life!

We must never forget that the Life He gives is abundant, not in material possessions but in peace with God and innumerable treasures that positively impact our lives and relationships.

Today, I encourage you to check the Book and see what God says about you and what He has provided for you!   As you see the Finished Work of the Cross and realize what Jesus did for us, you will be changed.   As you realize whose you are and who you are in Him, you will no longer tolerate defeat; you will live in expectation!

One day soon, our LORD is going to fulfill His promise to come back for us and take us to our forever home – Heaven!

I believe that day will be soon, and all the signs indicate we are truly living in what the Bible calls, ‘The Last Days.’   Even though the world is growing darker morally and spiritually, the Light of God shines brightly and is radiant in those who believe! Rejoice; you are not alone! Rejoice; you have Hope! Rejoice; you have God’s person, peace, and power to guard and guide you!

Make today a day of victorious expectation! Align your heart with God’s word, and let hope, excitement, anticipation, and expectation rise up inside of you! Victory is yours!

God bless you; have a day in Jesus!

1 Corinthians 4:7 – “For what makes a distinction between you and someone else? And what do you have that grace has not given you? And if you received it as a gift, why do you boast as though there is something special about you?”

Good morning.   I am praying that God’s best will be yours and that wisdom, discernment, and revelation will manifest.  Look beneath the surface.  The surface is superficial.

Many things filled my heart as I prayed, read, and pondered.   Most were directed to me, and I must address them privately.    However, there are a couple of things that are worthy of consideration.

All the ability we have is not the product of our own efforts.   They are gifts from God.  (1 Corinthians 4:7) Like athletes, we have to hone and sharpen them in, but they did originate in us.  They belong to God.  God will not bless self-proclaimed success or ability, only humility and submission.

Second, not what we know but who we know and belong to manifests the Kingdom.

1 Corinthians 4:20 – “For the Kingdom of God IS NOT in the word, but in power.”

If there is no manifested power of God accompanying the declaration, it is rain on a tin roof.   It is fluff.   God confirms His Word with signs following.   That’s what the scripture declares, and I will stand with the scripture.

The church and the world need less oratory and more manifested power of God.  The Acts Church did not turn the world upside down with their eloquence but with the power of God.

The call of God for today and beyond is Power in the Spirit.   Every time I talk to God about power, He talks to me about purity.  My failures cannot be accepted or justified.   I am in repentance, and my heart cries for mercy, restoration, and power.   I know my call, my commission, and my purpose.  My cry is, Lord, create in me a clean heart, a right spirit, and make me an ambassador of heaven in this world. 

All things are yours in Jesus. Never settle for second best; seek God’s best. He has given it to you; receive it.

Have a great day, and make the choice to rejoice, receive the fullness of the Spirit, and expect God to be God in your daily life and manifest His love, mercy, grace, and power!