My Personal Devotion

CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS AND CHANGE YOUR WORLD

2016-03-11T05:12:00.003-08:00

Your thought life is your centre of gravity. The things you attract to yourself are reflections of the quality of thoughts you carry inside you. As a man thinks in his heart, so is he (Prov. 23:7). Instead of blaming circumstances or blaming people for your problem, understand that you can change your outward circumstance by changing how you think.
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CULTIVATE YOUR GREATNESS

2016-03-11T05:02:00.005-08:00

Your world is created inside you before you reproduce what you have created outside. It is what you have become inside you that you eventually become outside. You cultivate your greatness from your inside until it manifests outside, not the other way round. You need the right environment that helps cultivate the greatness you carry inside you. One of them is that atmosphere of God’s presence. Because you came from God, you are at your very best when you are in His presence. When you understand this truth, you will deliberately and routinely create this atmosphere of God’s presence everywhere you have to function or operate in.

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7 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CHRISTIANS

2016-03-08T03:48:00.004-08:00

1. Develop a habit of rejoicing and maintain joy and peace in your spirit

2. Pray without ceasing (worry is a sign that you are not in Faith because being in Faith eliminates worry and anxiety. HOW? Maintain an atmosphere of the presence of God)

3. Maintain an attitude of gratitude (don’t allow depression and sadness to rule you)

4. Quench not the spirit (start practicing prompt obedience to the instructions of the Holy Ghost )
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God's Value Scale

2015-09-24T03:43:00.001-07:00

Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— (4) rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

1 Peter 3:3-4

Let’s think on these three sentences:

1. There are many activities we engage in daily but not all of the activities we engage in actually counts or matters. In other words, not everything in life counts.
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The Authority Of The Believer

2015-09-24T03:29:00.001-07:00

Romans 3: 23
God gave man dominion but somewhere in the process of time, the man that was given dominion sinned (Adam). When man sinned, he not only died spiritually, he also fell from dominion. Man fell from the elevated place God placed him because of sin; but thank God that Jesus Christ came to restore us to that original place of dominion.

Jesus came conquered sin, He died and went to hell; and in hell He conquered Satan (Colossians 2:15). This means Jesus disarmed Satan; He stripped him of the authority he collected from Adam. It's amazing what happened in Pharaoh's palace; Moses used his rod (which signifies authority) and produced a sign and the magicians of pharaoh also used their rod and produced a sign.
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HOW TO PERFORM A PERSONAL AUDIT

2015-09-14T20:27:00.000-07:00

Topic: HOW TO PERFORM A PERSONAL AUDIT USING THE 4 P MODEL.
Text: 2 Cor. 13:5, 1 Cor. 10:12

Every reasonable organization performs audits regularly. The reason is to ensure that the entity being audited is functioning appropriately for enhanced effectiveness .The general definition of an audit is an evaluation of a person, organization, system, process, enterprise, project or product. The same way, God also demands that we carry out personal audits. If you don’t take out time regularly to do this, you will definitely be full of regrets.
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HOW TO BE LED OF THE SPIRIT

2015-09-14T20:18:00.000-07:00

Topic: HOW TO BE LED OF THE SPIRIT.
Text: Rom 8:14.

People make decisions based on 3 things:
(1) Deductions from their emotions
(2) Intellect
(3) Spirit.

However, God still considers you a spiritual child if you are controlled by your intellect or emotions. Children are led by emotions and intellect but mature Sons are led by the Spirit (Rom. 8:14); until you learn how to be led of the spirit, there are many things you won’t have access to. (Gal 4:1 – 2)
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CULTIVATING SPIRITUAL SENSITIVITY

2015-09-14T20:09:00.000-07:00

Topic: CULTIVATING SPIRITUAL SENSITIVITY.
Text: 1 John 2:20; Proverbs 20:27.

Based on our text in John, an unbelievable statement was made. John said “you know all things”. It is unbelievable if John was referring to the human mind but he wasn’t referring to the human mind he was referring to the spirit of a renewed man. When John said you know all things, he meant that your spirit has information that your mind doesn’t have. In writing that verse, he was saying that the spirit can discern genuine from fake Christians that existed at that time.
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How to Avoid Being Deceived by False Teachers

2015-09-14T03:38:00.000-07:00

As we draw closer to the return of Jesus Christ, it will become more difficult to discern who and what to believe concerning Christianity. In and out of church, sound doctrine will be mocked as false teachers distort the truth. It is important to know what the Bible actually teaches so you are not deceived.

1 John 2:18 – “Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.”

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 warns that many false teachers will come in order to deceive believers until the Antichrist stands in the temple proclaiming himself to be God. Spiritual deception
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RAPTURE NOTES ---- SURVIVAL KITS FOR THE LAST DAYS ( LIVING IN THE END TIMES)

2015-09-13T20:55:00.001-07:00

The Bible clearly teaches that society will degenerate in the end times, becoming as evil as it was in the days of Noah (Matthew 24:37-39). The Apostle Paul, speaking as a prophet, says that society will descend into a black pit of immorality, violence, and paganism (2 Timothy 3:1-5). He asserts that men will be "lovers of self, lovers of money, and lovers of pleasure." People will be "boastful, arrogant, and unholy," and children will be "disobedient to parents."

Sounds like the evening news, doesn’t it? In short, we have arrived.

Signs of Coming Persecution
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Who Is An Infidel?

2015-09-13T08:56:00.001-07:00

This is a true story and the author, Rick Mathes, is a well-known leader in prison ministry.

The man who walks with God always gets to his destination. If you have a pulse you have a purpose.

The Muslim religion is the fastest growing religion per capita in the United States, especially in the minority races.

Last month I attended my annual training session that's required for maintaining my state prison security clearance. During the training session there was a presentation by three speakers representing the Roman Catholic, Protestant and Muslim faiths, who each explained their beliefs. I was particularly interested in what the Islamic had to say.

The Muslim gave a great presentation of the basics of Islam, complete with a video. After the presentations, time was provided for questions and answers.
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The 3 Fs Of Life

2015-09-13T08:53:00.001-07:00

Faith and fear are great measures to determine the future. Faith and fear are great infectious words because they spread like epidemics, but you must be careful of what you listen to and those you associate with. Many people have allowed the faithless words of others to drive them into despair by which they end up being a failure.
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Games Satan Plays - 2

2015-09-13T08:48:00.003-07:00

Satan gains victory over the saints not because he has power over them, but because he is versed in the art of subtility, deceit and trickery (Gen. 3). As a matter of fact, Satanic tricks are more powerful and deadly than satanic power. That’s primarily because the tricks of Satan catches you unaware. Let’s take a look at some of the other tricks Satan plays
TEXT: 1st Cor. 3:18, Rev. 14:15
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Games Satan Plays - 1

2015-09-13T08:44:00.003-07:00

How is Satan able to bring down great men who are giant killers doing mighty things in the kingdom of God? How is satan able to distract a person focused on God with all his/her heart? How did satan get the Adams, Esaus and Judases of this world who were all on the course of greatness to turn around and fall?
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Faith's Twin Brother

2015-09-13T08:40:00.002-07:00

“In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith (by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises.” (Heb. 6:12 AMP)

The 3 Realms Of Prayer

2015-09-13T08:36:00.003-07:00

So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.” ~Rom. 8:26 (AMP)

Praying By The Rules

2015-09-13T08:33:00.002-07:00

22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly[a] I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 11:22–24

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The 6 Deadly Enemies Of Your Faith

2015-09-13T08:28:00.002-07:00

When you go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then blow an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God and you shall be saved from your enemies”.
Numbers 10:9

How to Be Lead of the Spirit Series- Series 7

2015-09-03T06:16:00.004-07:00

Number One: The Inward Witness

The Spirit itself [Himself] beareth witness with our spirit....

—Romans 8:16

You will find that being led by the inward witness is the number one way, or the primary way, that God leads all of His children.

Let me go back—I said I would in the preface of this book—to what Jesus said to me in February 1959 in El Paso, Texas. It was 6:30 in the evening. I was sitting up in bed studying. My eyes were wide open. (There are three types of visions. The highest type is an open vision. In an open vision, one's physical senses are not suspended, and his physical eyes are not closed. He possesses all of his physical capabilities, yet sees into the realm of the spirit.)

How to Be Lead of the Spirit Series- Series 6

2015-08-11T09:07:00.000-07:00

Presenting the Body

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

—Romans 12:1

It is the inward man—not the outward man—that becomes a new creature in Christ. We still have the same body we had before we became a new creature. What we must learn to do is to let that new man on the inside of us dominate. With that new man, we control the flesh and do something with our bodies.

How to Be Lead of the Spirit Series- Series 5

2015-08-11T08:55:00.003-07:00

The Saving of the Soul

... receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

—James 1:21

The spirit of man is the part of man that is born again. It is the part of man that receives eternal life, which is the nature and life of God. It is the spirit of man that becomes a new creature in Christ Jesus. The soul is not the innermost being at all. It is not the soul that is born again. The saving of the soul is a process.

How to Be Lead of the Spirit Series- Series 4

2015-08-11T08:54:00.000-07:00

What Is the Difference Between Spirit and Soul?

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit....

—Hebrews 4:12

The spirit and the soul are not the same.

Many years ago, back in the early 50's, I began an intensive study on this subject. I got books from the leading Bible schools and seminaries, both Pentecostal and denominational, to see what they taught on the subject of man. None satisfied me. None were actually scriptural. They were only scriptural, as the Bible says, "in part." I asked leading Bible scholars and ministers across the nation. You would recognize some of their names if I mentioned them. I even heard someone ask one of today's most well-known ministers, "What is the difference between the spirit and the soul?" He looked startled and said, "I thought they were the same." That was the answer I got from most of the ministers I asked.

How to Be Lead of the Spirit Series- Series 3

2015-08-11T08:51:00.001-07:00

Spirit-Conscious

... I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless....

—1 Thessalonians 5:23

In this scriptural passage, Paul begins with the inside, the innermost part of man, the heart of his being, which is his spirit, and comes to the outside.

Yet most people misquote this verse. They say, body, soul, and spirit. Why do they put the body first? Because they are more body-conscious than spirit-conscious. Natural things mean more to them than spiritual things. So they put physical things first.

How to Be Lead of the Spirit Series- Series 2

2015-08-11T08:49:00.001-07:00

Man: An Eternal Spirit

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him.

—Genesis 1:26, 27

Man is a spirit being. He is made in the likeness of God. Jesus said that God is a Spirit (John 4:24). So man must of necessity be a spirit.

Man is a spirit, he has a soul, and he lives in a physical body (1 Thess. 5:23).

When the physical body of man is dead and in the grave, the spirit lives on. That part of man is eternal. Spirits can never die, and man is a spirit. Paul is speaking of physical death here:

How to Be Lead of the Spirit Series- Series 1

2015-08-11T08:46:00.003-07:00

The Lamp of the Lord

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

—Romans 8:14

The Spirit itself [Himself] beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

—Romans 8:16