Why are you feeling defeated?  Since we were called by God to be joint-heirs with Christ, why yet we feel like we have no hope?  It’s because we need to get our minds right!  What you think, you are! If you speak negative, negative will consume you like a raging fire.  I will give you a clue, since I am not stranger to feeling down and depressed, God – My God – Our God got us in the palm of His hand.  Trust and believe because it’s coming, your breakthrough is on the way!  How do I know this? —by the unction of the Holy Spirit.  The God in me tells me to not quit, to keep going, to pull my head up and walk in His confidence! Let His mind be our mind.  Believe even while you are in the not yet stage, it will come, your turn will come.  Celebrate those who got their breakthrough before you, be in confidence that if God did it for them, He will do it for you.  Start giving God a try to sustain your mind in the not-yet stage.  Soon it will come!  Invest time in God, pray and praise, pray and praise.  Read His Word, ask Him for understanding.  You will be amazed as how content you will become while waiting on your victory.

BY THE POWER OF GOD I AM, I WILL BE, I AM AND I WILL BE VICTORIOUS!

Today’s Scriptures:

Isaiah 43:2 New Living Translation (NLT)
When you go through deep waters,
I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty,
you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression,
you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you.

Proverbs 3:23 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
As you go through life, you will always be safe and never fall. 24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid. When you rest, your sleep will be peaceful.

Romans 8:31 King James Version
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Our God is so merciful and kind to us! He could have killed us a long time ago, but He saw fit to let us live past our sins! Key is to ask Him and sincerely mean it and sin less because we won’t ever be sinless. Bless God for His mercy!

“He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.

The LORD is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

He does not punish us for all our sins; he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭103:3, 8, 10‬ ‭NLT‬‬

http://bible.com/116/psa.103.3,8,10.nlt

This life comes with ups and downs.  Trouble is pressing upon us and in the time of storm, the Lord is our banner.  He is our help! No one else, I searched, no one but The Lord, Our God is our help, our victory lies at the Cross, at the cross Jesus died and got up, for our victory in Him against the enemy.

1. JEHOVAH NISSI – THE LORD, OUR BANNER
2. JEHOVAH JIREH – THE LORD, OUR PROVIDER
3. JEHOVAH SHAMMAH – THE LORD IS THERE

Sometimes the enemy sneaks into pockets of our lives, but be courageous in God, if you press, press on! Keep believing that Lord is our strength!  There are many scriptures that speak to this thought, but I chose to concentrate on those below.

Remember, if you take time for God, God will take time for you!  Reach out to Our Savior because He can and will deliver us, at our asking.  Trust, and trust some more!  Believe and believe some more!  We are clothed in grace and mercy.

LORD, we MUST thank You for victory and triumph over the enemy, triumph in our homes and lives.  We love You for raising the banner in our lives and we salute to You in praise and worship we bow to say thank YOU for keeping us when danger is around, You are our shield and for that we thank You. In Jesus Name, Amen.

Today’s Scriptures:

Psalm 28: 6-9 KJV | King James Version

6Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

8The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed.

9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

Psalm 27:5 KJV

5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

Proverbs 18:10 KJV

10The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Gray does Fade – by Erica Nelson The sky seems gray outside

Gloomy, without a glow

Time flies they say when you’re having fun

I ain’t seen nothing but somber skies

What u see?

What is seen is dependent on what you see

I don’t see sadness don’t see gloom

I see a dream being realized 

The closer I get to it

The farther I stride

I know imma win

I will survive this storm cloud

Clouds fade and sun does shine

What do you see?

I see a victory, my victory 

A way made just for me

A blessing assigned to me

What do you see?

It will it does get better

The more I stretch my hands to God

Like a baby all I want all I need is to be fed with God’s pure unadulterated love

I see showers of blessings for my dear friends

What do you see?

I see the harder we work the more we will gain, yes, the sky is gray but I’m not gray

The sun shines bright through all this dim light I see a way made

A day where troubles do fade

What do you see?

As the year begins for us, let’s remember that The Lord, Almighty shields those who in His shadow!

I pray those who know what it means to be safe in His arms might testify and do not let anyone stop you from praising and worshiping Our God, Our Father for all of His benefits!

Lord, I thank You that I know You are the One that keeps me safe! I would have been killed if You had not kept me from falling. Yes, Lord, I admit my faults to You and ask for forgiveness.  I know I have been places that were to be traps for me, but You, Oh Lord, let me get out of it, safe and alive!  Bless Your Name, Amen.

Today’s Scriptures:

Psalm 91:1-2 AMP (Amplified Bible) – He who ^[a]dwells in the shelter of the Most High
Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand]. ² I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”

Psalm 103: 1-5 NLT (New Living Translation) – 1Let all that I am praise the LORD; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. 2Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things he does for me. 3He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. 4He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. 5He fills my life with good things.My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!

Proverbs 18:10 GW (God’s Word Translation) – 10The name of the LORD is a strong tower. A righteous person runs to it and is safe.

People of God, give generously and be kind, with no respect of person!  Give as God has given unto you, in this season.  Don’t be stingy.

If someone is hungry – feed them and do not just say to them :”Pray”  feed them and while you are feeding them, tell them to “Pray”

Pay for someone’s gas, groceries, and do not be “tight-fisted”  Stinginess closes the hand of God!

Today’s Scriptures:

Luke 6:38 NLT – Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full–pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.”

Deuteronomy 15: 7-8, 10 NIV –  If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. ⁸ Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need. Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.

Colossians 3:23-24 KJV – And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; ²⁴ Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

People of God, quit trying to condemn others when you have no Heaven nor Hell to put someone! Quit trying to figure out other people’s flaw and where they may fall next!  Let’s pick each other up, dust off, and walk together towards God’s Holy Light!  We serve a gracious God, God is requiring more from us.  We got to get it right, for our own sake! We are free in Christ to live as He requires, to His standards and no one else’s

We cast no one down!  We grow and help groom, as unto The Lord!  If you feel you are truly sin-LESS then move to the side cuz me and about 40 million others walking in the flesh but not of the flesh! We striving to do better, get better, be better!  

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If you ain’t about that then bro, please, fall back!

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Today’s Scripture:

Romans 8:1-2 (KJV) | There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

2 Corinthians 3:18 (NLT)| So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord–who is the Spirit–makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

When the enemy tries to give you some mess, pass that right back in the name of Jesus! Stop keeping old mess, new mess! Hot Potato, Hot Potato!

Today’s Scripture: 

John 10: 10 New International Version
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.