You Are Fully Equipped!

The bible says that God has equipped you with everything you need to fulfill your destiny. That means you are well able to do what He has called you to do. You can accomplish your goals. You can fulfill your dreams. You have the ideas, the creativity and talent to be successful. You can overcome any obstacle. You’ve been armed with strength for every battle.

Not only has God equipped you but He’s also working on your behalf. Get this down in your spirit today – He has already gone before you and lined up the right people and the right opportunities. Seek and trust God to guide you and you will see that you were created to excel! You may not have seen it in the past but if you’ll stay in faith it’s just a matter of time – victory is on its way!

So friend, don’t settle where you are. Don’t have a weak, defeated mentality. Have the attitude, “I am anointed. I can accomplish my dreams. I can overcome any obstacle. I am empowered by the Creator of the universe!” Stay focused on God’s promises and plan for your life so that you can do all He’s called you to do and have all that He’s lined up for you to have!

How To Experience Increase

God has a system that is based on the principle of sowing and reaping. In other words, what you pour out to others will come back to you in increased measure. When you give generously, a generous harvest will return to you. When you help others succeed, you will find abundant success on your path, too.

Are you helping others succeed? Are you helping others get ahead? There are some people in your life who hold the keys for you to reach your full potential. These are people that God has placed in your life for you to help along. The higher they rise up, the higher you will rise up, too.

The bible says, “Send your grain across the seas, and in time, profits will flow back to you.” When you give generously of your time, talents and resources, you are setting yourself up for greater success. People will come across your path that will help you grow and reach your full potential.

Do your part to step out and sow the seed. Be on the lookout for ways you can help others. As you give of yourself to help others grow, you’ll see increase in return. You’ll see success and live the abundant life God has prepared for you.

Peace Is Our Position Of Power

Every day we have opportunities to get upset, be frustrated, or get offended. Maybe you had plans that didn’t work out or someone was rude to you for no apparent reason. Maybe you were doing something that should have taken one hour and it ended up taking three. Life is full of inconveniences but even though we can’t always control our circumstances, we can control our reaction. You know the saying, “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond.”

The bible says, “Good sense makes a person restrain their anger, and it is their glory to overlook a transgression or an offense.” We should always go out each day with a positive attitude, full of hope and expecting God’s favor. But at the same time, we should recognize that most days are not going to go exactly as we plan.

When you get upset at circumstances beyond your control you only make things worse. Don’t sink to someone else’s level who was rude to you. When something or someone attempts to steal your joy turn it over to God right then. Don’t wait until you’re so wound up there’s no calming you down. You are a child of the Creator of the universe… act like it. Maintain your composure, knowing that God has the ultimate say in whatever comes your way.

We were created to live in peace. Peace is our position of power. If you get stressed because you got off schedule or retaliate against somebody who tried to hurt you, what you’re doing is giving away your power. The more you practice releasing those offenses and disappointments to God for Him to handle, the more you’ll learn to live in peace and enjoy each day as the blessing He intended it to be!

How Do You Wait?

Are you waiting for God to do something in your life? One thing I’ve learned is that waiting should not be a passive thing. When we’re waiting the correct way, we’re on the lookout. We talk like what we’re believing it’s going to happen. We act like it’s going to happen. We’re making preparations.

It’s just like when you’re expecting someone for dinner; you don’t wait till they show up before you decide to start cooking. Most likely you start early in the day. You make sure the house is clean, you go to the grocery store, maybe you buy some flowers for the table. You make preparations because you’re expecting someone.

Well, that’s the attitude we need to have while we’re waiting for God’s promises to come to pass. Put your faith to work. The bible says, “...Faith without works is dead.” You need to start preparing for the answer to come.

I want to encourage you to choose to put actions behind your faith today. Trust that God is at work in your life. And wait the right way — with expectancy — knowing that your faith in Him opens the door for His hand to move in your life. Keep standing, keep believing, and keep hoping because your answer is closer than you think!

God’s Value System

In this day and age, people are considered to be important for so many different reasons like titles, position, possessions, where you go, what you drive. But God’s value system is very different from the value system of the world. God cherishes and values you so much simply because He made you. You are His beloved creation — the apple of His eye; the center of His world!

If you’ve ever thought that God has too many other important things on His plate to be concerned with you and your life, know this today — you are God’s number one priority. And there’s nothing you can do to be more important or less important to Him. He values you today and your value will never change.

You are significant! Your life is significant! The things that concern you, concern God. He carefully watches over every detail of your life and there is nothing too big or too small for His attention.

Today, I hope you find peace and security in God’s love for you. Don’t be afraid to take your concerns and cares to Him. He loves it when you come to Him and He’s ready to receive you with open arms because you are the apple of His eye!

Triumph!

We all have to deal with the unexpected in life. Just because we’re believers, just because we’re good people or doing the right thing doesn’t make us exempt from trouble. The bible says, “The rain falls on the just and the unjust.” But it also says, “…thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph...”

When something unexpected happens or you find yourself facing a crisis don’t automatically go into panic mode or fall apart emotionally. Realize that the crisis is no surprise to God. It may be unexpected to you but God knows the end from the beginning. He has solutions to problems you haven’t even had yet. The bible says that He has equipped you for every battle; that He goes before you to make your crooked places straight.

Today, instead of focusing on your problem, focus on your Creator. Focus on the fact that He is with you. Allow Him to lead and guide you to a place of peace and victory. No matter what has happened He will take what the enemy meant to hurt you and turn it around for your good. When you seek God and allow Him to execute His specific plan for your life He will always lead you to triumph over the enemy’s ploys and tactics. So keep moving forward, trusting that He has a good plan for you!

Conceive It Then Receive It

God is constantly trying to plant new seeds of victory on the inside of you. He’s trying to increase you. He’s trying to enlarge your vision. He wants to take you to new levels of victory. But before you see a harvest, the seed has to take root. You have to conceive it before you are going to receive it.

In other words, before you’re ever going to be successful, you’ve got to see yourself successful. Before you’re ever going to have your dreams come to pass, you’ve got to look out through your eyes of faith and see them coming to pass. That’s how you allow the seed to take root.

Today, I encourage you to examine your thought life. What are you allowing to take root? Are God’s seeds of victory and life growing in your heart and mind or are you nurturing seeds of defeat and despair? The good news is that you can change your thoughts right now, this very moment. Begin to dwell on God’s promises and His goodness. Let His good seeds take root in your mind and heart. It won’t be long before you’ll see that harvest of blessing come forth in every area of your life!