SCRIPTURE: And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 5:23) DEVOTIONAL: It’s a sad thing when people live their whole lives and never…

SCRIPTURE: for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: (Proverbs 23:7) DEVOTIONAL: I heard it said once that we will always move in the direction of our most dominant thoughts. That is a profound truth! If we see ourselves working hard but never getting ahead, then…

SCRIPTURE: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17) DEVOTIONAL: Thank God for spiritual gifts (as we read about last week), but there is something better. When I say something better, I mean that God intended for you to operate in…

SCRIPTURE: Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. (1 Corinthians 12:1) DEVOTIONAL: 1 Corinthians 12 describes the spiritual gifts that are sovereignly distributed to God’s people (the Church) for the benefit of all. These include: “For to one is given by the Spirit…

SCRIPTURE: “And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised…” (Luke 24:49 NLT) DEVOTIONAL: The enemy perhaps has painted some defective pictures in our minds of what God says in His Word. The devil comes to steal, kill and destroy, and has…

SCRIPTURE: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive…

SCRIPTURE: When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. (Proverbs 11:2 NIV) DEVOTIONAL: (Naaman, a Syrian army leader who had leprosy, receives hope from an unexpected source.) “And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the…

SCRIPTURE: They will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” (Mark 16:18 NKJV) DEVOTIONAL: In the last days, there will be diseases that won’t have a…

SCRIPTURE: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [of My law (Word), where I reveal My will]. (Hosea 4:6a AMP) DEVOTIONAL: In Hosea 4:6, God says, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” He didn’t say, “My people are destroyed for lack of money”…

SCRIPTURE: Cry out for knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding. (Proverbs 2:3 MEV) DEVOTIONAL: If we don’t have the knowledge of God, we cannot come out of the world’s system and into the kingdom reality. Second Peter 1:2–4 says, “Grace and peace be multiplied…