SCRIPTURE:

Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ… (2 Corinthians 2:14)

DEVOTIONAL:

When you are born again, your potential is no longer limited to yourself. Your potential is in God. Your potential goes beyond your natural abilities and gifts into His supernatural authority and power. However, until you were saved, you were programmed to believe you had natural limitations and boundaries. You believed you could do only what you could naturally think and do. When God puts it in your heart to do something impossible, if you still believe you are limited to your natural abilities and gifts, you will back up and not move.

I have news for you. God never calls you to do something you are entirely incapable of doing, but He will enable you to do it supernaturally. There was never a better example of this than when the children of Israel went to the Promised Land for the first time. Moses sent twelve spies in to see just what they were getting into…

Of the twelve spies, only Joshua and Caleb came back and said, “Let’s go right now and possess what God has already given us. We can do it because He said we could do it.” This is the kind of leadership God always looks for. The world will say, “Ah, you win some and you lose some.” But God says, “I always cause you to triumph in Christ Jesus!” (See 2 Corinthians 2:14.) Our victory is already won because Jesus already won it.

PRAYER:

Dear God, I am so grateful that I am not subject to the world’s limitations and boundaries, but that I can do the impossible You call me to do through Your supernatural power. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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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 understanding what it means to be a human being. They spend all their years trying to find out who they are and why they were created, but they never go to their Creator. If they did a little reading in the Bible, they would see that God created us in three parts: spirit, soul, and body: “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). 

Our spirit, soul, and body are intimately connected and work together. Our spirit is the part of us that communicates with God. We were created to walk in communion with Him at all times. Under this spiritual headship is our soul, which is our mind, emotions, and will. Then our soul, in agreement with our spirit and God’s Spirit, tells our physical body what to feel, say and do. Although our physical body is our contact with the natural, physical world, it is not supposed to be in charge. Our spirits are to be in charge.

Our spirit life is superior to the physical, natural, and material life. The spirit is the highest form of living because our spirit man communicates with the Holy Spirit, who connects us back to God, our Source. The senses constitute a lower level of living so we must not allow our five senses to dominate. Therefore, we must renew our mind to the Word of God, or it will be carnal.

PRAYER:

Dear Father, I purpose to allow my spirit, not my senses, to dominate in my life, so that I am connected to You by Your Holy Spirit  I declare that my spirit is in charge of my soul and body. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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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 we will probably continue to work hard and never get anywhere. We can be born again and filled with God’s Spirit, but if we are constantly thinking of ourselves in terms of poverty and unhappiness, that is what we are going to experience in life.

There is good reason the Holy Spirit used the apostle Paul to literally beg Christians to attend to their minds:

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. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:1–2)

This says that when our minds are consumed with the Word of God, we will be transformed and move in the right direction. We will “prove” to the world around us what is the will of God, and His will is always truly good, fully acceptable, and perfect. The Bible makes it clear that God’s will is for us to succeed and live in joy unspeakable and full of glory!

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, thank you for Your Holy Spirit who always leads me in the right direction. I declare that my thoughts are aligned with Your Word and I am transformed and walking according to Your perfect will. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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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 what you have already.

If I’m mature, then instead of waiting on the gift of faith, I have faith because of my hearing, believing and receiving the Word of God. That Word changes my believing on the inside, and I’m ready to speak and act on what I believe. I don’t have to wait for the Holy Spirit to sovereignly place a spiritual gift on me. Instead, when I speak and act on what I believe, it will happen as I release my faith.

When you’re working your faith, you can work it now. When you’re waiting on the gifts, you have to wait until the Spirit wills. You can receive now from Jesus, whether it’s healing, family reconciliation, or finances.  

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, thank you for all of your spiritual gifts. I want the “something better”—to operate by faith in Your Word that is available anytime, anywhere I choose to believe and exercise my faith.  In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Dr. Bill Winston’s faith-inspiring book, Redeemed from Sickness. To order this must-read book, click here. In Canada? Click here.

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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 the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues” (verses 8–10).

Let’s examine a couple of the gifts. Verse 9 says, “to another faith by the same Spirit.” God can give you an impartation of faith, so that you can receive or do certain things. Continuing in verse 9, it also says, “to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit.” Somebody could have a gift placed on them by the Holy Spirit that they can actually pray for people who, let’s say, have cancer and every one of them gets healed. Or they can pray for people who have arthritis and every one of them gets healed. Glory to God!

The Holy Spirit comes and divides these gifts among the people in the Body of Christ or the local church as He wills. You and I don’t know when He will manifest a spiritual gift or who He will manifest it through. The only thing we know is that these Holy Spirit gifts are given to the Body of Christ and could come on my life or your life.

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, I praise You for giving the gifts of Your Spirit to the Church. I yield myself to the Holy Spirit to receive Your supernatural gifts—wherever, whenever, whichever You choose to impart for the manifestation of Your purpose. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Dr. Bill Winston’s faith-inspiring book, Redeemed from Sickness. To order this must-read book, click here. In Canada? Click here.

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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 distorted God’s truth, so we want to erase some lies and build a sure foundation in our life.

God does not want us to be ignorant about the things of the Spirit. Remember last week, we read in Galatians 3:14 that He gives us the promise of the Spirit by faith. Fifty days after Jesus ascended to the Father, the Spirit first came to live within the believers (see Acts 2).

This is the fruit of the Spirit living in us that should flow out toward others: “But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!” (Galatians 5:22–23 NLT).

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, I receive the promise of Your Spirit by faith and thank You that His fruit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control—is abundantly flowing in and through me. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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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 the promise of the Spirit through faith.  (Galatians 3:13–14)

DEVOTIONAL:

Most Christians agree that we’ve been redeemed from sin through the blood of Jesus Christ, but remember that we’ve also been redeemed from sickness and the curse that was placed on the earth after Adam’s transgression in the Garden.

We can still live in the earth, but we can be separate from the world and the calamity in it. He has set us apart from the things that come on the world that we call curses. We are redeemed from the curse of the law. 

Notice, these things are not automatic. Our theme scripture says, “we receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” (Galatians 3:14), so we’re going to have to apply faith to make this happen. The Amplified Bible describes faith this way: “Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]. (Hebrews 11:1 AMP)

 This verse tells me that something (substance) is there, and even though you can’t see it with the natural eye, it is still there. How do we get it? We get it by faith, and—FAITH IS ALWAYS NOW!

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, thank you that You have set me apart and redeemed me from the curse of the law—In Jesus Christ, I am free from sickness, poverty, and every work of the devil. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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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 land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy (2 Kings 5:2–3).

So, Naaman, being a great leader, headed out to see the king of Israel, bringing with him many riches as a gift. The king sent him to Elisha (see verse 9). (But, Elisha sends out his servant with the instruction to dip seven times in the Jordan River. Expecting the prophet to come out personally and cure him, Naaman became very angry and starts to ride away.) 

Now what caused that reaction? Pride. What happened then? His little servant was running alongside him and said, “Master, wait a minute. If the prophet would’ve told you to do something great, wouldn’t you have done that?” Naaman thought about it and said, “Well, yeah, I think I would.” 

Naaman wisely set aside his pride and obeyed the instructions given him by Elisha’s servant: “Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean” (2 Kings 5:14).

PRAYER:

Dear Lord, search my heart. Is there any pride that is keeping me from my blessing? I release pride or anything in my heart that displeases You, and I expect to receive my miracle. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Dr. Bill Winston’s faith-inspiring book, Redeemed from Sickness. To order this must-read book, click here.

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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 medical cure. The only place we’ll be able to find a cure is in the Word of God. Jesus said His disciples would lay hands on the sick and they would recover. (See Mark 16:18.) We are the disciples, the Church; His kingdom is within us. We can go out and take healing to the world—to the job, to the health club, to the beauty shop—everywhere we go. God’s kingdom power is wherever we are.

We are supposed to be opening up the drug houses and restoring people to wholeness in the Name of Jesus. We have something that will turn them in another direction and satisfy them so that they never need to take another drug. We have something more powerful than the drugs they have. We have the Holy Spirit.

First Corinthians 2:12–13 says,

^“Now we have not received the spirit [that belongs to] the world, but the [Holy] Spirit Who is from God, [given to us] that we might realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts [of divine favor and blessing so freely and lavishly] bestowed on us by God. And we are setting these truths forth in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the [Holy] Spirit, combining and interpreting spiritual truths with spiritual language [to those who possess the Holy Spirit].” (AMPC)

PRAYER:

Dear Lord,  I receive Your Holy Spirit anointing that I may go out into the world around me and bring healing, deliverance, restoration, and wholeness to hurting people according to Your Word.  In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Dr. Bill Winston’s classic book, The Kingdom of God In You. To order this must-read book, click here.

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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” or “education,” but they’re destroyed “for lack of [revelation] knowledge.”

Real wealth doesn’t come by education; it comes by revelation. Thank God for education, but if that’s all we have—we’re in trouble. An economic earthquake is coming, and education won’t save us. If we want to make it through, we’ll need revelation of how to stand on the Rock and how to receive our provision directly from Almighty God.

This is why the Kingdom of God must be preached. The Kingdom of God is God’s way of doing things, and it comes with provision. Through His kingdom, God has given us everything we will ever need, independent of what happens in this world.

PRAYER:

Dear God, thank you that I can have peace knowing that in Your kingdom, there is provision for the situation I’m going through right now. I receive the revelation knowledge I need by Your Holy Spirit. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

This devotional is excerpted from Dr. Bill Winston’s classic book, The Kingdom of God In You. To order this must-read book, click here.

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