Today’s Bible readings are Judges 11:1-12:15, John 1:1-28, Psalm 101:1-8, & Proverbs 14:13-14
John 1:10-13
10 He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t
recognize him. 11 He came to his own people, and even they
rejected him. 12 But to all who believed him and accepted
him, he gave the right to become children of God. 13 They
are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
Have you ever felt weak? Have you ever felt powerless? Have
you ever had a time when you didn’t think that you could do what needed to be
done? Those are feelings that we all wrestle with. These thoughts come from the
enemy of our soul. His purpose is to convince us that there is nothing we can
do in those situations. If he can get us to agree with him then he can keep us
in a defeated state.
Well I have some good news for you. You are born of God!
That is center of what it is to be a Christian. You are no longer what you use
to be. You have God’s seed living in you. His seed will produce His life in
you. His seed has placed His power in you. His seed has placed His ability in
you. His seed has placed His nature in you.
We talk a lot about the idea that God is our Father, but I
think that few people ever really stop to consider what that means. If God is
our Father then His DNA is in us. It makes us like Him. Check out this verse:
1 John 3:9 (AMP)
9 No one born (begotten) of
God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, for God’s
nature abides in him [His
principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him];
and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God.
Have you ever
thought about that? You are TRULY a new creature. Your old nature is gone &
your new GOD-LIKE nature has come. God’s seed is in you.
God’s seed causes you to have:
1. Overcoming power
2. Unending joy
3. Unceasing victory
4. Peace that passes all understanding
5. Victory over sickness
6. Strength over sin
7. Wisdom for living
The enemy constantly uses the circumstances that surround
our lives to beat us down to a place where we doubt in the seed of God that is
in us. It is that seed that that causes us to rise above satan & his
attacks. If we doubt in the reality of that seed, we cut ourselves off from the
life giving power that flows from it. We need that power to maintain victory
& walk in freedom.
One of the best ways for a person to come alive to this
truth is to begin to speak God’s Word concerning this matter over your life.
Here are a few verses that I want each of you to confess daily over your life.
You MUST speak these out loud as an open confession throughout the day
when thoughts of defeat come. This will help renew your mind to the TRUTH of
who you have become in Christ.
1. Christ’s power is at work in me. (Eph. 3:20)
2. I am born of God & guard myself from sin so the wicked one can’t touch me. (1 John 5:18)
3. The greater One lives in me. (1 John 4:4)
4. I am being changed into Christ-likeness. (2 Cor. 3:18)
5. I am a branch of the Vine of Christ. (John 15:4-5)
6. I am God’s child. (Gal. 3:26)
7. I am a new creation. (2 Cor. 5:17)
These verses will help strength your faith to the awesome
reality of who you are as a believer. That truth will change the way you live.
As you come to see that you are more than a conqueror, you will live your life
out of faith in that truth. That truth will produce a conquering life-style for
you.
It is time for you to discover what is living in you. You
have a new nature just waiting to be unleashed. Open up your heart to this
truth & enter into the supernatural realm of your new life in Christ!
1 comment:
Awesome! I like reading these everyday. It helps me to regain my focus.
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