Be Doers of The Word

 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves - James 1:22.

              We are deceiving ourselves when we are hearers of the word only and not the doers. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was - James 1:23,24.

                 We lie against the truth if we have bitterness in our heart. But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth - James 3:14. We are liars and the truth is not in us when we do not keep His commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him - 1 John 2:4.  

             We are not the doers of the word unless we get rid of anger and humbly accept the word planted in us which can save us. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you - James 1:19-21.     

                 We deceive ourselves when we do not control our tongue, do not help orphans and widows in their distress and do not keep us holy. If anyone among you thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this one’s religion is useless - James 1:26. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world - James 1:27.                   

              We love God and we are the friends of God and blessed when we are the doers of the Word. Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him" - John 14:23. You are my friends if you do what I command you - John 15:14. Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it! - Luke 11:28.  

              We will be blessed in what what we do when we are the doers of the word.  But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do- James 125.       

              We will have a long, good life when we are the doers of the Word. My child, listen to me and do as I say, and you will have a long, good life - Proverbs 4:10. 

              God instructs us to stay away from people who are just having a form of godliness but always learning and never coming to the knowledge of the truth. Having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth - 2 Timothy 3:5,7. 

              Let us be the doers of the word, and not hearers only. Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them - Psalm 119:129. Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams -1 Samuel 15:22.

                                                                                

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us be doers of the word, and not hearers only. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Declare A Thing And It Will Be Established For You

 You will also declare a thing, And it will be established for you; So light will shine on your ways - Job 22:28.

            God wants us to declare God’s promises and good things that He has in store for us boldly with faith and it will be established for us. For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says - Mark 11:23. 

Open Door - Declare that every door God has ordained for us in our life is opening and nothing can stop God's purpose for us.

See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it - Revelation 3:8.

Healing - Declare healing over every area of life. Sickness, pain, and weakness have no place in our body as the Lord is our healer.

I am the Lord who heals you - Exodus 15:26. 

Protection - Declare protection over our family. No weapon formed against us shall prosper and every evil plan of enemy is destroyed. 

No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper - Isaiah 54:17.

Fruitful - Declare that we are fruitful in all we do, our efforts will produce great results and we will enjoy the rewards of our labor.

You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours - Psalm 128:2. It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; for it is his heritage. As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God - Ecclesiastes 5:18,19. 

Restoration - Declare that God will restore everything that the enemy has stolen from our life and let us take back what belongs to us in the Name of our Lord Jesus. 

I will restore the years that the locust has eaten - Joel 2:25.                                                                            

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us declare a thing and establish it in our life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.       

God Teaches Us

I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you what is best for you, Who directs you in the way you should go - Isaiah 48:17.

          Our God is the one who teaches us what is best for us and directs us in the way we should go, what to do and what to say. I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye - Psalm 32:8. I will teach you what you shall do - Exodus 4:15. Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say - Exodus 4:12.

Fear the Lord

          God will teach us His way He chooses as we fear the Lord. Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses. He himself shall dwell in prosperity, And his descendants shall inherit the earth. The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant - Psalm 25:12-14. 

Be humble

          God will teach us His ways  and guides us in what is right as we are humble. He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way - Psalm 25:9.

Pray to God

          God will teach us His plans and ways as we pray to Him as He only knows all the plans that prospers us. For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you - Jeremiah 29:11-12.

David's prayer 

          David prayed for God to show His ways and teach His paths. Show me Your ways, O LORD, teach me Your paths; guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long - Psalm 25:4-5.

             Let us fear God, be humble and pray to Him for God to teach us all things. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you - John 14:26. Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground - Psalm 143:10. So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom - Psalm 90:12.    

Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left - Isaiah 30:21.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for teaching us what is best for us and directing us in the way we should go. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

God of Increase

             God who gives the increase - 1 Corinthians 3:7.  

                 Our God is the God of Increase and He is the source of all increase. We may put efforts in planting and watering, but only God gives us the increase. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase - 1Corinthians 3:6,7.   

                  God will increase and bless us as we love Him, walk in obedience to Him and keep His commands. For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess - Deuteronomy 30:16.         

                 God will increase our strength and power. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength - Isaiah 40:29. For God says, "I will break the strength of the wicked, but I will increase the power of the godly"- Psalm 75:10. 

               God will bless all the work of our hands, multiply our efforts, and bring a fruitful increase in every area of our life. The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good - Deuteronomy 30:8,9.     

                  Let us thank our God of increase who increases us more and more. May the Lord give you increase more and more, You and your children. May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth - Psalm 115:14,15. May the Lord, the God of your ancestors, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised! - Deuteronomy 1:11.

                                                                

PRAYER: Dear Lord, You are the God of Increase. We thank You giving us increase in all the areas of our life. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

Favor of The Lord Our God

 May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us - Psalm 90:17.

A good man obtains favor from the Lord - Proverbs 12:2. 

For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the Lord - Proverbs 8:35.

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly - Psalm 84:11.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands! - Psalm 90:17.

But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God - Genesis 6:8,9.

For he who finds me finds life And obtains favor from the Lord - Proverbs 8:35.

God’s favor lasts for a life time. For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life - Psalm 30:5.

For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield - Psalm 5:12.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man - Luke 2:52.

And said, “O Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant - Genesis 18:3.

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast - Ephesians 2:8-9.

Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them - Psalm 106:4.

And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs - Daniel 1:9.

Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he gives favor - Proverbs 3:34.

The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace - Numbers 6:25-26.

And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God - Luke 1:30.

A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns - Proverbs 12:2.

Now the boy Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man - 1 Samuel 2:26.

In a time of favor I have answered you; in a day of salvation I have helped you; I will keep you and give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land, to apportion the desolate heritages - Isaiah 49:8.

And he said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me - Judges 6:17.

But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison - Genesis 39:21.

The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti - Esther 2:17.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man - Proverbs 3:3,4. 

So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man - Proverbs 3:4.

                                                                                                 

PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let Your favor rest on us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

New Heart

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you - Ezekiel 36:26. 

                      God wants us to give us a new heart as our heart is deceitful above all things. The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? - Jeremiah 17:9. He gives us a new heart by exchanging, empowering, establishing and enriching our heart. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me - Psalm 51:10.

New Heart - Exchange, Empower, Establish & Enrich 

Exchange

I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh -  Ezekiel 36:26. 

Empower

I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them - Ezekiel 36:27. 

Establish

Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers - Ezekiel 36:28.

Enrich

You shall be My people, and I will be your God. I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. I will call for the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine upon you. And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations - Ezekiel 36:29,30. 

                                                                                 

           

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for giving us a new heart by exchanging, empowering, establishing and enriching it. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 

God Our Strength

But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their strength in time of trouble - Psalm 37:39.

“He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” (Isaiah 40:29)

 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.” (Isaiah 43:2-3).

"Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (Isaiah 40:31).

 “Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” (Isaiah 41:10).

 “The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.” (Exodus 15:2).

“In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul.”(Psalm 138:3).

“It is God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect.”(Psalm 18:32).

 “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13).

 “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1)

 “The LORD is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of thanksgiving”(Psalm 28:7).

“The LORD will give strength to His people; the LORD will bless His people with peace”(Psalm 29:11).

 “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33).

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”(Psalm 46:1).

“My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”(Psalm 73:26).

“The LORD is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation.”(Psalm 118:14).

“The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; my Savior, You save me from violence.”(2 Samuel 22:3).

“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).

“I will love You, O LORD, my strength. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” (Psalm 18:1-2).

                                                                                       

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We thank You for being our strength at all times. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.