Always available

The fact that the Holy Spirit lives inside of us proves His willingness to always be available to speak to us and help us when we need Him. As we continue to grow spiritually, we will experience temptation, but God has given us the Holy Spirit to enable us to resist it and make right choices instead of wrong ones. 

Nevertheless, no human being is perfect and we will make mistakes. But God's forgiveness is always available to us through Jesus Christ. Receiving this forgiveness strengthens us and enables us to keep moving forward with God. It also puts our hearts at peace, sets us free, and helps us hear God's voice clearly. 

Feeling defeated and condemned by every mistake we make weakens us. Instead of using our energy to feel bad about ourselves, we should use it to make sure our hearts are tuned to God's voice as He leads us into greater strength and deeper relationship with Himself. His forgiveness and His presence are always available to us through the Holy Spirit. As you seek God today, I encourage you to receive His love and mercy. His arms are open and He is waiting to spend time with you. 

God's word for you today: Remember that the Holy Spirit is always available to you. 

From the book Hearing from God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer. Copyright 2010 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.

Peace

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful - Col 3:15

Meditate on a time when your faith has grown. What was it that helped you grow in your faith at that particular time? Remember how great God's peace felt also?? 

  
God is the author of peace and every good thing. 

Family

Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God - http://bible.com/1/mat.5.9.kjv

Families are made up of people with different personalities and emotions. Sometimes family members feel happy, and other times they feel angry. How a person is feeling should not change a family's peaceful home. Romans 12:18 says, "If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone." This includes the members of your family. 

God speaks

God Speaks in Many Ways. God declares that He speaks, and when He does, He speaks in righteousness. We can always depend on what He says to be right. 

God speaks to us in many ways that include but are not limited to: His Word, nature, people, circumstances, peace, wisdom, supernatural intervention, dreams, visions, and what some call "the inner witness," or the "still small voice" which is best described as a "knowing" deep inside our hearts. 

God also speaks through the conscience, through our desires, and in an audible voice, but always remember that when He speaks, what He says is always right and it never disagrees with His written Word. 

I want to encourage you to ask God to help you hear His voice in any way He chooses to speak to you. He loves you; He has good plans for your life; and He wants to talk to you about these things. 

From the book Hearing from God Each Morning by Joyce Meyer. Copyright 2010 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.

Redemption

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new - 2 Corinthians 5:17

Today, reflect on the redemptive power of God's forgiveness. 

There is nothing more powerful, faithful, sacrificial, and life changing than the forgiveness God has given you through His son Jesus Christ.

Completely forget your old life and meditate on the life change you experienced through God's forgiveness. 

Praise God and thank Him for new life in Christ.

Refuge

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust - Psalm.91:1

This is a Psalm about God's faithfulness and God as our refuge, He is our fortress, He saves us, and He protects us. 

God is always faithful no matter the circumstances. He is there when times are good and when times are not so good. He is even there when you don't feel like He is. 

Everybody's journey in life is different as they grow in Christ, but God's faithfulness is always the same. 

Thank God for His faithfulness and take comfort in knowing He will always be there for you.

Mindset

In everything you set your mind into, always have a foundation and know where your source is. There will come a time in that season where you will need strength, favor, grace, endurance etc...and if your hope and faith is fixed in the right direction, you will come through victoriously. 

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ - Philippians 1: 6

Pray

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Pray and fast

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

http://bible.com/1/mrk.9.29.kjv

There are some challenges that we face that are not going to change just by talking and dieting.....it needs prayer AND fasting!!!!!

Lessons

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied - http://bible.com/1/num.23.8.kjv

We, as humans are placed in peoples lives for reasons and seasons. While we are in their "space", we need to be better at exercising grace and mercy; showing the compassion of God....and not being judgemental, all in the name of having the power to say "I told you so".

Every single one of us have our own challenges that we face and each comes with it's own length of days. Hopefully, at the end of it, we gain lessons learned.