James 4:3; 1 John 5:14-15; Matthew 20:20-34 – If we improve our asking, we’ll improve our receiving. – Every asking is not good asking. – We cannot ask simply for positions of power and authority, if we are not able to handle them. – We cannot just put our eyes on the ultimate thing, without considering the required thing. – Too often we want the d…

2 Kings 13:14-20; Philippians 4:12-13 – Too many times we fail to connect what we are hearing to what we heard. – God builds, faith to faith, precept by precept. – We are to give the more earnest heed to the Word we heard. – How many times have we just stopped doing something? Might have to reconsider that we may not have something, because we have…

Genesis 32:24-26; Psalm 11:1 – It is common for us to have times when we want to give up. – We can have good times and bad times, ups and downs, disappointments and enjoyment, joy and pain, even if we know God. – Sometimes we can find ourselves in a dark place by ourselves, a place where it is hard to find good. God inhabits the dark places too. – …

Matthew 11:28-30; 1 Thessalonians 5:23 – Our soul is our mind, our will and our emotions. – We have a Spirit, Soul and Body. – We spend more time strong to take care of our bodies rather than our spirit or soul. – Our soul is eternal, our body is temporary. Matthew 16:26 – Our souls are valuable. – There is nothing we can exchange of equal value to…

Matthew 14:26-29; Proverbs 28:1 – Living by faith is a command of God that cannot be filled by our natural abilities. – People of God who walk in obedience to His Word do not have to put on outward displays, Hebrews 4:16; Joshua 1:6-7, 9 – We don’t have to put on the bold, boldness is already in us. Ephesians 3:12 – We have boldness, access and con…

Genesis 21:1-2, 30:22-23; 1 Samuel 1:19-20 – No one can fill the void of a Mom. – Mothers represent unconditional love, support, nurturing, forgiving nature, proud of our achievements, most loyal. – Moms are irreplaceable. Biggest supporters and best friends. – Mom knows how to keep a secret. – Only moms can kiss a boo-boo and make you feel better.…

Mark 4:26-29,13; Genesis 1:11-12 – The kingdom of God is in us. – What we do is essential to the kingdom of God operating. – The seed will work in ways that man cannot understand. Genesis 8:22 – Some of our roots have to go in the ground further, so that it can support the growth of what has been planted. Matthew 12:35 – The heart brings forth. If …

Genesis 47:23-25,27 – We like the salvation, but the terms of the contract, we have a problem with. – We have to examine our perspective of what God has done and is offering us. Deuteronomy 8:18; Psalm 103:7 – We take grace for granted. – Do we grade God according to His conduct or His character? – If we know someone according to their ways, instea…

Daniel 3:16-30; Exodus 20:2-5 – One of the hardest things for us to do is to be quiet. We don’t have to answer everything. – A great sign of power is restraint. – We have to learn to let God fight our battles. – Our faith should be in God’s ability. – Is our faith in God’s ability or is it in will God do it? – Sometimes God does not do what He is a…

John 21:15-22 – Now is not the time to give up. – God asks us questions to unravel or undo the things we have done grievous to Him. – We are worried about what other people do or their relationship to God, more than our own. Or when Jesus tells us what our role is. – How we fulfill our role will determine what mark we leave on society. – We all hav…

Judges 18; 17; 1:21,27,29-34 – God provided a promised land for every tribe except the Levite. God expected the people to take care of the Levite, represented of Him. – Because the people did not recognize God as king, they made one themselves. – If we don’t remove the sinful things in our lives, we will not recognize God as king. – When you are no…

James 1:19-25; Proverbs 4:7; John 8:31; Hebrews 2:1; Luke 11:27-28; Matthew 7:21-26 – God saved us by His Word, so we should be quick to hear His Word. – Our wrath will take us out of our right standing with God. – Meekness, strength under control. – The Word of God is a treasure that we need to receive with a gentle and humble spirit. – Engrafted …

John 20:11-29, 21:1-14 ; Mark 15:43; Isaiah 51:12; Luke 24:13-32 – No improvisation with angels, say what the Lord says. – We need to crave Jesus, remember Joseph of Arimathea. – One of the first things Jesus did after the resurrection was comfort someone when they were sad. – Jesus knows everything, but He still asks questions. – After speaking to…

Matthew 28:1-8; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 – Three times Jesus spoke of His death and that He will rise again. – Jesus reveals things in greater detail the more we walk with Him. – The stone was rolled away not so Jesus can get out, but so that people can get in and bear witness that He had risen. – Our testimony is different from that of the world’s.…

Luke 22:14-20, 39-43; John 13:1-15,31-35 – Jesus instituted Communion on Thursday. – Communion can be taken at any time. – Relationships are not about rules. Religion is about rules. – Jesus gets upset when we make it harder to worship. – We have to get comfortable with not knowing. God will reveal what we don’t know hereafter. – We have to avoid d…

Psalm 24:7-10; Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-111; Luke 19:28-44; John 12: 12-19; Isaiah 62:11, Zechariah 9:4; Psalm 118:25-26; 2 Samuel 7; Habakkuk 2:10-11; Luke 19:41-44 – The people had a deep desire for God to be with them. – Jesus needed the obscure donkey. No matter how obscure we may seem to be, Jesus needs us! – What the people were doing and h…

Romans 8:35-37; Psalm 32:2, 51:6, 37:23-24, 145:14:41:10; Galatians 1:10; Proverbs 16:18, 19:2; John 11:1-4,39-40,43; Micah 7:8 – If we love ourselves, we ought to be ourselves. – One of the things we can do to avoid falling is being ourselves. – When we try to be someone that we’re not, we’re operating in a spirit of deceit. – We need to be true t…

John 3:16; Romans 8:32; Genesis 22:1-18; 21:12 – Love is an action that flows from a decision. God made a decision to create us, – Because God is great, His actions are not fully appreciated. – The best obedience is immediate. Delayed obedience turns into disobedience. – Commitment is shown over time. – When we have the opportunity to back out and …

1 Samuel 30:1-6, 7-16, 17-19; Habakkuk 3:17-19; Jeremiah 17:7-8; Psalm 16:8-9; Romans 15:4; Colossians 1:27; Exodus 33:17-19 – If there is nothing to hope for, then faith has nothing to do. – It’s a blessing to have people in your life to encourage you. But it’s even better when you can encourage yourself. – Every time we share the Word, it present…

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; Exodus 3:1-12 – Things are attached to seasons, purpose is linked to time. – People get attached to seasons, because things are attached to seasons. – If we don’t know our purpose, there is not one single thing that is going to make us happy. – We were created with a purpose. – To everything there is a season, but there is a tim…

Romans 4:16-21; Hebrews 11:1; 1 Samuel 1:8-18 – Our believing and hoping must be according to that which was spoken. – There’s no reason to hope, but we believe anyway. – Faith is acting or living like the promises of God are true. – Biblical hope is not wishful thinking. – Hope is a confident expectation that God will do what He said. – So many ti…

Colossians 2:8-10; Numbers 14:21; Matthew 12:43-45; Ephesians 4:27 – Some of the philosophies, the traditions we follow are man-made. – We must not let anyone, including ourselves, capture us from following the teaching of Christ. – God is not a God of fairness, He is a God of justice. – We are not looking for things that seem right, we’re looking …

Genesis 16:3-9, 21:16-19; Proverbs 28:1; John 4:4-5; Romans 8:35-37; James 4:7; 1 John 4:18; Luke 15:11-18 – The only true basis that we have that things will change is a Word from the Lord. – It’s easier to run away from problems than face them. – We think that if we run and hide, the problem will go away. – When we try to run away from our proble…

Luke 12:13-21; Deuteronomy 8:18; Proverbs 1:24-25; 1 Timothy 6:17-19; Exodus 12:35-36; Psalm 105:37; Genesis 32:13-18, 33:8-11; Haggai 1:1-11; Isaiah 58:1-11 – The blessings of God do not come through man’s devices. – We cannot just be wanting stuff. – God looks at selfishness as foolishness. – It’s selfish to want enough just for you and yours. Go…

Genesis 35:1-3,4-7, 25:20-28, 28:10-22, 31:11-13, 32:24-32, 34:1-30 – Just because your daddy and your grandfather knows God, does not mean you know God. You have to know God for yourself. – God is with us and we don’t even know it. – Jacob renamed the place Bethel, the house of God when He realized God was with Him. – There will always come a time…

Matthew 6:33; Psalm 89:14; Luke 6:38; Proverbs 19:17, 28:27, 11:25; 2 Samuel 6:1-9; 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 – God has a way of getting to us the provision we need. – We cannot be the powerful representatives of Christ concerning our finances, if we are fretting. – It’s through giving that we receive. – We can only get to the place of prosperity God’s w…

1 John 3:1-2, 4:16; 1 Corinthians 13:8; Romans 5:8, 8:38; Zephaniah 3:17; 2 Kings 4:8,18-26 – Knowing something goes beyond head knowledge… it’s heart knowledge. – We have to behold God’s love. See it. Think about it. – Love is decisional. Selfless choices that are made with your mind on someone else. – God loves with an everlasting love. – There i…

Galatians 3:13-14; Deuteronomy 28:1-14 (The Blessing), v.15-68, (The Curse – Sickness, Disease, Poverty and Lack), Deuteronomy 8:18; 3 John 2; 2; Timothy 3:16; Genesis 12:1-3, 13:1-2; Psalm 35:27; 2 Kings 4:1-7 – Poverty and lack are a part of the curse of the law. – I’m redeemed from poverty and lack. – God wants to demonstrate His goodness in suc…

Matthew 14:22-29, 21:19-22; John 14:12,15-17,20; Romans 4:17; 2 Corinthians 4:13; Ephesians 5:2; 1 John 2:6 -The power to change our lives resides on the inside of us. – In spite of how Peter is talked about, Peter had faith. – Peter was telling Jesus if You walk on the water, I want to walk on water too. – Peter imitated Jesus. – If we are going t…

Ephesians 5:1; Psalm 8; Luke 3:37-38 – We were made to operate as living, speaking spirits bursting with the power of God. – We have to be more focused on the inside. – The light of the day was in God. He simply spoke what was inside. – Use the creative force of words that God gave us to bring out what is already on the inside. – Adam lost it, Jesu…

Isaiah 53:-3-5; Matthew 8:1-3,5-10,13-17; James 4:2, 5:15-16; Acts 3:11-16, 14:8-10; Psalm 107:20, 119:89 – We have to walk by faith for healing. – It’s the name of Jesus, through faith in His name, that heals us. – God is looking for our faith. Faith can be seen. – We have to be specific in what we are believing God for. – Our faith is not equally…

2 Corinthians 10:3-5, 2:11; Galatians 3:16; Psalm 119; Ephesians 6:10-11; Genesis 1:11-12; Luke 8:11; James 4:7; Isaiah 10:27; 1 John 2:20; 1 Corinthians 1 Examples of Strongholds Pride, self-righteousness, stubbornness, judgmental attitudes, being critical, fear, insecurity, inferiority complex, rejection, bitterness; blaming others, envy, covetou…

Isaiah 53:3-5, 35:5-6; Matthew 11:2-6, 4:23-25, 9:22, 27-29; Luke 4:40; James 4:2, 5:13-16; Matthew; John 5:3-8; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Hebrews 10: 23 – We cannot stay in the position where we need spiritual milk,, we need to have meat. – Meat of the Word will help us to grow. Why doesn’t God always heal, if He is a healer? – Sometimes God doesn’t …

2 Corinthians 10:3-5; Deuteronomy 12:1-3 – We all have strongholds in our life, they’re called ‘issues.” – Strongholds, places that are fortified to protect it against attack. – A place where a particular cause on belief is staunchly defended. – A stronghold is a mindset, a way of thinking that hinders our growth and development. – The result of li…

Mark 4:35-41; Galatians 2:20; Matthew 3:17, 10:29-31; Ephesians 1:6; Psalm 121:3-4, 55:22, 139:17; 1 Peter 5:6-7; Isaiah 49:16 – Living by faith is living in the power of God. – Our faith is growing stronger. – We will live by faith more than ever before. – Faith is a fruit of the Spirit. It is God-given. – Just as the storm came quickly on the dis…

Ephesians 6:10-18; Isaiah 14:12; Revelation 9:1; 12:3-4,7-9; Luke 10:18; Acts 4:7-14,18-21; 5:28-40; 1 Peter 5:8 – We cannot put off the putting on. – We put on so we can fight off the schemes of the devil. – Our battle is not against people. – The devil does not act alone. – They that be with us are more than they that be with them. – This is not …

Matthew 9:27-31, 8:10,13, 15:28; Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Luke 8:11-18 – Faith is for day to day living. – Faith is not an occasional thing. It’s not for special occasions. – Living by faith means we stay in close contact with Jesus. – We will start making better decisions if we live our life by f…

Luke 5:1-7; 2 Chronicles 20:17 -2021 has to pay for 2020. – We need to stop tying the will of God to our earthly calendar. – The idea that God waits until January 1st to do a new thing is man-made. – Divine reset is not tied to any specific time of the year. – When circuits get overloaded, they trip, so you might have to reset it. #selahmoment – Th…

Psalm 62:1-2; 63:1-8; 34:1 – It’s easy to praise God when we’re on the mountaintop. It emanates from a place of joy. – Valley praise is different. There are shadows of death in the valley. Disappointments sorrow, troubles. – If the God of the mountaintop is worthy of praise so is the God of the valley. – A valley praise is more authentic than a mou…

Matthew 1:18-21 – What we do affects other people. – When we are in the midst of a thing, God appears and speaks right unto the heart of the matter. – Jesus is the only One who can save us from our sins. – We cannot play hide and seek with God. He knows where we are and He will always find us. – We cannot be so quick to condemn something or someone…

Hebrews 1:1-2, 11:6; Ecclesiastes 5:3; Romans 4:16-18; Mark 11:24; Luke 5:17-18, 25-26 – Speak only if you improve the silence. – Filling the silence often reveals a lack of confidence or over-confidence. – Self-assuredness is always measured. – If God has not said He will do it, He is under no obligation to perform it. – What God thinks is in no c…

Luke 19:10, 15:3-9; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Acts 1:8 – Jesus came to seek and to save that which was lost, the relationship, the peace, the joy, the hope, the authority. All that and more. – God is here to lash His love on us. – God never stops searching for us, even if we create the mess. – There are too many people who profess the love of God and do n…

Luke 2:25-38 – Expectancy is thinking or hoping that something good is about to happen. – God wants to speak to us more than we want to listen. – We don’t have to be in a special category in order for God to share things with us that He is not sharing with anyone else. – When we are committed to God we recognize Jesus when He comes. – Jesus is the …

Isaiah 9:6-7; Psalm 68:19; Luke 4:5-8; Philippians 2:5-7; John 1:1-3,14,11-12 – Before things come to be, they are. – The child that was born is the humanity of God. The Son given is His divinity. – Whatever God has for us, is ours. We are the ones who give it away. – A man (Adam) gave things away, a man (Jesus) had to be born to take it back. – Go…

John 1:23-28,20; 2 Kings 7:1-2,17; Hebrews 10:19-22; Luke 2:8-15 – The testimony of the world is not ours. – We are not better than anyone else in the world, but we are in a better situation because we are people of God. – We have direct access to God. No intermediary is necessary. God loves us dearly. – We need to start asking God for the things H…

Psalm 51:10; Genesis 4:4-7; Numbers 13:30, 14:6-8,24; Hebrews 4:16; Joshua 14:6-12 – We all need ‘Nathans” in our life. – David drifted away. Sudden movements that overtime create distance. – God accepted Abel’s offering but did not accept Cain’s. Cain did not have the right spirit. – The right spirit will create intimacy between us and God. – God …

Matthew 14:19-21; Mark 6:42; Luke 12:13-21; Psalm 91:16; John 10:10, 6:11-13; 2 Samuel 12:7-8 – Jesus takes what we give Him and multiplies it. – If we hold onto what we have, we give God nothing to work with. – People would rather hold on to what they have, than giving it to God. – The way to get from less to more, is to give what you have. – We n…

John 16:12-13, 14:17,26, 17:17; Exodus 10; Genesis 18:1-8,17-21, 24:12-15; Isaiah 45:11, 46:10, 65:24 – It’s advantageous that the Spirit comes. The Word of God is a separator. – We never just want to be separated from something (separated from the world), we want to be separated to something. Separated to the peace, joy, triumph of God. – God will…

Matthew 14:16-18; Psalm 116:12; Luke 6:38, Luke 5:1-7; Mark 6:38-39; Exodus 4:1-5 – We need to render unto God. Surrender what we have to Him. – We can never get to the place of victory without surrendering. -In order to hold onto something it requires a closed hand. – A closed hand can’t receive. – The receiving position is the giving position. – …

2 Chronicles 20:12-17; 1 Corinthians 2:11; John 5:1,4-5 – In spite of where we are, in spite of our circumstances, we are overcomers! – God always has a word for us – in the midst of it. – God is not going to talk to you in the sunshine and not in the rain. – The first word God has for us, is be not afraid, be not dismayed in the face of your probl…