And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God,

and whereby  ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

-Ephesians 4:30                                                                          One scholar has translated Ephesians 4:30 in the following way:

“Stop deeply wounding and causing such extreme emotional pain to the Spirit of God, by whom you have been sealed until the day of your redemption.”

We need to realize how precious the Holy Spirit is in our lives and honor Him by making sure we live holy and upright lives . If our behavior has been wrong, we should confess our sin and receive cleansing by the blood of Jesus so we can be restored to fellowship with the Holy Spirit of God.

So before you get started with your daily duties today, stop and ask, “Holy Spirit, is there anything in my life that causes YOU grief? If there is, please reveal it to me so I can change.”

Our Confession For Today

Starting today, I make the choice to walk away from everything in my life that is displeasing and desecrating to the Holy Spirit’s Presence within me. I walk away from every negitive thought, word, and and deed that has tried to operate in me and that is dishonoring to Him. I turn the other direction to walk a new walk and talk a new talk that shows respect and love for the Spirit of God who dwells inside of me.

I declare this by faith in Jesus’ name!

Have a great day everyone and God bless you all!

For God’s Glory,

Pastor Tom

Wherefore I put you in remembrance that you stir up the gift of God,

which is in you by the putting on of my hands

- 2 Timothy 1:6

Have you ever experienced the dilivering and recuing power of God? I’m talking about those moments when your situation looks completely hopeless- but suddenly God’s amazing grace intervenes and your situation is miraculously changed! Can you think of moments like this in the past?

It’s amazing that when we are confronted with a new challenge, we offten fail to remember God’s faithfulness in the past. Our perspective gets blurry because of problems we are currently facing, and we forget that we’ve gone through similar or worse circumstances before. The looming mountain of problems before us looks so big that we momentarily fail to remember all the other mountains we’ve already faced and overcome with the help of God.

Don’t ever forget what God has already done for you, for those memories will stir up and encourage you to face your present dilemma with faith. Just as God has always been faithful to you in the past, He will be faithful to you right now.

Our Confession For Today

I confess that God has never failed me or let me down. He has always delivered me from difficult times, and He will rescue and deliver me now as well. Today I will dwell on those past moments when God did for me what everyone thought was impossible! Just as He intervened on my behalf in the past. He will intervene on my behalf again! I will not succumb to fear, doubt, or failure. With God’s help, I will conquer what the enemy meant for my downfall and defeat!

I declare this by faith in Jesus’ Name!

Have a great day everyone and may God bless you richly!

For I know that this shall turn to my salvation

through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

- Philippians 1:19

Now Philippians 1:19 could be taken to mean:

“I am certain that this situation will ultimately turn around and result in my deliverance. I’m sure of it- first, because you are praying for me; and second , because of the special contribution of the Spirit that Jesus Christ is donating for my present case.”

This means when you’ve run out of steam; when you’ve given your best effort and don’t feel like you have another ounce of energy left to give; when it looks like your resources are drained and you are unable to take one more step unless someone steps in to help you- that is exactly the moment when Jesus Christ becomes your personal benefactor! Jesus steps into your life at that moment to donate a massive, overwhelming, generous contribution of the Spirit’s grace and power for your cause!

So when your natural human will is too tired to keep going and you’ve exhausted all your resourses, let Jesus reinforce you with  a new ’supply of the Spirit’ that will give you all the strenght you will ever need. Just open your heart to the Holy Spirit’s help today. Allow Him to fill you with a supply of power so large, you could never even begin to use it all! So open the Bible and when you do you’ll open the mouth of God and He will bring the VICTORY to you today.

Our Confession For Today

I  declare by faith that I am filled and recharged with the Spirit of God. There is no lack of strenght in me because Jesus continuously provides a huge supply of the Spirit in my life that empowers me to achive everything I need to do. There is no excuse for me to fail or to stop short of the goals God has given me for my life, because in the Spirit of God there is enough supernatural strength and power to energize me to finish my divine assignment!

I declare this by faith in Jesus’ name!

Have a great day everyone and God bless you all!

For God’s Glory,

Pastor Tom

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,

to the which also you are called in one body; and be you thankful.

- Colossians 3:15

Have you ever had one of those days when there was so much confusion whirling around your head that you felt like screaming, “STOP” ?

From time to time, everyone has had that kind of day. And when you do, your temptation is probably either to get in the flesh and react to someone in an ugly way or to get depressed, go to bed, and forget about it all. However, you know that neither choice will help you solve the problems you are facing.

Rather than throwing in the towel and give way to these emotions that want to get the best of you, why not stop right now and make a decision to let the Word of God rule you today?When I say “rule” you, I m talking about God’s supernatural peace dominating and governing every emotion and situation that confronts you. If you don’t make this decision and follow through with it, worry, fear, insecurity, doubt and a whole host of other emotions will assuredly try to take control. And there is no worst rollercoaster  ride than when you are being knocked  all over the place by emotions that are out of control!

Even though it’s true that everyone has hard days and difficult weeks, you don’t have to surrender to those emotions that try to steal your relationships, and rob you of your victory. When you feel overwhelmed by problems or emotions that are hitting you from every direction , just stop a moment and deliberately set you heart and mind on Jesus and the Word of God. As you do this, the wonderful, conquering, dominating, supernatural peace of God will rise up from your spirit and take control!

Our Confession For Today

I confess that God’s supernatural peace dominates me. When I am tempted to get upset and my emotions try to take control of me, I put those emotions aside and allow the Spirit of God to release a supernatural, dominating, moderating peace to rule my heart, mind, and emotions!

I declare this by faith in Jesus name!

Have a great day everyone and may God bless you richly!

For God’s Glory,

Pastor Tom