Daily Devotional Podcast

Do you know God talks to people everyday? The question is, do we hear what He has to tell us?  Isaiah 40:28:31 is proof.

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I've come to remind you that God remembers what He promised you. He still has favor, grace and mercy for you and His promises never come back void when we believe Him at His word. He is also and always will be a forgiving God. We have to have faith that He will do what He said He would. Remember what Jeremiah 29:11 says.

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I read two quotes the other day. One said, "hitting rock bottom has produced greater leaders than having an easy life" and the other said, "there are no strong people who have had an easy past." And I totally agree with them both. Let me ask you this: Can you name one person in the bible who was a great leader who didn't go through anything? Can you a great leader who wasn't in the bible who didn't go through anything? I cannot.

2 Timothy 1:8 says "Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord." And not only does that mean not to ashamed of God. It means not to be ashamed of what He's done for us.

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Hope and faith are pretty much the same thing, because alot of hope -- if that's possible -- equals a mustard seed of faith. And you know about mustard seeds. They're excessively small, but once they burst open, watch out. It's an explosion of goodness all over. Don't you just love a faithful attitude? I do. Jesus said, "if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20) 

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I have a friend who is a backsliding Christian. Yet she continuously uses God's word over her life. She's not living the way a traditional Christian lives, but let me tell you, she believes what the bible says and she has several verses that she quotes all the time. Her life is pretty abundant too. What do you think about that? I know what I think about it and that is what Isaiah 55:11 says, which is: "so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."  God is not a respecter of persons and He will bless who He wants to  bless.

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So I was looking at a person who posted her podcast numbers on a social media site. And I have to admit, they were very impressive. Her podcast was only published for less than 6 months and the growth was remarkable. While looking at her post I thought about my numbers and how much longer I had my podcast, but how much smaller my numbers were. And for a quick moment I began to ask God why, but it wasn't 2 seconds later -- literally -- that I stopped mid-thought and said, 'I'm happy for her podcast and I'm happy for my podcast too.' You see how quickly I shifted my thoughts? We have to be careful and be cognizant of what  Philippians 4:7 says, which is: "and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."  

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There are so many remarkable people in the bible who went through the fire, but because of their faith, they come out unscathed. They didn't give in or they didn't give up when their back was against the wall. They continued on despite any obstacle around them. Do you know, when challenges come, if we will just continue to hang in there and keep trudging along, something great is bound to happen? It may not be right away, but eventually it will happen. Hebrews 11 tells about many of those people.  

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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. That's according to the story in  1 John 1:1-18).

Today I've come to remind you about what 2 Corinthians 5:17 says about you and that is, you are a new creation, because of the God who lives in you. That means you have the inherited right to be exactly who you are and nobody else. 

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Have you ever heard of the Hall of Faith? It's in Hebrews 11 and it highlights different leaders God brought from the valley to the mountain tops. He used people who were once broken and low, but had so much faith that God blessed and used them to influence many people and draw them to God. 

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