Daily Bible Reading - Sunday - February 14th

Can you imagine being at the tomb when the Angel of the Lord rolled away the stone?  The bible says that the guards shook and then were like dead men, meaning they passed out.  What a site that must have been, seeing Jesus as bright as lightning and His clothes as white as snow, that will give you Holy Ghost bumps just picturing that in my mind.  And then the Angel talking to both Mary’s and telling them to go have a look for themselves, I think I would have been amazed at the whole thing more then amazed I’m sure.  What an awesome God to send His only Son to lay down His life just for us just so we can have life and have it with such abundance, that’s just so awesome.

Today’s Reading

Exodus 37:1-38:31
Matthew 28:1-20
Psalm 34:11-22
Proverbs 9:9-10

Daily Devotional

"You will also declare a thing, and it shall be established…"
(Job 22:28, NKJ)

In the Old Testament there was an Israelite woman who was about to give birth. She had just heard that the Ark of the Covenant that housed God's presence had been stolen. She was so upset about it that she named her baby boy Ichabod, which means "the glory has departed." Notice what she did; she named her future by what was happening in her present. She could have just as easily named him "the glory will return," but she was so focused on the negative, so caught up in where she was at that moment that she defined her future by it.

Friend, don't ever name your future by your present day cir****tances. You may have had some hard times in the past, but get that "Ichabod" spirit off of you. It may look like you're stuck in a rut and you don't really see how you could ever rise any higher, but don't speak defeat over your life. Instead, name your future: blessed, prosperous, successful, victorious, healthy, whole, strong, talented, creative, wise. Declare what God's Word says so that you can move forward in the destiny He has prepared for you!

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Heavenly Father, thank You for the good future that You have prepared for me. Today I choose to come into agreement with Your Word and declare Your blessing over my life. Keep me close to You as I surrender every area of my life to You. In Jesus' Name. Amen.