Daily Bible Reading - Tuesday - February 23rd

You know it must have been just awesome to be in the time of Jesus and be there when He fed the 5000, oh to be able to watch such a miracle happen right before your eyes.  And the thing about it was when they were finally done feeding everything, it says everyone took plenty and there were still 12 baskets of bread and fish left over, that’s more then they started with in the beginning!!  To be there when Jesus walked on water would have been awesome too, it scared the disciples, and they thought He was a ghost.  Can you just see the water raging and waves so high you think the boat is going to tip over and all of  sudden there Jesus appears, climbs into the boat and calms the waters, my goodness what a miracle and I’m sure the disciples were relieved the storm was calmed.  Can you just imagine the crowds that were following Him at that time?  It seemed everywhere He went he was recognized and people flocked to Him bringing all the sick to be healed, not just a few but thousands and thousands, all those miracle healings that took place, my goodness what an interesting time to be in, and even today miracle after miracle takes place all the time around us if we sit still a minute and think about it.

Verse 4 and 5 of Psalms today I really loved.  O the Joys of those who trust in the Lord and His plans for us are so numerous.  The really are, God has such great plans for us all, it’s just up to us if they get carried out or not, and you know Gods plan in our lives is the ultimate plan for us, whether we think so or not it truly is the only plan we should be following.

Today’s Reading

Leviticus 14:1-57
Mark 6:30-56
Psalm 40:1-10
Proverbs 10:11-12

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.