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The Right Place at the Right Time
“Let me share one of my core convictions: God is in the business of strategically positioning us in the right place at the right time. A sense of destiny is our birthright as followers of Christ. God is awfully good at getting us where He wants us to go. But here’s the catch: The right place often seems like the wrong place, and the right time often seems like the wrong time
Here’s the point: God is in the résumé-building business. He is always using past experiences to prepare us for future opportunities. But those God-given opportunities often come disguised as man-eating lions. And how we react when we encounter those lions will determine our destiny. We can cower in fear and run away from our greatest challenges. Or we can chase our God-ordained destiny by seizing the God-ordained opportunity.
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In this daily, personal guide Steven leads you deeper into Scripture as you begin to live the life God created and saved us for.
Read the first chapter of Sun Stand Still Devotional.
Over the next forty days, youll have the opportunity to see what audacious faith can look like in your own [ … ]
What’s In a Name
“In the sixty-six books of the Bible that were written over approximately fifteen hundred years, God revealed various names that reflect His multifaceted character and infinitely diverse ways. To the outcast Hagar, He was El Roi, the God Who Sees. To the needy Abraham, He was Yahweh Yireh, the Lord Will Provide. To the rock-toting teen warrior David, He was El Shaddai, the All-Sufficient One. In each of these instances, God revealed a new aspect of His being to show that He was sufficient to take care of every need, all powerful to take care of every foe, and all present to take care of every circumstance.”
Excerpted from Knowing God by Name by Sharon Jaynes, Gwen Smith, and Mary Southerland
Daily Reflection: Which name of God is the most meaningful and personal to you?
Your Supernatural Life
“He did not place you on this earth to notice Him at work only once or twice in your whole life. He did not create you to consistently miss out on the wonder of His presence and power. The truth is, you were born to live a supernatural life doing God’s work by God’s power. You were born to walk out your door each morning believing that God will use you to deliver a necessary miracle today.”
Excerpted from You Were Born for This by Bruce Wilkinson
Daily Reflection: Do you believe that God will use you to deliver a necessary miracle today?
Hearing God’s Voice
The key message about the Holy Spirit’s role is very simple: He helps me. He helps me know what to say when I’m speechless. He helps me know when to speak and when to keep my mouth closed
You might be wondering if the Holy Spirit really speaks to us in such clear ways. The simple answer is yes. The truth is that most of us don’t have any trouble believing that God speaks to us. We just get frustrated because we don’t know exactly what He’s saying. Almost every one of us has a desire, even a desperation, to hear with confidence the voice of God. Who wants to stumble through life without the benefit of the clear direction and inward peace that comes from hearing God’s voice? The great news is that God doesn’t want that for us [ … ]
An Extraordinary Life
“My task is to bring out in the open and make plain what God, who created all this in the first place, has been doing in secret and behind the scenes all along. Through followers of Jesus like yourselves gathered in churches, this extraordinary plan of God is becoming known and talked about even among the angels! (Ephesians 3:910, MSG)
There’s One Person above all others who desires an extraordinary life for you. He is a Father who delights, like any good father, in the achievements and happiness of His children. His name is God! And nothing will please Him more than seeing you reach your highest potential.”
Excerpted from Extraordinary: Keys to a Breakthrough Life by John Bevere
Daily Reflection: Do you believe God wants you to reach your highest potential?
Knowing I AM
“If God’s name is I AM WHO I AM, as He confided to Moses, then my name must be I am not. After all, by the nature of the name and title I AM, the rest of us must be called something elseand that something is I am not I AM, or in short, I am not
“Hmm. What’s so good about this news?” you may be asking.After all, many of us have spent our lives trying to do more,gain more, become more influential, get ahead, and lead the way.The message of “I am not” seemingly comes as an affront to ourpursuit of being all we can be and experiencing the very best wecan achieve. Yet, the fact that our names are I am not does notrequire us to put ourselves down, but rather to embrace the factthat we have [ … ]