Grow Devotes

”For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.” Galatians 5:6   Real faith avails something; real faith has results. This verse says that faith is working. That means that faith is activating, energizing, and working, and it’s working through love.    It makes sense that faith and love go hand-in-hand. I John 4:7 tells us that God is love. If we are going...

“If the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” John 8:36    When we lean on the Lord in faith, we not only believe in Him, but we put our active trust in Him. In a relationship with the Lord, He will cause us to experience a powerful liberty from anything that has a binding grip on us. There is nothing that is stronger than our God! We...

“Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105    Real faith is dependent upon God in a trusting relationship with Him. There have been several times in scripture when God required people of faith to trust Him by acting in obedience by taking one step at a time. They didn’t always know the full picture or the next step in God’s plan,...

“…fulfill your ministry.” II Timothy 4:5   To fulfill a ministry, a person also needs to grow their ministry. Starting a ministry is not the same as growing a ministry or bringing a ministry to a place of fulfillment.    Aim Your Ministry – To grow your ministry, you need to have a vision for what God wants to accomplish in that ministry. One you know where you are going,...

“…be filled with the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:18   If we want to fulfill our ministry, then we and our ministry are going to need to stay refreshed. Acts 3:19 mentions times of refreshing that follow our surrender to the Lord. Those times of refreshing from the Spirit of God come continually as we consistently position ourselves in His presence.    Ephesians 5:18 says that we are to be filled with...

“Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.” Proverbs 4:23   If we want to fulfill our ministry, we need to guard our ministry. To guard our ministry, we need to first guard ourselves in spirit, soul, and body. As leaders, we also must put a guard on the issues that surround us in our...

“…I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God  in Christ Jesus.”  Philippians 3:14   To fulfill the ministry that God has called each of us to, we have to stay true to our calling. To stay true to our calling requires that we stay focused and diligent to our task. It requires that we stay consecrated to a holy lifestyle. It requires that we...

“…Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men.”  Colossians 3:23   If we want to fulfill our ministry, we need to apply ourselves to do the work of the ministry. That means we need to put forth effort, effort toward both spiritual and natural matters that pertain to the ministry that we’ve been called to. The work that we do should be done diligently,...

“…equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry…”   Ephesians 4:12   God doesn’t start a thing without expectation of accomplishment. God does not call you without the expectation of you completing your ministry. God will prepare you, equip you, resource you, shape you, anoint you, instruct you, transform you – so that you will produce results for His glory and bring Him great pleasure.    Preparation provides...

“…that you may know what is the hope of His calling…”  Ephesians 1:18   Before we can run our race, we have to know which race is ours to run.  If I’ve been signed up to run a relay race, but I run a long distance race instead, I’ve lost my race. Even if I outran everyone in the long distance race, the race that counts is the race I...

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.” Proverbs 18:21    Because God has given us authority on the earth, the words we speak are powerful. We can speak words that bring life and blessing. We can also speak words that bring trouble and destruction. Because we can cause blessing and cursing with the words that we speak, God...

“…faith without works is dead.” James 2:20   Jesus and His disciples were headed to Jerusalem for Passover. Along the way, Jesus was hungry. Even though it wasn’t the season for figs, Jesus walked up to a fig tree, expecting to find fruit to eat. When Jesus did not find figs on the tree, He told the tree, “Let no one eat fruit from you ever again.” Then Jesus and...

“(29) Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, (30) by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.” Acts 4:29-30    When Jesus was on the earth, He demonstrated how to minister the anointing to His disciples. One way that we observe Jesus...

  “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and in earth. Go therefore…” Matthew 28:18-19a    Jesus came to the earth in human form for one main purpose:  to restore the position of mankind back to God through the removal of the penalty of sin. Jesus accomplished His mission by paying death’s ransom by becoming sin and dying on the...

Jesus said, “For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.” John 12:49    Even though Jesus was God’s Son, when Jesus was on the earth, He operated as a man anointed by the Holy Spirit. He walked on the earth as an example to us, to illustrate to us how...