Grow Devotes

“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.” Ephesians 4:4-6 (NKJV) Unity is a bond that occurs between people who are sharing God’s love. Unity causes us to embrace one another, accepting and strengthening one another. Unity...

“…If the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.” Matthew 15:14   As we mature in the Lord, even though it hurts our hearts to watch, we sometimes see younger believers make choices that will cause them trouble and distance them from knowing God more fully. It is even more tragic when we see how the enemy cunningly works to infiltrate a group of people to work...

“If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home.” Psalm 91:9-10 (NLT)   Its undeniable that much of Psalm 91 is about God’s promise to keep illness from even coming close to those who make Him their shelter – those who are yielded to His Lordship and spend time in His presence. ...

“Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 (NLT)   Psalm 91 is one of the more familiar passages of scriptures on the protection of God. Verse one speaks of the shelter that we have in God. A shelter is a covering that protects you by taking the impact of an element or strike against you. A...

“For He will order His angels to protect you wherever you go.”  Psalm 91:11 (NLT)   This verse about angelic protection is for the believer who chooses to surrender their life to God and spend time in His presence. It goes on to say about angels in verse 12, “they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.”    It is...

“…I am the Lord who heals you.” Exodus 15:26   Just like each Christian has their own testimony of their salvation story, those who receive healing have their own healing story. No two stories are the same. God is personal with each one of us, not only providing our healing; but also about His relationship with us as our healer.    God isn’t just about the healing; He’s about making...

  “…whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” Mark 11:23   Your words can be used as tools to exercise the authority that has been delegated to you through Jesus Christ. Words can also be used to locate your heart, revealing...

“…at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalm 16:11   There are times when healing is a specific touch that cures a defined ailment, but divine health is a continual flow of power that we can live in everyday.  There have been occasions when a person has received a touch of God’s healing power, but later the symptoms of that physical ailment returned. This can happen for several reasons, but...

“Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness- by whose stripes you were healed.” I Peter 2:24   The salvation that Jesus provided on the cross brought us wholeness in spirit, in soul, and in body. The Greek word for salvation is “sozo.” A study of that word shows that salvation not only included freedom from...

“Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.” Mark 11:24   To receive eternal life, we believe the message that God loves us, He wants to save us from eternal torment, and He sent Jesus to die in our place for our sins. Then we ask Him to forgive us and we believe we receive the...

“…Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.”  Matthew 18:3   In Matthew 18:3, the Greek word for little children is literally a nursing infant. A nursing baby is dependent upon its mother for milk as well has for its care. This is an accurate description of our faith relationship with God – one...

”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,...