Kingdom Of Christ

Belonging to the kingdom of Christ means you know the kingdom has come. In Matthew 12:28, Jesus said, “If I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.” He said similar things when he healed people and showed his authority. That is the whole point of the miraculous earthly ministry of Jesus. He was proving that God had come into the world in a new and powerful way. Satan would be bound like a dog on a short leash. Death would no longer have the power of fear in human hearts. Because the king had come, his kingdom had come. In Luke 17:21, the Pharisees ask Jesus when the kingdom of God would come. Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, ‘Here it is, or there it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within [or among] you.” This was a radical statement. When everybody looked forward to the day when God would fix everything, set up his kingdom in a specific nation, and sort out the good guys and the bad guys once and for all, Jesus said, take a look, and you will see that God’s reigning power is right here among you, because I am among you.

Belonging to the kingdom of Christ also means you have a different source of life. In John 3:5 Jesus said, “No one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. You must be born again.” Living in the kingdom of Christ means that you have a different way of life because you have a different source of life. Your spiritual birth means that your heart longs for what God loves, your emotions respond to things that are good and right, and your mind is awakened to what God is doing and sharpened by the specific teachings that come through his word. You’re alive to God and alive to the world around you. When you see kingdoms in conflict your heart breaks because you know that if everybody was born into and lived under the goodness and authority of the kingdom of Christ, life would be different.

Ungrateful Heart

Consider this: 

God didnt give us our mouths to complain. We may not hv everything we wld like today, in fact, we may be dealt w a whole lot of problems, but murmuring is going to make matters worse. We need to quit looking at what we dont hv n start thanking God for what we do hv.

Many people go around complaining, always looking at what's wrong. They see the negative in every situation n then they wonder y they R not happy n not enjoying their lives.  

Really, it's bcos they hv an ungrateful heart, an unthankful attitude. It's not a situational issue, but a heart issue! 

If they don't get to the root cause n start changing their mindsets, their situations will not change for the better.

Some people R unhappy w their spouses..."Well, U dont  know my wife...she's this, she's that..." "Well, U dont know my husband, he's this, he's that.. I dont even enjoy his presence."

Many people R lonely today, n they wish they hv someone to dine with, to share their lives with...

Let's remember this: no matter how imperfect our partners R, our children R, our physical appearances R, someone out there has it a lot worse than we do. Someone would love to trade places w us.

E.g. We may not hv the perfect job, the nicest of employers, colleagues n a fat paycheck... But be thankful that we r not in an employment line. Imagine being laid off for a year...no money to pay bills, banks sending in legal letters, not a single dollar to buy a simple meal... Then suddenly our former employer called n offered the same job. U know how thrilled we would be to hv that old job back... We no longer care abt the nasty boss, the mean colleagues, the long hours, the lousy company system etc.

What made the difference? Our perspective changed!!

Thanksgiving is abt having a positive mindset n a grateful heart.:D Everyone has a reason to give thanks. Even a handicapped person can be thankful that he is alive n still breathing:D 

More than a million people die every single week. Think about it, if we hv a roof over our heads, we r better off than 75% of the world's population. If we hv a hundred dollar in our account, we r already considered in the top 10% of the world's wealthiest people. 

How blessed we are!! Praise the Lord. Hallelujah:D

Condemnation Killed

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:1, NASB

Many people are sick today because of guilt and condemnation.

Condemnation kills! People condemn themselves for their sins and failures, receive condemnation from others and even think that God is condemning them to a life of sickness.

The good news of the gospel is that there is ABSOLUTELY no condemnation for us who are in Christ, because Christ has already been condemned in our place at Calvary!

Beloved, freely receive God’s gift of no condemnation today by meditating on and thanking Him for it. When you reach out and receive God’s gift of no condemnation, you’ll receive your healing and the wholeness you desire, fully paid for by the blood of His Son

Hope You Could Dream Of

Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope."
Psalm 119:49
Whatever your especial need may be, you may readily find some promise in the Bible suited to it. Are you faint and feeble because your way is rough and you are weary? Here is the promise--"He giveth power to the faint." When you read such a promise, take it back to the great Promiser, and ask him to fulfil his own word. Are you seeking after Christ, and thirsting for closer communion with him? This promise shines like a star upon you--"Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled." Take that promise to the throne continually; do not plead anything else, but go to God over and over again with this--"Lord, thou hast said it, do as thou hast said." Are you distressed because of sin, and burdened with the heavy load of your iniquities? Listen to these words--"I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions, and will no more remember thy sins." You have no merit of your own to plead why he should pardon you, but plead his written engagements and he will perform them. Are you afraid lest you should not be able to hold on to the end, lest, after having thought yourself a child of God, you should prove a castaway? If that is your state, take this word of grace to the throne and plead it: "The mountains may depart, and the hills may be removed, but the covenant of my love shall not depart from thee." If you have lost the sweet sense of the Saviour's presence, and are seeking him with a sorrowful heart, remember the promises: "Return unto me, and I will return unto you;" "For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee." Banquet your faith upon God's own word, and whatever your fears or wants, repair to the Bank of Faith with your Father's note of hand, saying, "Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope."

Do Not Fear Bad News

…Those who are righteous…do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.

Psalm 112:6–8, NLT

Wake up every day expecting good. Keep your thoughts and mind positive, full of joy, full of hope and full of anticipation of all the good things God has in store for you, His beloved!

Spring up from your bed, stand in front of your mirror and boldly declare, “I am the disciple whom Jesus loves. I am the apple of His eye. Everything I do and touch shall be blessed! The Lord’s wisdom, favor and provision flow mightily in and through me. Amen!”

When you do this, you are accessing the Lord’s abundant provision for you, and all the stress, worries, negative emotions and anxieties will fade away.

Perhaps today, you have to make an important presentation to your biggest client, or go for the final interview for a job you really want. Or maybe you are way behind the curve in completing an important project at work. Whatever the demands on you, start the day expecting good and see His provision flowing toward you

The Power Of God

“Rabbi,” His disciples asked Him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?” “It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “This happened so the power of God could be seen in him.”

John 9:2–3, NLT

I love how our Lord Jesus is such a loving and practical God. When there is a problem, He goes straight to the solution!
Before Jesus stepped in to heal the man born blind, his disciples were caught up in uncovering whose sin had made the man blind. Jesus, on the other hand, was interested only in using His power to give the poor man sight!
The same way Jesus didn’t get sucked into the “blame game” is the same way He doesn’t want you to. So don’t ask what or whose sin caused your sickness. Forget about what you should or shouldn’t have done or why it happened. Be preoccupied instead with your solution—Jesus Christ, who through the cross has removed every sin in your life and who wants to work a miracle in your body

Only 1 Thing Is Needed

And Jesus answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Luke 10:41–42

You know the story—Martha was busy serving Jesus while her sister, Mary, sat at His feet and drew from Him words of life. Martha didn’t like it that Mary wasn’t helping her, so she complained about it to Jesus.

Who do you think Jesus defended? He defended Mary.

Many believers think that it’s better to give than to receive. Now, that’s true in our relationships with people. But when it comes to our relationship with the Lord, it’s better to RECEIVE from Him than to try to give to Him! Jesus describes Himself as the “bread of life”, in essence telling us that He wants us to partake of Him and receive from Him all the nourishment, strength, healing, provision and abundant life we can take!

Beloved, our Lord loves it when we take from Him. That’s why Mary pleased Jesus. So I encourage you to be a Mary today. Our loving Savior loves it when we draw from His unending reservoir of strength, wisdom, favor, peace and life! - By Pastor Prince

My Testimony

That exactly what i did when i fall from Grace...Look to Him to bring you out of all trouble...Many of us don`t believed that is possible, many of us want to have feeling or want to see miracle happen to ourselves  first before we believed God will bring us out of all trouble by just looking at Him. Jesus sacrified at the Cross, make it possible ..My friends God is well able, just seek His help you will see miracle happen stop doubting.....

Never Give Up

God…shares with us the life of His Son and our Master Jesus. He will never give up on you. Never forget that. 1 Corinthians 1:9, THE MESSAGE Make no mistake: Jesus is the purest form of life, and He has called us to share intimately with Him this incredible God-kind of life. It’s a life where sicknesses and diseases have no place. And when you became a born-again believer, God qualified you to partake of this life. Today, in the face of your symptoms, in the midst of your fears and worries, meditate on this truth and see the very life of God available and supplied to you right now. See yourself—spirit, soul and body—immersed and surrounded by the very life that fills our Lord Jesus. It will swallow up every symptom of pain, weakness and death until you are walking in its fullness - By Pastor Prince My Testimony Many of us fail to realise how powerful our God is same go for me all this while until i fall from Grace. Before this i had try with my full strength or other words effort (day and night to be successful be it in Business, Work, Happiness, Wealth, Love ..etc...) THE HARDER I TRY THE FASTER I FALL and END UP Disappointed...But when I realise who He is, I rest in Him and He empower me to life up tall and begin to see success ahead and with success at a very short time, allow me to dreams much bigger than before...And this dreams is not like the world think but dreams which God promise will come to past......GIVE UP ON SELF EFFORT ....LOOK TO GOD.....

Delight Yourself Also In the Lord

Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:4

Many people are in financial debt today because they are trying to find their security, identity and esteem in material things, instead of in Christ. So they end up buying things that they don’t need to impress people who really don’t care!

This erroneous mindset leads to the destructive habit of folks spending beyond their means, making only partial payments on their monthly credit card bills, and overextending themselves with mortgages they cannot afford and car loans they cannot service. Then, they end up asking God why there is no provision for their debts.

Beloved, being caught in this destructive habit and debt cycle is not God’s heart for His precious children. Let’s understand that having more things doesn’t complete us. Only Jesus can fill that vacuum. So find your security and completion in Christ. You have a treasure in you, One far more precious than anything money can buy. Anchor your security and identity in Jesus and delight yourself in Him alone

By Pastor Prince 

Do Not Despise

Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin…

Zechariah 4:10, NLT

It’s interesting to see how God never despises the little things.

When the boy brought his five loaves and two fish, the disciple Andrew scoffed, condescendingly patted the boy on his head and said to Jesus, “What are they among so many?” In direct contrast, God did not despise the boy’s small lunch.

So don’t despise the little things that you have right now. See them as your very own “five loaves and two fish” even when people around you mock and belittle you. Learn to disregard such people and lay your little before Jesus. While you and I have no power to multiply, Jesus certainly does!

Beloved, whatever you are building right now in your career, ministry or business, don’t despise the day of small, humble and seemingly insignificant beginnings. Involve Jesus and allow His provision of favor, wisdom and power to multiply and grow the little things in your hands.
By Pastor Prince..

As for real life  Testimony,
I am actually a person who couldn`t sit still, never satisfied  or impatience of what i have and the worst thing i still live under The Moses Law without knowing i suppose to be under Grace, having the real fear God mentality, at time I wonder whether God really that good or make any different, when you in need He will supply but i fail to realise God do Blessed me all this While until i Fall from Grace when i go to all kind of medium finding short cut to achieved my dreams (Bomoh, Sami, and etc all because i follow some friends in the world and Keep Jesus aside). I Thanks God i fail miserably not only losing everything i have but owing thousand and thousand to banks but some how i realised  i still have Jesus in my Heart. I give out on my self righteous and turn to Jesus. He Save me and deliver me from all troubles. I managed to paid all my debts at a very short time and the best part could even dreams bigger than before but this dream i knew is not a dream but something will come to past with Him doing for me..My Friends, Be Patience, turn to God, He is well Able whatever your dreams is.....
I Really have to Thanks Pastor Prince, His preaching really touch me which make me realised who Jesus really is and keep me hungry for more and also Pastor Joshua...
God Blessed.....

Seek Wisdom Of God

Proverbs 4:5–9

Wise people devote themselves heart and soul to seeking more and more wisdom. Wisdom helps us know the truth and love the lovely. In New Testament terminology, we come to recognize Christ as the wisdom of God (see 1Co 1:24,30; Col 2:2–3), a treasure of supreme worth we are to seek (with mind, heart and soul) at the cost of all else (see Lk 14:33).
Best-selling author Philip Yancey reflects on the position of the believer in relation to Jesus’ supreme sacrifice:
The author and preacher Tony Campolo delivers a stirring sermon adapted from an elderly black pastor at his church in Philadelphia. “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s Comin’” is the title of the sermon, and once you know the title you know the whole sermon. In a cadence that increases in tempo and in volume, Campolo contrasts how the world looked on Friday—when the forces of evil won over the forces of good, when every friend and disciple fled in fear, when the Son of God died on a cross—with how it looked on Easter Sunday. The disciples who lived through both days, Friday and Sunday, never doubted God again. They had learned that when God seems most absent he may be closest of all, when God looks most powerless he may be most powerful, when God looks most dead he may be coming back to life. They had learned not to count God out.
Campolo skipped one day in his sermon, though. The other two days have earned names on the church calendar: Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Yet in a real sense we live on Saturday, the day with no name. What the disciples experienced in small scale—three days, in grief over one man who had died on a cross—we now live through on cosmic scale. Human history grinds on, between the time of promise and fulfillment. Can we trust that God can make something holy and beautiful and 
good out of a world that includes Bosnia and Rwanda, and inner-city ghettoes and jammed prisons in the richest nation on earth? It’s Saturday on planet earth; will Sunday ever come?
That dark, Golgothan Friday can only be called Good because of what happened on Easter Sunday, a day which gives a tantalizing clue to the riddle of the universe. Easter opened up a crack in a universe winding down toward entropy and decay, sealing the promise that someday God will enlarge the miracle of Easter to cosmic scale.
Proverbs 23:23 calls us to “Buy the truth and do not sell it.” We have been handpicked by God as trustees of the wisdom of the cross. Whatever else we do, we owe it to our Creator, Savior and Lord not to sell out.

Think About It

• What can you do to “get wisdom”?
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• In what way is Jesus the “wisdom of God”?
• In what ways do you feel we live on Saturday, the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday?

Pray About It

Lord, sometimes it’s so hard to live here on earth. I long for your redemption. In the meantime, I will wait and seek to live wisely

Healing By Faith

Some people brought to Him a paralyzed man on a mat. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “Be encouraged, My child! Your sins are forgiven.”

Matthew 9:2, NLT

Many of us are familiar with the Gospel account of how four good friends, undeterred by the crowds blocking their way, broke through the roof of the house Jesus was in and lowered their paralyzed friend on his mat, right in front of Jesus.

When Jesus saw the sick man, He said, “Be encouraged, My child! Your sins are forgiven.” These bold, gracious words scandalized some legalistic scribes there, but they penetrated and restored the soul of the poor paralytic. For years, he had probably believed that he was paralyzed because of his sins. Jesus then said to the man, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!” (Matthew 9:6). And the paralytic man leaped to his feet!

I want you to pay attention to this: Before the man could receive healing from the Lord, he needed to be assured that his sins were forgiven. Why? Because receiving becomes easy when you know and believe that you’ve been forgiven of your sins and are free to enjoy all the good that God has for you!

Beloved, know that your sins are forgiven because you believe in Jesus. Begin to thank the Lord for His grace. Rejoice in the fact that you are completely forgiven and receive the healing and provision you need from Him! 

By Pastor Prince

Billionair Lack 1 Thing

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

John 15:5

In more than two decades of ministry, I have learned this from the Lord: Without Him, we cannot. Without us, He will not. What this simply means is that we need to recognize the fact that if we do not depend on Jesus, there can be no real, long-lasting and abiding success—without Him, we cannot. Believers who want to experience His success need to recognize this truth and begin to depend on Jesus and Jesus alone.

So what do I mean when I say, “Without us, He will not”? Well, Jesus is a gentleman. He will not force His unmerited favor and success down your throat. He needs you to allow Him to work in your life. He waits patiently for you to trust Him. He waits patiently for you to depend on His unmerited favor.

Beloved, God’s unmerited favor is ever-flowing toward us and Jesus is waiting for us to come to the end of ourselves. He is waiting for you to stop struggling in your own attempts to somehow “deserve” His favor, and just depend on Him. So in the areas that you are still depending on your own efforts to succeed, start resting in Jesus’ unmerited favor and begin experiencing His manifested presence and glory upon everything you touch

Restored The Power

Now it happened on another Sabbath, also, that He entered the synagogue and taught. And a man was there whose right hand was withered…And when He had looked around at them all, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the other.

Luke 6:6, 10

With each of the Lord’s blessings you experience, be encouraged to know that many more blessings are coming your way. Just as there are many seeds in one fruit, so each of Jesus’ blessings contains many seeds that will go on to provide many more blessings for you and your family.

Consider Jesus’ healing of the man with the withered arm. The Gospel of Luke tells us that it was the man’s right hand that was withered. Now, the right hand is a picture of strength and provision. This man had lost not only his strength, but also his ability to provide! So when Jesus healed this man’s right hand, He not only performed a healing miracle, but He also restored to this man the power and the ability to provide for himself and his family! Hallelujah!

Is your strength and ability to provide “withered” today? Jesus says to you, “Stretch out your hand, be healed and completely restored with the power to provide for yourself and your family

Let Him Remove The Root Of Your Sickness

…the soldiers twisted a crown of thorns and put it on His head…

John 19:2

Doctors tell us that many of the sicknesses we suffer in our bodies are psychosomatic, meaning they are a result of mental or emotional stress that we have put ourselves under.

Perhaps you were abused or emotionally hurt by someone you trusted. Maybe you still feel angry and hurt when you think about it. Beloved, I want to encourage you to start involving Jesus. He is your answer. See the Lord holding you, gently healing your wounds. See Him restoring you, putting courage into your heart and taking away every sense of shame and guilt.

At the cross, Jesus took on Himself the bitter sting of every one of your frustrations, hurts and emotional pains when He wore the crown of thorns on your behalf. He did it so that you can be free from fears, depression and stress.

Today, bring the Lord into every situation of stress instead of allowing it to accumulate and affect your health. Let Jesus saturate your heart and mind with His peace and rest. 

Who Can Separate Us From The Love

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall…nakedness…? Romans 8:35e
The question asked is a personal one. Not “what” can separate us but “who”? The inference is our enemy, Satan, who tries every tactic he can garner to make us think we can be separated from Christ’s love. Today we look at his tactic of “nakedness.”
In the northeast part of China there was a severe flood. Most of the homes were ruined and peoples’ belongings were totally destroyed. There was a couple who were not Christians. The wife was paralyzed from the waist down. They lost everything in the flood so the husband bought some poison pills and was going to give them to his wife and then also take them himself so they could both commit suicide.
They had no place to live so they could only lie on the ground at the train station. They were ragged and filthy with nowhere to bathe and without food. A Christian walked by, saw and smelled them, and asked them what happened. He then invited them to his home. The Christian even carried the crippled wife on his back. This Christian had his wife bathe and clothe the crippled wife. He bathed and clothed the husband. Then they gave them food and shared the gospel with them and this couple committed their lives to Jesus.
The husband of the couple said that they could see from the lives of their hosts that God is real and is a God of love.
The whole church helped this couple to build a house and it also later became a house church meeting place.
RESPONSE: I will live this day aware that nakedness can never separate me from Christ’s love.
PRAYER: Lord, give me eyes of love to help those who need You and also need a practical 

example of Your love for them.

Place It In His Hands

And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

John 6:11–13

When Jesus saw the five loaves and two little fish, unlike His disciples, He didn’t see the naturally impossible demand placed on Him—to feed 5,000 men (not counting the women and children) with a boy’s small lunch. He saw the supernatural supply in His Father’s kingdom.

The result? Not only were the people fed till they were stuffed, there were also 12 baskets full of leftovers!

My friend, are you facing a situation of insufficiency today? Perhaps you can’t find enough time to get your work done, as well as spend quality time with your family. Why not put your time in Jesus’ hands and, as with the five loaves and two little fish, allow Him to multiply it? Jesus will give you the wisdom on how best to use your time.

Try it for yourself. Bring your little to Jesus. He will multiply whatever little you place in His hands with plenty left over

God Waiting For You To Be Blessed

I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.

Genesis 12:2

When God called Abraham, He said to him, “…I will bless you… and you shall be a blessing.” We who are new covenant believers in Christ are called the seed of Abraham (Galatians 3:29), and like Abraham, we are called to be a blessing.
Now, how can we be a blessing if we are not blessed in the first place? How can we be a blessing to others when we are always flat on our backs with sickness, living from hand to mouth, never having enough for our own family and always having to borrow from others?
No way, my friend. God wants you healthy and strong, and He wants you to have more than enough financially so that you can be generous with your relatives, friends, community or anyone who needs help. He wants to bless you so that you can, like Abraham, be a blessing to many!

God`s Is Always Supply

And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from His glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19, NLT

When Jesus cried out, “It is finished!” the wall of sin that separated us from God crumbled, and God unleashed a flood tide of His grace upon us. That grace is still flowing toward us today, supplying whatever we need in this life, daily loading us with benefits!
My friend, the essence of God’s grace is SUPPLY. When you are conscious of His supply, instead of the demands of the world, you are under His grace. That’s when you will see His abundant provision for every need and situation.
So if you’re having trouble finding a job, beyond trusting God for employment, see the Lord stirring up the dormant giftings and abilities that He has already placed in you. As you hone these gifts, the Word of God declares that your gifts will unlock doors of opportunities in due season and cause you to stand before great men. Don’t just believe you’ll be employed, believe God to also prepare, grow and develop you for a position of influence in your industry!

Righteous Forever

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.

Romans 5:19

Take some time today to meditate on how you have been made righteous forever through Christ’s obedience.
Because your righteousness from the Lord is not based on what you’ve done, but what He has done at Calvary, you cannot lose this righteousness through what you do or don’t do. And because you are righteous, healing and provision—blessings that belong to the righteous—belong to you!
When you realize that you cannot earn this righteousness, you’ll realize that your failures cannot cause you to lose this righteousness, and therefore your right to God’s healing and supply.
Beloved, you are forever righteous because of Jesus’ obedience (not your obedience) and finished work. Through His perfect sacrifice, He has qualified you for healing, wholeness, good success and long life
If you know deep in your Heart what He has done for you, His Love for you will lead you to sin no more..Come Back to Him if you are Christian and for None Christian come to Him and accept Him as your Savior and you will be Righteous Forever......

STOP Suffering From Bitterness

…when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter…And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet

Exodus 15:23–25

I love the story of how God turned bitter, poisonous waters into sweet, refreshing waters for His people when they came to a place called Marah (meaning “bitterness” in Hebrew).

When the Israelites could not drink the water, Moses cried out to the Lord. The Lord showed him a tree, which Moses cast into the waters. When he did that, the Bible says  that “the waters were made sweet”.

I love how God’s solution then is still God’s solution now: Throw in the tree—a picture of Jesus at the cross—to turn the bitter waters sweet.

Today, if you are facing a ”bitter waters” situation in your body or life, I want to encourage you to bring in Jesus and see what He did for you at the cross. Relief and healing don’t come from dwelling on your pain. Bring in the tree—meditate on how the cross of Jesus has saved and redeemed you—and let the Lord turn your bitter waters sweet!

Multimillionaire Living In Poverty

Dr. Bill Bright of Campus Crusade for Christ tells this story of a famous oil field called Yates Pool: 

During the depression this field was a sheep ranch owned by a man named Yates. Mr. Yates wasn't able to make enough on his ranching operation to pay the principal and interest on the mortgage, so he was in danger of losing his ranch. 

With little money for clothes or food, his family (like many others) had to live on government subsidy. 

Day after day, as he grazed his sheep over those rolling West Texas hills, he was no doubt greatly troubled about how he would pay his bills. 

Then a seismographic crew from an oil company came into the area and told him there might be oil on his land. They asked permission to drill a wildcat well, and he signed a lease contract. 

At 1,115 feet they struck a huge oil reserve. The first well came in at 80,000 barrels a day. Many subsequent wells were more than twice as large. 

In fact, 30 years after the discovery, a government test of one of the wells showed it still had the potential flow of 125,000 barrels of oil a day. 

And Mr. Yates owned it all. 

The day he purchased the land he had received the oil and mineral rights. Yet, he'd been living on relief. 

A multimillionaire living in poverty. 

The problem? He didn't know the oil was there even though he owned it. 

Many Christians live in spiritual poverty. 

Simply because they don't take the time to read, memorize, and meditate scriptures. 

They are entitled to the gifts of the Holy Spirit and his energizing power, but they are not aware of their birthright. 

Today is the day that you break spiritual poverty though scripture memorization. 

With just one verse at a time begin to memorize and meditate scriptures throughout the day. 

If you've tried to memorize before and failed, there's no harm in trying it again