God's Word on That

  • If Overweight, God Can Help With That Too

    I profess God’s Word over my desires because I believe in His unfailing love and His immutable promises. Therefore I profess: I do not desire to eat so much that I become overweight. In view of God’s mercy, I offer my body as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – for this is my reasonable service to my King. (Romans 12:1)

    Our inner spirit must control our body.

    My body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who dwells in me, whom I have received from God, my Father. I am not my own; I have been bought at a tremendously high price. Therefore, in the name of Jesus, my Savior, I refuse to over-eat. I will mortify the desires of this body and command it to come in line with the Word of God. I will honor God with my body. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)

    I clothe myself with my Lord Jesus, and will not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature. I choose Jesus rather than indulge in my flesh. I command my body to get in line with the Word of God. I will eat only as much as is sufficient for me to be a healthy and active soldier for Christ Jesus. I present myself as a warrior for my Lord’s Kingdom use. (Romans 13:14)

    I offer myself to God as one who has been brought from death to life, and I offer every part of my body to God as an instrument of righteousness (Romans 6:13).

    With the wisdom of Jesus, I will beat my body and make it my slave so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. Like a boxer, I will buffet my body and discipline it by hardship — and subdue it with Jesus’ mighty Spirit working in me. I will bring this body into subjection to my spirit. (1 Corinthians 9:27)

    Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible , but I will not be master by anything, except my Lord Jesus. Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will eventually destroy them both. The body is not meant for immorality, or excess, but for the Lord, and the Lord for this body. (1 Corinthians 6:12-14)

    For the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17).

    I eagerly expect and pray I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so now, and always, Christ Jesus will be exalted in my body (Philippians 1:20). Christ Jesus will be magnified through, glorified through, and receive praises from this body of mine.

    Dearest Lord God, please remove falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches — and feed me with the food allotted to me (Proverbs 30:8). Father God, please, give us this day our daily bread (Matthew 6:11).

    Merciful God, please restore in me the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me in this! (Psalm 51:12)

  • God Satisfies the Hungry Soul

    “Bring the full ten percent into the storehouse so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this way,” says the gracious Lord of Hosts. “See if I will not open for you the floodgates of heaven and pour out such a blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it all” (Malachi 3:10). Lord God, Your Word teaches us to give first, to make sure Your kingdom is taken care of first; then we will receive from Your gracious hand what we need, and will receive abundantly.

    Open wide your mouth and trust the Lord to fill it.

    “Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters [of the living God]… Listen carefully to Me and eat what is good and let your soul delight itself in abundance” (Isaiah 55:2).

    Lord God, You brought me out of my slavery, my Egypt. Then You said to open wide my mouth and You will fill it (Psalm 81:10). Please do as You have promised.

    O God, You provide food for those who fear You; You remember Your covenant forever (Psalm 111:5). God satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with good things (Psalm 107:9). Lord, You fill the hungry soul with good things (Luke 1:53); my loving Father, thank You or filling me.

    By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and life (Proverbs 22:4). I shall have plenty to eat and be satisfied; and I will praise the name of my wondrous God who has dealt wondrously with me (Joel 2:26).

    We are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, O Loving Lord, and You give us drink from the rivers of Your pleasure. For with You is the fountain of life, and in Your light we see light (Psalm 36:8-9).

  • God Gives From His Abundance

    Everything in and under heaven belongs to our God (Job 41:11). The Father says, “My son, you are always with Me and everything I have is yours.” (Luke 15:31) I will not be anxious about anything, for it is my Father’s good pleasure to give me the Kingdom (Luke 12:31-32). As I first seek His Kingdom and its needs, all things will be added to me as I need them.

    His bounty is so great compared to our needs.

    Your Word tells us that whoever has pity on the poor is really lending to You, and You will pay back what has been given (Proverbs 19:17).

    Following Your Kingdom guidelines, my loving God, I give and it is given to me, a good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over — poured into my lap. For with the same measure I use, it is measured back to me again (Luke 6:38). Good will come to me because I deal graciously and lend freely, and conduct my affairs with justice (Psalm 112:5). I am a generous person, so I will be prosperous; I water so I will myself be watered (Proverbs 11:25).

    I trust my God to send the rains in their proper season so I can harvest my crop, because I carefully obey the commands He gives me — to love the Lord my God and to serve Him with all my heart and all my soul (Deuteronomy 11:14).

    Because of my God’s generosity, I am like a tree planted by streams of water which yields its fruit in due season; whose leaf does not wither. Whatever I do prospers (Psalm 1:3). I am like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes. My leaves will be green and I will not be anxious, even in the year of drought, nor will I cease from yielding fruit (Jeremiah 17:8).

    Lord, please guide me continually, satisfy my soul in this parched land, and make fat my bones [strengthen my frame]; and I shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring whose waters never run dry (Isaiah 58:11).

    I sow bountifully and so I reap bountifully. I give cheerfully and my God makes all grace flow to me in abundance, so that in all things at all times, having all sufficiency in all that is needed, I abound to every good work (2 Corinthians 9:6-8). My glorious and gracious Father, I pray this promise knowing You supply all my needs, and You want me to let the abundance overflow to others.

  • Promises For Material Needs

    The Lord God is my Shepherd, and I have no more want (Psalm 23:1) because Jesus was made poor, that through His poverty I might have riches (2 Corinthians 8:9). For Jesus came that I might have life, and have it more abundantly (John 10:10), that is, life in its fullest (Phillips). There is no lack in my house, for my God supplies all my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:4). My God crowns the bounteous year with His goodness and His paths drip with abundance (Psalm 65:11). My Gracious God has declared that He will satisfy His people with abundance and we will be filled with His bounty (Jeremiah 31:14).

    God’s paths always overflow with abundance.

    You, my dear Lord Jesus, came that I may have life and have it to the full (John 10:10). I acknowledge, O my Savior, that Your will for me is abundant life. Full life! The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy things concerning me and my life. I stand against him in Your mighty name; I bind satan from destroying my things, from stealing from me, from messing with my inheritance! And Lord Jesus, I gratefully accept the abundant life You came to bring me.

    My God supplies all my needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). Dear Father God, please lead me to learn the many graces of my Lord Jesus, that though He was rich, yet for my sake He became poor so that I, through His poverty, might have an abundance (2 Corinthians 8:9). Please help me to continually discover the riches of Christ Jesus in my life today and every day.

    God has stated: The wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just ones (Proverbs 13:22), and I thank my God Father that He has made me one of the just. I will do my part by acting on God’s Word and abiding in His love, knowing that God always does His part.

    I trust in the Lord, and so I will prosper (Proverbs 28:25). I will be diligent in every deed I begin in God’s service, I will be diligent in every commandment He gives me, and I will always seek my God and His paths for me — and so I will prosper (2 Chronicles 31:21).

    From the words of my mouth and the fruit of my lips I am satisfied with good things, and the work of my hands shall come back to me as a harvest (Proverbs 12:14). The Lord God promised: What the righteous desire will be granted (Proverbs 10:24) for the Lord blesses the home of the righteous (Proverbs 3:33). Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings (Isaiah 3:10).

    A faithful man will abound with blessings (Proverbs 28:20). All blessings shall come upon me and overtake me because I obey the voice of the Lord my God (Deuteronomy 28:2).

    The Lord be exalted! For the Lord God delights in the well-being (health and happiness) of His servants (Psalm 35:27). Exalt the Lord, O my soul!

  • Co-Heirs With Christ Jesus

    When praying for daily needs, the only need we really have is: to stay abiding in Christ Jesus. If we are abiding in Jesus, our Father has promised to watch over us and keep us. “Tis only the abiding that can really satisfy the thirsty soul and give to drink of the rivers of pleasure that are at His right hand.” (Andrew Murray)

    The whole secret of a happy Christian Life is “revealed in the child relationship — nothing more is needed than just to believe that God is as good a Father as the best ideal earthly father.” (Hannah Whitall Smith).

    We are the children of God, and therefore His heirs; and our possessions come to us, not by working for them, but by inheritance from our Father. Oh, dear friends, how little some of you act like “heirs of God”! How poverty-stricken you are and how hard you work for the little you do possess!

    God did not use the figure of a Father without knowing all that relationship implies; and those who know Him as Father know the whole secret [of His love]. They are their Father’s heirs, and may enter now into possession of all that is necessary for their present needs.

    (The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life)

    Being “in Christ” and all that it means to Christian maturity and freedom is the overwhelming theme of the New Testament. For example, in the six chapters of the book to the Ephesians alone there are forty references to “being in Christ” and of having “Christ in you”.

    Your spiritual union with God is complete and eternal because it is provided by Christ Jesus Himself, who is complete and also eternal. Therefore, you are spiritually alive in Christ right now. Eternal life you posses right now, because you are “in Christ” right now. And so you have God’s ear right now, as well as His love for you.

    God’s Word is spiritual law.  It functions just as sure as any natural law… Spiritual Law is for your good.  It is to produce the things you need and desire.  Therefore words are very important.  Begin now to become Word Conscious.  Words are little seeds that produce after their kind. 

    Prayer is your legal right, it is your vehicle for you to use faith filled words to bring God on the scene on your behalf, that your joy may be full (John 16:23-24).  It is the Word abiding in you that causes faith to be present in your words when you pray (John 15:7-8). 

    Prayer is one of the means of releasing faith, so if we line ourselves up with God’s Word and release our faith when we pray, we will see the power of God come alive in our lives. (Charles Capps)

    “If you abide in Me and My words abide in you…” (John 15:7). It is not the Word as a whole, but the Word – as it were – broken up. It is the precepts and promises of Scripture personally appropriated, fed upon by faith, hidden in the heart. ‘Abiding’ means no fitful, spasmodic, occasional exercise and experience, but a constant and habitual communion with God through the Word, until its contents become the substance of our innermost being.

    So study the Word, fellow Christian! Let your words be full of God’s life and power, and you will see the wonders of God’s mighty love.

  • God Supplies the Power

    As the Father gave me command — so I do (John 14:31).

    I work very hard at whatever God directs me to do, as I depend on Christ Jesus’ mighty power that works within me (Colossians 1:29). For this I labor – unto weariness – striving with all the superhuman energy which He so mightily enkindles and works within me. [Amplified] This is my work and I can do it only because Christ’s mighty energy is at work in me [Phillips].

    God’s resurrecting power is at work within me!

    Not by my might nor by my power, but by Your Spirit, O Lord God Almighty, I will be able to do Your will (Zechariah 4:6). Father, please let the Holy Spirit fill and control me (Ephesians 5:18).

    In addition to all I take up the shield of faith with which I can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And I take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God (Ephesians 6:16-17) and I do battle along with Jesus, in Jesus’ mighty name.

    I receive power because the Holy Spirit moves in me. I will not be quiet or ashamed. I will be a witness to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8) for my God and my Savior.

    These attesting signs will accompany me because I believe: in Jesus’ mighty and holy name I can drive out demons, speak in new tongues, pick up snakes without harm, and when I eat or drink anything deadly it will not hurt me… And when I place my hands on sick people they will recover (Mark 16:17-18) that I may bring much glory to God, my Father.

    I stand firm; I let nothing move me. I will always give myself fully to the work of the Lord, because I know my labor in the Lord is not in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58). I know no day is wasted and no prayer is wasted with my God.

    I will not be deceived; God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows… I will not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time, I will reap a harvest if I do not give up (Galatians 6:7, 9).

    God has spoken. Once, twice I have heard this: Power belongs to our God! And loving-kindness is His nature (Psalm 62:11).

    Arise! Shine! For my Light has come and the glory of the Lord rises upon me (Isaiah 60:1).

  • Some Believe…

    Some believe the Christians of this generation were not meant to acquire the workings that were given to the apostles. “Those feats were supplied only for the apostles, to gather a new church” they say. But I believe what Jesus tells us. Maybe He was speaking to the apostles at that time, but then followed with more general notes of encouragement. “He who believes in Me, the works that I do he shall do also” (John 14:12). “Go and make disciples of all nations… teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19-20). “These signs will follow those who believe…”(Mark 16:17). And in Daniel we read more encouragement: “God has promised: Those who know their God shall be strong [in faith] and carry out great deeds” (Daniel 11:32).

    Andrew Murray put it this way: Scripture teaches us that in all God’s leadings of His people faith has everywhere been the one condition for the manifestation of His power. [“Let it be done unto you according to your faith” (Matthew 9:29).] Faith is the ceasing from all nature’s efforts and all other dependence; faith is confessed helplessness casting itself upon God’s promise and claiming its fulfillment; faith is the putting of ourselves quietly into God’s hands for Him to do His work. [“The battle is not ours, but the Lord’s” (2 Chronicles 20:15)].

    Now faith has to be in God’s all-encompassing power, His all-encompassing love, His all-encompassing wisdom and kindness. If you have faith in your faith to believe — so what, we can be sure that even demons have that. But faith in the God you serve — THAT faith can moves mountains. With Jesus beside me, the Holy Spirit dwelling in me. and God the Father directing me — I can do anything He needs done. This is my faith, and I will not be moved!

    So each one of us, “however fitful your spiritual life has hitherto been, however unfavorable your natural character or your circumstances may appear” (Andrew Murray), we are called to be Christians. And being Christian means following Christ — walking in His direction, following God’s path, relying on the Spirit of God to empower and correct and teach. Every moment of every day (as long as it is called NOW) has a touch of eternity in it. I, for one, am plugging myself into that eternal strength and wisdom and love.

    Let each be fully convinced in his own mind (Romans 14:5). 

  • Our Job Description As Jesus Defines It

    Jesus said to heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the leper, and cast out demons — to give as freely as I have received (Matthew 10:8). I must follow my Lord Jesus’ commands.

    We are told to freely give what we have.

    Jesus said; “He who believes in Me, the works that I do shall he do also, and even greater works than these shall he do because I go to the Father.” (John 14:12)

    Jesus told us: “I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask Me for anything in My name and I will do it.” (John 14:13-14)

    Jesus gave me power and authority to drive out demons, and to cure diseases; and He has sent me out to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick (Luke 9:1-2).

    Christ Jesus has given me authority to trample on snakes and scorpions, and to overcome all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm me. And I rejoice — not that the spirits must submit to me in Jesus’ name, but that my name is written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. (Luke 10:19-20)

    My speech and my preaching is not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstrations of the Spirit and of power, that other’s faith should not be in the wisdom of man but in the power of God (1 Corinthians 2:4-5). The kingdom of God is not in words but in power (1 Corinthians 4:20).

    You are the God who performs miracles. You display Your power among the peoples (Psalm 77:14). I will remember Your deeds, O Lord my God. Yes, I will remember Your miracles of long ago. I will meditate on all Your works and consider Your mighty deeds (Psalm 77:11-12). Is anything too hard for our Lord God? (Genesis 18:14)

    The Lord our God said: “Is there any limit to My power? Now You will see whether or not My word comes true!” (Numbers 11:23) You are the Lord, the God of all mankind. Nothing is too hard for You (Jeremiah 32:27).

    Jesus Himself said: “What is impossible from a human perspective is possible with God” (Luke 18:27). “All is possible to Him who believes” (Mark 9:23). “For nothing is impossible with God” (Luke 1:37). Therefore to the God-loving, God-trusting heart, all things are possible!

    Don’t be afraid — only believe (Luke 8:50). Jesus Himself said: “Don’t be afraid! Just trust in Me!” (Mark 5:36)

    The Lord is with me. I will not be afraid. (Numbers 14:9) I do believe this — that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world — and I will see the glory of God ! (John 11:40)

    Jesus told me all these things through His Word so that in Him I may have peace in this world. I will probably see trouble, but I take heart for He has overcome the world (John 16:33) and I through Him.

  • God the Father Gave Us a Job

    The Lord Himself told me that as long as I have love for God’s people, nothing will be impossible for me. With Jesus at my right hand and the Holy Spirit within me, we can do all things. This will bring much glory to God, our Father. For when the world sees things happening through God’s people that cannot be explained except that God Himself has done them, then the world will be drawn to the God they see. Dear Lord God of Hosts, let it be so.

    We must do what we can when we see a need.

    God Said, “I, the Lord, have called you into righteousness. I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the gentiles; to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from their prisons, and to release from their dungeons those who sit in darkness” (Isaiah 42:6-7). Therefore I must do what I can with what I have to be a healer, a caregiver, and a messenger of hope.

    May the God of Hope fill me with all joy and peace as I trust in Him, so I may overflow to others by the power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13). Lord God, blessed are we who do not doubt You (Matthew 11:6).

    Lord, grant I pray that freedom of utterance be given to me, that I may open my mouth and fearlessly make known the mystery of the Gospel for which I am an ambassador (Ephesians 6:19-20). Lord God, enable Your servants to speak Your Word with great boldness. Stretch out Your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of Your Holy Son, Jesus (Acts 4:29-30).

    It is to my Father’s glory that I bear much fruit, showing myself to be one of Jesus’ disciples (John 15:8). And I am complete in Jesus, who is the head of all principality and power in all realms (Colossians 2:10).

    If God is for us, who can be against us and succeed? It is You, O God, who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died — more than that, who was raised to new life — is at Your right hand, O God, and is also interceding for me (Romans 8:31-34).

    No actual evil, misfortune or calamity can come upon me that God does not allow, for Jesus has made me righteous (Proverbs 12:21). The Word promises that the God of Peace will crush satan under my feet (Romans 16:20).

    I am of a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a “peculiar” person belonging to God, that I may declare the praises of Him who called me out of my darkness into His marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9). For I am Your workmanship, O God, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which You prepared in advance for me to do (Ephesians 2:10).

  • “Do All Things In Love”

    Lord, According to Your Word, love is patient; love is kind. It does not envy [or grow jealous]. It does not boast [or make itself important]. It is not proud [or display haughtiness]. It is not rude [unmannerly or act unbecoming of Your ways, Lord]. It is not self-seeking [or insistent on its own way]. It is not easily angered [not touchy or fretful]. It keeps no record of wrongs [or pays attention to any suffered wrong]. Love does not delight in anything evil, but rejoices with the truth. It always protects [the rights of others]. It always trusts [and is ready to believe the best of others]. It always hopes and bears up under all things. It always perseveres and endures all things without weakening. God, Your love never fails [in giving others peace]. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)

    I must let God’s love shine through my heart.

    Father, I acknowledge to You that I don’t begin to possess this kind of love on my own. The only way I can experience and express love like this is to surrender my heart to You, and ask You to empty it of all its fleshly contents and make it a vessel of Your love. Use my heart to love the unloving and those who have hurt me, dearest Lord God. I am desperate for You to work a miracle in and through my heart.

    Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me (Psalm 51:10). The love of God has been poured out into my heart by the Holy Spirit who has been given to me (Romans 5:5). Above all things I strive to put on love — Jesus’ kind of love — which is the bond of perfection (Colossians 3:14).

    The goal of our instruction is love — which comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith (1 Timothy 1:5). The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love — we serve one another in love (Galatians 5:6, 13). Love does no harm to its neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of God’s law for all men (Romans 13:10).

    My every action must be done with love (1 Corinthians 16:14). This I pray: That my love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment (Philippians 1:9).

    Lord Jesus, You commended the woman, “Her many sins have been forgiven, for she loved much” (Luke 7:47). Gracious Lord, help me to love much!