Today’s Reading:
Psalm 100
Mark 16
John 15
1 Corinthians 1
“Whoever believes the good news and is baptized will be saved, and whoever does not believe the good news will be condemned. And these miracle signs will accompany those who believe: They will drive out demons in the power of my name. They will speak in tongues. They will be supernaturally protected from snakes and from drinking anything poisonous. And they will lay hands on the sick and heal them.” After saying these things, Jesus was lifted up into heaven and sat down at the place of honor at the right hand of God!”
Mark 16:16-19 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Live in the awe and wonder of the Lord. Live enraptured by the beauty and the blessing of knowing the Great I Am. My majesty is so expansive, is so wide, vast and deep that you will spend all of eternity fathoming it. The awe and wonder and miracles that surround My favor, that accompany My favor are to be a blessing to you, and they should become your expectation of normal. Normal in your life is meant to be blessing, favor, signs, wonders and miracles everywhere you go.
““I am the sprouting vine and you’re my branches. As you live in union with me as your source, fruitfulness will stream from within you—but when you live separated from me you are powerless. “I love each of you with the same love that the Father loves me. You must continually let my love nourish your hearts. If you keep my commands, you will live in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands, for I continually live nourished and empowered by his love. My purpose for telling you these things is so that the joy that I experience will fill your hearts with overflowing gladness!”
John 15:5, 9-11 TPT
Do you not carry My blood? Is it not infused in your veins? Then why do you fear? My DNA entered your body during the great exchange. During the moment you surrendered your life to Me, I infused you with My blood, My life, My Spirit. So then whom or what shall you fear? You should be the most humble and the most boldly confident people on the planet, because of My love for you. And because of My unending, eternal life in you as Source and spring. Tap into the wellsprings of life that I have planted in your heart and belly, and live from that place of refreshing. Think of children playing in a backyard sprinkler. That’s the level of delight you should live in. That’s the level of recognition of My great favor you should carry with you wherever you go.
“Lift up a great shout of joy to Yahweh! Go ahead and do it—everyone, everywhere! Worship Yahweh with gladness. Sing your way into his presence with joy! And realize what this really means— we have the privilege of worshiping Yahweh our God. For he is our Creator and we belong to him. We are the people of his pleasure.”
Psalms 100:1-3 TPT
Sing Me a new song. Sing a new song that acknowledges your understanding of what I have done for you and who I have made you and commissioned you to be. It’s time to live again with the wonder and delight of a child. It’s time to live with the bold confidence of an undefeated warrior-king. The paradox of life is that I have made you to be both — as well as a priest. In the tapestry and dance of your life, your unique blend of these is how you will make your mark on the world, so don’t hold back. Don’t overemphasize one of these roles. Instead, be moved by the impulses of My Spirit and move seamlessly, uncalculatedly between them. This is not a hard thing — it’s a very natural thing. They are aspects of who you are. Just as a woman might move from daughter to wife to mother and employee all in one day continually, so should you move through these roles as called upon. This is My gift. Walk well in it.
How to Respond
- Pray, Holy Spirit infuse me with Your joy. Fill me to the overflow with Your joy as my strength. Your joy in my heart will birth the new song you desire for me to sing. Help me to return to a lifestyle of living in childlike faith, with great expectation of Your blessing, favor, miracles and goodness everywhere I go. Thank You that You have tailor-made me for the work You put me here to do, for such a time as this.
- Declare, “For it is not from man that we draw our life but from God as we are being joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. And now he is our God-given wisdom, our virtue, our holiness, and our redemption. And this fulfills what is written: If anyone boasts, let him only boast in all that the Lord has done!”
1 Corinthians 1:30-31 TPT - Decree, I will walk in the favor and delight of the Lord. I will not give in to worry, stress or fear. Instead, I will sing the new song the Lord has put in my heart. I will live in wonder, awe and expectation that His goodness, favor, grace, miracles and blessing will meet and follow me everywhere I go. My life will be a sign and a wonder to all who see me.
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