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Hebrews 8:10 - …and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

When God says, “I will be your God,” that is a declaration that He will work miracles in your life. So if it is a miracle you need, it is a miracle you will get!

If there is a huge sea blocking the way to your blessing and God says, “I will be your God,” it means that He will open the sea for you so that you can receive your blessing. If you are sick and God says, “I will be your God,” it means that He is going to be “the Lord who heals you” (Exodus 15:26), and you will be healthy. He is the great "I AM WHO I AM" to be your all in all...

But not only did God say, “I will be their God,” He also said, “they shall be My people”. To be God’s people means to be the protected ones. Not all on this earth are God’s people, though all are His creation—only we who are redeemed by the blood of Christ, and we who believe in Him.

Regardless of the situation in the world, you are protected and you will walk in the blessings of God, when you remain steadfast as His people.

You will experience the supernatural life as God’s Kingdom people. Your part is to believe what He declares and behave like it is so! Avoid unbelief.

Thought for the day!
God’s power comes into every challenge we face because He says that He is our God and we are His people. Let us remain as His people!

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Luke 17:15-16 - Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. He prostrated himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him.

People who have a grateful heart are always praising God. You hear them say that…They know that God is the reason for every blessing they get. But there are those who look to God for blessings and when they get blessed, they just go on their merry way.

Jesus had an encounter with both these types of people when He walked into a village one day. Ten lepers cried out to Him, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” (Luke 17:13). Now, when you call out to Jesus for mercy, He always hears you.

So these 10 lepers cried out to Him for mercy. And “they were cleansed”. (Luke 17:14). But only one came back and fell at Jesus’ feet, giving Him thanks. Notice the very sad words of Jesus that followed: “Were not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?” (Luke 17:17).

Remember to give God the praise, glory and honour, and acknowledge that He is the source of every blessing in your life.

Thought for the day!
When we praise God and give Him thanks for His blessings, we position ourselves for even greater blessings!

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Deuteronomy 28:8 - The LORD will command the blessing upon you in your barns, and in all that you undertake; he will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

God’s way is better and it has no side effects. He wants to bless everything you undertake in His way. That means that whatever you take up, whatever you set your hands to, God will command the blessing upon it, be it a person, thing or business. Let us believe this Gospel truth. So if you touch your child, he is blessed. If you touch your guitar, anointed music flows forth. If you touch your business, it prospers. When you touch a sick person, he gets healed. When you touch someone who is facing lack, his needs are met.

In the Bible, everything that Jesus touched got renewed. He touched the eyes of two blind men and their eyes were opened. (Matthew 9:28–30). He touched the coffin of a widow’s son, and the young man sat up and began to speak. (Luke 7:12–15) He touched the leper and the leprosy departed. (Mark 1:40–42) Under the old covenant laws, if you touched the unclean, (leper), you became unclean. But Jesus touched the leper and the unclean became clean!

Everyone whom Jesus touched received a blessing. He paid the price for us to have this blessing. His loving hands which imparted blessings to so many were nailed to the cross so that today, God can command His blessing on all to which we set our hands!

Thought for the day!
Because Jesus lives in us by His Spirit, what we touch will be blessed. Believe this truth and do it in faith!

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Galatians 4:6–7 - And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Perhaps these questions have been popping up in your head: “If You are a Christian, why are you sick? If your heavenly Father is so wonderful, why do you have so many problems? Doesn’t your God help you, His child?”

And if you have been tempted to ask, “God, I am Your child. Why is this happening to me?” know that Jesus knows exactly how you feel because 2,000 years ago, the devil played the same trick on Him by asking —“If you are the Son of God…” (Mt 4:3). The devil’s intention was to make Jesus doubt His Son-ship, and the devil wants to do the same thing to us today. Learn to tell the devil – “It is written…” (Mt 4:4)

He wants to destroy the Spirit of son-ship in you. He knows that once you really believe that you are a child of God, something happens—you begin to live life as “an heir of God through Christ”… we are joint heirs with Jesus (Rom 8:17)

As a child and an heir of God, you inherit all the blessings of God which Jesus died to give you, including salvation, healing, provision, wholeness, favour, intimacy with God and answered prayers. Just enjoy every bit of your inheritance in Christ, not because you deserve or earn it, but because it was paid for by the blood of Jesus!

Thought for the day!
As joint heirs with Christ, His inheritance is our inheritance too!

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Ephesians 4:32 - And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

Some people say, “I can forgive, but I cannot forget.” Now,  nowhere in the Bible does God tell you to forgive and then to forget.

God only tells us to forgive because God in Christ has forgiven us a debt we cannot pay. When we do this, we do ourselves a favour because harbouring bitterness and unforgiveness can destroy our health!

When you really forgive someone, you forget the sting, if not the event. You no longer feel the pain inflicted by that person. That’s forgiveness!

Forgive by faith, and do it once and for all. Spend time in prayer. Take out your diary and write down for each person: “Father, I bring this person (name) before you. You know what he/she did to me. Father, as You forgave me through the sacrifice of Jesus, even though I did not deserve it, I now forgive this person, by faith, and I let go my anger against him/her, in the name of Jesus. Amen!”

Joseph had forgiven his brothers before they came and bowed before him. He remembered what they did to him, but he did not remember it with bitterness. (Genesis 50:15–21).

Thought for the day!
When we forgive others, we free ourselves from bitterness and stinging pain which can destroy our health!

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Ephesians 2:7 -  in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Have you ever blown things out of proportion and got angry with God when you were going through a trying time? This happened to Jesus’ disciples when a storm hit them hard. In their fear of drowning, they cried out to Jesus, who was getting some much-needed sleep in the boat, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38)

For accusing Him of not caring, you would think that they received a rebuke from Jesus. But it was the wind which received His rebuke, and a great calm followed. (Mark 4:39) Because of His tenderness toward His own, Jesus did not take offence. Instead, He wasted no time taking care of the problem that had caused His disciples so much anxiety and fear.

Your heavenly Father sees you trying to stay afloat when you are in the midst of a storm. He wants you to know how tender His heart is toward you, how He is not offended by all the negative things you have ever said. So let go and experience afresh the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward you!

Thought for the day!
In the midst of your storm, Jesus wants you to know that He wants to help you and He will help and bless you. 

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Philippians 2:9-10 - Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him “the name that is above every name”, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth

Whatever is troubling you, has a name, and therefore, it must bow to the name of Jesus! Every disease has a name, and so must bow to the name of Jesus. Poverty must bow. Shame must bow. That is the power of the name of Jesus because that is the name of the one who died for you, who rose again and today is at the right hand of God, for you!

That is exactly what happened when a severely demon-possessed man saw Jesus. The demons in him fled when Jesus commanded them to go. The man was left whole, healed and in his right mind. (Luke 8:26–35)

If someone is sick, lay hands on him and say, “In the name of Jesus, cough, stop. Fever, be gone in the name of Jesus. Health flows in your body in Jesus’ name!” If there is strife and confusion at home, deal with it the same way. Even if the problem is rebellious, don’t give up…(Mk 8:22- 25 -26). Keep taking the name of Jesus. Just do your part.

Thought for the day!
Whatever is troubling you, has a name, and so it must bow to the name of Jesus!