Category: Daily Bread

Call the Mediator

²⁵If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him? ~ 1 Samuel 2:25b

If we offend man, God will intercede for us, but if we offend God, who can intervene for us? For who can deliver out of His hand? We get so caught up in being friends with the world that we willingly offend God. We willingly slap Him in the face on behalf of the world.

Why does this matter? God is a loving, forgiving God. Let me just be straight and upfront. Jesus is coming back real soon. And there is a right way, and there is a wrong way to live. I suggest you find the right way so that when Jesus comes back, He will find you doing what you ought to be doing because who can deliver out of His hand? Who can protect you from His wrath? Who can undo your sins and pay your debt to Him?

So, the question is, are you doing what you ought to be doing? Are you on the right path? Are you ready for Jesus’ return? If not, you can be. All you have to do is ask, Jesus already did the heavy lifting. He died and paid the price so that you didn’t have to. He has become our mediator between man and God. It’s not too late. As long as your heart is beating in your chest, there is hope.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Call the Mediator.

Raise the Bar

¹⁷Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you, ¹⁸and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty. ~ 2 Corinthians 6:17–18

We are no longer to mimic the things of this world or to participate in them. What am I talking about? I’m talking about being a Christian. Living a life of holiness. Not making excuses about Jesus is the only Holy One. Or Jesus is the only one who is good. Or no one is perfect except for Jesus.

No! We Strive for Holiness. We might not achieve it, but it’s not for the lack of trying. We ought not to accept anything less. Strive for perfection. Strive for holiness and stop the excuses. God said we are to be holy just like He is holy.

If we set the bar just to accept salvation, what happens if you miss it? You’d miss salvation altogether. You’d be condemned to Hell for all eternity separated from God Almighty. But if you set the bar at perfection and you miss that perfection, you’ll still land among righteousness. You can never aim too high for God to help you to reach.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Raise the Bar.

Back to Growth?

Find What is Right

¹²There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. ~ Proverbs 14:12

There are things we might count as acceptable and not really that important. You might even make the excuse, “Oh, God understands.” But that’s just our carnal nature talking. Because God understands alright. He understands that there is a way that seems right, but its end is death.

Those same things that might not be important to us, or might seem acceptable enough, you know they’re not too bad, those same things just might be of utmost importance and totally unacceptable to God. Therefore, you better find out what seems right unto God, who will judge and award accordingly.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Find What is Right.

Live As New

⁹If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ~ 1 John 1:9

So, if your sins are forgiven, you are also cleansed, and if you are cleansed, you are also free, which means you will be miraculously transformed into a saint. So, live like it. Live like you are forgiven. Live like you’re cleansed. Live like you’re free.

Why does it matter? Because if God has forgiven you, and you no longer do the things you used to do or say the thing you used to say, you are no longer the same person; you are now a new creature in Jesus Christ. You are a Saint of God.

Why? Because we must become a new creation so that we might win others. The world cannot lead the world to the Truth. The blind cannot lead the blind to the Promised Land. The ignorant cannot teach the ignorant. We have to put off our old self and become a new creation in Christ Jesus that He might dwell in us and lead the lost to Himself through us.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Live As New.

Seek the Light

¹ In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ²The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. ³And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. ⁴And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. ⁵God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ~ Genesis 1:1-5

Isn’t it interesting how it never says God created the darkness? It’s like the darkness always existed… So, to counteract that darkness, God created light. Darkness is what everything is born into because darkness is the lack of light, and God is light.

No matter how good we think we are, all have sinned and fallen short. All are born of sin. All need repentance. Therefore all are born in darkness, just like Heaven and earth in the very beginning. But just like God created light to break the oppression of darkness over Heaven and earth, He sent the light (Jesus) to earth to break the oppression of darkness over us.

He didn’t leave us in the dark; God Himself got off of His throne and came to earth so that we could have light. The light that can’t be overcome by darkness. The light that brings life. The light that makes a way where there is no way. The light that wasn’t created in the beginning but was from before the beginning. A greater and better light than the light spoken into being on that first day. The light that is literally God incarnate. Don’t miss your opportunity to leave the darkness.

Don’t miss your opportunity to be free and have life everlasting. Today is the day of Salvation; tomorrow is promised to no man. So seek God while He can still be found. Don’t let fear and shame deceive you; there’s no amount of darkness that is too dark for God to overcome. He’s already overcome the world. He’s already paid your debt. He’s already gone to the cross and taken your pain and suffering upon Himself. He’s already done the heavy lifting. All you have to do is accept His free gift of Salvation.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Seek the Light.

Declare Your Thanksgiving

¹⁴Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, ¹⁵and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. ~ Psalms 50:14–15

If we are thankful and express our thanks and we perform our vows, God said we can call upon Him in the day of trouble, and what? And He will deliver you, and you, in turn, will glorify Him. God wants to be glorified, but He also wants to bless you. He wants to heal you.

Are you in a day of trouble? Your trouble could be medical issues. You might have gotten a bad report from your doctor. I declare to you right now that Jesus paid for our healing with the stripes on His back. The word of God declares that “By His stripes, you are healed!”

So, receive your healing right now! Declare it over your life! Then thank Him for the healing and believe that you are healed in Jesus’ name. Don’t allow doubt to sneak in and keep you from your healing. Thank God for your healing until you receive it. Speak the things that are not as if they were.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Declare Your Thanksgiving.

Where’s Your Heart?

²⁴ This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. ~ Psalms 118:24

God has created a day which He has called today; He has blessed it, and He has given it to us. He expects us to receive it with glad hearts and thankful spirits. If we aren’t thankful, we are then spurning the things of God. And God considers that to be a grievous offense.

So, as you celebrate this Thanksgiving, remember that all good things come down from the Father of lights. Jesus has purchased everything you need for peace, for healing, and for salvation, and He is offering it all to you, freed of charge.

Thank God for what He has done and all that He’s given you.

Father, help us to have thankful hearts and grateful spirits. Help to never take any of your blessings and/or gifts for granted. Teach us to always have thanksgiving in our hearts. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Find the Good

¹⁸give thanks in all circumstances, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Paul didn’t say to be thankful for all things but in all things. We might have been in a bad car accident, but praise the LORD, we are thankful that we are all fine and no causalities. We find the good in bad situations. Without thankfulness, bad situations will take hold of us, and grief, fear, depression, anger, and every other negative emotion will consume us until we are a slave to them.

That’s why God’s will for us is to be thankful and grateful. That’s why He has incorporated all of the benefits in that one little action or attitude. That of being Thankful/Grateful. So that we can never be lost to the darkness but instead grow in His precious and holy light.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Find the Good.

Remember Your Thanksgiving Sacrifice

²²Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver! ²³The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God! ~ Psalms 50:22–23

Did you get that? God said, “Mark this!” Meaning, listen up. Take note. This is serious. He says I want you to know that the one who offers a thanksgiving sacrifice glorifies me. Oh, but brother Kenny, we don’t sacrifice anymore, remember?

We might not offer animal sacrifice anymore, but we offer spiritual sacrifices still.

The word tô·ḏā(h)): means a confession of thankfulness, i.e., to speak works of personal praise. Or sing a song of thanksgiving. Or to give an expression of the character or acts of a person. To praise or to extol.

You don’t have to kill an animal and sprinkle its blood on an altar in order to offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Be thankful in your hearts, and it will be expressive in your words, and you will receive the benefits of being thankful.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Remember Your Thanksgiving Sacrifice.