Tag: Devotional

“I ask you to ponder thoroughly what you were given when you were bought by Jesus. Think past all the usual blessings and begin to consider deeply the wonders that are yours in Him. Allow Me to show you how blessed you really are to have access to spiritual wealth and knowledge with Truth as your guide. Sit with Me and My Word to discover how you have been brought into safety and what that really means. Wait patiently with Me and accept My Word deep within your spirit until its truth becomes part of your inner being and releases you from every high thing that has held you in bondage of any form.

"Understand fully the freedom that is yours because you are Mine. Take hold of the truth of your life. Discard everything that does not line up with My Word and My nature. You will move from where you are to where I want you to be because you are in Christ. You will live above the world and its ways.”

Ps. 51:6 AMP  

Behold, You desire truth in the inner being; make me therefore to know wisdom in my inmost heart.

Ps. 119:160 AMP 

The sum of Your word is truth [the total of the full meaning of all Your individual precepts]; and every one of Your righteous decrees endures forever.

Romans 2:4b AMP

…Are you unmindful or actually ignorant [of the fact] that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repent (to change your mind and inner man to accept God’s will)?

Ephesians 1:17-19a NIV

17) I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that you may know him better.

18) I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints

19) and his incomparably great power for us who believe…

Phil. 3:10-11 AMP

10) [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]

11) That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body].

 

Religion makes us cold and dead. Our relationship with Jesus brings us into a life that is full of wonders and love. We, as children of God, were never supposed to be part of the world and its ways. We are designed to rise above its horrors and bondages.

Once we fully understand how free our relationship with Jesus has made us, we will never again be touched or influenced by the fears, cares, temptations, and riches of the world. We will finally grasp what true freedom means.

Show me Your truth, Lord,

Jim Corbett

“Guard your heart. Guard the hearts of your children. Pray for those with whom you come in contact. Pray for discernment within My body. Many who call themselves Mine through Jesus have little wisdom to discern good from evil. They are often taken in by the enemy and are helpless to break free from their bondages.

"Others are wolves dressed as My sheep. Be careful of them. They are already in your midst to hinder the flow of My Holy Spirit. They are actually praying against your prayers. Make sure your heart is in order. Make sure that you have spent enough time in My presence to wake up from your slumber. You need to become wise.”

Isaiah 55:8-9 NIV 

8) “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.

9) “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Hosea 13:6 NIV

“When I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; then they forgot me.”

Joshua 7:13 AMP

Up, sanctify (set apart for a holy purpose) the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: There are accursed things in the midst of you, O Israel. You can not stand before your enemies until you take away from among you the things devoted [to destruction].

 

When the church of Jesus Christ decides to follow the ways of the world, we become fair game for the schemes of the enemy. He delights in allowing us to attend our church services, sing our songs, and listen to each others’ prophecies. What he will come against with all of his might is intimacy with God. He loves it as long as we play church games and hates it when we really get serious and decide to dig in with our Lord, seeking holiness.

Whenever we, as children of God, choose activities over intimacy, promises over repentance, and comfort over sacrifice, we can count on cold gatherings and fruitless works. We can count on sterile spiritual relationships, which are helpless against the ploys of the enemy. We will walk blindly into his traps and joyfully remain in deep slumber, thinking that our Lord is pleased and that everything is in order.

Wake me up, Lord,

Jim Corbett

“I am only found at the very end of your rope. So many times you ask Me to assist you in what you are doing. Many times I oblige. My heart, however, is that you follow the example Jesus showed you. He purposely expressed that He did nothing of Himself to show you the way of living His perfect life. Having no answers allows Him to live His life of answers through you. You will never know the freedom of your salvation and all that it means until you surrender all of who you are to all that He is. Run out of answers. You will find that He is the Answer with every answer.”

John 5:19-20 NIV

19) Jesus gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.

20) For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does.”

John 6:57 AMP

Just as the living Father sent Me and I live by (through, because of) the Father, even so whoever continues to feed on Me [whoever takes Me for his food and is nourished by Me] shall [in his turn] live through and because of Me.

 

We attempt to be better Christians. God is asking us to die to all our efforts to be better and understand that we can do nothing to make us better. He wants us to surrender fully to the One Who is perfect and allow Him to live His life through us. That, however, limits our participation in the things of God. We don’t like to be left out. It makes us feel unimportant and insignificant. It wounds our pride. We are so self-important that we sometimes even love to play the Holy Spirit, as we go around directing and fixing everything.

Forgive us, Lord,

Jim Corbett

“I have given you a Savior. His Name is Jesus. You are to make Him Lord over every area of your life. Prepare your heart now as a bride would prepare hers. Wait for Him with increasing anticipation as she would wait if she knew that the time was drawing near. Be pure in your motives always. Be holy as He is holy. Become an enthusiastic study of His life. Show others who He is by who you are becoming. Be passionate about your preparation and accurate in your representation. Honor Him with your every breath. Glorify Him with your every action. Never tire in your devotion. He is your soon coming King.”

John 1:1-5 NIV

1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2) He was with God in the beginning.

3) Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

4) In him was life, and that life was the light of men.

5) The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

John 1:10-14 NIV

10) He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.

11) He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.

12) Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God -

13) children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

14) The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

 

As followers of Jesus the Christ, we are to celebrate His birth, study and walk in His life, remember His death, fully believe in His resurrection, and prepare as a bride for His return. We are to be consumed with only Him. He is Lord.

Be glorified, my Lord,

Jim Corbett

“You need to always remember to anticipate My involvement in your life. I am always going to intervene when you are in trouble. I will assist you when you have need. I will wait while you learn your lessons. I am always for you and never against you. Since you gave your life to Jesus, you have become Mine. I get involved in the lives of those I love. I love you!”

John 3:16 NIV

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 8:28 NIV 

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

 

Because of Jesus, you and I have been given access to our Father in heaven. Better still, He has access to us. He wanted it that way from the beginning. He wanted to lavish His love on us. Now He can. Now He will.

Thank You, Lord,

Jim Corbett