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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 18th

📖 Now Samuel grew; and the Lord was with him and He let none of his words fail [to be fulfilled]. —I Samuel 3:19 AMP

When God is with you, success is inevitable. As we walk with God and follow His orders, we can ensure that we will stay on a path of success and prosperity. Isaiah 1:19 tells us that if we will be willing and obedient, we will eat the good of the land. One way we can stay on a successful path is to speak the Word of God. When we speak the Word, God will see to it that none of your words will fail to be fulfilled. Jesus is the high priest of our confession. He is watching and listening to what we are saying. He told Moses that He was going to give the people exactly what they were saying in His ear. God is watching over His Word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12). If God is going to fulfill our words, we must make sure our words line up with His. If we will think like God, talk like God, and act like God, it’s just a matter of time before we live like God. He lives a life of victory!

#SpeaktheWord #victory #devotional #success #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 17th

📖 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. —Psalm 78:40-42 KJV

Have you been limiting the Holy One of Israel in your life? Many times, God desires to do so much more than what we are currently experiencing because of unbelief. Jesus could only heal a few sick folks in His hometown because of their unbelief. Unbelief hindered them from receiving, and it will do the same thing in our lives if we allow it. God desires to do exceedingly, abundantly above all that we could ever ask or think. Let’s not hinder God in any area of our lives. Let’s allow Him to do more in our finances, our health, our relationships, and any other area of our lives. God wants to show Himself strong in our lives, let’s allow Him to do so. 

#abundance #LetGod #devotional #vcccharlotte #dontlimitGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 16th

📖 I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time [appointed] for every matter and purpose and for every work. —Ecclesiastes 3:17 AMPC

“There is a time appointed for every matter and purpose and for every work.” Many times, we emphasize finding the will of God for our lives. It is important for us to know what we were put on this earth to do. Even though that is key, it is also important for us to get the right timing. When are we supposed to start that business? When do we pursue that degree? When do we get married? When do we purchase a home? God has a timing for the major events in our lives and we must stay in tune with Heaven so that we don’t miss God’s timing. God wants to lead and guide us in every area of our lives, including God’s timing. Our success is not only in finding the will of God but also knowing His timing. There was a timing to Jesus coming to the earth. There was a timing concerning Moses and the delivery of the Israelites. There was always a timing to the major events in the Bible and there is a timing to the major events for our lives. You want to walk in God’s best, walk in God’s timing.

#vcccharlotte #God’stiming #devotional #listen #intune

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 15th

📖 It is true that I am an ordinary, weak human being, but I don’t use human plans and methods to win my battles. I use God’s mighty weapons, not those made by men, to knock down the devil’s strongholds. —II Corinthians 10: 3-4

In the natural world, we may appear to be human beings, but we have access to something that is greater than our mortality. We have the Greater One on the inside of us. Not only is He living on the inside of us, but He has also given us access to His armory. Because we have a supernatural enemy, a natural, carnal weapon won’t do. A natural weapon will not subdue a supernatural outlaw. God has given us His mighty weapons to bring down the devil’s strongholds. The devil doesn’t have to cause havoc in our lives. God has given us His armor and He has given us the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. God has given us His Spirit. He has given us a measure of faith to overcome the world. God has invested so much into our winning that we cannot let Him down. If we desire to please the Father, we must use what He has given us. If we want to win in life, God has given us the means to do so. We are without excuse. 

#win #vcccharlotte #GreaterOne #devotional #Heisalive

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 14th

📖 And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day. —Genesis 1:31 AMPC 

After God finished his six days of creation, He looked at everything that He had made, and He approved it completely. One version says that He looked at “everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good (KJV)”. There was no sickness or disease in the earth when God originally created it. There was no sin, and there was no curse. Everything He made was good and He approved of it.  
 
God has not changed. The Bible even tells us that God “takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant (Psalm 35:27).” God delights in our prosperity. He wishes above all things that we prosper and be in good health, even as our soul prospers (III John 2). Jesus even said that He came that we might have life and have it more abundantly (John 10:10). If there are things in your life that aren’t “good,” God has given you the ability to change it. He has given you authority, His Word, and faith to overcome. Don’t continue to settle for anything but God’s best for your life. God’s will is for you to flourish and to thrive. It always has been, and it always will be. 

#prosperity #creation #dailydevotional #Bible #vcccharlotte 

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 13th

📖 And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly. So they had brick for stone, and slime (bitumen) for mortar. 

And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower whose top reaches into the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the whole earth. 
—Genesis 11:3-4 AMPC

When it comes to conquering large tasks, we must be willing to reduce the big goal into smaller goals. You cannot build a city until you first bake a brick. Many times, we look at the goal or the task in its entirety, and we don’t focus on the smaller tasks that will ultimately cause the big goal to be accomplished. One man once said, instead of focusing on building a wall, start by focusing on laying one brick at time, because eventually, you will have a wall. It's the same way with life. Instead of focusing on building a great life, why not focus on having a great day? Take it one task at a time. One day at a time. As time goes on you can look back and look at the progress that has been made. Before you know it, you’ve lost weight. You’ve read the book. You’ve saved the money. Whatever the task may be, it can be accomplished, the key is consistency. You cannot build a city until you first bake a brick. 

#devotional #vcccharlotte #focus #goalsetting #accomplishments #consistency

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 11th

📖 Grace and spiritual blessing be to you and [soul] peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), Who gave (yielded) Himself up [to atone] for our sins [and to save and sanctify us], in order to rescue and deliver us from this present wicked age and world order, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father. —Galatians 1:3-4 AMPC

Jesus came to deliver and set us free from this wicked present age. Satan is the god of this world (2 Cor. 4:4) and the whole world is under his influence (Eph.2: 3-4). The world is subject to the effects of the curse that is in the earth. The curse is the direct cause of sickness, disease, poverty, and death. The curse is the direct result of all the calamities that mankind faces. Jesus came into the earth and went to the cross so that we can be delivered from the curse. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law (Galatians 3:13). God expects us to walk in victory. He expects us to take His Word and overcome the effects of the curse. We can overcome all the obstacles and challenges in our lives because Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. What a mighty God we serve! 

#vcccharlotte #devotional #MightyGod #freefromthecurse

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 10th

📖 And the word of the Lord came to him (Elijah), saying, Go from here and turn east and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, east of the Jordan. You shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. So he did according to the word of the Lord; he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, east of the Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank of the brook. ⎯I Kings 17:2-6 Amplified Bible Classic Edition 

Elijah was in a place where he had to trust God. He had obeyed God, and it was now time for God to come through. As we can see from the passage above, He came through. We can always count on God to confirm His Word. The Bible tells us that He is watching over His Word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12). We can put our trust in God. We can trust that He will meet every need because He promised to (Philippians 4:19). He said He was our Healer so we can trust Him to heal us of every sickness and every disease (Exodus 15:26; 23:25). Regardless of what God tells us to do, we must be obedient and understand that if we are willing and obedient, we will eat the good of the land. Elijah obeyed God, and God came through. When we are obedient to the Word of God, we can expect the same.

#elijah #trustGod #verseoftheday #devotional #healer #bible

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 9th

📖 And he replied to Him, Teacher, I have carefully guarded and observed all these and taken care not to violate them from my boyhood. 

And Jesus, looking upon him, loved him, and He said to him, You lack one thing; go and sell all you have and give [the money] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come [and] accompany Me [walking the same road that I walk]. 

At that saying the man’s countenance fell and was gloomy, and he went away grieved and sorrowing, for he was holding great possessions. 
—Mark 10:20-22 AMPC

The rich young ruler had the right motives, and he had the right heart. He wanted to inherit eternal life. He had kept the commandments from his youth. He only had one problem; he couldn’t let go of his riches. His unwillingness to walk away from his wealth revealed that his wealth really had him. As believers, we cannot allow anything to come between us and God. There cannot be anything in this world that we treasure more than our relationship with God. We cannot love anyone or anything, more than we love God. We must refrain from having idols in our lives. God should be number one in our lives, and nothing should take His place. Let us learn from the rich young ruler. Let us not allow anything in our lives to jeopardize our relationship with God. We must love the Lord our God with all of heart, with all of our soul, and with all of our strength (Deut. 6:5). 

#eternallife #vcccharlotte #richyoungruler #devotional #relationshipwithGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 8th

📖 The Lord did not set His love upon you and choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the fewest of all people. 

But because the Lord loves you and because He would keep the oath which He had sworn to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 

Know, recognize, and understand therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, Who keeps covenant and steadfast love and mercy with those who love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations, 
—Deuteronomy 7: 7-9 AMPC

Did you know that God is in love with you? In the above passage of Scripture, God expresses His love towards the Israelites, but He has expressed His love for us as well. John 3:16 tells us that He so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. When we accept Jesus, we become children of God, and we are granted access to His covenant (John 1:12, Romans 8:16-17, Ephesians 2:11-13). God is a covenant keeping God. Whatever we find in His Word, we can stand on it, and we can receive it in our lives because God is not a man that He should lie (Numbers 23:19). God has redeemed us out of the hand of our enemy (Satan) and we have been placed into the kingdom of His Son (Colossians 1:13). God sees us as royalty. He sees us His children. He does not see us as mere men. When we receive knowledge of the covenant and act on that knowledge. We begin to look and to act like His children. We begin to look and to act like His ambassadors. The Bible tells us that, “The earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God” (Romans 8:19). Let’s  
not keep them waiting, let us manifest ourselves, in Jesus Name. 

#Godlovesus #vcccharlotte #truth #devotional #HeisourRedeemer

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 7th

📖 Commit your works to the Lord [submit and trust them to Him], And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance]. —Proverbs 16:3 AMP 

Some of the most common questions asked by Christians have been, “What am I supposed to do”? or “Why am I here”? When we submit our lives to God and place our lives in His Hands, we can trust that He will lead and guide us in the way that we should go. God will direct our steps, and He will speak to us. God will tell us everything we need to know in reference to our future. Once we understand the will of God for our lives, we must submit to it. We must submit to His guidance. It is pointless to seek the face of God concerning our future if we are not going to do what He instructs us to do. God’s plan for our lives is beautiful. If we trust and submit our lives to Him, we will experience the good life that He has preordained for us to live. 

#purposedriven #trustGod #vcccharlotte #Godsplan #devotional

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 6th

📖 Alas, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! There is nothing too hard or too wonderful for You
—Jeremiah 32:17 AMPC

Notice that Jeremiah starts off by talking about the handiwork of God. When one considers the universe and the planets, the sun and the moon, they cannot help but think about how awesome God is! When you look at the earth, or the complexity of the human body, it shows the genius of our God. Nothing is too difficult for Him. If God could create the universe, the animals, and the human body in six days, He can handle your situation. Let’s not insult God and think that our problems are insurmountable. We must keep the proper perspective when it comes to our God.  

#nothingisimpossible #iamvictory #devotional #goodGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 4th

📖 So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?" He said, “A rod.” And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand), “that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.” —Exodus 4:2-5 NKJV

When pursuing the will of God, we must understand the importance of trusting in Him. He may ask you to do something that isn’t what you normally do. He may ask you to do something that will cause you to have to overcome fear and anxiety. Moses was obviously afraid of the snake, but God told him to pick it up by its tail. Moses had a decision to make. He was either going to let fear control him, or he was going to obey God. Moses chose to obey God, and the snake turned into a stick. We must be willing to obey and trust God no matter what. God wants us to become totally dependent upon Him. As we obey His orders and commands, we will develop an unshakeable confidence in Him. One that will help us to fulfill the will of God for our lives. 

#trustinGod #pursue #devotional #vcccharlotte #confidence

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 3rd

📖 But I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more. —Psalm 71:14 AMPC

Hope is important. The Bible tells us that “hope deferred makes the heart sick” (Proverbs 13:2). We should never deprive people of hope. Faith is the substance of things hoped for... (Hebrews 11:1). You could look at it like this: hope is the blueprint, and faith is the materials to make the blueprint a reality. We must not belittle hope. The Bible tells us that Abraham “against hope believed in hope” (Romans 4:18). Abraham had to hope when the circumstances told him that what he was believing for was impossible. He had to find hope in what God had told him. That is how we maintain our hope. We keep our faith in what God has told us, and we believe it because it is impossible for God to lie. Hope is to be the anchor to our soul. We must hope continually and continue to praise Him more. We must praise Him because He is the God of hope. He can turn every negative situation around.

#Hope #trustGod #dailydevotional #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 2nd

📖 Not that I have now attained [this ideal], or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own. 

I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 

I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward. 
—Philippians 3:12-14 AMPC

As we begin this new year, we must forget what has happened in the past, and we must strain forward to what lies ahead. One of the biggest weapons that the enemy uses against us is regret. Because of bad decisions we may have made in the past, we may not have accomplished all that we thought we should have. Maybe we didn’t accomplish the goals that we set for ourselves. Whatever shortcomings may have happened, it is in the past. There is nothing we can do about the past. We can learn from it, but then we must move on. God wants us to move forward. God desires to take us from glory to glory. Our lives are to get better and better as we walk with God. We must press toward the goal to win the prize in which Christ Jesus is calling us upward. Let’s shift our focus. Let’s take our eyes off the missed opportunities of the past and look to the opportunities that are before us. One man said, “The greatest opportunity is the next one”. Notice it wasn’t the last one, it's the next one. We can be optimistic about our future because God has new opportunities on the horizon. Let’s press for all that He has for us. Let’s be all that He has called us to be and do all that He is calling us to do. Let’s move forward in God. 

#vcccharlotte #moveforward #devotional #focus #letthepastgo

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | January 1st

📖 No soldier, when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him. —2 Timothy 2:4 AMPC

As believers we have been enlisted in the army of the Lord. We are not only ambassadors of heaven, but we are also His soldiers. He has enlisted us and equipped us to carry out His orders and to fight the kingdom of darkness on His behalf. God has given us His armor and His weapons that will cause us to win every battle the enemy brings our way. As soldiers, we must make sure that we are not so caught up in the day-to-day affairs of this life that we forget to check in with headquarters. We live on the earth, and we function on the earth, but we must remember that our chief aim is to please the One who has enlisted us. Our chief aim should be to lead a life that is pleasing to God and not just to live a life to please ourselves. We should enjoy life but not lose sight of our mission. We must not forget the objectives set by our heavenly Father. We are to heal the sick. We are to cast out devils. We should be about our Father’s business. We should be about the great commission. Our objective should be to rescue as many souls out of the domain of darkness as we can. Let’s not get so entangled in this life, that we forget why we are here. We are here to make an impact. We are here to represent the kingdom of heaven. 

#ambassadors #vcccharlotte #KingdomofHeaven #devotional #armyofGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | December 31st

📖 “For the dream comes through much effort, and the voice of a fool through many words." -Ecclesiastes 5: 3 New American Standard Bible

It has been said that a dream, whether big or small, will have the same cost – your life. That simply means that your dreams will require a lot of your time and effort. It will mean getting up early and staying up late. It will mean sacrificing meals at time. It may mean sacrificing time with your friends because you are working towards your goals. It could mean some lonely times because the dream will require you to be away from others so that you can work. Dreams cost. The bigger the dream, the higher the cost. We must be willing to ‘pay in full’ before we can experience the dream. Everything we want in life must be paid for in advance. You must pay the price of admission before you are allowed to experience the show, the movie, or the performance. The same thing goes for our dreams. We must pay the price of admission before we see the realization of the goal.

#dreams #devotional #perseverance #vcccharlotte #goals

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | December 30th

📖 Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above), he cannot ever see (know, be acquainted with, and experience) the kingdom of God. —John 3:3 AMPC

If one wants to be a bonafide child of God, that person must be born again. They simply must ask Jesus Christ to come into their heart and confess Him as Lord (Romans 10:9-10). It is quite simple. Works will not get you born-again. You can never work your way to Heaven. You can never earn your salvation; but you can simply receive what has already been done. Jesus has already paid the price for sin. Our works do not produce righteousness. Righteousness produces good works. If you haven’t done so already, receive Jesus Christ today! Don’t you want to spend eternity with God? 

#salvation #devotional #vcccharlotte #childofGod

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | December 28th

“The Lord favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness -Psalm 147:11 AMP

We serve a faithful God, and He holds all power in His hands. He is definitely worthy of our praise, and when we exalt God, we put Him in the proper perspective - above and greater than the circumstance. On top of all that, because He’s a Good Father, He also graces us with favor. Regardless of the circumstance - GOOD or BAD - there is power in our praise. So praise through it! He is MORE than able to bring you through. ⁣

#dailydevotional #worship #vcccharlotte

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DAILY DEVOTIONAL | December 27th

“The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him sincerely and in truth. -Psalm 145:18 AMPC

Our Heavenly Father desires to be near us at all times. He wants to be “in our midst” and to work in and through us daily (John 14:12, Ephesians 2:10, Philippians 2:13). We only have to call His name and come to Him with a pure and humble heart. Regardless of where the paths of your feet tread today, commit your life to God and yield to Him for wisdom in your decision-making. When you do, you set the scene for Him to act on your behalf (Psalm 37:5, Proverbs 3:5-6). Trust in Him. He is ALL that you need. Have a blessed day.⁣⁣⁣⁣

⁣⁣#dailydevotional #callonHim #committed #vcccharlotte

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