Friday, January 29, 2016

What Is Your Destiny?

            Most of this section is repeated from the first volume of Your Destiny. This is to give those that have not read Your Destiny an understanding of what we are talking about and the assumptions we made. However, the verse at the end of the section and corresponding confession are different. So, if you’ve read the first one, you may want to skip to the end of this section and start confessing more of your destiny right away.

            When a life-changing event happens to a person, what does someone mean by the statement, “It was destiny (or fate).”? It means that the person involved had no control whatsoever over the situation. If it was something good, there was nothing that the person consciously did that caused the good to happen. If it was bad, there was nothing that the person could have done to prevent it.
            Around Christmas one year, I watched a movie named “Three Days”. It was one of those “second chance opportunity” movies. It wasn’t scriptural, but it does illustrate what is meant by one’s destiny. I’m intentionally leaving out a lot of the details.
            In the movie, on Christmas Eve the man’s wife went searching for a neighbor’s dog which had run off. She found the dog, but when she stepped into the street, she was struck by a car and died. In the hospital, the man was remorseful that he hadn’t had a chance to show her that he loved her. That night he met an angel that told him he would be granted the opportunity to relive the last three days with his wife. He would be aware of what had happened, but she wouldn’t, and he couldn’t tell her. In any event, three days later on Christmas Eve at the same time and place she would be there with the car bearing down on her … because that was her destiny. There was nothing he could do to prevent it.
            What would you do in this situation? Probably the same thing he did. He took her out of town so she would be in a different place on Christmas Eve. Just when it seemed like he would succeed, she insisted on going home for Christmas. In the end, there she was – same time; same dog; same car. It was her destiny.
            Nothing he tried to do could change what was destined. This was an example of what is meant by something being one’s destiny.
            Oh, by the way – when the car came this time, he pushed her out of the way, and was killed. Not to worry, the angel brought him back to life and they lived happily ever after. So, the situation was her destiny, but it wasn’t her destiny to die.
            How does this relate to Christians? There are certain things that the Bible tells us is the Christian’s destiny. There is nothing that you have to do to make it happen, nor is there anything bad that you might do that would prevent it from happening. It is your destiny.
            Of course we do need to set some guidelines as to the type of person we’re talking about.
            For example: Is it a Christian’s destiny to go to heaven when they die? If you say yes, then you must believe in “Once saved, always saved.” Otherwise, it is not a Christian’s destiny; because there would be something the person might do that would prevent this from happening. There are other beliefs that can also get in the way.
            Some believe you must be water baptized to go to Heaven. Some believe you must receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit in order to have His indwelling.
            Rather than argue pro or con, let’s assume that whatever is the “minimum” necessary to go to Heaven has been accomplished in the person’s life; that they have been water baptized; that the Holy Spirit is indwelling them; and that whatever else may be necessary to happen in a Christian’s life for the destiny discussed in this book to be realized has or will occur.
            Also, there may be some verses that it is questionable as to whether or not it is a Christian’s destiny. For example – “I can do all things through Christ Jesus”. It doesn’t say that you will … just that you can. Should that be considered our destiny? It is in the sense that you have the ability through Christ to do all things. So, we will be flexible in that regard.
            Why do we want to know what is our destiny? Because –

“… not one word of all the good words which the Lord your God spoke concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed.”; Joshua 23:14.

What does that mean? If God promised it as the Christian’s destiny … then it will be fulfilled because God cannot fail. Since God cannot fail, then neither can you.

If you could hear God speak to you, I believe this is what He would say:
            “My children, do you think that I promise you things and then do not fulfill them? How can that be? Would you do that to your children? Then why would you think that I would do that to mine? What I have promised, I will fulfill at the proper time. I will not be slow to keep my promises, and I am never late.”

            Throughout this book, I will be giving you some phrases about your destiny to say out loud. You should say them every day. The more you repeat them, the more the reality of your destiny will sink in and become a part of your daily thoughts about yourself. The one for the previous verse in Joshua is:

            1. All of God’s words about my destiny in Christ will never fail. They have been fulfilled for me. Therefore I cannot fail.

            Now repeat phrase number 1. Again. One more time.

            Too many Christian’s are ignorant of all the blessings of God that are available to them. Either they have never realized a promise was in the Bible, or felt certain it couldn’t be for them. It was only for the really spiritual ones. Or maybe they felt like they had done something so wrong that God didn’t want them to have it.
            God does want you to have these promises. His desire is for all His children to live the Christian life to the utmost. Then the world will want to become Christians too, when they see how much God loves His children. All that unbelievers have heard is how bad they are, and what a terrible punishment awaits them when they die. They’ve seen Christians fail and fall. They don’t want any part of it.

            The Scriptures that follow are quoted from the New American Standard Bible, unless otherwise noted; so the thought may sound familiar, yet a little different from what you may have memorized. Sometimes two or more Scriptures are combined to form a thought. If more than one is used, it too will be quoted or at least referenced.

Friday, January 22, 2016

Here is a list of all the confessionals from "Your Destiny". Next week I hope to start Volume 2: "Your Destiny Too". It will have most of the same topics, but with different Scripture references. There are a lot of things that are our destiny. Be sure you walk in yours daily.


Speaking My Destiny into Reality

            1. All of God’s promises about my destiny in Christ, they are yea and amen. I can trust that God will bring them to pass in my life.

            2. I am no longer far off from God, because I have been brought near to Him through the blood of Jesus.

            3. God has called me, and He will never change His mind. He has given me gifts, and He will never take them back.

            4. I have eternal life, which God promised me long ago.

            5. My name was written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world. Therefore, I am confident that one day I will be with Him.

            6. I have believed in the Son, Jesus. Therefore I have eternal life and will be raised from the dead, if I die before He returns.

            7. God has forgiven me all my transgressions that I committed before I came to Him. There is nothing that I have done that He has not forgiven me. My debt which I could not pay has been erased for ever.

            8. If in the future, I ever do anything wrong and confess it, He will forgive me.

            9. I have been born of water and the Spirit, and therefore I have entered the Kingdom of God. I can now partake of the privileges and fulfill the responsibilities of a member of the Kingdom.

            10. I have been justified in the sight of God through the death of Jesus Christ. It is just as though I had never sinned, and I have right standing before Him.

            11. God loved me so much that He drew me unto Himself … He did not force me to come.

            12. I have come to the Father through Jesus, for He is the only way to God.

            13. The Father gave me to Jesus, and I am not cast out.

            14. The Father has been revealed to me, and I know Him.

            15. The Father and the Son are in me, and I have fellowship with them.

            16. Before the beginning of time, God said my destiny was to become His adopted child.

            17. I have received Jesus, and so I was given the right to become a child of God.

            18. He is my Father, and I am His (son/daughter).

            19. The Father loves me, and nothing will separate me from His love.

            20. I can love others because God first loved me.

            21. The love of God controls me. Therefore, I exist and live for Him.

            22. I have a living hope, an inheritance that is imperishable and undefiled, which is reserved in Heaven for me.

            23. I have not only been made an heir of God, I have also been made a joint-heir with Christ. Therefore, what Christ will inherit so will I.

            24. No matter what has happened to me, God will cause it to work together for my good.

            25. The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

            26. God has delivered me from the authority of darkness. The devil has no authority over me. God has also transferred me to the Kingdom of His dear Son.

            27. He is faithful and will never fail me. He will strengthen me and protect me from the evil one.

            28. God does not tempt me. He will not allow me to be tempted beyond what I am able to resist, and will provide the means of escape whenever I am faced with temptation.

            29. God began a good work in me, and He will perfect it till the day Jesus returns.

            30. God, the Father, comforts me in all my afflictions. He does this so that I may be able to comfort others in their afflictions with that same comfort with which He comforted me.

            31. Whenever I am anxious, I can cast that anxiety on my Father because He truly cares for me. Then He bears the burden instead of me.

            32. God’s will for me is good, acceptable, and perfect. Therefore, I can trust Him that He would never do anything harmful to me, nor ask me to do anything that was not in my best interest.

            33. Whenever I have a desire for something that is good for me or in me, God will fulfill that desire. Whatever power I need to fulfill that desire, He will supply abundantly.

            34. I can trust God to continue to work in me and supply everything that I need to continually bring me closer to the point of perfection in my life.

            35. Whatever I need in life to bring me about godliness, He will supply through a true knowledge of Him. As I learn about Him, I realize how my life should be, and I strive to bring that about through Him.

            36. Because God made Jesus to be sin on the cross, then I have become the righteousness of God in Him. I am no longer a sinner. I am righteous in His sight.

            37. When Jesus hung on the cross, He bore all my sins in His body. I am dead to sin … it has no power over me. I will live unto righteousness through Him.

            38. When I was baptized, my old man was buried with Christ. My body of the flesh was circumcised and removed, and it has no power over me. I have also been raised up with Christ.

            39. Though the death of Jesus on the cross seems foolish to the world, to me it was God’s wisdom. Through it I was redeemed, and declared righteous and sanctified.

            40. I have been made complete in Jesus. I need nothing else to become what God wants me to become.

            41. I was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift. That is sufficient grace to meet all my needs.

            42. Just as Jesus is, so also am I in this world … not in the sweet bye-and-bye … now!

            43. I am predestined to become conformed to the image of Jesus. I will become just like He is. I have no doubt that it will happen because God predestined it.

            44. I have someone, Jesus, who will always bring my needs to the Father. He knows exactly what I need and how to ask for it.

            45. I am crucified with Christ and therefore dead. I will live the Christian life by having faith in Him to live it through me. I will succeed, because Christ cannot fail.

            46. I can rest assured that I am safe in Jesus’ hand. The Father will see to that. I have eternal life and will never perish.            

            47. I can do all things through Christ. That means that there is nothing that comes to me that I cannot do. I will never fail as long as I entrust myself to Him and His strength.

            48. I can trust God to always be with me. He will never desert me nor forsake me. I will never be alone again.

            49. God has called me to Himself; I have repented; been baptized; and I have received the gift of the Holy Spirit. I didn’t have to earn it. He was a gift to me.

            50. I didn’t have to work for my salvation, doing deeds of righteousness. It was through His mercy and grace that I experienced the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.

            51. I have believed in Jesus, and therefore from my innermost being will flow rivers of living water.

            52. God has placed His Spirit inside me to dwell, and He greatly desires that Spirit.

            53. The Holy Spirit of promise was given in my heart as an engagement ring. The Father, Himself, took a special interest in sealing me as His special possession!

            54. I know that I am God’s because His Spirit who indwells me bears testimony to my spirit that I am a child of God.

            55. Because of the Holy Spirit living inside of me, I know that if I let Him, He will show me exactly what I need to do in my life. He will teach me all that I need to know about God’s will in my life.

            56. Not only does Jesus intercede for me, so does the Holy Spirit in me. When He does, I need not worry …the prayer will be according to God’s will.

            57. Even though I don’t have Jesus physically with me, I do have another Helper just like Him … the Holy Spirit. He will be with me forever.

            58. The Holy Spirit in me will bring forth His good fruit in my life as I allow Him free access.

            59. The Holy Spirit has come upon me, and so I have received the power from above. This power enables me to be a witness for God wherever I go in this world.

            60. I have been born again of an imperishable seed … the living Word of God. It began its work at rebirth and continually works to make my soul into what God has planned for me.         

            61. As I read God’s Word and allow Him to have His way in my life, that living Word can discern what is from my spirit, and that which is from my soul. I can rest assured that which is from my spirit is from God and is the best thing for me to do.

            62. His Word builds me up every day, as I read and obey it. I can then experience my inheritance in this life.

            63. I have been born of God. Therefore, I overcome the world through my faith. I am no longer a loser, but a winner. I shall have victory because I have believed that Jesus is the Son of God.

            64. Because He is in me, I have overcome all those against me. That’s because He who is in me is greater than anyone who is in the world. I am an overcomer!

            65. As I read His Word daily, I will come to know what His will is for my life. I can then ask in Jesus’ name for anything according to His will. I can then be certain that I will receive whatever I have asked for.

            66. The devil has been rendered powerless and has no power over me. Therefore, I have been set free and have nothing to fear from him or death.

            67. Even before I knew Christ, He made me alive in Him. I didn’t have to do anything to earn it. He forgave all my transgressions and canceled out the certificate of debt that I owed and could never pay.

            68. Every one of my infirmities or diseases, present or future, was taken upon Himself by Jesus. I don’t have to worry that there is something that’s not covered under His medical plan!

            69. By the stripes of Jesus Christ, not only am I dead to sin and alive to righteousness, but also every one of my sicknesses, hurts, and pains have been healed. Through all that He suffered, I gained benefit in my life. I do not have to live with my illnesses. The healing was bought and paid for at Calvary.

            70. Jesus didn’t come so that I could live on barely-get-along-street. He came that I might have an abundant life. This is an overflowing, never-ending, able to give to others kind of life. This is the kind of life I will experience.

            71. All that the Father has is mine! That means I am lacking nothing. There is nothing that I could ever possibly need that He can’t fulfill for me because all belongs to Him.

            72. When I am in need, all I need to do is call upon Him. He is abounding in riches for me … not just enough to get by on and not always just for someone else. He is abounding in riches … for me!

            73. God makes all His grace abounding grace, not “ just enough so that I can barely make it ...a supply of grace that is enough to take care of all my needs and then some. Why? So that I may have an abundance to complete all the good deeds that I wish.

            74. God will supply all my needs, not just some. How much - according to His riches in glory. That’s than I can conceive of. It’s not based on my merits. It’s through Jesus. He knows exactly what and how much I need. There’s no need to worry that He will run out.

            75. When Jesus left the earth, He left me His peace. This peace is the kind I can have even when peace seems a universe away. I will not let my heart will be troubled nor will I let it be fearful. I will live in peace always.

            76. I am a new creature in Christ - not just painted over to look new - brand spanking new. The things I used to do before I became a Christian have passed away when I died to sin through Him. The old me did them … the new me doesn’t have to do them anymore. The things I now do are new and fresh. The new me desires to do them.

            77. My new self has been created in the likeness of God, its Maker. This new me is righteous and holy. It is coming closer and closer to the image of God, the one who created it. How more perfect can it get?

            78. How exciting! I do not have to fear condemnation. I have been set free from the law of sin and death. I am able to walk in newness of life through Him. One day I will become the likeness of His resurrection. Since He did all this for me, I will no longer be a slave to sin. I choose to walk in righteousness just like He did.

            79. Wherever I go, the signs of a believer will follow me. I can even lay hands on the sick, especially those in my household, and they will recover.

            80. I believe in Jesus, therefore, the works He did I will do also. I will even do greater works than those He did because He went to the Father.

            81. The covenant that the Jews had with God was great, but the covenant that I have with Him is even better. That is because God made even better promises to me than He made to Moses and Israel.

            82. When I was baptized, I appealed to God for a good conscience, and He gave it to me. My conscience is clear concerning all the sins that I did before I was saved. The person that did those things is dead and buried!

            83. I am the salt of the earth. I will add flavor and be a preservative wherever I go.

            84. All things belong to me and all things are lawful for me to do. However, I will choose to do only those things that are profitable and that will edify myself and others.

            85. Because I have received the power of the Holy Spirit, I shall be His witness wherever I go throughout the world.

            86. God chose me before the world was created. When He chose me, it was so that I might be holy and blameless. He wanted me to be like Him in all my thoughts and actions.

            87. Though my righteousness was as filthy rags, He has washed me whiter than snow; set me apart unto Him as holy; just as if I had never sinned!

            88. Even though at times it may look like I won’t make it, He is able to keep me from stumbling and make me stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy. Hallelujah!

            89. He is sanctifying me totally inside and out. I will be completely without blame when Jesus returns. I can depend on Him to do it. It will happen!

            90. I have been set free from sin and it no longer has dominion over me. This will bring about my sanctification with its result … eternal life!

            91. My flesh has been crucified with Christ along with its passions and desires. With His help I can resist the urges of the past and stand blameless in His sight.

            92. I have washed my robes, and so I have the right to the tree of life in the City of God. I can enter the gates of the city with my head held high because of what He has accomplished in me.

            93. Since I am born of God, I no longer practice sin. His divine seed is in me, and that part of me can no longer sin. God keeps me from all harm and protects me from the evil one.

            94. When the Lord comes, He will bring to light those things for which I have been falsely accused by those around me and will disclose the motives of my heart. Then I will receive praise from God for I will only do those things that are pleasing unto Him.

            95. When the Lord comes, He will reward Me according to my deeds, all of which will be acceptable in His sight.

            96. When I appear before the judgment seat of Christ, I will be recompensed for my deeds in the body all of which will be good in His sight.

            97. Love is perfected with me and I will have confidence in the day of judgment. As He is, so also shall I be in this world.

            98. I will treat people the way Jesus wants me to; I will not listen to those things that are not pleasing unto Him; I will not judge others; and I will use whatever I have been given to the glory of God.

            99. I am a member of Christ’s body. That means that I need the other members of His body and they need me to be complete. I am needed no matter what anyone else says or thinks.

            100. I am a member of the Church which Christ will present to Himself in all her glory. We will have no spot or wrinkle or any such thing. We will be holy and blameless.

            101. I am being fitted together with the other members of Christ into a holy temple in the Lord … a fit dwelling of God in the Spirit. He will dwell in us and walk among us. We shall commune with God like Adam and Eve in the Garden before the fall.

            102. I will gather together with other believers for when two or three of us gather together in His name, He is in our midst.

            103. I will be of those who attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of Jesus to a mature person to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Him.

            104. I am of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession. I will proclaim His excellencies for he has called me out of darkness into His marvelous light.

            105. I have believed in the Son and so I have eternal life. He will not abandon me to the grave when I die. He will raise me up on the last day.

            106. When Jesus returns He will send forth His angels and gather His elect, which includes me, from wherever we are located in Heaven, on earth, or under the earth.

            107. I do not have to fear that if this earthly temporal tent, my body, is torn down that there is nothing more. I know for sure that He has made for me a house eternal in the heavens with which I will clothe myself.

            108. My citizenship is in Heaven from which I eagerly wait for my Savior who will transform my body into conformity with His glorious body by the exertion of that power which He has to subject all things to Himself.

            109. When the last trumpet sounds, I will be changed … whether I am awake or asleep in the grave. I will then be raised up with Him imperishable, having put on immortality.

            110. I am confident that He who raised the Lord Jesus from the grave, will raise me also and present me to the Father.

            111. I shall behold the face of God, and He will wipe away all my tears. I will no longer cry or experience pain. I shall walk in the light of the Lord and will reign forever and ever.

            112. This perishable shall put on the imperishable and this mortal shall put on immortality. I will be among those who dwell with God Himself.

            113. I am looking for new heavens and a new earth in which I will dwell in righteousness. He has promised, and I know He will never fail me.

            114. I am not destined for wrath but for obtaining salvation through Jesus. I along with the other believers will live together with Him.

            115. I was formerly darkness, but now I am the light of the world. I will no longer walk in darkness but as a child of the light giving light to those around me who are still in darkness.

            116. Jesus has given me the authority to tread upon all the powers, devices, and spirits of the enemy. No thing of the enemy will injure me. I will rejoice that my name is recorded in Heaven.

            117. No weapon formed against me will prosper. Every tongue that accuses me in judgment, I will condemn. This is my heritage and God will vindicate me.

            118. I am beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord coming from within me. I am being transformed into that glorious image from the Lord, the Spirit.

            119. His surpassing great power is directed towards me … the same power that raised Jesus from the dead and seated Him in the heavenly places. When the Father raised Jesus, He also raised me with Him and seated me with Him in the heavenly places.

            120. Angels are ministering spirits sent out to render service for my sake, who shall inherit salvation.

            121. I am not of this world, just as Jesus was not of this world. Therefore, I will no longer behave as if I were of this world.



Friday, January 15, 2016


            We’re not of the world:

John 17:16
16     “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
     

            Amen! We are unquestionably not of this world. And so we shouldn’t behave the way people of this world do. We are of the Heavenly Realm and should operate that way. We are a royal priesthood. We should make it our lives’ goal to minister to the Lord and to the ones around us like priests … holy and blameless walking in His Word and Spirit.

If you could hear God speak to you, I believe this is what He would say:
            "My children, you are not of this world, so do not act as if you were. Don’t look to your own resources to take care of yourself, but look to Mine. I will provide all that is needed to take care of your every need. You are to not walk like the people of this world trusting in their own power and resources. You are to trust in Me to take care of you and to bring you into completion at the proper time. I will do all that is necessary to bring you into the same glory that My Son experience while He was on the earth. Trust in Me to do it … to take care of everything. You cannot do it in your own power, but you must trust in Me to take care of you. You are to be a shining light to those of this world, so that they will want to become part of My Kingdom. You are to woo them into My Kingdom. You are My special delight, so act like it. Do not act like those of this world but like those of My world.”

            121. I am not of this world, just as Jesus was not of this world. Therefore, I will no longer behave as if I were of this world.


            That’s just some of the things we’re destined to have or to become. Maybe another time we’ll look into more. These are just a little over a third of the Scriptures I found concerning our destiny.


Friday, January 8, 2016

(Angels) ministering spirits:

Hebrews 1:14
14     Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

            Even angels are used to render service for us. These superb creations are used by God to aid us in our daily walk. God cares that much about us. Some say that we have the authority ourselves to send them forth. Perhaps we do – but this is a slippery slope to try to climb. Many good Christians have fallen trying to wield authority they either didn’t have or didn’t know how to use properly. Just look at Jude and II Peter. It’s safest to stay away from this. Just be grateful that God cared for us enough to provide “secret agents” to help us.

If you could hear God speak to you, I believe this is what He would say:
            "There is nothing that I would not do for you. I have provided all that is necessary to take care of you. I have put all My resources at your disposal. I even send forth My angels to provide what is necessary for you. There is nothing too great for them. They will help Me to take care of whatever is lacking in your life. Do not think that I have abandoned you to your own resources. I have provided an abundance of resources at your disposal. Trust in Me to do all that is necessary to take care of all your needs.”


            120. Angels are ministering spirits sent out to render service for my sake, who shall inherit salvation.