30 Thoughts For Victorious Living (4 page)

PRAYER FOR TODAY:

Heavenly Father, today I ask
You
to fill my thoughts with Your thoughts, and fill my heart with Your promises. I choose to focus on
You
and the good things You have in store for me. I will meditate on
Your
word. Thank You for guiding my every action, my every thought and my every step.

“Fear not; stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will work for you today.”

(Exodus 14:13)

When you step out to do something big for God, the enemy will send challenges and distractions to knock you off course. He may try to send you running, but you have a promise that God is working behind the scenes for you. You’ll be amazed at what God will do in your life when you stand and face your challenges and hold on to the promises found in His word.

When you take a stand, you make a declaration of your faith in God and automatically raise that shield of faith, which extinguishes all the flaming arrows of the evil one (Ephesians 6:16). So take a stand today, and stayed on the course the Lord has set for you - take a stand in your prayer life - take a stand in your Bible study time - take a stand in your acts of service and giving to others. Take a stand and see the salvation and provision of the Lord in every area of your life!

PRAYER FOR TODAY:

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your promise to bring me through to victory.

I ask
You
for strength as I take a stand to do what is right according to Your Word.

I know
Your
hand of blessing is upon my every act of obedience. I bless Your Name today and will seek to serve
You
in everything I do.

“They have made me a keeper of vineyards, of my own vineyard I have not kept.”

(Song of Solomon 1:6)

Are there areas of your life that are not “kept” because you are taking care of everyone else? If you are always on the go, constantly working and never take time for yourself, you will end up stressed out and overwhelmed, and you won’t be able to enjoy life the way God intended. Living a balanced life brings peace, joy and health.

The person speaking in Song of Solomon was good at taking care of everyone else -his family, his friends,
his
work. He made sure everyone else was happy, but in doing that, he neglected to take care of himself. Are you living like that today? Do you spend all your time on other people, but not on yourself? Eventually you will burn out. Decide today to begin investing in yourself. Take time to relax and rejuvenate yourself. When you are refreshed emotionally, physically, and spiritually, you are able to give to others more effectively. As you bring balance to your life, you will begin to enjoy every day to the fullest - just the way God intended!

PRAYER FOR TODAY:

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for giving me the wisdom to make right choices and bring balance in my life. I made the decision to put
You
first in all that I do. I purpose to take time to invest in myself so that I may be more effective in sharing and giving to others.

“...
the
Lord bestows
favor
and
honor
; no good thing does He withhold from those who walk is blameless .”

(Psalm 84:11)

What an awesome promise - no good thing does
He
withhold... God wants to pour out His abundant blessings, His abundant victory and
favor
in your life! In Psalm 8:5, the Bible says that God has crowned us with glory and
honor
. Another word for
honor
is “
favor
.” In other words, God has crowned us with His
favor
! He wants you to thrive and excel in life.

You are a child of the Most High God. You walk in His
favor
each and every day -not because of who you are, but because of WHOSE you are! You are
favored
because you are a child of God and He wants you to be “
favor
-minded.” To be
favored
-minded simply means that you are releasing your faith, knowing that God wants to bless you. The more
favor
-minded you are, the more of God’s
favor
you’re going to see! Begin to declare that you have the
favor
of God surrounding you, knowing God’s
favor
will bring you to a place of peace, hope and victory like you’ve never experienced before.

PRAYER FOR TODAY:

Father God, thank You for calling me
Your
child and pouring Your
favor
upon my every step. Help me to see
Your
hand of blessing, so that I may glorify You in all that I do. I receive
Your
favor
in my life this day! Thank You for blessing me today, so that I may be a blessing to others.

“But let all bitterness, indignation, wrath, resentment,
quarreling
and slander (evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language) be banished from you.”

(Ephesians 4:31)

Did you know that unforgiveness, bitterness and resentment block the flow of God’s blessing in your life? Holding on to the hurts of your past can poison your present and limit your future. But when you let go of these emotional wounds, you open the door to the life of victory that God has planned.

The enemy will try to use your past to influence your actions and responses. He will try to paralyze you with fear and shame. But when you choose to forgive those who have wronged you and release your past to your Heavenly
Father’s loving
care, you can walk in freedom. You can trade your sorrow for His joy. You can trade your shame for His peace. You can trade your insecurities for His love and victory!

You are not defined by your past. You are defined by God’s Word and His plan for your life. And God sees you as an overcomer! God sees you as a champion in life.

PRAYER FOR TODAY:

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift of forgiveness. Thank You for loving me enough to set me free. I ask
You
now to search my heart and show me any hurt or bitterness I need to release so I can walk in forgiveness and freedom today.

“As a man thinks in his heart, so is he.”

(Proverbs 23:7)

Did you know that you never will rise above the image you have of
yourself ?
If you see yourself as poor and defeated, then you’re going to live a poor, defeated life.

In order to change your life, you have to change your focus. You have to change what you’re looking at and believing for. You have to believe that God is for you and desires good things for your life. If you choose to stay focused on the things that are negative in your life, then by your own choice you are agreeing with the enemy. You cast the deciding vote. When you believe his lies, it opens a door to destruction in your life.

But on the other hand, if you choose to agree with God in His word, if you choose to focus on the fact that you can do all things for Christ, and that you are more than a conqueror, then your faith is going to cause God to show up and work supernaturally in your life! Your faith will help you go to new levels of victory and soon you will rise to be the champion God has called you to be!

PRAYER FOR TODAY:

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for designing me to succeed in every area of my life. I choose to agree with
Your
word and focus on the good things in my life. I know that
You
have equipped me to live as a champion in life!

“ For
where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is strife and every evil work.”

(James 3:16)

Are you praying and seeking God for a change in your life? Does there seem to be an invisible roadblock preventing you from experiencing God’s blessing and
favor
to the fullest?

The Bible tells us that when we hold on to strife, it brings confusion. Strife opens the door to every evil work of the enemy. (James 3:16) Strife can creep in like a cancer to steal your peace, destroy relationships and extinguish
hope .
You must constantly stay on guard against strife and make the decision to walk in love and peace. Keeping strife out of your life is a vital key to living the abundant life God has in store for you!

Follow the example of Jesus and let your words and actions bring life to those around you. Focus more on loving people than proving your point. As you
honor
and prefer others, and lay your own opinions aside, you’ll discover a level of peace and rest you’ve never experienced of - and new levels of victory and abundance!

PRAYER FOR TODAY:

Dear Father, show me where I may be
harboring
any strife or selfishness in my heart. I repent of an attitude that is unpleasing to
You
and blocks the flow of Your Spirit in my life. Show me how I can demonstrate
Your
love to others this day and use me as a catalyst to bring hope, joy and encouragement to others.

“The vision is for an appointed time. Though it
tarry
, wait earnestly for it, for it will surely come.”

(
Habakkak
2:3)

I know God has put dreams and desires in your heart - things you are hoping for, praying about, in believing in. The Bible says if we’ll pray in faith according to God’s Word, then God will hear us and answer those prayers

When you have a dream from God in your heart you don’t have to struggle and try to force it to happen. You don’t have to be worried or frustrated, wondering if it’s ever going to come to past when you have the promises of God deep in your heart, the Bible says you will “enter into the rest of God.” That’s a place of total trust. A place where you know, beyond a shadow of
doubt, that
God is going to see you through. It’s a place of faith, knowing that God is in complete control and at the exact, right time, He will bring your dream to pass!

PRAYER FOR TODAY:

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for the dreams and desires
You’ve
placed in my heart. I choose to trust in
You
and wait for Your plan to bring them to pass. I know
You
are faithful, and I thank You for guiding and directing my every step.