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The Powerful Truth About Faith That Every Believer Should Know
Many believers quietly wonder if they are truly pleasing God.
They try harder, pray longer, and examine their lives carefully—yet still feel unsure.
But God has never made pleasing Him complicated.
Scripture gives a clear and powerful answer:
“But without faith it is impossible to please Him.”
— Hebrews 11:6
Faith is the life that pleases God.
Some have grown up with the mistaken idea that God is watching every move with disappointment, ready to judge every mistake.
Yet the Word of God reveals something entirely different about His heart. Our heavenly Father delights in those who trust Him.
Faith pleases Him.
Trust pleases Him.
Obedience pleases Him.
Praise and worship please Him.
Throughout Scripture we see the many ways believers can live lives that are pleasing to God. Children honoring their parents pleases Him (Colossians 3:20). Keeping His commandments pleases Him (1 John 3:22). Praising and worshiping Him pleases Him (Psalm 69:30-31). Walking uprightly brings His favor and blessing (Proverbs 16:7).
And perhaps one of the most remarkable testimonies in the Bible is found in the life of Enoch.
The book of Hebrews tells us that Enoch had this testimony: he pleased God (Hebrews 11:5).
What an incredible legacy—to live a life that brings joy to the heart of God.
The truth is wonderfully simple.
God is pleased when His children believe Him.
When we trust His promises, walk in His ways, and acknowledge His Word, we are living a life of faith—and that is a life that pleases Him.
Today, take hold of this truth with confidence:
When you trust God, you are pleasing Him.
Faith is not just the pathway to God’s promises.
Faith is the life that delights His heart.
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When God’s Promise Tests Your Faith
The Promise Is Being Refined — Not Denied
“Until the time that his word came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him.”
— Psalm 105:19
There are seasons in every believer’s life when the promise of God seems to take longer than expected.
You may know what God has spoken to your heart. You may have read His promises in Scripture and believed them with confidence. Yet the circumstances around you seem to tell a completely different story.
When that happens, it can feel as though the promise itself is being challenged.
But Psalm 105 gives us a powerful insight into what is really happening during those seasons.
Scripture tells us that Joseph was tested by the Word of the Lord.
Joseph received a divine promise when he was still a young man. Through dreams, God revealed that Joseph would one day rise into a position of great authority and influence. Yet the fulfillment of that promise did not come quickly.
In fact, Joseph waited many years before he saw the promise fulfilled.
During that waiting period, his circumstances were anything but encouraging. He experienced betrayal, injustice, and long seasons of uncertainty. But the Bible reveals something very important about Joseph’s journey.
It was not the circumstances that truly tested him.
It was the promise.
The Refining Work of God’s Word
Have you been waiting?
The Hebrew word translated tested in Psalm 105:19 carries the meaning to refine, purify, and prove genuine. It is a word often used to describe the process of refining precious metals.
When gold is refined, it is placed in intense heat so that impurities rise to the surface and can be removed. What remains is pure gold.
In the same way, the Word of God was refining Joseph.
God was not abandoning him.
God was not delaying the promise for no reason.
The promise itself was working in Joseph, strengthening his faith and preparing him for the fulfillment that was coming.
Many people assume that God uses suffering itself to refine His people. But Scripture gives us a different perspective.
Jeremiah wrote:
“For He does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.”
— Lamentations 3:33
God does not delight in hardship. He is not looking for ways to make life difficult for His children. Instead, His Word works within us, shaping our faith so that we learn to trust Him completely.
When Circumstances Contradict the Promise
Joseph’s circumstances repeatedly seemed to contradict what God had shown him.
Every obstacle could have made him question the promise.
Every delay could have made him doubt what God had spoken.
His situation cried out, “This will never happen.”
But the promise of God was speaking something greater.
Scripture declares:
“There shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.”
— Luke 1:45
This is one of the most powerful truths in the entire Bible.
When God speaks a promise, there will be a performance of it.
God does not speak empty words. His promises are not hopeful possibilities. They are declarations backed by His character and His power.
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The Choice Every Believer Must Make
When circumstances contradict what God has promised, every believer faces a choice.
You can confess what you see or what God’s Promised.
Circumstances may appear convincing, but they are temporary. Situations change. Conditions shift.
But the Word of God does not change.
The promises of God are anchored in His unchanging nature. Scripture reminds us:
“God is not a man, that He should lie.”
— Numbers 23:19
If God has spoken something over your life, you can trust that He will bring it to pass.
Joseph in the Bible, held firmly to the promise until the day it became reality. And when the appointed time arrived, everything God had spoken came to pass exactly as He said it would.
Your Promise Still Stands
Perhaps you are in a season where the promise feels distant.
Maybe the situation around you seems to contradict what God has spoken. You may even feel as though the promise itself is being tested.
But that is often the very moment when God is strengthening your faith.
The Word of God is not failing.
The promise is not disappearing.
God is still working.
What He has spoken is still true today.
If God has given you a promise from His Word, hold fast to it. Let His Word be stronger than the circumstances you see.
Just as it was for Joseph, there will come a day when the promise becomes reality.
The delay is not denial.
The promise is simply being refined.
And when the time appointed by God arrives, there will be a performance of those things spoken by the Lord.
To God Be the Glory,
Deborah (Mills) Booth
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Beauty For Ashes
Beauty For Ashes
Hello Everyone! Here is an excerpt that has great comfort and wisdom for anyone who has experienced heart ache or heart break. This excerpt is from my father Dick Mills’ book “The Spirit Filled Believer’s Daily Devotional.”Isaiah 61:3 “To give them beauty for ashes….
“Ashes are the only thing left when dreams go up in smoke.
A young woman enters marriage full of high hope and a wonderful dream. The marriage sours, the hope is shattered, the dream is gone; she is left looking at a pile of ashes.
A young man goes into business with aspirations of greatness. Errors in judgment, changing tides, wrong decisions and he goes bankrupt. Ashes.
Good health, good friendships, good plans for the future can all go up in flames overnight leaving nothing but the blackened ashes of disappointment, disillusionment, and despair.
This observation may seem gloomy and depressing, but it does’t have to be. There is an answer. Only the Lord can turn ashes into a thing of beauty.
He can take any broken situation mend it, and make it into an object of art, a thing of beauty, a joy forever.
If you are “burned out,” don’t wallow in the ashes of self-pity. Let the Lord take over your life from here on. See what He will do with it. His creativity will surprise you!
Faced with ashes, we humans tend to finalize by concluding; “Well that is it, it’s all over. There’s nothing left.”
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In this verse, the Lord steps in and literally makes something out of nothing.
He has the ability to take our worst losses and turn them into powerful displays of divine beauty.”
Isaiah 61:1-3 ““The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,3 To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”
Father in Jesus Name, we pray together and agree for your words to come to pass in our lives. We praise you because you are worthy of our praise. We honor and glorify you because you are Holy and worthy of honor. Your name is Hallowed. Your word is forever settled in heaven. And it is because of your word and what it says, that we praise you and exchange our heaviness, our sorrow, our grieving with Praise. The garment of praise. We deliberately put it on. We use our mouth, our words, our voices to praise you.
Lord we ask for your spirit to come, your presence to come. Lord we ask you to heal and do something in our hearts that only you can do. Nothing is wasted in your hands Lord.
We again give our hearts completely to you.
We love you.
We live for you.
We don’t ever walk away from you, quit believing in you, nor do we give up.
Our lives are in your hands. Again.
In your precious Name, the Name above every name, Jesus.
Amen.
Today, turn to the Lord. Everything that is weighing you down, surrender to Him.
Psalm 5:3, “My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord;
In the morning I will direct it to You,
And I will look up.”Philippians 4:6, “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;”
Today is a good day to surrender every thought and weight over to Him with prayer-
With faith and expectation,
Deborah (Mills) Booth
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God Is Not Withholding From You
We believe God’s Word. He promises in His Word, “The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.”Do not allow thoughts that contradict God’s promises to take root in your mind. Do not let fear speak louder than faith.
Pay attention to what God says and to how His kingdom works.
God’s protocol is simple:
Believe His Word. Speak His promises. Refuse to mistrust what He has said.
Because Scripture tells us in Numbers 23:19:
“God is not a man, that He should lie.”
And in Ezekiel 12:28 we are reminded:
“None of My words will be delayed any longer; whatever I say will be fulfilled.”
God does what He promises.
His Word Produces Life
Listen to what Scripture says in Proverbs 4:20–22:
Pay attention to My words… keep them within your heart… for they are life to those who find them and health to the whole body.
God’s Word is not just instruction.
His Word is life.
Speak His promises.
Believe His promises.
Trust Him and receive what He has spoken.
God Multiplies the Seed You Sow
One of the great principles of God’s kingdom is seed and harvest.
When a farmer plants a single kernel of corn, he does not receive one kernel back. That one seed grows into a plant that produces several ears of corn—and each ear contains hundreds of seeds.
God multiplies the seed that is planted.
The seeds you sow—whether through generosity, faithfulness, prayer, or obedience—never return empty. God multiplies them.
So when circumstances try to whisper lack, remember this:
Lack is not the final story.
Sometimes lack simply means it is time to plant another seed.
The Jar That Did Not Run Out
We see this principle beautifully illustrated in 1 Kings 17:7–16.
A widow had only a small amount of flour and a little oil—barely enough for one last meal. Yet when she obeyed God’s instruction through the prophet Elijah, something miraculous happened.
Scripture says:
“The jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word of the Lord.”
Day after day, God supplied exactly what was needed.
The jar did not run out.
The oil did not fail.
And the same God who provided then is still providing today.
God Is Not Withholding from You
The Lord delights in blessing those who seek Him.
Scripture declares in Psalm 34:10:
“Those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.”
Finally, God’s Word and His promises are for you. Each day as you pray and familiarize yourself with the Lord’s Word, remember He does not lie. Pray his provision over your lack. He does not want you to lack any good thing.
3 John 2
”Beloved. I wish above all things that you would prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers.”
Pray against lack. Pray against disease and pray for God’s will to be done in your life. Today.
To God Be All the Glory,
Deborah (Mills) Booth
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Series: Position the Heart to Hear God
Key Scriptures: Psalm 46:10; Habakkuk 2:20; Isaiah 30:15Silence is not emptiness—it is positioning.
In Scripture, silence is often the place where God prepares His servants to hear clearly.
A Bible passage that shows this process is I Kings 19:11-13, “Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.”And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord,
but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake,
but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire,
but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave.
Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
The still small voice does not emerge from hurry or emotional noise; it rises out of stillness. Elijah did not hear God while running, reasoning, or rehearsing his fear.
He heard God after he stopped.“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10
Stillness is not passivity. It is an act of trust. It is the believer saying, “God, I will stop striving long enough to listen.”
Silence Separates God’s Voice from Other Voices
There are many voices competing for attention—fear, memory, pressure, urgency, expectation. Silence is the spiritual discipline that separates what is loud from what is true, what is God, what is purposeful.
Habakkuk declared:“The Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before Him.” — Habakkuk 2:20
Silence acknowledges God’s authority. It places Him back at the center. In silence, the soul realigns itself under God’s rule.
Dick Mills often taught that discernment does not come from asking God to speak louder—but from learning to quiet everything else. God’s voice has never lacked clarity; it is our surroundings that create interference.
Prophetic Insight: Silence Is a Gateway, Not a Pause
In prophetic ministry, silence is not a delay—it is a doorway. Many miss God’s instruction because they rush past the moment where He is ready to speak.
The Lord often speaks after the soul settles.
Isaiah writes:
“In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” —
Isaiah 30:15
Notice the progression:Returning Rest Quietness Confidence Strength
Strength is the outcome of silence rightly embraced.
Elijah Heard God When His Soul Was Quieted-Before God spoke direction to Elijah, He restored him. Food. Rest. Shelter. Stillness. God addressed the condition of Elijah’s soul before assigning the next step.
Strategy came after God spoke peace to his turmoil.
He speaks peace.
He speaks and addresses the turmoil.
When Jesus woke up, he rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Silence! Be still!” Suddenly the wind stopped, and there was a great calm. Mark 4:39
A heart in turmoil that turns to God’s voice will be changed in His presence.
The still small voice brings emotional and spiritual stabilization first.
God speaks and declares peace. He has given us the ability to hear His voice, and then declare peace, speak provision and God’s Presence by speaking His Word.
Direction and strategy comes.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.”Hearing God’s voice begins with hearing what He has spoken.
God is speaking, and you can hear Him—clearly, confidently, consistently. As you continue this journey, let your spirit rise with expectation. The same God who declared, “My sheep hear My voice,” is awakening that promise in you right now. These pages are an invitation to go deeper, to stretch your faith, to confront every doubt with the truth of His Word, and to discover that He has been guiding you all along.
Lean in with boldness. Ask the hard questions. Pursue Him with a ready heart. You are not learning to hear a distant God—you are responding to the living Shepherd who is already calling, already leading, and already revealing Himself to you.
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Let’s grow stronger in faith every day.To God Be All the Glory,
Deborah (Mills) Booth
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WHEN FEAR FACES FAITH
WHEN FEAR FACES FAITH
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Anchor Scripture:
“Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” — 1 Samuel 7:12 (KJV)
I. THE PROBLEM: THE APPREHENSIVE HEART
There are seasons when the future feels uncertain.
You have had anxious moments.
You have been inundated with doubts.
You have been tempted to retreat into the comfort of yesterday rather than face tomorrow.
Fear whispers:
What if this time is different? What if God does not come through? What if you are left alone?
The human heart often feels safer looking backward than stepping forward.
Scripture Reveals the Struggle
“When my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” — Psalm 61:2
“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” — 2 Corinthians 5:7 “
Why are you cast down, O my soul? … Hope in God.” — Psalm 42:5
The problem is not that trials come.
The problem is forgetting Who brought you this far.
Fear magnifies the unknown future.
Faith remembers the proven past.
II. THE SOLUTION: REMEMBERING “HITHERTO”
In 1 Samuel 7, Samuel set up a stone and called it Ebenezer, saying:
“Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.”
“Hitherto” means:
Up to this point. Until now. All the way here.
God’s answer to apprehension is remembrance.
He says:
I have begun a work in you. I have supplied your needs. I have strengthened you. I have protected you. I have delivered you.
Scripture Confirms His Ongoing Work
“Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it.” — Philippians 1:6
“The Lord is my helper; I will not fear.” — Hebrews 13:6
“I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken.” — Psalm 37:25
God does not bring His children this far to abandon them.
“For I the Lord do not change.” — Malachi 3:6
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” — Hebrews 13:8
The same God who helped you then is helping you now.
III. THE ANSWER: GOD DELIVERS CONTINUATION, NOT ABANDONMENT
God declares:
I did not bring you to this place to forsake you, to leave you, to desert you, to abandon you.
His Covenant Promise
“I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” — Hebrews 13:5
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee… I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” — Isaiah 41:10
“The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.” — Psalm 121:8
Notice the pattern in your life:
He provided in times past. He protected in times past. He preserved in times past. He delivered in times past.
Therefore:
As He provided, He will provide.
As He protected, He will protect.
As He preserved, He will preserve.
God’s past faithfulness is prophetic of your future security.
“For the Lord will perfect that which concerneth me.” — Psalm 138:8
He finishes what He starts.
IV. FINISHING THE STORY: FROM MEMORY TO CONFIDENCE
The enemy wants you to trust in the uncertainty of the future.
God invites you to stand on the certainty of His character.
Your foundation is not what may happen.
Your foundation is what God has already proven.
Say it again:
“Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.”
And if He has helped you until now—
He will help you beyond now.
FAITH-EMPOWERING CONCLUSION
The future is not uncertain when the Author of it walks beside you.
You are not standing at the edge alone.
You are not abandoned in transition.
You are not stranded between promise and fulfillment.
The same hand that sustained you yesterday is steady today.
The same voice that guided you before still speaks.
The same power that delivered you then is working now.
So lift your head.
Stand firm.
Move forward.
Because if God has brought you this far—
He will see you through.
“Being confident of this very thing…” — Philippians 1:6
Hitherto.
And beyond.
To God Be All the Glory,
Deborah (Mills) Booth
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Restoration Brings Something Back to Its Designed Strength and Purpose
Restoration is not about returning to what was.
It is about returning to what God intended.
God does not restore simply to comfort you.
He restores to fulfill His purpose.
He heals to reposition.
He rebuilds to complete destiny.
Restoration is always tied to intention.
God Restores — He Does Not Replace
Replacement substitutes something lost.
Restoration rebuilds something to its original design and strength.
To restore means:
To return to intended function To rebuild what was broken To reinstate what was weakened To repay with increase
God declares:
“Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.” — Zechariah 9:12
And again:
“I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten…” — Joel 2:25
God does not erase the past—He redeems it.
He restores with purpose and often with increase.
Restoration Is Connected to Rebuilding
Restoration is never isolated. It leads to rebuilding.
Scripture shows us that the Lord restores and rebuilds waste places, raising up what was desolate. Restoration carries constructive power.
Job’s testimony reveals:
“The Lord restored Job’s losses… indeed the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.” — Job 42:10
Notice the connection—Job prayed, and restoration followed.
Restoration aligned with purpose and expansion.
God restores in order to move you forward.
How Do You Move Forward?
Farmers plant specific seeds to grow crops for a specific harvest. The Kingdom Operates by Seed
We plant seeds with our words.
Specific seeds for specific crops (outcomes).
Fulfillment is activated through seed.
Jesus taught:
“The seed is the word of God.” — Luke 8:11
Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels.com Every seed carries design and multiplication within it.
Plant one tomato seed, tend it carefully, water it consistently, remove weeds that choke it—and it produces abundance.
Plant one kernel of corn, and one stalk can produce hundreds of kernels on a single cob.
The kingdom functions the same way.
Plant one word from God.
Water it with faith.
Guard it from doubt.
And harvest follows.
The parable in Luke 8 shows us the seed only fails when the soil is hardened, shallow, or distracted. The Word works when planted in prepared ground.
Prepare the Soil
Before planting comes preparation.
Break up the fallow ground.
Repent.
Remove hardened areas.
Refuse to plant toxic seeds.
Do not sow fear and expect fulfillment.
Do not sow bitterness and expect blessing.
Every word you speak plants something.
Frame Your World With Words
Scripture declares:
“By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God.” — Hebrews 11:3
Creation itself was framed by words.
You frame your life by what you agree with.
“God is not a man, that He should lie…” — Numbers 23:19
“None of My words will be postponed anymore.” — Ezekiel 12:28
When God speaks, fulfillment begins.
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We will be sharing a Good Word that we believe God has given us for the year and this season.
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If you have been waiting for a breakthrough, and answers to prayer, it is on its way.
God moves on the behalf of His people, and He will do for you what He has done for others as well as those we’ve read about in the Bible.Scripture reminds us that God watches over His Word to perform it. What He has spoken does not return void—it accomplishes exactly what He intends.
This year carries a clear spiritual declaration:
Answered Prayer.
Restoration.
Breakthrough.
Fulfillment.
This is not a hopeful theme—it is a heaven-released word.
When God speaks, movement begins.
What was delayed starts to shift. What was broken begins to mend. What seemed silent is answered.This year is marked by restoration set in motion.
Restoration
It does not wait for circumstances to change. It begins the moment God speaks.
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Series: the still small voice
How to hear God’s voice. What He has spoken in His Word to you will change your life.For more scripture encouragement- Get my new 30 Day Devotional –Hearing God’s Voice Above All the Other Voices
available HERE ON AMAZONGod speaks and everything changes. Life comes where hopelessness has been.
The nature of God’s voice.
It does not crush; it restores.
It does not overwhelm; it steadies.
It does not accuse; it redirects.
How do you hear God’s voice? He has already spoken.
His Same Spirit that hovered over the face of the waters in Genesis still moves and brings new life to you and I.
“The purpose of God speaking is to draw us in to His Presence, to be anointed and filled with His Spirit.”
We can’t stay the same!
God knows what each believers’ destiny is and that they need all of Him to be led inthe right direction.
God’s voice produces quiet assurance, not confusion. When we learn to recognize and respond to His voice, we become people of peace in a troubled world-
Think of this, God says in His Word that “For where envy and self-seeking exist, (strife) confusion and every evil thing are there.” James 3:16
GOd is speaking and it has purpose. it is to show us as believers how to live daily. Peaceful, filled with the power and Presence of Jehovah Shalom which brings peace to situations. It pours water on a fire rather than verbal gasoline!
The direction He gives in His Word is to run from strife. It brings evil of every kind.
However the Spirit of the Lord brings life!(John 10:10)Elijah’s story in the Bible is not only history; it is instruction. I Kings 19:12,13, “and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?”
Elijah was hiding and afraid.
The same still small voice that spoke to him is speaking today—calling believers to come out of fear, exhaustion, strife and discouragement, and into rest and renewed purpose.
Jesus echoed this invitation when He said:
“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:29–30).
When God speaks, life is restored. Inner peace comes because of the Presence of God.
When His voice is heeded, strength and power return.
And when we listen, we discover once again that peace is not the absence of trouble—it is the presence of God.
The Presence of God outweighs strife, anxiety and upset.
Today is a good day to shift your mindset and line it up with what God’s Word.
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God says in John 14:27, “ Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
Proverbs 10:12, “Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.”
The simple protocol by God’s Word is to close the door to strife because it opens the door to “every evil work.”
Pray and ask God to show you areas you may be opening a door to strife. Ask God to help you close the door. Repent. And move forward.
Hear God speak and remove everything that blocks the sound of His voice.
To God Be All the Glory,
Deborah (Mills) Booth
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What Do You Do While Waiting For Your Breakthrough
What do you do while waiting for your prayer to be answered? OR you are waiting for your breakthrough?
You start with the basics-*Believe God Is Faithful to His Word – Deuteronomy 7:9, “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments.”
* God is truthful and doesn’t lie – Numbers 23:19, “God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?”*Believe He is Jehovah, the One True God. Deuteronomy 4:35, “Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.”
*Know that the Word of God is the Inspired Word of God – 2 Timothy 3:16, “ All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,”
Next is realizing that God puts a value on faith, waiting on Him and trust.
When you have sought the Lord for answers, prayed for breakthrough and have faith that He will answer your prayer you need to hold steady.
Do not dread the future.And certainly do not grow depressed and anxious.
“He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.”
—Psalm 112:7
When your heart is fixed on God, you’re unshakable. You don’t crumble when bad news comes—you stand. The world runs on fear and dependency—people crave something to fill the void, to get their next “fix.” Some look to money, fame, approval, pleasure, or success to keep them going. But those things fade.
As believers, our hearts are fixed differently. We depend on something greater—on Someone greater. Our confidence, our supply, our strength—all come from the Lord. We don’t chase after temporary satisfaction; we rest in the eternal faithfulness of God.
Our prayer is “God Help Me”Our Faith says “God said it and I believe He will be faithful to His Word.”
This isn’t blind weakness—it’s wisdom. Depending on God is the strongest, smartest thing you can do. He never fails. He never runs out. He never changes. Our hearts stay fixed because our trust is in the One who cannot lie and who always keeps His Word.
So stand firm today. No matter what the headlines say or what report comes your way—trust the Lord. He is faithful to His Word, and He will never fail you.
1. Isaiah 26:3 (KJV)
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.”
When your focus is fixed on God, peace replaces panic. Keep your mind stayed on His promises—He is faithful to steady your heart.
2. Hebrews 10:23 (NLT)
“Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.”
God’s promises don’t expire when life gets hard. Hold on, stand strong, and keep believing—He will do exactly what He said.
3. Psalm 37:5 (AMP)
“Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him also and He will do it.”
When you place your full trust in God, He takes care of what you can’t. Commit it, trust Him, and watch Him move on your behalf.
God promised to keep His Word, you can depend on Him. your breakthrough is coming.
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Decide to hold steady.
Decide t0 have a good day because the Lord made it for you.
Declare God’s Word louder than your fears.
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