January 24

Acts 4:29-30

And now, Lord, observe their threats (take them into account) and grant that Your bond-servants may declare your message (of salvation) with great confidence, while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name (and authority and power) of Your holy Servant and Son Jesus.  

Miracles are available to us today in our time of need.  Jesus has the authority and power to heal, redeem and save.  Our salvation opened the door to healing as our spirits are renewed and line up with the word of God.  Healing will come first to our spirit and then manifest in our bodies.

January 23

Exodus 15:26

He tested them, saying, “If you will diligently listen and pay attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep (foremost in your thoughts and actively obey) all His precepts and statues, the I will not put on you any of the diseases which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.  

Our spirits should lead our minds and thoughts as we diligently pay attention to the voice of the Lord.  If we stray off with ungodly ideas, our minds become more carnal, and it is harder for healing to come. God keeps telling us that where we focus our thoughts is essential.  Healing is ours when we turn our focus to God and believe in Him. 

January 20

Jeremiah 33:6

Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace (prosperity, security, stability) and truth.

God is the same yesterday, today, and forever! He will keep His covenant with His people, and healing is one of them. Recovery never went away, and Jesus bore our sickness and diseases on the cross so we don’t have to.  “When our spiritual life is aligned with the word, our bodies will follow.” Kenneth Hagin

January 19

Psalm 6:1-3

O Lord, do not rebuke or punish me in Your anger, nor discipline me in Your wrath.  Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed and anguished.  My soul is greatly dismayed. But as for You, O Lord – how long (until You act on my behalf)?

When we humble ourselves before God and cry for mercy and help, God will hear us.  When we turn our focus away from the problem and to the answer, we can find relief.  The access to healing came to us at our salvation. Jesus died for it all and bore our sickness and disease.  

January 18

Isaiah 41:10

Do not fear (anything), for I am with you; do not be afraid for I am your God.  I will strengthen you, be assured I will help you; I will certainly take hold of you with My righteous hand (a hand of justice, of power of victory, of salvation).

Do not fear anything! Fear is a stumbling block to faith and works in the opposite direction of faith. God is all-powerful and all-knowing, so when He says do not fear, we as believers need to trust Him.  If we are struggling to trust Him, it is because we have not developed our faith. 

January 17

1 Peter 5:6-7

Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, so that He may exalt you (to a place of honor in His service at the appropriate time, casting all your cares (all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all) on Him, for He cares about you.  

We were never designed to be all-knowing Gods.  The devil will try to keep us in worry because it stops God from being able to move on our behalf.  So we are to be humble before God and understand our role is to believe in God for the answer and act when instructed by the Holy Spirit.  Jesus did the work for us on the cross, and we need to receive it.

January 16

Psalm 119:164-166

Seven times a day I praise You, because of Your righteous ordinances.  Those who love Your law have great peace; nothing makes them stumble. I hope and wait (with complete confidence) for Your salvation, O Lord, and I do your commandments.

When we praise and love the Lord, we show our joy and knowledge of God’s word.  This knowledge will keep us in peace, and we will not stumble. Our confidence comes from the promise we have through salvation as we obey His commandments.

January 13

Romans 16:19-20

For the report of your obedience has reached everyone, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.  The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. 

When we are wise in what is good, we gain the knowledge of what it takes to defeat the enemy.  Knowing God and His ways leads to our willing obedience and peace.  We reduce temptations and keep ourselves pure when we are innocent of evil.  Then God will crush Satan under our feet.

January 12

Isaiah 26:3

You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast (that is committed and focused on You-in both inclination and character), Because he trusts and takes refuge in You (with hope and confident expectation).

What we focus on and think about affects our state of mind.  When the Bible is at the core of our daily life, we can be guided by God and kept in peace.  If the world is buffeting us with all its temptations and distractions, then they become our focus we will lose our peace.  Let not your heart be troubled but keep God as the focus, and peace will prevail.

January 11

Jude 1:20-21

But you, beloved, build yourselves up on (the foundation of) you most holy faith (continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher) pray in the Holy Spirit, and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously and looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.  

We are to build ourselves up with a foundation of faith so that when the pressure comes, we are not affected.  The Holy Spirit can lead us through all troubles when our spirits are submitted and attentive to His guidance.  When we keep ourselves in the love of God and keep the heart pure with the word, pressure is no match for the power of God.