Today's Prayer
Dear Father, Thank you for the comfort You provide through Your Holy Spirit, through my brothers and sisters in Christ, and through dear friends. I pray that You will help me to carefully and mindfully show grace and love to those who are hurting. Please give me insight and wisdom for ministering to people who have serious illness and who live day to day with the affects of incurable disease; to people who have addictions that I may not understand or identify with...or to…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 29, 2008 at 9:30am —
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Romans 3:20-26:
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets,
22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 27, 2008 at 7:46am —
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Matthew 10:40 - He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me.
God has developed certain inter-dependence throughout the Body of Christ. In other words, we have to rely on each other. You see no one person has all the anointing, all the revelation, all the gifts, or all the power. So, in order for us to get all that is available to us, we have to be able to receive from somebody else and accept somebody else's ministry, call, and anointing. Only…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 26, 2008 at 11:18pm —
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Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews. Acts 20:17
Do you know what a good leader does? The best leaders are always those who have humility of mind. They are very strong-minded, yet, on the other hand, they know how to submit their minds to new ideas that did not come from them. They know how to bow their minds so that other information can come from other people, giving them the credit for…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 24, 2008 at 10:09am —
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It is early in the earthly ministry of Jesus. He has just spent forty days in the wilderness where he was tempted by Satan. The Bible tells us that after that time of testing, Jesus returned "in the power of the Spirit" to Galilee, where news about Him spread like wildfire.
On the next Sabbath, Jesus was in His hometown of Nazareth and, as was His custom, He went to the synagogue and stood up to read from the Scriptures. As He stood to read, the congregation was no doubt buzzing with…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 19, 2008 at 12:14pm —
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Choose to Trust
Today's Scripture
“Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust…” (Psalm 40:4).
Is your trust in the Lord today? Trusting in the Lord is a decision we make just like we choose anything else in life. You chose what to wear today, you probably chose what you would have for breakfast, and you can choose to trust God today, too! Just like the decision to receive salvation, when you choose to trust God, there is a peace that settles on…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 15, 2008 at 1:34pm —
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It has been stated that "you are what you eat" and honestly that is true. Yet I believe that it is also true that "you are what you speak". Words are so powerful and the content of our conversations are so impactful.
Recently while traveling I begin to deal very openly with this area in my personal life. The Holy Spirit began to open of the Word of God to regarding my use of words and the tone, tenor, and intent of them. Out of it came a challenge to live in a more disciplined manner…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 14, 2008 at 12:20pm —
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It has been stated that "you are what you eat" and honestly that is true. Yet I believe that it is also true that "you are what you speak". Words are so powerful and the content of our conversations are so impactful.
Recently while traveling I begin to deal very openly with this area in my personal life. The Holy Spirit began to open of the Word of God to regarding my use of words and the tone, tenor, and intent of them. Out of it came a challenge to live in a more disciplined manner…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 14, 2008 at 12:20pm —
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It has been stated that "you are what you eat" and honestly that is true. Yet I believe that it is also true that "you are what you speak". Words are so powerful and the content of our conversations are so impactful.
Recently while traveling I begin to deal very openly with this area in my personal life. The Holy Spirit began to open of the Word of God to regarding my use of words and the tone, tenor, and intent of them. Out of it came a challenge to live in a more disciplined manner…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 14, 2008 at 12:20pm —
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Matthew 12:34 says:
Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Your heart is your spirit. You are a spirit. You have a soul, and you live in a physical body. You are a tripartite creature. In other words, you are composed of three parts. With those three parts, you actually contact three worlds. With your spirit, you contact the world, or realm of God. Jesus says in John 4:24, "God is Spirit, and…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 13, 2008 at 10:09am —
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What It Means To Be A Worshipper
Did you know that there is a reason for your existence? God knew you before you were even formed into a fetus. He has a specific plan for your life. Your job while you are here on earth is not to choose your destiny but to discover it. Many people search for fulfillment their entire lives and never find it because they fail to discover their purpose. God is the Creator of all things. Your life is not a mere coincidence or a mistake, but a part of His…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 12, 2008 at 10:12am —
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What It Means to Worship
When many of us think of worship, we think about a slow praise song, or waving our hands in the air during church service. But true worship starts on the inside of you. The Greek word for worship is proskyneo which means "prostrating, bowing to and laying aside our own self and our own life." To worship God is to bow your desires down before Him, and let His will be done in your life; it is an inward state of being that continually honors and reverences…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 11, 2008 at 8:30am —
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Established in Love
Today's Scripture
“May you be rooted and grounded in love…” (Ephesians 3:17)
Did you know there is tremendous power in love? In the same way that a tree will grow taller and stronger when its roots grow deep, you’ll be stronger and have more of God’s power operating in your life when you are rooted and established in love. Faith works by love, and I Corinthians 13 gives us a picture of what that looks like…among other things, love…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 11, 2008 at 1:41am —
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Today's Scripture
“O LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!...but you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head” (Psalm 3:1-3)
When David wrote this verse, He was in a very difficult situation. He was actually running for his life from his very own son who wanted to kill him and take over the throne! Can you imagine?! David was probably feeling overwhelmed, distraught, heart-broken, betrayed, and abandoned.…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 7, 2008 at 10:26am —
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How do we know that Jesus Christ is a person? How do we know that He died on Calvary? How do we know that He ascended into heaven? How do we know that He is coming back again? How do we know these things? By faith in the Word of God-the Bible-that is how!
The apostles who walked with Jesus did not believe the Bible. The Bible was not even written then. How could they believe it? Our faith is base on the Word of God. That is the reason why I harp on the Word so much. This is why I…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 6, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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When you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you became born again. That simply means that your spirit was transformed from a state of spiritual death to life in a split second of time. But have you ever considered that Jesus went through the exact same thing? Often, in the midst of our religious views of Him, we forget that He was actually the first person to ever become born again. That's right. He suffered what He did on the cross so that He could become the prototype for the new…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 4, 2008 at 8:55am —
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Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:4-5 (KJV)
Understanding what Jesus did for you on the cross will help you to connect your faith to God's healing power.
God loves you. He thought about you before you were a twinkle in…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 2, 2008 at 1:12pm —
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Good morning. This morning devotion speaks to us about Trusting God. In God will I put my trust in, or I will trust in the Lord with all my heart, if we have said one or two of these quotes, we love God and we are willing to put our life in his hand, because we trust him completely without any doubts. He is the only one that we should put our trust in, especially with the way this world is going now, everything going up in prices, and if you don’t know God get to know him, we’re going to need…
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Added by Minister Carolyn Melvin on April 2, 2008 at 12:46pm —
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