2026-06-04
Joshua 4:7 NKJV
Jericho was the strongest city in the Promised Land and the first Joshua’s army had to conquer. You could say it represents the biggest challenge you’re facing right now. Because the towering walls of Jericho looked impregnable, it would have been intimidating to any would-be invader. So God told His people to remember and record what He’d done for them in the past. In essence He told them, “Before you look forward to Jericho, look backward to Jordan and what God accomplished for you there.” He said, “Take… twelve men… one man from every tribe, and command them, saying, ‘Take for yourselves twelve stones… out of the midst of the Jordan… And those twelve stones… Joshua set up in Gilgal [as a memorial to the parting of its waters]'” (Joshua 4:2-3, 20 NKJV).
One of your best weapons against Satan’s attacks is a good memory. Don’t forget a single one of God’s blessings! The psalmist says: “He forgives your sins – every one. He heals your diseases – every one. He redeems you from hell – saves your life! God makes everything come out right” (Psalm 103:3-6 MSG).
Create a trophy room in your heart. Each time you experience a victory, place a memory on the shelf. Before you face a challenge, take a quick tour of God’s accomplishments on your behalf. Look at all the paychecks He has provided, the blessings He has given, and the prayers He has answered. “This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:21-23 NKJV).
Soul food: Eze 5-9; Matt 15:15-28; Ps 124; Prov 14:21-24
2026-06-03
Romans 8:16-17 NKJV
We share the same inheritance as Christ! Whatever He has, we have! “Our standing in the world is identical with Christ’s” (1 John 4:17 MSG). So, if we are co-heirs with Christ, why do we struggle through life? For two reasons:
(1) We don’t know about our inheritance – “The exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe” (Ephesians 1:19 NKJV). No one ever told us that instead of fighting for victory, we fight from a position of victory. If you have given your heart to Christ, He “has blessed [you] with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3 NKJV). Notice the word “has.” You already possess everything you need to be everything God desires. You have access to “every spiritual blessing.” That also means God will “equip you with all you need for doing his will” (Hebrews 13:21 NLT).
(2) We don’t believe in our inheritance. Imagine what would happen if a generation of Christians lived out of their inheritance. They would turn off internet porn. The lonely would find comfort in God, not in the arms of strangers. Struggling couples would spend more time in prayer and less time in anger. Children would consider it a blessing to take care of their aging parents.
“God’s power is very great for us who believe. That power is the same as the great strength God used to raise Christ from the dead” (Ephesians 1:19-20 NCV). The same indwelling Spirit that raised Christ from the dead will turn every one of your “I can’ts” into an “I can.” “I can do all things through Christ, because he gives me strength” (Philippians 4:13 NCV).
Soul food: Eze 1-4; Matt 15:1-14; Ps 4; Prov 14:17-20
Romeine 8:17 NLV
Ons deel dieselfde erfenis as Christus! Wat Hy het, het ons ook! ‘…In hierdie wêreld is ons situasie immers presies dieselfde as Jesus s’n…’ (1 Johannes 4:17 DB). As ons dus mede-erfgename saam met Christus is, waarom sukkel ons deur die lewe? Om twee redes:
1) Ons weet nie van ons erfenis nie. Niemand het ons ooit vertel dat ons vanuit ‘n posisie van oorwinning veg, in plaas daarvan om vir oorwinning te veg nie. Wanneer jy jou hart vir Christus gee, het Hy ‘…al die geestelike skatte wat daar in die hemel is, verniet vir ons gegee’ (Efesiërs 1:3 NLV). Jy besit reeds alles wat jy nodig het om alles te wees wat God begeer. Jy het toegang tot al die geestelike skatte. Dit beteken ook dat God jou ‘…sal toerus met alles wat nodig is om sy wil uit te voer…’ (Hebreërs 13:21 NLV).
2) Ons glo nie in ons erfenis nie. Stel jou voor wat sou gebeur as ‘n generasie Christene vanuit hul erfenis leef. Hulle sou pornografie op die internet afskakel. Die eensames sou vertroosting in God en nie in die arms van vreemdelinge vind nie. Sukkelende paartjies sou meer tyd in gebed en minder tyd in woede deurbring. Kinders sou dit as ‘n seën beskou om na hul bejaarde ouers om te sien.
‘Mag julle insien hoe enorm groot die krag is wat God gebruik in ons wat glo. Dieselfde magtige sterkte was ook aan die werk toe God Christus uit die dood opgewek het…’ (Efesiërs 1:19-20 NLV). Dieselfde inwonende Gees wat Christus uit die dood opgewek het, sal elke ‘Ek kan nie’ van jou in ‘n ‘Ek kan’ verander. ‘Ek kan onder alle omstandighede regkom deur Hom wat my krag gee’ (Filippense 4:13 NLV).
Sielskos: Eseg 1-4; Matt 15:1-14; Ps 4; Spr 14:17-20
2026-06-02
Deuteronomy 30:9 NKJV
A young artist called her aunt one day to let her know she was leaving on a trip to a fashionable resort to try and sell her wood carvings of seabirds to the owner of a gift shop. She asked her aunt to pray that her venture would be successful. Her aunt assured her that she would pray for the largest order she had ever received!
That evening, the young artist called her aunt back. Not only had the gift shop owner purchased all of her carvings, but the owner of a chain of gift shops had also ordered as many carvings as she could make! She was filled with wonder at how abundantly God had answered prayer. “Now,” she said to her aunt, “pray that I can fill his order!” Her aunt replied, “The Lord doesn’t open a door unless He expects us to walk through it successfully. When we pray for rain, don’t be surprised when you get a cloudburst!”
Are you praying for God to meet a need in your life? What answer are you expecting? Be honest. Bare minimum? Meager-but-satisfactory? Or are you expecting an abundant, more-than-enough supply? Stand on God’s Word: “The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand.” Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10 NKJV).
Paul wrote: “God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8 NKJV). So, believe God for abundance.
Soul food: Amos 5:18-9:15; Matt 14:22-36; Ps 121; Prov 14:13-16
Deuteronomium 30:9 NLV
‘n Jong kunstenaar het eendag haar tante gebel om haar te laat weet dat sy op pad na ‘n luukse oord is om te probeer om haar houtsneewerk van seevoëls aan die eienaar van die geskenkwinkel te verkoop. Sy het haar tante gevra om te bid dat haar onderneming suksesvol sou wees. Haar tante het haar verseker dat sy sou bid vir die grootste bestelling wat sy nog ooit ontvang het!
Daardie aand het die jong kunstenaar haar tante teruggebel. Nie net het die geskenkwinkel-eienaar al haar houtsneewerk gekoop nie, maar ook soveel houtsneewerk bestel as wat sy kon maak! Sy was vol verwondering oor hoe oorvloedig God die gebed verhoor het. ‘Nou moet Tannie asseblief weer bid,’ het sy vir haar tante gesê, ‘dat ek hierdie groot bestelling sal kan nakom!’ Haar tante het geantwoord: ‘Die Here maak nie ‘n deur oop tensy Hy verwag dat ons suksesvol daardeur gaan loop nie. Wanneer ons vir reën bid, moet ons nie verbaas wees as ons ‘n wolkbreuk kry nie!’
Bid jy dat God ‘n behoefte in jou lewe sal vervul? Watter antwoord verwag jy? Wees eerlik. Die absolute minimum? Karig maar bevredigend? Of verwag jy oorvloedige, meer-as-genoeg voorraad? Staan op God se Woord: ‘Die Here jou God sal jou dan voorspoedig maak in alles wat jy doen…’ Jesus het gesê: ‘Ek het gekom sodat hulle lewe kan hê, ja, om dit oorvloedig te hê’ (Johannes 10:10 NLV).
Paulus het geskryf: ‘En God is in staat om aan julle elke gawe in oorvloed te gee sodat julle in elke opsig altyd van alles genoeg kan hê én ook nog oorvloedig kan wees in elke goeie werk’ (2 Korintiërs 9:8 NLV). Glo dus in God vir oorvloed.
Sielskos: Amos 5:18-9:15; Matt 14:22-36; Ps 121; Spr 14:13-16
