Joel and Victoria Osteen: Are you naming your future by your present


Today's Scripture
"You will declare a thing, and will be established..."
(Job 22:28, NKJV)


What Defines Your Future?
In the old testament, there was an Israelite woman who was about to give birth. She had just heard the Ark of the convenant which housed God's Presence had been stolen. She was so upset about it that she named her baby boy Ichabod, which means "the glory has departed."

Notice what she did; She named her future by what was happening in her present. She could have just as easily named him "the glory will return," but she was so focused on the negative, so caught up with were she was at the moment,that she defined her future by it.

Friend, don't ever name your future by your present-day circumstances. You may have had some hard times in the past, but get that "Ichabod" spirit off of you.
It may look like you're stuck in the rut and you don't really see how you could ever rise any higher, but don't speak defeat over your life. 
Instead name your future: blessed, prosperous,successful, victorious, healthy, whole, strong, talented, creative, wise.

Declare what God's word says so that you can move forward in the destiny he has prepared for you.

A Prayer For Today
Father thank you for the good future that You have prepared for me. Today I choose to come into agreement with Your Word and speak Your blessing over my life.
Keep me close to You and show me Your ways in Jesus' name! Amen."

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