by Ken Turner | High Impact Living
This Week’s Theme: Generosity
August 23, 2018
But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
I John 3:17
Some of God’s most faithful servants are poor. But others of God’s most faithful servants are rich. Does this please God? Yes.
God has a plan for each of His children, and His plan is in line with His perfect will for us. In their life filled with exceptional need, those who are serving God learn to trust Him and follow His plan. In their life of abundance, God’s wealthy children learn to enjoy God’s material blessings and also learn the joy of life-changing generosity to those in need.
In both cases, there is a test of love. Do God’s struggling children love Him enough to serve Him in times of poverty faithfully? Do God’s wealthy children love Him more than money and possessions and show their love through incredible generosity. God’s giving plan is not socialism, it is driven by a heart of obedience to the one who owns it all.
Ken Turner
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by Ken Turner | High Impact Living
This Week’s Theme: Generosity
August 22, 2018
But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
II Corinthians 9:6-7
It makes sense that a person who sows in small amounts will reap a little, but a person who sows generously will reap with an abundance. God wants His children to experience the joy of giving freely, with a purposeful heart and be full of joy because generosity brings happiness and more of God’s provision.
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by Ken Turner | High Impact Living
This Week’s Theme: Generosity
August 20, 2018
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.
Luke 6:38
God often uses mankind to show His heart to others. He promises if we give and give generously, He will make sure we experience bountiful blessings also. When we give, we will not just receive back His generosity, but He will be sure we receive in abundance, pressed down and running over.
Generosity and gratitude for all of God’s blessings are truly a game changer in your spiritual walk.
Ken Turner
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by Ken Turner | High Impact Living
This Week’s Theme: Ask
August 17, 2018
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
I John 5:14-15
God wants us to ask Him for the things we need, and He wants us to come with confidence. If we know He hears all our requests; then we should also know He desires to fulfill all our needs according to His divine will for us. So ask, with confidence, believing He will answer according to His perfect plan.
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by Ken Turner | High Impact Living
This Week’s Theme: Ask
August 16, 2018
And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
John 14:13-14
Thought For Today
If you were preparing to say goodbye to a close friend they may ask, “What is the best way to stay in touch with you?” Jesus was speaking to his disciples before going back to heaven, and He established the process for correspondence to continue. He didn’t say to write Him a letter, He said you could reach Him through prayer. And in prayer, He said you could ask for anything. Ask for anything that will further His purposes in your life, anything that will advance the gospel, and anything that will glorify God.
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High Impact Living – Weekly Devotional – August 1st Week
Monday: Ask, Seek, Knock
Scripture – Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7
If you want to be rich in God’s grace, become like a beggar in your habits of asking. Ask Him.Ask for the things you need. Ask for guidance like a lost traveler, ask for the provisions like a poor beggar, ask for wisdom like the person who is clueless about what to do next.Seek Him as if you were seeking for a lost treasure.
Knock on His door as a person who needs to talk to his best friend.Ask, seek, and knock.
Tuesday: Ask With A Believing Heart
Scripture – And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive. Matthew 21:22
One of the principal duties of a true believer in Christ is to pray. Our prayers should be combined with faith. Think of these two words and begin to develop them as part of the DNA of your spiritual walk, prayer, and faith.
Wednesday: Ask God For Wisdom
Scripture – If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5
When you are facing trying times, and you need help, ask God for wisdom. Sometimes God delivers His own from difficulties, but He often uses these trials for deep purposes in our life. Feel free to pray for deliverance but try this too. Ask Him for wisdom in trials. Seek to understand all the things you can learn from the experience you are facing today. And remember, when you need wisdom you should first go to the source of all wisdom, and He is waiting to pass out wisdom liberally.
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Thursday: Jesus Said To Ask For Anything
Scripture – And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. John 14:13-14
If you were preparing to say goodbye to a close friend they may ask, “What is the best way to stay in touch with you?” Jesus was speaking to his disciples before going back to heaven, and He established the process for correspondence to continue. He didn’t say to write Him a letter, He said you could reach Him through prayer. And in prayer, He said you could ask for anything. Ask for anything that will further His purposes in your life, anything that will advance the gospel, and anything that will glorify God.
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Friday: Ask God With Confidence
Scripture – Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. I John 5:14-15
God wants us to ask Him for the things we need, and He wants us to come with confidence. If we know He hears all our requests; then we should also know He desires to fulfill all our needs according to His divine will for us. So ask, with confidence, believing He will answer according to His perfect plan.
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