You Have the Spirit of Promise!

God’s covenant with Abraham and the Spirit of Promise

God made a covenant with Abraham about four thousand years ago. God promised Abraham that he would make a great nation of him, that he would bless him, that Abraham would in turn be a blessing to all families of the earth, and that he would be the father of many nations (Genesis 12:2-3, 17:1-7). What an awesome promise!

The nation of Israel became a reality several hundred years later under the leadership and law of Moses, but they never became a blessing to all nations of the earth, and never became a multitude of nations. In fact, they fell into great sin, rejected God, and as punishment were taken out of the land by pagan nations. What happened to God’s promise to Abraham?

God’s Word tells us that Christ came that the blessing of Abraham might come to all nations, and that we might receive the Holy Spirit of promise. God tells us that His promise to Abraham and his seed was actually a promise to Christ who would be of the line of Abraham, and that if we are in Christ then we are Abraham’s seed and joint heirs with Him of the promise (Galatians 3: 14, 16, 29, Romans 8:16-17).

God give us Great and Final Victory!!

King David and his mighty men celebrate victory.




With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless; With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

[God can out give anyone when it comes to mercy, and God can out sly anyone when it comes to slyness. You can out do God for the good, and you can't outrun God in your mischief.]

For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks. For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. For by You I can run against a troop, By my God I can leap over a wall.

[Nothing can stop you in your battles when walk humbly before the Lord.]

As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. For who is God, except the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect. He makes my feet like the feet of deer, And sets me on my high places. He teaches my hands to make war, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

[God is perfect in all of His ways and His word is proven and sure. He is a shield to all who trust in Him, and He will teach you what you need to know about winning the battles of life.]

You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; Your right hand has held me up, Your gentleness has made me great. You enlarged my path under me, So my feet did not slip.

[God will be your deliverer and salvation. God will hold you up when you need a lift and when you feel like you just can't go on.]

I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed. I have wounded them, So that they could not rise; They have fallen under my feet. For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

[Our part is to pursue and fight the fight until the enemy is vanquished. God's part is to do what it takes to win the victory.]

(Psalms 18:25-39)

Praise God for the promise of victory, and for strength to fight the battle until our adversaries rise no more.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.

God preserves a remnant for His name

God's visitation program is a showing up in judgment, and God visited Israel and Judah with His judgment. But the Lord is zealous to preserve a remnant for His name that was faithful to Him.

And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, And those who escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
(Isaiah 37:31-32)

Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands afar off; For truth is fallen in the street, And equity cannot enter. So truth fails, And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the LORD saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice. He saw that there was no man, And wondered that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; And His own righteousness, it sustained Him. For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, And was clad with zeal as a cloak. According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, Fury to His adversaries, Recompense to His enemies; The coastlands He will fully repay. So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him. "The Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob," Says the LORD. "As for Me," says the LORD, "this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants," says the LORD, "from this time and forevermore."
(Isaiah 59:14-21)

Look down from heaven, And see from Your habitation, holy and glorious. Where are Your zeal and Your strength, The yearning of Your heart and Your mercies toward me? Are they restrained?
(Isaiah 63:15)

Your holy people have possessed it but a little while; Our adversaries have trodden down Your sanctuary.
(Isaiah 63:18)

Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence—
(Isaiah 64:1)

Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. Our holy and beautiful temple, Where our fathers praised You, Is burned up with fire; And all our pleasant things are laid waste. Will You restrain Yourself because of these things, O LORD? Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?
(Isaiah 64:10-12)

Thus says the LORD: "As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, 'Do not destroy it, For a blessing is in it,' So will I do for My servants' sake, That I may not destroy them all. I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, And from Judah an heir of My mountains; My elect shall inherit it, And My servants shall dwell there.
(Isaiah 65:8-9)

You can go to abideinhisword.com to listen to my morning radio teachings on Revelation where we talk about God's coming wrath and coming glory.

We are either part of the problem or part of the solution. We are either part of the shame, or part of the glory. Which are you? Are you one of the zealous remnant of God that in the midst of apathy and worldliness lifts up the standard for Jesus and His way?

Come visit Egypt tonight at our Calvary Chapel Space Coast Titusville campus and see our zeal for God. Catch the Fire!

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.

Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD!

A mighty warrior named Jehu was being used of the Lord to take down the power that King Ahab and Queen Jezebel's royal house had gained over all Israel and Judah. Their sons and son-in-laws reigned in both nations, and they had instituted worship of Baal as the prominent religion with a great temple that they had built to Baal in Israel's capital city Samaria.

Then along came Jehu. He saw to it that Queen mother Jezebel, King Jehoram of Israel, and King Ahaziah were all killed, along with all of the priests and leaders that had supported their wicked regimes. He then met a man of God named Jonadab along his way to Samaria and invited him to join him.

Then he [Jehu] said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD." So they had him [Jehonadab] ride in his chariot. (2 Kings 10:16)

Are you so zealous for the Lord that it shows? Could you invite someone you know to join you for a day and see YOUR zeal for the Lord?

Be blessed, and be a blessing,
Pastor B.

God knows how to bless and we therefore have a hope that cannot be shaken

But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, Because He has dealt bountifully with me. (Psalms 13:5-6)

God is a good God and blesses us abundantly.
He has dealt bountifully with us.
And He is ALWAYS watching over us! The questions is are you ALWAYS looking unto Him?

I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope. (Psalms 16:8-9)

Those whose hope is in the Lord are never moved and cannot be shaken. These are those that worship before Him daily and constantly. These are those that rejoice in the Lord always. These are those that trust in God to be merciful and to shower us with favor despite our unworthiness.

Are you one of the "these"?
Be blessed, and be a blessing,
Pastor B.

Not by might nor by power

Our Lord is the Lord of armies and multitudes. He is the Lord of hosts! He has myriads of angels at His beck and command and accomplishes His purposes among the inhabitants of both earth and of heaven (Daniel 4:35).

So he answered and said to me: "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6)

Amazingly enough God chooses to accomplish great things through the power of the Holy Spirit and tells us not to put our trust in riches or earthly armies, but to put our trust in Him!

But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
(Psalms 5:11-12)

Praise God that He is just not a god of the Christian faith, but that He is God of all creation. He is Lord of lords, and King of kings. He is indeed, the Lord of hosts, for all must bow their knee to His will.

You are in GOOD HANDS!!
Be blessed, and be a blessing,
Pastor B.

God's thoughts and words are perfect, what about yours?

I'm sure most, if not all of you that read my devotion would agree that God's throughts and words are perfect.

The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them Your servant is warned, And in keeping them there is great reward. Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, And I shall be innocent of great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.
(Psalms 19:7-14)

But waht about OUR thoughts and words? God's Word tells us that we should desire His judgments and ways more than gold, and consider His judgments and ways sweeter than honey.

We all have secret faults in the sense of faults that may not even be apparent to us. But often it is these 'secret' faults, crackes, weaknesses, unrighteousnesses that undermine our thought and emotional patterns so that our words and musings are less then God honoring. God is our strength and our redeemer. IN CHRIST we CAN OVERCOME! So how about submitting the meditations of our hearts and the words that we choose to God? How about asking that He judge our heart's ponderings and our words, and that He purge out the bad stuff? (i.e., the less than righteous stuff).

Here's to purity in all it's beauty. A purity that springs forth from the depths and secret places of our heart.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.