“Dear brothers and sisters, I close my letter with these last words: Rejoice. Change your ways. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.”
2 Corinthians 13:11 (NLT)

NOVEMBER 7 - Everything revolutionized when the Master approached. The blind grew hopeful, the sick grew optimistic, and the lame saw buoyancy where beforehand, only wretched dismay threaded their unusable limbs. There was a great desire for change, and as that exhilaration of change was in the offing, it was all due to the Master, the Teacher who created positive situations out of lifetimes of negativity.

Change—true, positive change is always a result of personal choice.
We must choose to change, but before we can do that, we need to know
what we want to change. For instance,
• How do you go about making positive changes for your future?
• How do you know exactly what needs to change?

Each of us has a certain degree of insight into our own flaws and shortcomings; those we can, and must, change by ourselves. But each of us also has blind spots that are detrimental to our future success if
we don’t eventually address them. For these, we need the help of those closest to us.

I encourage you to make a practice of asking your closest friends and family members what they would change about you. You may be surprised, or even upset by their answers, but therein rests the key to success. Change. As you open yourself to the suggestions of these individuals who love you, you start taking steps closer to becoming the person you must become.

Daily Confession

Father, I thank You that I have the power to change. Create inside of me all that is pleasing to You!

Family Scripture Reading

1 Thessalonians 3

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Your Pathway To A Miracle -CD

With comprehensive Biblical accuracy, Dr. Thompson refutes those who say the dispensation of miracles is over, and he gives irrefutable evidence that God is still in the miracle-working business!

God’s Word says that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God (Romans 10:17). Faith will leap within you as you hear moving interpretations of Jesus’ performing miracle after miracle – from the restoration of sight to blind Bartimaeus, to the dramatic healing of the woman with the issue of blood.

God has a miracle for you! Build up your faith with this powerful word, and then reach out and receive it!

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“David was now in serious trouble because his men were very bitter about losing their wives and children, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the Lord his God.”
1 Samuel 30:6 (NLT)

SEPTEMBER 4 - Our response to the storms life thrusts our way is dependent upon the perspective through which we view them. There are many today who tell God how big their problems are. They unceasingly tell God how they are not going to make it. Then there are those who tell their problem just how big their God is, and they declare the words of their father until the problems cease to exist.

In 1 Samuel 30, we see that David faced many troubles. The Amalekites took captive David’s family and the families of his soldiers, his army was bitter and wanted to stone him, and Saul continued in hot pursuit
of him. Yet, David maintained his poise unlike any other. His response was one few are willing to make. He turned his attention to the one and only God and began to encourage himself in the Lord. The moment David began to focus on God, his perspective changed. He knew God would take care of him.

We must respond the same way when Satan attempts to knock us out of the ring of life. We need to fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.

Father, I thank You that I can rejoice during times of trial in my life. I respond to the issues of life with confidence knowing You are the great Jehovah. I choose to bring everything before you with a thankful heart. I encourage myself in You knowing a man whose focus is upon You remains poised.

Family Scripture Reading

Revelation 21

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Living In God’s House - CD

God has great plans for your life. But none of those plans can be accomplished apart from God. Only when you abide (live) in Him can you see your divine purpose fulfilled.

In the same way that different people choose different places to live, Christians seem to choose different levels of abiding (living) in Christ. The degree to which we choose to live in Him determines how far we go or grow in Him.

If you choose to live in the “outhouse,” you may not have the pressure or maintenance of an intimate relationship, but neither will you have the rich amenities and lavish abundance of living in the “castle.”

After listening to this powerful and creative message, you will be ready to upgrade your living arrangements and move up to abiding intimately with Him!

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“Work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty!”
Proverbs 14:23 (NLT)

JUNE 25 - Talk is as cheap as second-hand goods! Nevertheless, we must become men and women who no longer simply talk about what we are going to do. Instead, we must carry it out. For far too long, we have talked about what we are going to accomplish; now it is time to back up our words with corresponding actions. God proves everything He says with action—He always fulfills what He promised. We must do the same.

We see in the above Scripture that work brings profit, but mere talk leads to poverty. That principle holds true for all areas of life. Getting fit, building Godly habits, and investing resources—these are things we can begin immediately. We must go beyond knowing that we should do something and actually do it. People are often content to simply know something — they then feel they don’t have to do it.

The apostle James tells us, “But be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only.” Hearing the Word does nothing for us when action is absent. We must put action to our words; this leads us to the promotion God desires for us.

Daily Confession

Father, I continue in Your Word. I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. Therefore I alter my life in accordance to Your Word. I know the truth and the truth makes me free.

Family Scripture Reading

Acts 21

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Spiritual Checkup Pack - CD

What is the ultimate prize that this world has to offer? The Nobel Peace Prize? An Oscar? A Super Bowl ring? A lucrative recording contract?

Certainly you can find all types of contests in which to compete and a host of valuable prizes to covet in today’s society. Are you equipped to win the prize and obtain the goal? In this package, Dr. Robb Thompson explains to you how to win the ultimate prize of life – the heart of your Heavenly Father.

Using illustrations from the lives of Biblical men and women, Dr. Thompson vividly portrays what it means to be a person after God’s own heart and how to do the necessary examining of your own heart in the process. He tackles the all-important topics of submission and covenant loyalty – scriptural concepts that are frequently shunned and swept under the collective rug in Christendom today.

As Dr. Thompson so succinctly asks, “What else do you have in life, if you don’t have the heart of the Father?” That’s a question only you can answer for yourself. Pursue the prize of your Father’s heart, and watch everything else in your life fall into place (Matthew 6:33).

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“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,”
Hebrews 12:1 (NKJV)

JUNE 16 - The air was different in Palestine…lighter, friendlier, and more joyful. A magnificent improvement was happening to the people of Israel, a new Force was silently stirring among the people. During the time that Israel had been held captive by the Babylonians, idolatry cursed the Jews. But now, the Sabbath day was kept, the synagogues were filled, the Scriptures were read, and the rabbis were heard. Most Jews had been willing to change, but who would they now follow — the Sadducees, the Pharisees, or the Herodians? No doubt, Mary pondered meekly inside her heart: Will they eventually embrace the changes that my young Son will bring?

Unless you embrace the process of change, you will not grow. All significant change begins when you make the choice to dismantle the weights of life that hinder you from achieving your dreams. Those weights come in all different forms: wrong relationships, laziness, procrastination, negative attitude, mediocrity,  tagnation, and apathy. Letting go of these weights is not exciting, but the rewards of doing so definitely are.

Positive change is not as automatic as the washing machine in your laundry room. Change, you see, is a decision. It’s not an easy task, but those who make the choice never regret it. The Jews who eventually received the change of Jesus Christ were never the same. Once you decide what you want and who you want to become, relentlessly pursue the necessary change.

Daily Confession

Father, I thank You that I am surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses. I am a new creature, all things have passed away, all things have become new.

Family Scripture Reading

Acts 14

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Sculpting Your True Identity - Confession CD

It took Michelangelo six years to carve one of his greatest works, the magnificent statue of King David. When asked why his masterpiece took so long, his reply was simple: “Once I found a slab of marble that I could see David in, all that was left was to chip away everything that was not David.”

You are God’s masterpiece. God placed something great within you that no man can take away, no circumstance can assail, and no words can destroy. The key to unveiling your true potential lies in learning how to chip away everything that is not a part of who God called you to be. Join Dr. Robb Thompson as he shows you how to become God’s masterpiece – whole, polished, and created anew in Christ Jesus!

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“Jesus said to him, ‘If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me.’ But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.”
Matthew 19:21-22 (NKJV)

MAY 5 - Having helped his people win their War of Independence, Moshe Dayan would now begin a new phase in his life. Retaining command of Israel’s southern sector, in 1950 he was promoted to rank of Brigadier General, transferred additionally to command of the northern sector. Dayan was ready and willing to change into whatever personage his embattled nation needed. He could not refuse God. He dare not refuse his people.

Whenever we refuse to embrace change in any area of our lives, we hinder God from helping us grow. It is impossible to grow, however, when we refuse change. God calls us to purposefully walk and live as Christ did while here upon the earth. All of us have a distance to go, but the good news is that we have the ability to improve because of our relationship with Christ. If we willingly allow Christ to invade our lives, and if we follow His Lordship, as soldiers follow their general, we will mature in Him.

Our willingness to embrace change authorizes Heaven to promote us to a higher level (just as Brigadier General Dayan was continually promoted), giving us a superior future. As we seek to improve ourselves, we will soon achieve our God-given potential. We cannot afford to allow our pride to prevent us from embracing the changes that are necessary for continual growth. In order to exceed our present status, we must be willing to pay the price of change.

Daily Confession

Father, I thank You that I am Your child and I walk as Christ walked. I speak as Christ spoke and I live as Christ lived.

Family Scripture Reading

James 4

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Your Rights As A Believer - CD

Before giving your life to Christ, you were imprisoned in the inescapable cage of sin. Satan was your prison guard, making certain you exercised no rights, privileges, or claims to anything that happened to you…you were helplessly subject to his tyranny.

Then the wonderful day came when you put your faith in Jesus! Immediately the prison door was flung open and you were free to live as a child of the King, with all its inherent authority, rights, and benefits. Did you walk out of that cage? Or do you remain imprisoned – subject to the shackles of depressing circumstances, stressful relationships, poor health, and unending lack?

It’s time to step out of the cage and into your royal inheritance! In this six CD series, Dr. Robb Thompson teaches fundamental principles that demonstrate how to boldly walk by faith, confidence, and authority in any situation, no matter what the circumstances may dictate.

With topics such as: How to Meditate on God’s Word, Believing in God’s Character, and Rejoicing Regardless of the Circumstances, you will find yourself equipped and full of faith for every situation!

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