“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)

DECEMBER 12 - To evolve means to gradually acquire new traits or characteristics. In order to improve in any endeavor, we must be willing to acquire new traits and skills. These new acquisitions cause us to excel above the rest. Always remember: The excellent get ahead during the times the mediocre waste.

We must spend any spare moment to improve our relationship with God, marriage, friendships, or our personal character. Our time is precious, and time is the price we must pay in order to see our lives continually improve.

• Why are people unwilling to evolve?
• Why don’t people want to change?

There are two reasons that I have discovered over the course of many years of ministry. The first reason is that people have a fear of failure. Ask the person who tried to overcome a negative habit in the last few years why they gave up. It is because they continually failed and don’t want to go through the pain of acknowledging their unwillingness to overcome that way of life. The second reason people don’t want to change is because they don’t know how. The desire is there, but the teacher to instruct them is not. I am focused on one thing…change. When people come around me, they have the desire to change things in their lives. Why is that? Because that is how it is with God. The moment we got saved, He has been changing us and He has not stopped since.

Father, I thank You that I am a new creature. Old things are passed away; behold, everything has become new. I am righteous because I am in Christ and Christ is in me.

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Mark 14

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“For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.”
James 1:21–24 (NKJV)

DECEMBER 11 - A sharp flurry danced in the air—transformation occurred everywhere. People who were blind since birth could suddenly see, the deaf had the joy of listening to parables of the Master, the disturbed were vibrantly whole, and thieves became as honourable as the temple rabbi. Yes, there were some who were unwilling to change. Many thought the Teacher, the Messiah, was merely another man, but because they were unwilling to embrace change, the miraculous for them was as distant as the Mediterranean Sea.

Ultimately, excellence can be devoured through our unwillingness to change. Life passes us by and causes us to live in regret over the lack of productivity from our past. The moment we become unwilling to embrace change is the moment we no longer achieve or reach the high standards to which Christ calls us.

Inherently, humanity has within itself the desire to settle, to hit a plateau and go no further. However, as men and women of excellence, we must refuse the cosy invitation to settle. We must be resilient and continue to climb the ladder of excellence. It is a daily pursuit requiring focus and persistence. When we are dedicated to this call, we walk victoriously over the enemy of mediocrity. Mediocrity can be beaten… we can overcome! We must, nevertheless, pursue excellence every day of our lives. The only question is this: Will we or won’t we pursue?

Father, I thank You that I am a doer of Your Word. I look into the perfect law of liberty and continue in it. I am not a forgetful hearer but I am an effectual doer and I am blessed in all I do.

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December 11

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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?

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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. 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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Introduction
Part 1: A Submitted Heart
David: A Man After God’s Own Heart
The Subtle Trap of Rebellion
God’s Way of Relating to Authority
Choose Obedience
God’s Only Path to Fulfillment

Part 2: A Loyal Heart
The Foundation of Faithfulness
The Steadfast Loyalty of our God
Loyalty: Our Link to Divinity
Loyalty is a Choice
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Author

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“My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart…”
Proverbs 4:20–21 (NKJV)

DECEMBER 10 - Involved in an intense conversation with her teenage daughter about boys, sex, and God, suddenly, the doorbell rings. Now who’s that at the door? I’ve already broken my train of thought! One of our greatest enemies in life is broken focus. The Bible tells us, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” People of excellence refuse to break focus, because they realize doing so results in their demise. The mediocre always focus on what they go through…the excellent focus on what they go to.

How many times have we decided to rise earlier in the morning to have more prayer time? Then, the distractions begin. Perhaps an untidy area catches your attention and you want to straighten it; your child calls and you tend to them; and then a phone call which eats away your time. All the while, in your mind, you tell God, “I’ll be back in a minute.” One thing leads to another and before you know it, the day is half gone. This type of situation is not uncommon, and days lead to weeks, which lead to months, until one day we look back at our lives and ask, “How did I get here and how do I change my life?”

During His lifetime on earth, Jesus’ focus was constantly upon the cross, His assignment for mankind. Now, Jesus’ focus is on our future—preparing Heaven, interceding, looking straight ahead, being ready to perform the Father’s will at any given moment. And so must we continue to look straight ahead and not allow ourselves to be distracted.

Father, I thank You that I attend to Your Words, and incline my ears to Your sayings. I keep Your principles before my eyes; I keep them in the midst of my heart, for they bring life and health to all my flesh.

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Mark 12

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From God’s perspective, health is not something that we lack and must try to attain. Rather, it is a possession that is already ours – but the thief is trying to steal it!

Jesus went to the cross to deliver us, once and for all, from the curse of sickness and disease. So, why does divine healing often seem to be so elusive? It’s because the only proof we have of our healing, until it is manifested, is the written Word of God.

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Introduction

1 Man’s Opinion or God’s Word on Healing?
2 Healing Must Be Pursued
3 Different Ways Jesus Heals
4 Believing God For Yourself
5 Adjusting Your ‘Receiver’

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“For God is the one who gives seed to the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, He will give you many opportunities to do good, and He will produce a great harvest of generosity in you.”
2 Corinthians 9:10 (NLT)

DECEMBER 9 - We must be conduits for God’s blessings. Solomon tells us, “…those who withhold what is justly due, come to want.” Everyone has within them the desire to hoard, the desire to keep, the desire to save. But God tells us that prosperity belongs to those who freely give. The world undoubtedly understands this more than the body of Christ does.

The principle of giving is taught in self-help seminars all across the nation, yet Christians still hoard. Sowing is proof that greed has been conquered. The moment we prove to God that we have conquered greed is the moment God begins to release what He intended for us to have. He is just waiting for those who will allow Him to distribute His finances freely throughout the earth. Will you be that conduit? I believe you will!

Father, I am a giver and not a taker; I give freely, yet I continue to gain. I choose to be a conduit through which You can distribute Your blessings to Your people.

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Proverbs 28

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Jesus went to the cross to deliver us, once and for all, from the curse of sickness and disease. So, why does divine healing often seem to be so elusive? It’s because the only proof we have of our healing, until it is manifested, is the written Word of God.

Nevertheless, God’s Word is all the proof we need! Dr. Thompson shows you how to apply the principles of God’s Word to your life, until you experience the divine health in which God intends you to walk. This book equips you with the spiritual prescription needed to attain health, wholeness, and vitality in your body.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Man’s Opinion or God’s Word on Healing?
2 Healing Must Be Pursued
3 Different Ways Jesus Heals
4 Believing God For Yourself
5 Adjusting Your ‘Receiver’

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“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV)

DECEMBER 8 - An abusive father; an argumentative sibling; bad grades in school; destructive relationships; embarrassing addictions; getting fired from a job—God cannot rewrite our pasts, so He provided us a new one. Friends, it won’t do us any good to hold on to the past. I come from a past that is worthy to forget. I could sit here and think, “Boy I sure hope that someday old things pass away. I sure hope that someday all things become new for me. Oh, God, please do something for me. Please free me from my past.” But I don’t do that; I always find out what the scriptures say.

God said, “If anyone is in Christ…” I know I am in Christ. The scripture above says that if I am a believer, old things have passed away, and if something has passed away, then it is dead. Our pasts are dead. That old sinful creature that dwelled within is dead. Our old lives can only live if we resurrect them from the dead. The devil cannot resurrect the past. He can scream all day long, but that doesn’t change the fact that God says our pasts are dead.

When the old self gives us problems, attempting to direct us toward a carnal lifestyle, then that is the time to remind ourselves of what we already know—our old self was crucified with Christ. And if our old self was crucified with Him, then our old self cannot make us do anything! We must decide today that we are going to embrace the new future God provided, and then we will experience the true freedom for which we have been searching.

Father, I thank You that You do not lie. What You speak comes to pass in my life. I place an expectation upon the promises in Your Word, knowing that it is done unto me as I believe.

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Mark 11

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From God’s perspective, health is not something that we lack and must try to attain. Rather, it is a possession that is already ours – but the thief is trying to steal it!

Jesus went to the cross to deliver us, once and for all, from the curse of sickness and disease. So, why does divine healing often seem to be so elusive? It’s because the only proof we have of our healing, until it is manifested, is the written Word of God.

Nevertheless, God’s Word is all the proof we need! Dr. Thompson shows you how to apply the principles of God’s Word to your life, until you experience the divine health in which God intends you to walk. This book equips you with the spiritual prescription needed to attain health, wholeness, and vitality in your body.

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Introduction

1 Man’s Opinion or God’s Word on Healing?
2 Healing Must Be Pursued
3 Different Ways Jesus Heals
4 Believing God For Yourself
5 Adjusting Your ‘Receiver’

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“But he who looks carefully into the faultless law, the [law] of liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience).”
James 1:25 (AMP)

NOVEMBER 28 - Realizing that He was the standard, not only for Israel but for the world, Jesus knew that without daily obedience (even in the little things), there is no life of reward. God searches the earth, looking for someone He can shower His blessings upon. God is a good God and desires to bless His children. We must understand, however, that God does not reward disobedience. We can see throughout all of Scripture how God resists those who choose the route of disobedience and rebellion.

The greatest pleasure Heaven ever receives is to be believed. There is no greater proof that we believe the Word of God than obedience to it. If we want to please God and receive the rewards He has for us, we must choose to obey.

The greatest seed one can ever sow is the seed of obedience…it harvests an abundant crop of reward. James exhorts us with these words, “…being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience). The life we desire lies within the seed of our obedience.

Father, I thank You that I refuse to bow my knew to the desires of my flesh. Instead, I surrender my life to Your Spirit, disciplining my body and causing it to come into line with Your Word.

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Mark 4

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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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“Until the time came to fulfill his word, the Lord tested Joseph’s character.”
Psalm 105:19 (NLT)

NOVEMBER 27 - Just two or three presses of the buttons and poof! He could be on the website in no time, and who would ever be the wiser? But the young husband and father of two, through intense prayer and reading
of the Bible, consistent help from his church and a local Christian outreach program, had the ability to say “no” because he surrendered to God and mastered his flesh. There is no greater way to prove a man’s character than to observe his daily actions. Our actions reveal who we truly are.

As we go through life, we encounter many people who appear to be one way, but when they are alone, they are a completely different person.
We must understand true character is who we are when no one is looking.

Never forget…God sees all. He sees us when we go home, He sees us when we travel in the car, and He sees us when we are all alone. He looks upon every one of our actions. We cannot fool God! Although our outer, improved character may fool others, God knows the things we hide on the inside.  Satan attempts to lure the desires of our flesh and bring them out into the open. He is on a constant pursuit to bait our flesh in the direction of sin.

As we choose to surrender our lives to the Holy Spirit, we are empowered to deny what our flesh demands of us. We then have the ability to live a life that is pleasing to God.

Father, I thank You that I refuse to bow my knew to the desires of my flesh. Instead, I surrender my life to Your Spirit, disciplining my body and causing it to come into line with Your Word.

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Mark 3

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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.

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“For as a man thinketh in his heart, so he is…”
Proverbs 23:7a (KJV)

NOVEMBER 26 - Whatever controls your mind controls your life. The tarting point of the journey to regain control of your mind begins with one basic truth—Nothing, can take the place of your commitment to continually feed on God’s Word.

What I share here is not a theoretical understanding of renewing the mind. I have applied these principles in my own life. If they worked for me, they can certainly work for you! God already gave you everything you could ever need to achieve victory in your mind. Yet, here are two crucial questions:

• How are you going to bring that victory into a real experience?
• How do you accomplish mind renovation where and when it really counts?

This is a subject that is very real to me. I came to Christ in 1975 while being treated in a mental institution. Psychologists told me there was nothing that they could do to help me. They assisted and guided me through the toughest part of what they called a “deep character disorder” and then informed me I would be that way for the rest of my life.

But the power of God’s Word delivered me! One hundred percent of the deliverance I enjoy is through the application of the principles outlined in God’s Word. And I believe the same can be true for you!

Father, I thank You that whatever controls my mind controls my life, therefore, I consistently feed upon Your Word. The consistent intake of Bible doctrine is the most important thing in my life as a believer.

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Mark 2

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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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“The thorny ground represents those who hear and accept the good news, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares of this life and the lure of wealth, so no crop is produced.”
Matthew 13:22 (NLT)

NOVEMBER 25 - The Bible tells us that worry chokes the Word of God and makes it of no effect. Can you imagine that worry can actually stop the powerful Word of God from working in your life? We must understand, however, that worry is not something to be played with or to be taken lightly. Jesus exhorted us to look at the delicate lilies of the field; exotically beautiful, they grow but never work to adorn themselves. Do they worry? Never; these gorgeous flowers are dressed to the hilt, yet never, ever worry.

Worry is the proof that faith is absent! You cannot worry and walk in faith simultaneously. The moment faith enters is the moment worry must exit. It is interesting to note that when we worry, we document that we don’t believe what God said. Remember, God’s greatest pleasure is to be believed and His greatest disappointment is to be doubted. What does our worry say about our faith in God?

Although we may get excited about the principles taught to us on Sunday, it takes refusing worry on Monday to see God’s Word manifest in our lives. Never forget, when worry knocks at your door, let the Word of God answer! Worry will flee in terror!

Father, I walk by faith and not by sight. I refuse to look at my circumstances knowing that whatever I focus on multiplies. I stand on Your Word and refuse to allow worry to enter my home.

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Proverbs 26

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“So be careful how you live, not as fools but as those who are wise.
Make the most of every opportunity for doing good in these evil days.
Don’t act thoughtlessly, but try to understand what the Lord wants you to do.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NLT)

NOVEMBER 24 - Twisting the keys into the door, the twenty-eight-year-old banker stuffed them back into his pocket, the tangled keys cushioned by some sort of paper. Oh yeah—that’s the tract I was going to give to that new teller with all the problems. I’ll have plenty of time to give it to him tomorrow, won’t I, Lord?

God gave all of us a commission to reach the ends of the earth with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This will not only take our resources, but it will also require of us our time. All of us have been given twenty-four hours in a day with which we are to change the world around us. Whether it is in the workplace, social arena, home, or church, we must look at each hour as an opportunity to solve problems and add value to those with whom we associate.

The next time we go to work, we must see those eight hours as a gift from Heaven giving us the ability to influence and impact those for whom we work, and those with whom we live. The day we begin to use our time as a tool to change our world is the day the body of Christ begins to touch the entire world.

Father, I thank You for giving to me the gift of time. I choose to use my time wisely so I can impact my world for You. I refuse to act thoughtlessly, but I will understand what You want and what I am to do.

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Mark 1

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