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Pastor's Blog
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Thursday, July 31 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/31: For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge such men. 1 Corinthians 16:18 NKJV
Confess: Hallelujah, I am COMMITTED to REFRESHING & ENCOURAGING one another in the FAITH! I will ACKNOWLEDGE & BLESS my FELLOW WORKERS in the KINGDOM of GOD! Amen! - P. Rick
Wednesday, July 30 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/30: …and they’ve put themselves out, serving Christians ever since then. I want you to honor and look up to people like that: companions and workers who show us how to do it, giving us something to aspire to. 1 Corinthians 16:15-16 MSG
Confess: I will HONOR & LOOK UP TO people who are SERVING the Lord. They are my COMPANIONS in the WORK & fellow SOLDIERS in the FAITH! We are all SERVING the SAME GOD! AMEN! - P. Rick
Tuesday, July 29 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/29: …and how they have consecrated and devoted themselves to the service of the saints (God’s people). I urge you to pay all deference to such leaders and to enlist under them and be subject to them, as well as to everyone who joins and cooperates [with you] and labors earnestly. 1 Corinthians 16:15-16 AMP
Confess: I’m CONSECRATED & DEVOTED to SERVING the LORD & BLESSING others! We are WORKERS TOGETHER cooperating & working for God. Hallelujah! - P. Rick
Monday, July 28 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/28: …and they are spending their lives in service to God’s people. I urge you, dear brothers and sisters, to submit to them and others like them who serve with such devotion. 1 Corinthians 16:15-16 NLT
Confess: I GLADLY SPEND my LIFE & RESOURCES to SERVE God’s people. It is a GOOD & ETERNAL WORD done ALL FOR GOD’S GLORY! Amen! - P. Rick
Sunday, July 27 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/27: …they (the household of Stephanos) have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints—that you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and labors with us. 1 Corinthians 16:15-16 NKJV
Confess: Today I’m DEVOTED to MINISTER to the believers CONTINUALLY. And SUBMITTING to them is not difficult. We SERVE the SAME LORD & FOLLOW the SAME DIRECTIVES! - P. Rick
Saturday, July 26 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/26: Your every action must be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16:14 HCSB; Show love in everything you do. CEV
Confess: EVERYTHING I DO, EVERY ACTION I take is because of LOVE! It is the RESULT of GOD’S LOVE manifesting IN & THROUGH my life. May God receive ALL THE GLORY! - P. Rick
Friday, July 25 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/25: Let everything you do be done in love (true love to God and man as inspired by God’s love for us). 1 Corinthians 16:14 AMP
Confess: My LOVE for GOD affects my LOVE for OTHERS! It is the REASON I LIVE & the PURPOSE of my LIFE & TESTIMONY! May God BE PLEASED, amen! - P. Rick
Thursday, July 24 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/24: Let all that you do be done with love. 1 Corinthians 16:14 NKJV; And do everything with love. NLT
Confess: EVERYTHING I DO & EVERYTHING I SAY is DONE & SAID in LOVE! Loving GOD & Loving OTHERS is my PRIME DIRECTIVE today! LOVE is at the core of my being & the PURPOSE of my MISSION! - P. Rick
Wednesday, July 23 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/23: Keep your eyes open, hold tight to your convictions, give it all you’ve got, be resolute, 1 Corinthians 16:13 MSG
Confess: LIVING in the END TIMES means to be AWAKE & AWARE. My EYES are OPENED & I am FIRM in my CONVICTIONS. Having DONE ALL I STAND MY GROUND, giving ALL I’VE GOT! AMEN! - P. Rick
Tuesday, July 22 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/22: Be alert and on your guard; stand firm in your faith (your conviction respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, keeping the trust and holy fervor born of faith and a part of it). Act like men and be courageous; grow in strength! [Ps. 31:24.] 1 Corinthians 16:13 AMP
Confess: Today I RESPOND to the call to be ALERT & ON GUARD! I will STAND IN FAITH staying PASSIONATE & COMMITTED to my RELATIONSHIP with God! I TRUST in the LORD with ALL MY HEART & stay PASSIONATE about HIM! AMEN! - P. Rick
Monday, July 21 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/21: Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13 NKJV; Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. NLT
Confess: As an ENDTIME believer I am a WATCHER & a WITNESS! I will STAND FIRM in the faith both BRAVE & STRONG! Hallelujah! - P. Rick
Sunday, July 20 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/20: So [see to it that] no one despises him (Timothy) or treats him as if he were of no account or slights him. But send him off [cordially, speed him on his way] in peace, that he may come to me, for I am expecting him [to come along] with the other brethren. 1 Corinthians 16:11 AMP
Confess: I am DETERMINED to always SPEAK the BEST & PRAY the best over fellow believers! I WILL do my best to HELP THEM in their ASSIGNMENT today! Amen! - P. Rick
Saturday, July 19 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/19: Don’t let anyone treat him (Timothy) with contempt. Send him on his way with your blessing when he returns to me. I expect him to come with the other believers. 1 Corinthians 16:11 NLT
Confess: It is my DESIRE to always HONOR & BLESS fellow believers. I STAND with them, ENCOURAGE them & SPEAK God’s BEST into their lives & ministries! AMEN! - P. Rick
Friday, July 18 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/18: because there is a wonderful opportunity for me to do some work here. But there are also many people who are against me. 1 Corinthians 16:9 CEV
Confess: OPPORTUNITIES & OPEN DOORS are manifesting in my life. I am CERTAIN of VICTORY over any enemy, any weapon, any difficulty I may face. I STAND in JESUS’ NAME, AMEN! - P. Rick
Thursday, July 17 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/17: for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. 1 Corinthians 16:9 ESV
Confess: THANK GOD that I am EFFECTIVE when faced with continuous ADVERSITY! That is a SIGN that I am DOING GOD’S WILL & GAINING GROUND on the enemy. I RESIST the devil KNOWING that he will FLEE FROM ME as if in TERROR! Hallelujah! - P. Rick
Wednesday, July 16 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/16: A huge door of opportunity for good work has opened up here. (There is also mushrooming opposition.) 1 Corinthians 16:9 MSG
Confess: God’s work is ETERNAL WORK! Whatever enemy pushback comes against me I will STAND MY GROUND & WIN the VICTORY! Amen! Lord, keep the DOOR OPEN! - P. Rick
Tuesday, July 15 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/15: For a wide door of opportunity for effectual [service] has opened to me
[there, a great and promising one], and [there are] many adversaries. 1 Corinthians 16:9 AMP
Confess: Whenever there are incredible opportunities there will be many ADVERSARIES. Today
I will FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT of FAITH. I am DETERMINED to PERSEVER until I WIN the battle!
Amen! - P. Rick
Monday, July 14 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/14: There is a wide-open door for a great work here, although many oppose me. 1 Corinthians 16:9 NLT
Confess: OPEN DOORS & OPPORTUNITIES are AVAILABLE even now. There is the GREAT POSSIBILITY to an INCREDIBLE WORK to be done. And because of that I’m not surprised by ADVERSITY or ADVERSARYS. I KEEP PRAYING & BELIEVING. Amen! - P. Rick
Sunday, July 13 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/13: Every Sunday each of you make an offering and put it in safekeeping. Be as generous as you can. When I get there you’ll have it ready, and I won’t have to make a special appeal. 1 Corinthians 16:2 MSG
Confess: It is ALWAYS A BLESSING to be able to GIVE into the KINGDOM & PURPOSES of God. I’m SPIRIT-LED in my giving. Amen! - P. Rick
Saturday, July 12 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/12: On the first [day] of each week, let each one of you [personally] put aside
something and save it up as he has prospered [in proportion to what he is given], so that no
collections will need to be taken after I come. 1 Corinthians 16:2 AMP
Confess: I will ALWAYS GIVE as I am PROSPERED & BLESSED. It is ENJOYABLE to GIVE, to PLANT
& INVEST in the WORK OF GOD! Hallelujah! - P. Rick
Friday, July 11 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/11: On the first day of each week, you should each put aside a portion of the money you have earned. Don’t wait until I get there and then try to collect it all at once. 1 Corinthians 16:2 NLT
Confess: Today I DECLARE that I AM A GENEROUS GIVER to the THINGS OF GOD! I won’t HOLD BACK or be STINGY with my GIVING! Whatever God leads me to give I will do it WITH JOY!
Amen! - P. Rick
Thursday, July 10 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/10: Finally - So, then, brothers and sisters, don’t let anyone move you off the foundation ?of your faith?. Always excel in the work you do for the Lord. You know that the hard work you do for the Lord is not pointless. 1 Corinthians 15:58 GW
Confess: Like the song says, “I shall not BE MOVED”! I LIVE BY FAITH & will not be SHAKEN, SWAYED or MOVED by any OBSTACLES or circumstances. My FAITH is FOUNDED on the SOLID ROCK of CHRIST! My life has PURPOSED & DIRECTION. Amen! - P. Rick
Wednesday, July 09 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/9: My dear friends, stand firm and don’t be shaken. Always keep busy working
for the Lord. You know that everything you do for him is worthwhile. 1 Corinthians 15:58 CEV
Confess: Whatever comes I OVERCOME! I won’t be SHAKEN or MOVED by negative things or
people. I will ALWAYS KEEP BUSY serving the LORD. Everything I do is WORTHWHILE &
PROFITABLE in the KINDGOM OF GOD! Amen! - P. Rick
Tuesday, July 08 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/8: With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort. 1 Corinthians 15:58 MSG
Confess: No matter what is going on in my life I will ALWAYS STAND MY GROUND. Even in the midst of contrary circumstances I WILL NOT HOLD BACK. I THROW MYSELF into the WORK OF THE LORD! Hallelujah! - P. Rick
Monday, July 07 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/7: knowing and being continually aware that your labor in the Lord is not futile [it is never wasted or to no purpose]. 1 Corinthians 15:58 AMP
Confess: I KNOW & am PERSUADED that my LABOR, my WORK, my SERVICE in the LORD has an ETERNAL PURPOSE. It is never WASTED or without BENEFIT. May the BLESSINGS of God RICHLY FLOW into the LIVES OF OTHERS! Again AMEN! - P. Rick
Sunday, July 06 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/6: Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm (steadfast), immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord [always being superior, excelling, doing more than enough in the service of the Lord]… 1 Corinthians 15:58 AMP
Confess: Everything I do is for the GLORY of GOD! And everything is DONE WITH EXCELLENCE! I am SERVING GOD each and every day! Amen! - P. Rick
Saturday, July 05 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/5: So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. 1 Corinthians 15:58 NLT
Confess: Today I DECLARE “I AM STRONG”! I am NOT MOVED by natural circumstances or challenges. I WORK & LABOR ENTHUSIASTICALLY for the LORD! Amen! - P. Rick
Friday, July 04 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/4: IN [this] freedom Christ has made us free [and completely liberated us]; stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery [which you have once put off]. - Galatians 5:1 AMP
Confess: Today I’m reminded that FREEDOM is not FREE. There is a great price that is paid for my freedom. Thanks to all those who sacrificed to make us free in America. And especially thanks to Jesus for dying for my FREEDOM as well. Happy Independence Day July 4th. God bless the U.S.A. amen!
Thursday, July 03 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/3: But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:57 NLT; But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three—sin, guilt, death—are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God! MSG
Confess: Imagine that: VICTORY over SIN & DEATH! No more guilt or pain because of the GIFT of Jesus in my life! HALLELUJAH! - P. Rick
Wednesday, July 02 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/2: Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” 1 Corinthians 15:54 NLT
Confess: PRAISE THE LORD, VICTORY is assured. Whatever I have to face will ULTIMATELY lead to VICTORY IN JESUS! Death won’t END my life TRANSFORMATION will take place. My HOPE is in JESUS! Amen! - P. Rick
Tuesday, July 01 2025
WORD 4 Today 7/1: It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed. 1 Corinthians 15:52 NLT
Confess: WOW what a DAY that will be when JESUS RETURNS! I’m waiting for the TRUMPET to sound. The the DEAD will be RAISED to LIFE & we who are still alive WILL BE reunited with our LOVED ONES! Hallelujah! - P. Rick
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