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Friday, January 31 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/31: So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 1 Corinthians 9:26 NLT
Confess: Today I’m SERIOUS about my life & purpose. I don’t SHADOWBOX but fight the GOOD FIGHT of faith with purpose. That PURPOSE is to WIN! - P. Rick
Thursday, January 30 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/30: Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! 1 Corinthians 9:24 NLT
Confess: I am A WINNER in my life. My PURPOSE is to bring GOD’S WINNING WAYS into the lives of others. My RACE in life is ULTIMATE VICTORY! And I BRING that MESSAGE of WINNING to others today! - P. Rick
Wednesday, January 29 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/29: I do everything to spread the Good News and share in its blessings. 1 Corinthians 9:23 NLT
Confess: Let me be REMINDED today that EVERYTHING I DO & SAY is to spread the GOOD NEWS about Jesus. Ultimately I want to bring God’s BLESSINGS into the LIVES OF OTHERS as well. Jesus is Lord! - P. Rick
Tuesday, January 28 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/28: When I am with those who are weak, I share their weakness, for I want to bring the weak to Christ. Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some. 1 Corinthians 9:22 NLT
Confess: Common ground, that is my goal, to ACCURATELY RELATE to others & bring Jesus into the mix so they can HAVE & ENJOY an ABUNDANT LIFE like I am enjoying today! - P. Rick
Monday, January 27 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/27: Even though I am free of the demands and expectations of everyone, I have voluntarily become a servant to any and all in order to reach a wide range of people: religious, nonreligious, meticulous moralists, loose-living immoralists, the defeated, the demoralized—whoever. I didn’t take on their way of life. I kept my bearings in Christ—but I entered their world and tried to experience things from their point of view. I’ve become just about every sort of servant there is in my attempts to lead those I meet into a God-saved life. 1 Corinthians 9:19–22 MSG
Confess: I AM free in JESUS to live for Him. My life’s purpose is to point others to Him & INFLUENCE them to CHOOSE God & HIS WAY of DOING THINGS. Amen! - P. Rick
Sunday, January 26 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/26: Even though I am a free man with no master, I have become a slave to all people to bring many to Christ. 1 Corinthians 9:19 NLT
Confess: My life’s GOAL is to PLEASE GOD & HONOR Him in all I do. I will not be an OFFENSE or STUMBLING BLOCK to anyone as well. My job is to LEAD as many people to Christ as possible. May my LIGHT SHINE to the GLORY OF GOD! - P. Rick
Saturday, January 25 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/25: I’m not just sounding off because I’m irritated. This is all written in the scriptural law. Moses wrote, “Don’t muzzle an ox to keep it from eating the grain when it’s threshing.” Do you think Moses’ primary concern was the care of farm animals? Don’t you think his concern extends to us? Of course. Farmers plow and thresh expecting something when the crop comes in. 1 Corinthians 9:8–10 MSG
Confess: My life is LIVED FOR JESUS. All that I do is FOR THE GLORY OF GOD! There is no secular part of my life. It’s all about HIM! So I TAP GOD’S RESOURCES to MEET all my needs & provide for my family. Thank God for HIS PROVISION for my life & FAMILY! Today I’ll CLAIM all the PROMISES in the Word! Amen & amen! - P. Rick
Friday, January 24 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/24: What soldier has to pay his own expenses? What farmer plants a vineyard
and doesn’t have the right to eat some of its fruit? What shepherd cares for a flock of sheep
and isn’t allowed to drink some of the milk? 1 Corinthians 9:7 NLT
Confess: God SUPPLIES all MY NEEDS according to HIS RICHES in glory! The laborer is WORTHY
of WHAT THEY MAKE. I won’t COMPLAIN about my paycheck but THANK God for it today! God
KNOWS the NEEDS I have & the BILLS I must pay. He is MY SOURCE, not my job or my ability to
provide income. I TRUST HIM COMPLETELY! Amen! - P. Rick
Thursday, January 23 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/23: So if what I eat causes another believer to sin, I will never eat meat again as long as I live—for I don’t want to cause another believer to stumble. 1 Corinthians 8:13 NLT
Confess: They KEY here is if what I do CAUSES A BROTHER OR SISTER in Christ TO SIN. Then I WON’T DO THAT THING period! My life is to be an EXAMPLE not a HINDRANCE to others. I want to LIFT them UP not cause them to fall. I live TO THE GLORY OF GOD! Amen! - P. Rick
Wednesday, January 22 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/22: And when you sin against your brethren in this way, wounding and damaging their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 1 Corinthians 8:12 AMP
Confess: Today I’m reminded to ALWAYS be a GOOD WITNESS of what a Christian looks like & acts like. Holy Spirit you have PERMISSION to CONVICT me in ANY AREA OF MY LIFE! I SEEK to be LIKE JESUS, to LOOK like Him & ACT just LIKE HIM! Amen & amen! - P. Rick
Tuesday, January 21 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/21: And when you sin against other believers by encouraging them to do something they believe is wrong, you are sinning against Christ. 1 Corinthians 8:12 NLT
Confess: My TESTIMONY matters! I will always seek to LIVE for Jesus & GLORIFY Him in ALL I DO & the WAY I LIVE. May others see me & see Jesus IN MY & my EXAMPLE! Amen! - P. Rick
Monday, January 20 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/20: Only be careful that this power of choice (this permission and liberty to do as you please) which is yours, does not [somehow] become a hindrance (cause of stumbling) to the weak or overscrupulous [giving them an impulse to sin]. 1 Corinthians 8:9 AMP
Confess: So I am DETERMINED to be CAREFUL when using my POWER OF CHOICE. I want to consider others & not be a cause of them giving into sin. My EXAMPLE is to be LIKE JESUS! AMEN. - P. Rick
Sunday, January 19 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/19: But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble. 1 Corinthians 8:9 NLT; But be careful that by using your freedom you don’t somehow make a believer who is weak in faith fall into sin. GW
Confess: My freedom is mine to use. However I must always be aware that others are watching my life. I will not cause others to STUMBLE INTO SIN because of my poor choices. I live for God’s GLORY & to BLESS OTHERS! - P. Rick
Saturday, January 18 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/18: They say—again, quite rightly—that there is only one God the Father, that everything comes from him, and that he wants us to live for him. Also, they say that there is only one Master—Jesus the Messiah—and that everything is for his sake, including us. Yes. It’s true. 1 Corinthians 8:6 MSG
Confess: My life is about SERVING & LIVING for the GLORY of God. Everything I have & everything I do is DONE FOR HIS GLORY! Praise God! Amen. - P. Rick
Friday, January 17 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/17: Yet for us there is [only] one God, the Father, Who is the Source of all things and for Whom we [have life], and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through and by Whom are all things and through and by Whom we [ourselves exist]. [Mal. 2:10.] 1 Corinthians 8:6 AMP
Confess: GOD, the ONE TRUE GOD is the SOURCE of all things. In Him I have EVERYTHING I NEED. And there is only ONE LORD, He is JESUS CHRIST MY LORD. I EXIST because of Him. He is the REASON for my life & gives PURPOSE for my living! Amen- P. Rick
Thursday, January 16 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/16: But knowledge makes us proud of ourselves, while love makes us helpful to others. 1 Corinthians 8:1 CEV; Knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up. -HCSB; This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. -ESV
Confess: Again KNOWLEDGE is a blessing as long as it does not lead to PRIDE. Pride is the reason that Lucifer fell. LOVE will ALWAYS be HELPFUL & BUILD others up. So again I CHOOSE TO LOVE! Amen. - P. Rick
Wednesday, January 15 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/15: Now, concerning food offered to false gods: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes people arrogant, but love builds them up. 1 Corinthians 8:1 GW
Confess: KNOWLEDGE can make people PRIDEFUL & ARROGANT. They are KNOW IT ALLS. But LOVE builds people up, it DOES NOT tear them down! I CHOOSE TO LOVE ALWAYS! Amen. - P. Rick
Tuesday, January 14 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/14: Now regarding your question about food that has been offered to idols. Yes, we know that “we all have knowledge” about this issue. But while knowledge makes us feel important, it is love that strengthens the church. 1 Corinthians 8:1 NLT
Confess: Knowledge is GOOD but LOVE is BETTER! Knowledge makes us FEEL IMPORTANT but LOVE BLESSES & STRENGTHENS the ENTIRE CHURCH. I am committed to ALWAYS CHOOSING LOVE! LOVE is the ANSWER because God is LOVE! - P. Rick
Monday, January 13 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/13: Everyone should live the life that the Lord gave him when God called him. This is the guideline I use in every church. 1 Corinthians 7:17 GW
Confess: I am COMMITED to being THANKFUL for ALL GOD HAS DONE for me. And I will ENDEAVOR to be TOTALLY CONTENT & AT PEACE with my life! I can do ALL THINGS through Christ who STRENGTHENS ME! - P. Rick
Sunday, January 12 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/12: And don’t be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there… 1 Corinthians 7:17 (MSG)
Confess: Today I’m through with FANTISIZING that I am someone else or my situation was different. I will PRAISE GOD through the STORM & through the CALM in my life. He will NEVER LEAVE OR FORSAKE me & I will NOT LEAVE OR FORSAKE HIM. Praise God! - P. Rick
Saturday, January 11 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/11: Only, let each one [seek to conduct himself and regulate his affairs so as to] lead the life which the Lord has allotted and imparted to him and to which God has invited and summoned him. This is my order in all the churches. 1 Corinthians 7:17 AMP
Confess: As I ENTER THIS NEW YEAR I will seek to BE CONTENT with my situation & TRUST GOD with all the DETAILS of my life. I may not UNDERSTAND what God is doing in my life but I will ALWAYS TRUST HIM at all times. Amen. - P. Rick
Friday, January 10 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/10: Each of you should continue to live in whatever situation the Lord has placed you, and remain as you were when God first called you. This is my rule for all the churches. 1 Corinthians 7:17 NLT
Confess: I thank God for ALL He has DONE FOR ME! I will NOT seek to change my SITUATION I will seek to CHANGE ME! My desire is to live for the GLORY of God and not for my own. I am a SERVANT of God & I DO HIS WILL in my life! - P. Rick
Thursday, January 09 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/9: I'll give you a long life, give you a long drink of salvation! Psalm 91:16 MSG; You will live a long life and see my saving power. CEV; I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation. NLT2
Confess: God PROMISES me a LONG LIFE because I live for Him & honor Him as well. His POWER & SALVATION is continually seen in my life! Amen! - P. Rick
Wednesday, January 08 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/8: Call me and I'll answer, be at your side in bad times; I'll rescue you, then throw you a party. Psalm 91:15 MSG; When you are in trouble, call out to me. I will answer and be there to protect and honor you. CEV
Confess: I am CONFIDENT that God will ANSWER me, rescue me & then THROW a party to celebrate my victory! Answers will always manifest in & through my life! Hallelujah! - P. Rick
Tuesday, January 07 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/7: If you'll hold on to me for dear life, says GOD, I'll get you out of any trouble. I'll give you the best of care if you'll only get to know and trust me. Psalm 91:14 MSG; The LORD says, I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name. NLT2
Confess: I declare my LOVE for God & my TRUST in Him. He RESCUES me & PROTECTS me each & every day! God’s got me covered. All my needs are met in Jesus name, amen! - P. Rick
Monday, January 06 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/6: Yes, because GOD's your refuge, the High God your very own home, Evil can't get close to you, harm can't get through the door. He ordered his angels to guard you wherever you go. Psalm 91:9-11 MSG
Confess: God is my REFUGE & STRENGTH. No evil or harm can TOUCH me. I am confident of ANGELIC PROTECTION today! Praise God! - P. Rick
Sunday, January 05 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/5: Fear nothing—not wild wolves in the night, not flying arrows in the day, Not disease that prowls through the darkness, not disaster that erupts at high noon. Even though others succumb all around, drop like flies right and left, no harm will even graze you. Psalm 91:5-7 (MSG)
Confess: Today I am again reminded there is NO FEAR here! I have no reason to be afraid or worried. I cast all my cares on Him & He will TAKE CARE of me! Happy Birthday Ryler James Martin (my grandson)! He is 6 years old today! - P. Rick
Saturday, January 04 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/4: Say this: "GOD, you're my refuge. I trust in you and I'm safe!" That's right—he rescues you from hidden traps, shields you from deadly hazards. His huge outstretched arms protect you— under them you're perfectly safe; his arms fend off all harm. Psalm 91:2-4 MSG
Confess: No matter what happens today I am SAFE in God’s loving care! No weapon formed against me will succeed! He rescues me from any traps of the enemy. I am SAFE in His arms today! - P. Rick
Friday, January 03 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/3: Let’s begin 2025 with Psalms 91 as our guide! Amen!
Live under the protection of God Most High and stay in the shadow of God All-Powerful. Psalm 91:1 CEV; Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. NLT2
Confess: Today I am LIVING under the PROTECTION & PROVISION of God. I seek first the KINGDOM of God & desire to be in His presence. And ALL my needs are supplied. Amen! - P. Rick
Thursday, January 02 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/2: You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways
overflow with abundance. Psalm 65:11 (NLT)
Confess: An INCREDIBLE year lays before me. Whatever happens overflow & abundance will be
the final outcome. The BEST is yet to come to me! - P. Rick
Wednesday, January 01 2025
WORD 4 Today 1/1: Brothers and sisters, I know that I have not yet reached that goal, but there is one thing I always do. FORGETTING the past and straining toward what is ahead, Philippians 3:13 NCV; …This is what I do: I don't look back, I lengthen my stride GW; …I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, NLT2
Confess: Forgetting, releasing, letting go of the past I push hard toward the glorious future God has for me. No regrets, no doubts & no going back, only moving forward in this New Year. Praise God for a GLORIOUS New Year! - P. Rick
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