Eddie L. Long - Called to Conquer: A Daily Devotional to Energize and Encourage You in Word and Spirit

CALLED TO CONQUER

CALLED TO
CONQUER

A DAILY DEVOTIONAL
TO ENERGIZE AND ENCOURAGE
YOU IN WORD AND SPIRIT

EDDIE LONG

Copyright 2000 by Eddie Long

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Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION (NKJV). Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

Scripture quotations noted KJV are from THE KING JAMES VERSION.

Selected devotions have been adapted from themes found in the book by Eddie Long, Taking Over, published by Creation House.

ISBN 0-7852-6765-4

Printed in the United States of America

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CONTENTS

January
THE POWER
OF DREAMING

JANUARY 1
START YOUR DAY THE BRIGHT WAY

Todays Scripture Reading: Psalm 118:1724 Key Verse: Psalm 118:24

This is the day the LORD has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.

M illions of people will wake up this morning feeling like a truck ran over them because of the hangover from last nights celebration. The prospects for the New Year somehow look dimmer through bloodshot eyes. There is a better way to greet each new day.

I will never forget the twenty-year-old man who told me how hard his life was while he wiped away the tears trickling down his cheeks. But then he looked at me and said, You know, some days I have to wear sunglasses.

He aroused my curiosity, so I asked, Why?

Because my future is so bright that I have to shade my eyes.

That ministered to me. We need more people who wake up every morning and say by faith, You know, I probably need to put on some sunglasses. My future is so bright that I need to cover up my eyes. It is so bright that it is interfering with my view of my problems.

Tomorrow morning when you wake up, get out your sunglasses. Your future in Christ is too bright for the naked eye!

Pray this prayer with me today:

Heavenly Father, I thank You for giving me a bright future in Your Son. Now I candare to dream the unthinkable and reach for the impossible. I owe it all to You, and I give it all back to You in Jesus name. Amen.

JANUARY 2
SAY THE THINGS GOD SAYS ABOUT YOU

Todays Scripture Reading: Proverbs 18:2021 Key Verse: Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue.

W hat were you thinking about when you woke up this morning? Were you thinking about God, or were you thinking about the awful taste in your mouth? Your body, soul, and spirit are simply components of a missile, a heavenly arrow waiting for direction. Things will go better if you learn how to wake up with a great expectation in God.

Ask yourself, Do I really know God? If you really know Him, then let His light and unlimitedness flood every part of your being. Wake up with expectations of such great light and magnitude that you cannot bear to look at them. You should be an artesian well springing up with a continual flow of bright ideas and new revelation.

I know that God is changing me from what I am to what I am destined to be. Because of Him, I am about to do accomplish great exploits. My future is incredibly bright because I am speaking it into the light. I am calling out everything that God says I am and everything that He said I will have forevermore. I am saying the same things about me that God is saying about me.

How about you? It really does not matter if you are fourteen, forty, or eighty-four years old. God has invested power in your words. Your future will be what you say it will be, and that is why words are so important. Speak the words of God and release His creative ability in your life. Speak up and speak out about the bright future God has shown you. Speak it in the light!

Make this prayer declaration with me:

God, I am speaking out about a bright future. Everything You have said about meis coming to pass! I will accomplish great exploits!

JANUARY 3
IT TAKES GOD TO BELIEVE GOD

Todays Scripture Reading: Galatians 2:20; Philippians 2:13 Key Verse: Philippians 2:13

It is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

I t takes God to believe God. What does that mean? Perhaps you have not grasped the reality that God has been saying some big things to you. It is hard to take something great and run with it if you do not know about it. It may sound strange, but it takes something bigger than yourself to believe what God is saying. In other words, it takes God to believe God.

The Christ in you can grasp what God is telling you to do. That only happens, though, when you have been so crucified in yourself that it is no longer you who live, but Christ who lives in you. When the life you now live in the flesh is Christ living through you, the Christ in you answers Gods challenge or assignment with a firm Amen.

When there is nothing but Christ in you, there is nothing left in you to resist what God says. Then you can say, I am going to do it because I believe God. At that point, nothing can stop you from living out your destiny.

Pray this prayer with me today:

Jesus, I want to believe what the Father is saying. Forgive me for not letting You in me answer Gods call. With Paul, I say that I am crucified with You and it is You who lives through me! And I am going to do it because I believe God!

JANUARY 4
TOO SMALL TO CONTAIN IT ALL

Todays Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:916 Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 2:9

Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.

W hen God speaks big things to you, He is speaking things that only He believes at that moment. When you hear something that your head just is not big enough to contain, you are listening to God. On the other hand, if you hear something that fits easily in your headif you can explain it and accomplish it all on your ownthen the devil has whispered something to you. God inspires only deeds, dreams, and declarations that push us beyond our natural abilities and into His arms of supernatural supply.

A single word from the lips of God can immediately overload your intellect. Do not be surprised if your vocabulary falls short when you try to explain what God says to you. No one has words enough to describe the eternal and the infinite. As usual, we can communicate the revelations of God only by doing them for all to see.

Do not be discouraged. It is normal to feel too small and inadequate to contain and communicate the revelations of God. He steps into our inadequacy with His Spirit and makes a way where there is no way.

Pray this prayer with me today:

Lord Jesus, I give up. The only way I can hold the things You have shown me, theonly way I can do the things You have asked me to do, is through Your strength and ability. Reveal Your glory, power, and grace through my inadequacies and weakness. All I can do is yield to Your Spirit and say, Yes, Lord. May Your will be done in my life.