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275Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?Matthew 6:27Choose Not To WorryMany Christians are familiarwith Jesus’ rhetoricalquestion, “Which of you by worryingcan add one cubit to his stature?” Butnot many of us actually let it get intoour hearts and allow the love of Godto free us from our habit of worrying.The truth is, no amount ofworrying can lengthen your life oradd anything to your physical person.Instead, worrying robs you of sleep,health and many good years. In fact,it is only when you are worry-freethat God’s anointing flows freely inyou, strengthening, healing, restoringand adding to you.A church member, afterundergoing a mammogram, foundthat she had lumps in her breast.Upon receiving the doctor’s report,she wrote this down on the report:“Jesus is my healer. I receive myhealing. I am healed. I rest in Godcompletely.”She was due back at the cliniclater the same day for a biopsy tosee if the lumps were malignant.Her sister-in-law, who was havinglunch with her that day, witnessedher cheerful and worry-free attitudewhile she ate her lunch.Back at the clinic, this precioussister sat among other ladies whowere also there for their biopsies.They looked very worried, so shestarted sharing Jesus with them andprayed for some of them. When herturn came and she had an ultrasoundscan done, the doctor was puzzled —her scan showed no evidence of anylumps!The doctor went back to consulther colleague who had first discoveredthe lumps. Stunned, both doctorsconducted their own investigations.They returned to her only to say, “It’sa miracle!”My friend, when you worry, youare actually believing that the devilhas the power to make inroads intoyour life that God cannot protectyou from. But when you refuse toworry, you are putting your faith inGod. You have more confidence inHis love and power working for youthan in the devil’s ability to harmyou! When you refuse to worry, butchoose to rest in the finished work ofChrist, you will see the manifestationof your blessing. You will see yourmiracle!

So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It isfinished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.306It Is Finished!Imagine looking at Leonardoda Vinci’s famous Mona Lisapainting in the Louvre museum.Would you think of adding morebrush strokes to it? Of course not! Itwas done by a master, so what couldyou possibly add to the painting toimprove it?In the same way, that is howwe are to look at Jesus’ work on thecross. He cried out, “It is finished!”You cannot complete a completedwork. You cannot finish a finishedwork. Our salvation is won. Our sinsare all forgiven. We are made foreverrighteous by His blood. Christ paidcompletely and perfectly for our totalforgiveness, righteousness and everyblessing!In fact, these three words, “Itis finished”, come from one Greekword teleo. In the days of Jesus, aservant would use it when reportingto his master: “I have completed thework assigned to me.” ( John 17:4)The word means, “It is finished, itstands finished and it will alwaysbe finished!” Perhaps the mostsignificant meaning of teleo is howit is used by merchants: “The debtJohn 19:30is paid in full!” When Jesus gaveHimself on the cross, He met fullythe righteous demands of the law. Hepaid our debts in full!Today, it is not our works thatwill bring us the blessings. It isChrist’s finished work. Christianliving is not about doing, butbelieving in His finished work.Under the law, we must do. Undergrace, it is done!Maybe you are faced withoverwhelming odds today. Jesuspromises, “It is finished!” You are notgoing to be delivered because youhave already been delivered. You arenot going to be healed because youare already the healed! God healedyou 2,000 years ago! Isaiah 53:5declares, “By His stripes you arehealed!” You are already pregnantwith healing. Keep resting in Hisfinished work and it will manifest!My friend, the work is finished.The victory is won. Our blessingshave been bought by His blood! Livelife knowing that there is nothingfor you to do — only believe! It isfinished!

137I have given you a land for which you did not labor,and cities which you did not build, and you dwellin them; you eat of the vineyards and olivegroves which you did not plant.’Joshua 24:13You Are Already BlessedGod is more willing to blessyou than you are willing tobe blessed! In fact, He is so keen foryou to enjoy His abundance that inHis mind, giving you over and abovewhat you need is a settled matter.God has already promised: “Ihave given you a land for which youdid not labor, and cities which youdid not build, and you dwell in them;you eat of the vineyards and olivegroves which you did not plant.”He did not say, “I may give,”which means that it may or may nothappen, but He said, “I have given,”which means that it has alreadyhappened. It is only a matter of timebefore your revelation of what youhave through the work of Christbrings forth the abundance that Hehas already blessed you with.A brother in the United Stateswrote in to share how he neededto buy a car, but had only half theamount of money needed. He keptcalculating and strategizing, butthe sums just weren’t adding up. Hefinally quit trying to make it happenand just rested in the Lord’s love andability to provide for him. Weekslater, he was able to buy a car thatwas two years newer than what hehad wanted, at exactly the amountthat he had!My friend, expect divineprovision in your life because youare already richly blessed in Christ.Jesus took your place of poverty atthe cross — “For you know the graceof our Lord Jesus Christ, that thoughHe was rich, yet for your sakes Hebecame poor, that you through Hispoverty might become rich.” (2Corinthians 8:9) In Him, you arepoor no more.So stop looking at the lackin your natural resources. Look tothe cross and say, “Because of Jesus’finished work, I can expect to walk inall of His blessings!”

38Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him,saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Matthew 8:3Jesus Is Willing, Be Healed!Do you know that it is God’swill for you to be healed? Infact, Jesus always healed the sickwho came to Him. The blind, lame,maimed, mute, deaf and demonpossessed — He healed them all!(Matthew 8:16)The Bible says that he whohas seen Jesus has seen the Father.( John 14:9) You want to see whatGod is like? Look at Jesus! He nevergave sickness to anybody. You neverfind Jesus looking at a person, afine specimen of a man, and saying,“Come here. You are too healthy.Receive some leprosy!” In fact, whena leper came to Him for healing,Jesus, full of compassion, told theleper, “I am willing; be cleansed.”Unfortunately, there are someChristians who say, “It is God’s willfor me to be sick. God has somepurpose, some mysterious purposefor my situation. It is all part of Hisdivine plan and we shall all know inthe sweet by and by, the reason why!”But these same people go to theirdoctors to get well. They take theirmedication and rest. Why do theydo that if they really believe thatGod wants them sick? Doesn’t makesense, does it?Come on, what makes perfectsense is this: God wants you well. Hewants you whole. His will is for youto be healed! In fact, He is so willingthat He took all your sicknesses anddiseases upon His own body, so thatyou don’t have to suffer them today!He allowed Himself to be beaten andscourged, so that by His scourging— by His stripes — you are healed!(Isaiah 53:5) Since He has alreadysuffered the sickness on your behalf,why should you suffer it today?So my friend, if you are sick,know that God did not give you thedisease. Read every healing miraclethat Jesus did in the Gospels and seehow Jesus is the Lord who heals you.(Exodus 15:26) Hear His graciouswords, “I am willing, be healed,” andknow that they are as much for youtoday as they were for the leper!

The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,and by His stripes we are healed.59Isaiah 53:5By Jesus’ Stripes You Are HealedYou know, one of the biggestoutcries against Mel Gibson’smovie, The Passion Of The Christ, wasthat it was too violent, especially thepart where Jesus was scourged.Let me tell you this: It was notviolent enough! The Bible says thatat the cross, Jesus’ visage was marredbeyond that of any man. (Isaiah52:14) In the movie, even after all thebeatings, the actor James Caviezel,who played Jesus, still looked quitehandsome.But the reality is that when Jesushung on the cross, He had “no formor comeliness there is no beautythat we should desire Him”. (Isaiah53:2) He was beaten to a pulp untilHis face looked like jelly hangingout!In the movie, when theyscourged Him, only a small portionof His bones was exposed, so it wasstill quite tidy. But the messianicpsalms say, “The plowers plowed onmy back; they made their furrowslong” (Psalm 129:3), and “I can countall My bones. They look and stare atMe”. (Psalm 22:17) All His boneswere exposed!My friend, He was thinking ofyou when the soldiers tied Him tothe scourging post. As they raisedtheir whips, He said, “Let it all comeon Me!”But what came on Him was notjust the whip stripping the flesh offHis bare back, but your sicknessesand diseases. Each time He waswhipped, every form of sickness anddisease, including arthritis, cancer,diabetes, bird flu and dengue fever,came upon Him. “The chastisementfor our peace was upon Him, and byHis stripes we are healed.”Today, healing is your rightbecause Jesus has paid the price foryour healing. So if the devil says, “Youcannot be healed,” just declare, “Jesushas paid for my healing. Diseasehas no right to be in my body. I amhealed in Jesus’ name!”Every curse of sickness that wassupposed to fall on you fell on Jesusinstead. He bore every one of thosestripes, so that you can walk in divinehealth all the days of your life. Theprice has been paid so that you canrise up and get out of your bed ofaffliction!

Who shall bring a charge against God’select? It is God who justifies.3310Romans 8:33God Is Not Judging YouSome people see God as a judgewho has exacting demands onman. When they fall short or whenthings go wrong in their lives, theythink that God is judging them.My friend, the truth is that ifyou are a believer, God does not bringany charge against you. Instead, Hejustifies you because of the blood ofHis Son. In fact, God’s Word goes onto say that the One who has the rightto condemn you, chose instead to diefor you and is risen at the Father’sright hand to be your righteousness!(Romans 8:34)But what the devil tries to dois to get you to believe that Godwatches you with a critical eye andpunishes you when you do wrong. Hehas deceived many sincere Christiansinto believing that if they havedone something wrong, sickness orsome other evil thing has a right tocome upon them and their families.And when these things happen,he convinces them that they aresuffering God’s judgment because oftheir wrongdoings. In the meantime,these sincere Christians strugglewith condemnation because theythink that they are the cause of theirproblems.Nothing could be further fromthe truth. Ever since the cross, whereJesus was judged in your place forevery one of your wrong actions,thoughts and words, God no longerjudges you, His child. You need notaccept condemnation or evil thingshappening to you because Jesus tookall your punishment at the cross.So when you start to feelcondemned for your actions orwhen you experience negativecircumstances, say, “It is written:It is God who justifies me. I amcompletely forgiven and maderighteous before Him. I refuse toaccept any condemnation and I rejectevery symptom of the curse that I amseeing in my circumstances!”Then, simply stand on the truthof God’s Word, and watch Himdeliver and bless you!

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lordand in the power of His might.1011Ephesians 6:10God Is Your StrengthWhen you say, “I can managethis problem by myself,Lord,” God says, “Okay, you do itthen.” But when you say, “Help me,Lord! I need You. I cannot do this onmy own,” God says, “Good, I havebeen waiting for you to say that. Youcannot, but I can. Now, watch Me!”That is how God is — He loves itwhen you depend on Him.You see, when you think thatyou are strong and don’t need God,He cannot help you. But whenyou need Him and look to Him,He will not leave you weak andhelpless. He comes and becomes thestrength of your life. He becomes thebreakthrough that you need.A church member with asmoking habit came to me one dayand said, “Pastor Prince, please praythat God will help me. I want to stopmy smoking habit.”I told him simply, “You cannot,but God can.”He replied, “Yes, I know thatI can’t. But with God’s help, I willdiscipline myself and try my best toquit the habit.”I told him, “No, you cannot, butGod can.” I repeated this to him afew times until he realized that it wasnot his self-discipline or willpowerthat would help him overcome hissmoking habit, but the power ofGod. He finally understood thattrue deliverance from this destructivehabit would not come by his ownstrength, but by “[being] strong inthe Lord and in the power of Hismight”.When I saw him again a fewweeks later, he said, “Pastor Prince,since that day, I didn’t even try tostop myself from smoking. But eachtime I lit up, I told God, ‘I cannot, butYou can.’ Then one day, the cravingwas gone! Jesus has completelydelivered me from my bondage tonicotine!” This man experienced truedeliverance, not just an outward formof discipline and willpower.So when you say, “I can dosomething about it,” you are stillrelying on your human strength. Butwhen you say to God, “I cannot, butYou can,” you have just tapped intothe real source of your strength —Jesus. And as you rest in His strength,you will see His power manifestingin your life!

Grace to you and peace from God ourFather and the Lord Jesus Christ.712Romans 1:7God Gives You Undeserved Preferential TreatmentWhen you fly first class in anairplane, the cabin crewgives you first-class treatment.They ask you, “Is everything okaywith you, sir?” They ask you whatmagazines you want to read. Theygive you a blanket if you are cold.They give you the best kinds of food.They give you preferential treatmentcompared to those traveling ineconomy class.The grace of God is definedas “undeserved, unearned andunmerited favor”. And one of thedefinitions for favor is “preferentialtreatment”! Today, God wants youto know that you have His favoron you. He wants you to know thatHe gives you preferential treatmentwhich you do not deserve. And Hewants you to depend on and take fulladvantage of it in your life.God also wants you to knowthat His favor in your life can beincreased. You can experience moreof His favor from day to day. How?The Bible tells us in 2 Peter 1:2 thatGod’s grace (or favor) is multipliedto us “in the knowledge of God andof Jesus our Lord”. The more youbehold Jesus and His love for you,the more you believe and confess thatGod’s favor is on you, the more youwill see His favor work for you.So if you are a doctor, you willfind patients favoring you and youwill have more patients than you canhandle. If you are a businessman, youwill find people just wanting to dobusiness with you because they likeyou and feel good about you. Then,you will have more business than youcan handle and you will need to planfor expansion!When the favor of God shineson your church, you will find itspremises too small for the peoplewho queue up week after week toattend the services! So when peoplewonder and ask, “What is happeninghere?” you can tell them, “It is thefavor of God multiplied all over us!”And it is all undeserved, unearnedand unmerited!

For she said, “If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be madewell.” 29Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up,and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.2813Mark 5:28–29Believing Is ReceivingYou have heard people of theworld say, “I will believe itonly when I see it.” Generally, thatis the way the world thinks. ButGod’s ways are not like the ways ofthe world. The world says, “If I can’tfeel it or see it, I cannot believe themiracle is here.” God says, “If youbelieve it before you feel it or see it,you will see your miracle.”Believing first before seeing theevidence of what we are believing foris called faith. Faith is like a sparkand Jesus is the dynamite powder.In the story of the healing ofthe woman with the issue of blood,there were many people who touchedJesus (Mark 5:31), but nothinghappened to them. They didn’t touchHim in faith. But when the womanwho had been bleeding for 12 yearscame to Him and touched Him infaith, He felt power leave His body(Mark 5:30), and it sparked off anexplosion of healing in the woman’sbody!Hearing about how good, kindand loving Jesus was fired her faithto believe that He could and wouldheal her. So convinced was she (evenwhen the condition in her body wasstill evident) that she said, “If onlyI may touch His clothes, I shall bemade well.” Did she experience herhealing first before she believed? No,she believed first in Jesus’ goodnessand power, acted in faith and onlythen felt the healing in her body.In the same way, God wants youto believe in His goodness and lovetoward you. He wants you to knowhow willing He is to act on yourbehalf to bless you, and how, withChrist, He will freely give you everygood thing. (Romans 8:32)He wants you to declare by faiththat all is and shall be well with you,and to expect to see just that. Andthen, no matter how long you havehad the problem, no matter how badthe experts say it is, an explosion ofhealing and restoration will takeplace, and you will receive what youare believing for!

2114Death and life are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruit.Proverbs 18:21The Power Of Your WordsMost people, when theydesperately want something,will say things like, “I am dying forthat piece of cake!” Few will say, “Iam living for that piece of cake!”What is worse is that we arequick to mention death when thingsgo wrong. We Singaporeans are quickto say things like, “Die lah! Die lah!”at the drop of a hat. Nobody says,“Live lah! Live lah!”Yet, the truth is that every wordyou speak has power — to build ordestroy hopes and dreams, to restoreor cause loss, to heal or break thespirit, to bring delight or despair, tobless or curse — for God’s Word saysthat death and life are in the powerof the tongue.So stop lining your words upwith the negative circumstances.Instead, start lining your words upwith God’s Word and release thepower of His Word to work for you.For example, instead of speakinglack and poverty, say, “God’s Wordtells me that the good things arealready here. I therefore pronouncemy life blessed. I pronounce my lifesuccessful. I pronounce my life great.Darkness and gloom, poverty andsickness, defeat and depression, willnot be in my life!”Instead of speaking sickness anddeath, say, “I will live long. I will notdie young. Jesus died young for meso that I can live long for Him. I amthe righteousness of God in Christand God’s Word declares that no evilbefalls the righteous. So no evil willcome on me now and in the future!”Instead of speaking fear overyour children, say, “God’s Worddeclares that the seed of the righteousshall be delivered. Therefore, mychildren are delivered from everycurse, every power of darkness andevery evil. In the name of Jesus, Icall forth a great, bright and blessedfuture for my children!”God wants you to have alife filled with good days and anabundance of every good thing. Sosay, “In the name of Jesus, I commandblessings, favor, health, provision,protection, dominion and power tofill my life!”

But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and saidto her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.”1215Luke 13:12Prayers That ProclaimWhen you have a need, do youpray or do you plead? Doyou begin your prayers with wordslike, “Please God, please! God, I begYou to have mercy!”Prayers that plead and begimply that your heavenly Father isnot willing to do it. Yet, He is farm

cooking for Him. Instead, He praised Mary because she focused on doing the one thing needful. So all you have to do is that one thing and God will take care of everything in your life, both big and small. This 31-day devotional has been specially put together to help you do that one thing — to feed on Jesus' Word and be strong. It will help you