JOHN BOWLIN
MINISTRIES
Preaching and Teaching Everywhere
GOD HAS DESIGNED YOUR DESTINY!
The Road Map to your Destiny is the Word of God and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. God knows what you were born to do because He declared the end from the beginning. Only He can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything He planed will come to pass, for He does whatever He wishes. (Isaiah 46:10).
GOD also knows the things you will go through before reaching your destination in life. God has given you a wisdom that He placed in you before you were born.
You are in God's class. But, you will never know who you are supposed to be until you accept Jesus as your Savior and receive the gift of God's Spirit.............
YOUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST
One of the MOST important revelations we can get from the Word of God is to understand who we are in Christ. Identifying with Christ will change the way we live and cause us to rise above adversity. Not understanding our identity in Him will keep us living far below our rights and privileges in Christ.
Your personal identity—how you see yourself—is often shaped by your early experiences in life. Maybe your parents said things to you as a child that made you doubt your worth. Maybe you were rejected or abused.
Jesus is in the business of taking "nobodies" and turn them in to "somebodies".
How do we know?...........
TRANSFORMED
Paul goes on to say, “but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." (Romans 12:1-2)
That is what God wants for each of His children. At what stage are you in this Christian transformation? Are you staying in the larva or caterpillar stage? Baby butterfly? Full-grown butterfly?
Paul uses the present tense: this is not an “on again, off again” transformation, but a continuous one.
THE CATALYST IN THE TRANSFORMATION IS GOD!
We do have a responsibility. The Spirit “changes” us and enables us to offer ourselves completely to God. This takes place in the mind, which is renewed or changed, “made new again and again" by the Holy Spirit.
So how can you renew your mind? Saturate yourself in godly thinking. Read God’s Word! Make the Word of God the final authority in your life.......
REIGNING IN LIFE
In the United States, we live in a democratic society where our leaders are voted into office. But it's not that way in some countries. You and I know that if king rules over a country, that king does not ask the people of his/her kingdom to elect his son or daughter to be the next king or queen. If a king is in charge of a country, then the king's child is the next in line to reign.
Oftentimes that child gets to rule in power with their father and mother because he or she is part of the royal family.
We, as Believers, you and I are children of God. We are new creations, a race of kings, Jesus is the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords (Revelation 19:16).................
12 NAMES OF GOD
It says who we are, it's what we are known by to all those around us. And there's nothing so powerful as the name of our Lord God.
The Bible says the name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous can run to it and be saved.
In a world that often feels chaotic and fear-filled, His name is the one to hold close.
God is the only One who never changes.
His character, His name remains the same through all generations. He is always fully trustworthy. He is always powerful! He is always forever loving, and He is always constantly present with us........
Thank God for Everything
Are you thankful no matter what? Perhaps you have lost your job recently, or you may have lost your health, or a loved one. Such circumstances can be tremendously difficult. But even so, we all have much to be thankful for. Look with me at the story of a man who had every right to be bitter—but wasn’t.
Separated from friends, unjustly accused, brutally treated—if ever a person had a right to complain, it was this man, languishing almost forgotten in a harsh Roman prison. But instead of complaints, his lips rang with words of praise and thanksgiving!.............