Steeped in the Word
May 20, 2025 – 5/20/2025
5 – The Grace of God
20 – Waiting and Expectancy
“But I warn you—unless your righteousness is better than the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven!” Matthew 5:20 NLT
Grace For Better
In the book of Hebrews, God Almighty is known as the God of better things. In Romans chapter 4, it talks about Abraham who, when it came to having a son and leaving a lasting legacy, thought for 50 years it was never going to happen. It was never going to get any better.
God showed up and all that changed.
Who against hope, believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, so shall your seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah’s womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. – Romans 4:18
This is the scriptural basis for somebody who tends to dwell on defeat. Knowing the promises of God for your life is the answer to the crippling thought pattern that “things will never get better” – aka depression.
Those five words are a lie from the pit of hell. Don’t buy into them. Instead, buy into hope!
If you are following God, you are following Him into better places. Things are getting better. They may not be getting easier because better is never easier. Better is always harder.
Don’t look for something easier. Look for something better and to hell with the devil who whispers his lies that you are not loved, you are defeated, and things will never get better.
Grounded in Faith
Declare!
As life hits me in the mouth, I won’t get discouraged. Instead of feeling defeated, I will change my perspective. Romans 8:31 declares that if God be for me, who can be against me? What a promise – I believe it, I claim it over my life – I walk confidently because of it!
Pray a-Latte
CALLING ALL PRAYER WARRIORS! JOIN THE BATTLE CRY TRIBE!
Leanna, myself, and our team are constantly on the move—taking the Good News to the nations, rescuing women and children, and standing in the places where giants still roam.
Every mission, every breakthrough, and every soul saved comes with spiritual warfare, and we need YOU—our Battle Cry Tribe—to stand in the gap, covering us with prayers of victory, protection, and supernatural favor.
The Kingdom of darkness trembles when the saints of God lift up a battle cry in unity, covering the frontlines with prayer, power, and prophetic declarations!
Blessing,
Pastor Troy Brewer
