Text:Genesis 11:6,13:15, 6:5, Proverbs 23:7, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Romans 8:24-25
Our hope is our imagination.When we dwell in thoughts on the word of God for some time it sparks an image-a mental picture in our minds. when the picture becomes clear, then we can see it in our minds eye and our expectation will deliver the reward.Our imagination which is hope gives substance to our faith.(Hebrews 11:1)
Since the fall of man , the thoughts and imaginations of man have tended to be negative.(Genesis 6:5). For our thoughts and imagination to agree with God's word, we must deliberately cast down all the traditions, mind sets and ideas and concepts that exalts itself against the knowledge of God and His Word and bring them to the obedience of Christ.(2 Corinthians 10:3-6).Until we do this we cannot revenge all disobedience warring against our abundant life.(2 Corinthians 10:5-6).We accomplish this by renewing our minds with the Word of God(Romans 12:2)by doing the Word of God. The more we do the word of God the more we renew our mind.
Our warfare with the enemy is principally mental and of the mind.We have the mind of Christ(1 Corithians 2:6).He triumphed, so we must triumph.He was favored by man and God so we must be favored. But Jesus always engaged in Word of God based positive thoughts and imagination which led to positive and blessed words and actions which carried power. How forcible are right words.(Job 6:25).
So the choice is ours. God will not think or imagine for us. No one can. We have to do it ourselves.The way we use our minds determine our abundant living. The carnal mind brings death and suffering, but the spiritually minded brings life and peace.(Romans 8:6).Over to you, the ball is in your court.God bless you
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
See it and Say it , Wait for it and then have it
Text:Hebrews 11:1, Proverbs 23:7, Mark 11:23-24
God saw the earth before He spoke it into existence. There are two ways to see things:either through the physical eyes or through imagination. Imagination is the art of painting the picture of the word of grace in our hearts which builds up our faith to receive the blessing. Patience holds up our faith until the blessing is delivered.In ephesians the essence of the spirit of wisdom and revelation is to open our understanding so that we might imagine our calling and know the graces bestowed upon us.
It is instructive to meditate on the word of grace through imagination-paiting the picture.Once the picture becomes very clear in our heart, then we can speak the blessing into existence. However we may need to wait patiently for the ship of faith to go forth and deliver the blessing.Imagination stage is like the conception stage of a woman.Zion travailed and the children were born.Imagination is ;like the (hoping stage);-----pregnancy stage is like the (faith and patience) and the delivery stage is like the " have it stage.
God bless
God saw the earth before He spoke it into existence. There are two ways to see things:either through the physical eyes or through imagination. Imagination is the art of painting the picture of the word of grace in our hearts which builds up our faith to receive the blessing. Patience holds up our faith until the blessing is delivered.In ephesians the essence of the spirit of wisdom and revelation is to open our understanding so that we might imagine our calling and know the graces bestowed upon us.
It is instructive to meditate on the word of grace through imagination-paiting the picture.Once the picture becomes very clear in our heart, then we can speak the blessing into existence. However we may need to wait patiently for the ship of faith to go forth and deliver the blessing.Imagination stage is like the conception stage of a woman.Zion travailed and the children were born.Imagination is ;like the (hoping stage);-----pregnancy stage is like the (faith and patience) and the delivery stage is like the " have it stage.
God bless
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Focus on God's grace to obey and serve God
Text:Job 36:11,Hebrews 4:16,12:28,Titus 2:11,Ephesians 2:8-9.
Man was created by God to willingly serve and worship Him!Whatever man focuses on outside God will attract man's attention, worship and service.The blessing and prosperity of man is contingent on man's willingness to obey and serve God(Job 36:11, 22:21-25, Isaiah 1:19).
After man sinned he fell short of God's glory and grace( favor and strength)-Romans 3:23 to remain in the presence of God.God in His Son Jesus Christ through the finished work on the Cross provided a way for man to return back to blessing by releasing the fullness of grace(power and favor) needed to obey and serve God; and also mercy that will answer to every accusation from the enemy but intead rejoice over judgment.
Grace and mercy are found in Christ Jesus.When we connect to Him through prayers, keeping our minds on Him, fellowshipping with Him and in particular obeying His words, we will enjoy prosperity and blessing here on earth and our mansions bright in heaven.
So we should daily focus on the supply of the spirit of grace from our Lord Jesus Christ through prayers; that would deliver us from sin and the wiles of the enemy and train us to reject and renouce ungodliness and worldly desires and to live a discreet , upright, devout lives in the present world; instead of focusing on the demand of obedience through self efforts which gender to works, frustrations and failures.Outside Jesus Christ we cannot achieve anything.
Therefore we must continue to pray without ceasing for mercy and grace from Jesus Christ . The act of connnecting to Christ Jesus through prayers and focus moment by moment consciously and daily is our faith in action. God bless you
Man was created by God to willingly serve and worship Him!Whatever man focuses on outside God will attract man's attention, worship and service.The blessing and prosperity of man is contingent on man's willingness to obey and serve God(Job 36:11, 22:21-25, Isaiah 1:19).
After man sinned he fell short of God's glory and grace( favor and strength)-Romans 3:23 to remain in the presence of God.God in His Son Jesus Christ through the finished work on the Cross provided a way for man to return back to blessing by releasing the fullness of grace(power and favor) needed to obey and serve God; and also mercy that will answer to every accusation from the enemy but intead rejoice over judgment.
Grace and mercy are found in Christ Jesus.When we connect to Him through prayers, keeping our minds on Him, fellowshipping with Him and in particular obeying His words, we will enjoy prosperity and blessing here on earth and our mansions bright in heaven.
So we should daily focus on the supply of the spirit of grace from our Lord Jesus Christ through prayers; that would deliver us from sin and the wiles of the enemy and train us to reject and renouce ungodliness and worldly desires and to live a discreet , upright, devout lives in the present world; instead of focusing on the demand of obedience through self efforts which gender to works, frustrations and failures.Outside Jesus Christ we cannot achieve anything.
Therefore we must continue to pray without ceasing for mercy and grace from Jesus Christ . The act of connnecting to Christ Jesus through prayers and focus moment by moment consciously and daily is our faith in action. God bless you
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Spiritual Understanding: The Principal Ingredient of Faith
Text: Psalm 119:144,82:5-7, Proverbs 21:16, 4:7, Romans 1:17,Matthew 13:23
God created the world from things formed on His inside. To see what God is saying which had been deposited inside us, we need spiritual understanding. Spiritual understanding is being able to see what God is saying in your heart. To receive anything from God you must have faith or believe for it in your heart or conceive it in your heart or see it in your heart and then confess it with your mouth.(Romans 10:9).Until you have faith in your heart, your confession will not produce. Spiritual understanding gives substance to the Word of God in our hearts. How do we get spiritual understanding?
1. Through Meditation: Every scripture carries amazing profiting, which can only be accessed through spiritual understanding and one of the channels through which you encounter that is meditation. Meditation can be defined as thinking through God’s Word on a subject matter for details. You ponder over questions like: “Why did God say this?” “What does it stand for?” “What has it to offer me?” Every scripture carries a definite profit (2 Timothy 3:16).God’s Word says: “Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.” (1Timothy 4:15). When you meditate, you think through a subject matter for details, so you can maximize its value. Every scripture carries definite values.
Meditation can also be defined as speaking the word of God to ourselves or muttering on the word of God under our breath, until the word becomes so real to us. We need meditation time as well as intercession and supplications. We need meditation to bring out what we need to do for God’s Word to deliver results to us. In the process of pondering on the truth, light is shed on the issue which helps us to know which step to take to get to where we are going. For example, Solomon, the wisest man that ever lived, engaged this channel of meditation for the wisdom that he possessed (Ecclesiastes 1:13, 16-17). Also, Isaac went to the field to meditate (Genesis 24:63).
2. Through Prayer of Seeking the Lord: Another channel through which we contact understanding is prayers. When you pray, ask, “Lord, What must I do to come out of this situation?” “What are you requiring me to do?” “What and where have I missed it?” In every area, we what can receive understanding through the prayer altar like Daniel who with the support of three other fiends including Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego who prayed earnestly to God to reveal and interpret the forgotten dream of King Nebuchadnezzar and God revealed to him the answers he was looking for. The Holy Spirit will reveal to us all that is, and that is needed for the solution.
God created the world from things formed on His inside. To see what God is saying which had been deposited inside us, we need spiritual understanding. Spiritual understanding is being able to see what God is saying in your heart. To receive anything from God you must have faith or believe for it in your heart or conceive it in your heart or see it in your heart and then confess it with your mouth.(Romans 10:9).Until you have faith in your heart, your confession will not produce. Spiritual understanding gives substance to the Word of God in our hearts. How do we get spiritual understanding?
1. Through Meditation: Every scripture carries amazing profiting, which can only be accessed through spiritual understanding and one of the channels through which you encounter that is meditation. Meditation can be defined as thinking through God’s Word on a subject matter for details. You ponder over questions like: “Why did God say this?” “What does it stand for?” “What has it to offer me?” Every scripture carries a definite profit (2 Timothy 3:16).God’s Word says: “Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.” (1Timothy 4:15). When you meditate, you think through a subject matter for details, so you can maximize its value. Every scripture carries definite values.
Meditation can also be defined as speaking the word of God to ourselves or muttering on the word of God under our breath, until the word becomes so real to us. We need meditation time as well as intercession and supplications. We need meditation to bring out what we need to do for God’s Word to deliver results to us. In the process of pondering on the truth, light is shed on the issue which helps us to know which step to take to get to where we are going. For example, Solomon, the wisest man that ever lived, engaged this channel of meditation for the wisdom that he possessed (Ecclesiastes 1:13, 16-17). Also, Isaac went to the field to meditate (Genesis 24:63).
2. Through Prayer of Seeking the Lord: Another channel through which we contact understanding is prayers. When you pray, ask, “Lord, What must I do to come out of this situation?” “What are you requiring me to do?” “What and where have I missed it?” In every area, we what can receive understanding through the prayer altar like Daniel who with the support of three other fiends including Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego who prayed earnestly to God to reveal and interpret the forgotten dream of King Nebuchadnezzar and God revealed to him the answers he was looking for. The Holy Spirit will reveal to us all that is, and that is needed for the solution.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Meditation is Praying
Text: Psalm 5:1-2, Colossians 3:1, Joshua 1:8
Meditation is a form of praying. In our text the words "prayer" and "meditation “are used to mean the same thing. Therefore, communing with God through keeping our mind stayed on the things of the Lord is also prayer. (Isaiah 26:3)
When we pray through meditation we are praying the Word of God which has power within it to deliver our solution.
Meditation will help me to obey the word of God; give me good success, and make me prosperous. (Joshua 1:8)
Since in meditation we say the word of grace to ourselves and to God over and over again, muttering on it under our breath until it becomes revelation, this is like importunate praying until the answer comes.
For example we can pray John 16:13 by repeating over and over again; “I am led by the Holy Spirit. He leads me and guides me into all truth. He helps me make wise decisions so that I always say and do the right thing at the right time in the right way and at the right place”
In prayer we must also be sensitive to receive from God. It is a two way communication.
Meditation is a form of praying. In our text the words "prayer" and "meditation “are used to mean the same thing. Therefore, communing with God through keeping our mind stayed on the things of the Lord is also prayer. (Isaiah 26:3)
When we pray through meditation we are praying the Word of God which has power within it to deliver our solution.
Meditation will help me to obey the word of God; give me good success, and make me prosperous. (Joshua 1:8)
Since in meditation we say the word of grace to ourselves and to God over and over again, muttering on it under our breath until it becomes revelation, this is like importunate praying until the answer comes.
For example we can pray John 16:13 by repeating over and over again; “I am led by the Holy Spirit. He leads me and guides me into all truth. He helps me make wise decisions so that I always say and do the right thing at the right time in the right way and at the right place”
In prayer we must also be sensitive to receive from God. It is a two way communication.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Jesus Christ is All You Need
Text: Acts 10:38, Luke 4:18, 1 John 2:20, 26-27
When Peter first preached to the Gentiles in Acts 10:38, He declared to them-the Anointed and His Anointing and miracles happened. When Philip preached to the people of Samaria in Acts 8:6-8, He declared to them the Anointed and His Anointing. Many were healed and unclean spirits were driven out by the knowledge of the Anointed and his Anointing. When the Anointed with His Anointing was speaking in Luke 5:17 and Luke 6:17 , all were healed and the possessed were delivered. Eternal life or abundant life comes through the knowledge of God the Father and Jesus Christ, the Anointed through His Anointing (John 17:3).
When you behold Jesus Christ through the Word of God, anointing will begin to flow through your body and circumstances, transforming you (2 Corinthians 3:18)
We are to live our life through the Anointed and His Anointing (1 John 4:9, 5:11, Galatians 2:20). How?
Meditate (Think) on the above scriptures, your mind will be renewed and you become like what you think.(Proverbs 23:7, Romans 12:2). Your thoughts become your words and your words become your actions and your actions become your habits and your habits become your character and your character becomes your destiny.
Therefore watch your thoughts and what you say. Take no thought saying (Matthew 6:31). Once the thoughts are released through words, the process begins. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
When Peter first preached to the Gentiles in Acts 10:38, He declared to them-the Anointed and His Anointing and miracles happened. When Philip preached to the people of Samaria in Acts 8:6-8, He declared to them the Anointed and His Anointing. Many were healed and unclean spirits were driven out by the knowledge of the Anointed and his Anointing. When the Anointed with His Anointing was speaking in Luke 5:17 and Luke 6:17 , all were healed and the possessed were delivered. Eternal life or abundant life comes through the knowledge of God the Father and Jesus Christ, the Anointed through His Anointing (John 17:3).
When you behold Jesus Christ through the Word of God, anointing will begin to flow through your body and circumstances, transforming you (2 Corinthians 3:18)
We are to live our life through the Anointed and His Anointing (1 John 4:9, 5:11, Galatians 2:20). How?
Meditate (Think) on the above scriptures, your mind will be renewed and you become like what you think.(Proverbs 23:7, Romans 12:2). Your thoughts become your words and your words become your actions and your actions become your habits and your habits become your character and your character becomes your destiny.
Therefore watch your thoughts and what you say. Take no thought saying (Matthew 6:31). Once the thoughts are released through words, the process begins. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Your Blessing is in Your Tongue
Text: James 3:10, Psalm 34:13-14, Isaiah 44:26
Nine of the eleven plagues that came against Israel, as recorded in the book of Numbers, were caused by misuse of the tongue. So your mouth and your words—will either work for you, and bring health and healing and blessing to your life, or they will work against you, bringing nothing but harm.
Make them work for your good from today. Make them get aligned with what God has said and is saying as from today. Speak the Word—and keep speaking it and keep speaking it. As you do, God will confirm it. And He says, you are healed, prospered, delivered, blessed, wealthy etc.What are you saying. He has said ,....... so that you may blodly say and declare,; and ultimately to testify that the Lord is my helper, there is nothing man can do to me.(Hebrews 13:5-6).The Bible says in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be confirmed(2 Corinthians 13:1). God said it, I believe it and then I said it, that settles it. Alleluia.
The challenge, we have therefore, comes in holding fast and not swaying from God’s Word. And in part, that means we need to keep our tongue in line with what God says about our healing every time and everywhere.
As we meditate on the following scriptures: Proverbs 10:11, 12:18, 13:3, 15:4, 16:24, 18:20-21 ,1 Peter 3:10-11 , it becomes abundantly clear that our tongue determines the course of our nature and life.
Nine of the eleven plagues that came against Israel, as recorded in the book of Numbers, were caused by misuse of the tongue. So your mouth and your words—will either work for you, and bring health and healing and blessing to your life, or they will work against you, bringing nothing but harm.
Make them work for your good from today. Make them get aligned with what God has said and is saying as from today. Speak the Word—and keep speaking it and keep speaking it. As you do, God will confirm it. And He says, you are healed, prospered, delivered, blessed, wealthy etc.What are you saying. He has said ,....... so that you may blodly say and declare,; and ultimately to testify that the Lord is my helper, there is nothing man can do to me.(Hebrews 13:5-6).The Bible says in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be confirmed(2 Corinthians 13:1). God said it, I believe it and then I said it, that settles it. Alleluia.
The challenge, we have therefore, comes in holding fast and not swaying from God’s Word. And in part, that means we need to keep our tongue in line with what God says about our healing every time and everywhere.
As we meditate on the following scriptures: Proverbs 10:11, 12:18, 13:3, 15:4, 16:24, 18:20-21 ,1 Peter 3:10-11 , it becomes abundantly clear that our tongue determines the course of our nature and life.
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