Messed Up Thinking

Messed Up Thinking

Have you ever had someone do you wrong?  I mean someone close to you, someone you trusted, you loved and they betrayed you?  It hurts right?  Of course it hurts.  It is in these times we need to be on extra guard against messed up thinking.  

What do I mean by messed up thinking?  The kind of thinking that takes joy in the person who hurt you being hurt.  Where if something good happens for them you get upset because what you really want is for them to “GET WHAT THEY DESERVE.”  The kind of thinking that leads you to being depressed if they are in anyway happy.  

Romans 12 has some very good instruction and how we are to think and act concerning those who have wronged us.

Romans 12:14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 

Romans 12:17 Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. 18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Let us also remember that by the grace of God none of get the punishment that justice requires for all that we have done and we have done far worse towards God than anyone has ever done to us.  There is nothing wrong with wanting justice but let us not begrudge someone else receiving grace in place of judgement just as we have received or want to receive. 

Vines, Branches and Where you going to live.

Vines, Branches and Where you going to live. 

John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

 

This verse is so AWESOME.  First let us look at a good definition for Abides-to remain, to tarry, not depart, to continue to be present, to be held, kept continually, to last, endure not to perish, to live. Next let us breakdown the verse.  

Jesus is the vine, and as born-again believers we are the branches.  The vine isn’t dependent on the branches at all but the branches are totally dependent upon the vine.  He who abides, stop here and let the importance of this hit you.  We GET to abide in Jesus.  When we were sinners, we being what God hated, we were loved so much that Jesus came to pay for our sins and allow us to be forgiven. Now just having our sins forgiven so that we don’t go to hell is more than we deserve and is great on its own BUT WAIT that’s not all.  We are made the righteousness of God in Christ, we get adopted and become sons and daughters of the God most High, we also become joint heirs with Christ i.e. we are in the will, we get life now and that more abundantly, and not only do we get to come boldly into the throne room of God but we get to abide not just in His Prescence but literally in HIM.  Guess what it doesn’t stop as we keep reading, HE will Also abide in US.  From that we will bear much fruit because of us being in Him and Him being in us.

We don’t just get to stop by the throne room for a visit nor do we have to wait till heaven to live in His Prescence.  Right now, and every day we can choose to abide, remain, tarry, not depart, continue to be present in Him, to hold Him and be held by Him, to be kept continually, to endure, live every second so in Him that we don’t know where He starts and we end.  

HOW AWESOME IS THAT!!!

Imagine how different your life would be if you were really abiding in Him instead of just stopping by for a visit on Sunday morning, in a time of trouble or just during your morning devotion time? 

He has made the way for this to happen so don’t get it twisted and think that you have to earn it somehow or that you can earn it or achieve it.  This is simply making a choice to take advantage, receive what He has given us the opportunity to do. Salvation comes by grace through faith.  Abiding in Jesus comes by grace through faith.  Also healing, prosperity, abundance, miracles all comes by grace through faith.  

John 15:5 is not something impossible that only those super spiritual, special people can ever hope to obtain.  No!  It is for who soever will receive it.  

The Curse of Fatalistic Thinking

 The Curse of Fatalistic Thinking

“Hope for the Best but Prepare for the Worst”

“If it wasn’t for bad luck I would have no luck at all”

“Expect the Worst and if anything good happens you will be pleasantly surprised”

Have you ever heard someone say any of these phrases? I have. All my life. These were things said by my family for several generations and basically every time these were spoken we were cursing ourselves. They weren’t said knowing that they were curses but actually to try and avoid disappointment and pain. Sadly what this thinking caused was nothing but disappointment and pain for they are contrary to the Word of God.

Proverbs 23:7a

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

If you think/see yourself as failing, that something bad is always going to happen or that disappointment is just around the corner guess what you are right. With that heart even if something great happens you won’t fully recognize it because in your heart you only see disappointment.

Now if you renew your mind in Christ and put your hope in Him and by faith trust that you will receive what He has promised it won’t matter how many trials or hardships come your way. The negative things won’t stop you because you know that you are blessed and that nothing can stop God’s blessings from coming to you. They may be delayed but never stopped because you believe/see/think in your heart what God says about you. That you are the head and not the tail. You are blessed coming and going. You are a overcomer.

Our circumstances really don’t define us. It is what we think/see/believe in our hearts about ourselves that defines us and our level of success or failure.

What are you sowing?

 

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Activation

 Activation

the action or process of making something active or operative:

Kurt, I believe prophetically, has been using this word activation a lot recently. 

If one person obeyed the Lord and 1 disciple in a year there would be 2 and if the 2 in a year each made one disciple there would be 4. If the 4 in a year each made 1 disciple there would be 8 and if the 8 all made 1 there would be 16 and then the 16 becomes 32 the 32 becomes 64, 64 become 128, 128 becomes 256,, 256 becomes 532 and the 532 becomes 1064. In 10 years from 1 person being obedient to 1064. 

Matt 28:19-20 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.

The Lord is still looking for those who will say send me.
Isaiah 6:8
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
“Whom shall I send,
And who will go for Us?”
Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

Matt 9:37-38

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out

John 4:35
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest!