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what thinketh thou?

8/20/2018

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Whatever you think you will ultimately speak and what you say you will have.  We could make you a small booklet of things to say that are good and wholesome, but if you don’t believe them you will not have them.  Whatever our source of information that we give ourselves to hear will become our thoughts.
 
If you want to be a failure then study after failures, if you want to be successful then study after successful people.
 
Whatever I endeavor to do, whether it be golf, trap shooting or a student of God’s Word, I also seek out people who know more than I do.  There are a lot of folks who are far more knowledgeable than I am.  Without humility you will never find these people and we must always remain humble and never forget those who help us. 
 
Proverbs 23:7 For as a man thinketh in his heart so he is. 
 
The foundation of your success or failure can be traced back to what you think.  One of the greatest adversities we must overcome is what we were told as children, there is a lot of information we must sort through.  Some of the things spoken to children sticks with them into adulthood.  As a grown man I had to eradicate things in my thinking that were planted there as a child.  I believe most of the fears adults have today came to them as children and now we must deal with them as adults.  We don’t like to admit we have fears because they seem so childish!
 
2 Timothy 1:7 God has not given us the spirit of fear, but He gave us the Spirit of power, love and a sound mind. 
 
If God didn’t give us the spirit of fear, then who did?  We all know that fear comes from the devil, people under the influence of fear do not make rational decisions.  If the devil can keep us in fear then he can keep us from faith and the blessings of our Lord.  Some folks just adapt to their fears and avoid situations where they would have to deal with “their” fears.  The more fears you have the more limits you put on yourself.  God gave us the Spirit of power, love and a sound mind to deal with the spirit of fear.  If it isn’t from God then we have no business with it, we must deal with it according to God’s Word. 
 
1 Corinthians 2:16 But we have the mind of Christ.
 
Losing one’s mind is considered a psychological problem usually attributed to stress.  But in the life of a Christian we must lose our mind, our way of thinking, before we can have the mind of Christ and His way of doing things.  What thinketh thou?  I think like Christ thinks, I study my Bible to find out what He thinks and then I emulate Him.  If I have the mind of Christ and I think like He does, then I’m a success looking for a place to happen.  We are not stuck with all the negative thoughts we grew up with, we can trade them off for a new mind with new thoughts.  I think everything will be all right. 



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    TAKING INVENTORY
     
    We are about to embark on the greatest adventure and outpouring of God’s Spirit! This month the Holy Spirit is asking us to examine ourselves/take           inventory so as God’s Vessels we can take our part and place in the Body of Christ!
     
    Scriptures to meditate on:
     
    Hebrews 12:1 Therefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.

    Psalm 26:4 Lord you can scrutinize me. Refine my heart and probe my every thought. Put me to the test and you will find it is true.
     
    2 Cor 10:6 It is written, and having a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

    1 Peter 4:17 For judgement begins at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
     
    Psalm 139: 23, 24 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me of unbelief and lead me in the way everlasting.
     
    2 Timothy 2:4 No soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of (civilian) life: his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him (God)! DO ALL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!

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