Be Strong In Your Mind (by Victoria Osteen)
29 Apr 2009 2 Comments
The other day, I was meditating on how our thoughts and our words stir up emotions on the inside of us. It’s amazing that one little thought, one little reminder of something good or bad can change our whole countenance. Our emotions are so powerful. They can either rejuvenate us or drain us, and they influence whether or not we are going to approach life with an attitude of victory or an attitude of defeat. But it all starts with the thoughts in our minds. When we dwell on the wrong things–negative, self–defeating thoughts–it makes us weak and uncertain in our minds. Negative emotions get stirred up, and we waste precious time and energy. But, when we dwell on the right things, when we believe God and meditate on His promises, we become strong in our minds. We uplift and encourage ourselves as the Bible commands. Our emotions stay balanced, and we are able to approach life with an attitude of faith and victory.
I encourage you today to take inventory of your thought life. Let the Word of God make your mind strong so you can stand against all the attacks of the enemy. Don’t focus on how big your problems are; instead, focus on how big your God is. Get your thoughts and words going in the right direction so you can stand strong in your mind and move forward in the path of victory God has prepared for you.
…take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ (II Corinthians 10:5, NIV).
Apr 29, 2009 @ 07:00:23
that left the front passenger side wobbly, letting me know that something was wrong. My thoughts were, damn!! Something else to worry about. Will God provide for this also?? How will this be corrected?? I have to work next Saturday where I need to drive around town to different locations. How will I get the car fixed? My heart is pounding and fear creeps in on me, making me want to worry, to fear, to think about taking control, to fix the problem. Fear wants me to wonder if my God knows my needs even before I ask Him. Will he supply this need?? I am now fighting to keep back the thoughts that want to make me fear about the future. Do I put it off and out of my mind? Am I procrastinating, avoiding reality, or do I continue to believe that God will supply my needs. Do I close the door to fear and anxiety?? I want to be at peace. I choose to believe and to put this problem in God’s hands and wait to let him provide the solution. Support me in your belief. Can you tell me what God has done for you to let me know that I am not alone?
May 05, 2009 @ 06:25:45
OUR CHOICE
If you had a choice, right now, to choose to be with Christ Jesus in heaven would you choose to do so? Being human and having the power of choice, can we choose to ask God to grant us a wish? You see, there are three realms, earth, heaven, and hell. We live on the earth in the now, and we believe, as Christians, that at some point Christ will return to the earth and judge us in the final days. Many of us will go to hell and the rest will live in heaven with Christ Jesus, our heavenly Father, and the Holy Spirit.
Christ said: “And all things whatever you ask for in prayer, believing, you shall receive.”
What if, we asked God to stop this game, that is being played out on earth, and grant us the one wish of living with him in heaven. What if, we choose to not allow Satan any more control over our lives and our future and made the decision to ask God to end this game, right now. What if we, as human beings, with the power of choice; made a conscious decision to choose Christ Jesus, right now, over the day to day challenges and temptations that Satan offers.
Say, in 2015, 9 billion, or 8 billion or 5 billion people, Jews, Catholics, Baptists, Protestants, Jahovah Witnessers, Lutherians, Episcapalians, Muslims, Buddists, Hindu’s, and every other worshiper, got together on an Easter Sunday and prayed to God, asking him to bring on the end of days. We can asked Jesus Christ to come and bring us home to his kingdom in heaven, so that we can stop playing this earthly game. Would that become a challenge??
Christ said: “And I say to you, ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened.” Billions of people, acting as one, crying out to our heavenly Father, “Take us home.” OH GOD, take us from the land of the Pharaohs!!! Take us from the hands of evil and bring us home to your kingdom!!! Can we ask strong enough?? Can we ask hard enough??
Christ said: “And in that day you shall ask me nothing. Amen, amen, I say to you, if you ask the Father anything in my name, he will give it to you. Hitherto you have not asked anything in my name. Ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.” Do we want to be filled with eternal joy??
Can you imagine how we can make this happen?? Can you understand the power that God has given us in order that we may choose our own destiny, right now. We don’t have to wait until tomorrow, while Satan tricks and traps millions more souls into the fires of hell!!! The decision is ours. Can we choose?? Can we make this happen?? Can we start a holy movement around the world and set the date of our going home???
Christ said: ” I say to you further, that if two of you shall agree on earth about anything at all for which they ask, it shall be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together for my sake, there am I in the midst of them.”
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Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of thy faithful and enkindle in them the fire of Thy love.
jsolo
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