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Begin To Train Your Brain

2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. ~ Colossians 3:2

So often, our focus is on the things of this world that won’t last. The things that are temporal, that often lead to death. These are the things that take up our time and separate us from God. These things only get in the way of our heavenly reward. So why do we constantly fall down over the same temporary things?

I guess it’s because it’s hard to focus on something that we can’t see or imagine. We can’t imagine what God has in store for those who love Him. We can’t imagine the great reward that awaits us, so we focus on what we can see and imagine. It comes with being human.

Don’t be discouraged. There’s hope. We can change with the help of the Holy Spirit. We start with the transformation of our mind, which starts with reading your bible and spending quiet time with the LORD. When we begin to train our brains, the Spirit of God begins to take hold of us, and He helps us to focus on the eternal instead of the temporal. We just have to make the first move.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Begin To Train Your Brain.

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Mold Your Heart

10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom. 11 So God replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the death of your enemies— 12 I will give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else has had or ever will have! 13 And I will also give you what you did not ask for—riches and fame! No other king in all the world will be compared to you for the rest of your life! 14 And if you follow me and obey my decrees and my commands as your father, David, did, I will give you a long life.” ~ 1 Kings 3:10-14

The LORD gave Solomon the opportunity to ask for whatever he wanted. When the LORD heard what Solomon asked for, He was pleased, and therefore He gave him what he requested. So many of us hear the words, ‘ask, and you shall receive,’ but we don’t fully grasp that God only gives us the desires of our heart when it matches the desires of His heart. Unless we are in sync with God, then He can’t grant us every request.

Why? Because if our heart isn’t in sync with His, then our heart’s desires will be wicked and evil. We have to spiritually grow closer to God so that our hearts may begin to shape and form into a heart like God’s. When our heart matches His, then He will begin to give us the desires of our heart, lest we be able to hurt ourselves and/or others with our wicked desires. So, seek God that your heart may be molded and your desires mold with it as well.

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Be Sure of Your Conviction

23 And after he had eaten bread and drunk, he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back. 24 And as he went away a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his body was thrown in the road, and the donkey stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body. ~ 1 Kings 13:23-24

Here’s a little back story for you. A man of God heard from the LORD that he was not to eat with King Jeroboam or eat anyone, for that matter, in that place. In fact, this man of God was filled with such conviction that he told King Jeroboam that even if he gave him half of his house, he still wouldn’t go home and eat with the king. After this, the man of God left. He was feeling confident in the word he heard from the LORD. He was on his way back home, then out of nowhere, an older prophet came after him and told him that he heard from an angel that he had to bring the man of God home with him. Because of this, the man of God left with him and ate at his home with the old prophet. This is where we pick up our story. The man of God was killed because of his disobedience to God.

So many of us have heard a word from the LORD. We heard a direct call from the LORD to do something or not to do something. When we first hear the word, we’re confident. We’re sure. In fact, when people we know don’t hear from God, don’t believe in the word you heard, it doesn’t bother you. But as soon as someone you know is a man or woman of God and they contradict or doubt the word that you’ve heard, then you begin to doubt as well. That’s what happened to the man of God. He was confident until the other man of God, who was older, contradicted what he knew God had told him.

When we hear a word from God, we have to have confidence in the word we heard. We have to have faith, regardless of what other people say they heard. Because if we don’t, we could completely miss our call, and in doing so, spiritual die. Why? Because Jesus said that it’s not just calling Jesus LORD that matters, it’s those who do the will of the Father in Heaven. Doing the will of the Father is what will get us into Heaven (Matthew 7:21). So, if we don’t follow the will of the Father, then we spiritually die and are separated from the LORD. So, have faith in what you have heard. Do the will of the Father.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Be Sure of Your Conviction.

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Hate Evil

10a O you who love the Lord, hate evil! ~ Psalms 97:10a

Over the years, we, the Church, moved from hating the sinner to loving the sin. Neither one was God’s intention for how we are to live our lives. We’re supposed to love the sinner but hate the sin. When you love somebody, you correct them with love and compassion.

Remember that at one point, we were all sinners. The only difference between the Church and the world is that the Church has been redeemed. We’re no better than anyone else; we just have the Holy Spirit guiding us and interceding on our behalf. But who does the world have? This is how we love them. We correct, lead by example, and intercede on their behalf.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Hate Evil.

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Don’t Give Into Fear

1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. ~ Proverbs 28:1

We are the righteous children of God, so why do we fear? Jesus came down from heaven to earth to die on the cross and rise again so that we would no longer be slaves to anything. We are no longer slaves to sin, our past transgressions and mistakes, neither are we slaves to fear. So, why are we so afraid? For fear has to do with punishment, and we are now redeemed from punishment. We are the chosen children of God.

The Almighty lives in you, and He is doing a great work in you, so don’t be afraid to follow Him and His plan for your life. Don’t be afraid to try or to live. You are free. Always remember fear only works if you’re afraid. Unless you give into fear, there is nothing that fear can do to you. It has no control over you unless you give into it. So, stand strong in confidence and the authority of Jesus Christ, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Don’t Give Into Fear.

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Light Your Lamps

20 You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn. 21 In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel. ~ Exodus 27:20-21

Aaron and his sons were the high priest and priests of Israel. They were the only ones who could enter into the presence of the LORD and intercede on behalf of the people. We no longer have humans as our interceders between God and us, but God-Himself, Jesus Christ, intercedes on our behalf, and it is through Him that we go before the LORD God Almighty. But look at what the priests of old had to do. They had to keep the lamp burning, tending to it from evening to morning. The oil they used wasn’t just any old oil either; it was pure beaten olive oil.

Today, we try to fill our lamp with any old oil. We bring half prayers filled with drowsy words as we drift off into sleep. We bring pitiful worship that isn’t even for fifteen minutes. We bring half-read verses of Scripture that we forget within minutes. Our oil that we’re filling our lamps with isn’t pure beaten olive oil. It’s any old oil we find lying around. Is that the kind of oil that will bring light to our lamp? Is that the kind of oil that won’t burn out seconds after adding it? How often do you add oil? How often do you tend to your lamp?

We are the light of the world because Christ is no longer physically on earth but instead lives through us. His Holy Spirit dwells in us and with us, so what excuse do we have when we bring poor oil to fill our lamps with? Jesus is coming back very soon. The signs of the times are revealing everywhere. Don’t let the temporary things of this world distract you from the eternal treasures God has in store for His people. Spend time with the LORD every single day, making sure to light your lamp with only the purest beaten olive oil. Don’t waste what little time you have left. Prepare yourself for the master will soon be on His way.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Light Your Lamps.

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Time For A Change?

5 If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, 6 if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, 7 then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever. ~ Jeremiah 7:5-7NIV

God said, if we change our ways, deal justly with each other, and do not oppress the foreigner, fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood. That includes aborting or babies. Abortion is shedding innocent blood.

Stay away from other gods. Anything you put before Almighty God is an idol. Be careful of whom you serve. If we do all of these things and stay away from the other gods, then God will bless us and increase us.

Take an inventory of your life and make sure it is within the parameters God has set. Make sure you set nothing before the LORD God Almighty. No person, object, false god, or even yourself. We have to make sure we don’t allow ourselves to fall into the lies that the world is selling us. These are the last days; Jesus is coming back real soon. Are you ready for His return?

Father, forgive me for drifting. Forgive me for putting work, family, and the internet and social media above You. Help me to live for You. Help me to love You with all my heart, soul, strength, and mind. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.

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Do You Want To Be Free?

5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” ~ John 5:5-6ESV

Okay, let’s set the scene here. A feast is being celebrated right now. Everyone should be in a joyful mood—lots of celebrating and food. Family and friends are all around. Yet Jesus is walking through the colonnade, looking at all the sick people lying around waiting to be healed. There was a multitude of invalids, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

He’s looking at each one. Inspecting. He’s trying to find something or someone. Then He singles out one guy in particular. This man has been an invalid for thirty-eight years, and Jesus asks him, “Do you want to be healed?”

Right away, the man begins making excuses. I have no one to help me. I can’t get into the water. But that is not what Jesus asked. Jesus’ question was, “Do you want to be healed?”

It’s either yes or no. Sometimes that is how we act. Jesus is saying, “Do you want to be free?” And we find every excuse not to. I’ve done too much wrong. I’ve never been to church. I don’t know how to pray.

But just as that wasn’t what Jesus was asking the sick man 2000 years ago, that’s not what He’s asking us today. Jesus already did the heavy lifting. He already presented the offering, paid the debt, and made the path for us. Jesus is simply asking, do you want to accept the Salvation I am giving you freely? Do you want freedom from your sin? If you do, pray this prayer, and the LORD will forgive you of your sins and forgive you of all unrighteousness.

Dear LORD God, please forgive me of my sins and cleanse me from all unrighteousness. Please give me a heart of flesh instead of a heart of stone that I might love You and Your law. Please renew a right spirit in me that I might be able to follow the path You have set out for me. Please free me from all of my fears and strongholds. In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.

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Pray For The Sinner

23 As for me, I will certainly not sin against the Lord by ending my prayers for you. And I will continue to teach you what is good and right. ~ 1 Samuel 12:23

Even though the people had become wicked and rebellious, Samuel saw it as a sin to stop praying for them. Today, it’s so easy for us to become offended and angry by other people’s sin and disobedience that we give up on them. When we see them make the same mistakes over and over again, it’s difficult to stand back and still pray for them. We want judgment, justice, and God’s wrath upon them because they fall into the same old traps as before. But where is the love?

We have to love people, even when they sin. We have to love people, even when we think that they’re living in sin and debauchery. And the biggest way we love people is to pray for them regardless of how we feel they should act. Never remove your prayers from the world. Never give up on people.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Pray For The Sinner.

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Share The Light

1 Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the LORD rises to shine on you. ~ Isaiah 60:1NLT

Jesus said that while He was in the world, He was the Light of the World. But if you’ve noticed, Jesus is no longer in the world. Jesus has ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He is spiritually fighting for us through His prayers of intercession. So, is the world now left in darkness since Jesus is no longer physically walking among us?

No. The world has not been abandoned, for His Church (His bride) has taken up His mantel and is now the Light of the World. It’s up to us to shine the Light of Christ in the darkness through teaching, preaching, disciplining, healing, giving, and loving. It’s now on us because Christ lives through us. It is no longer us who lives; it’s now Christ who lives in us.

Don’t hide your light from those bound in darkness. Set your light high up on a hill that all may see, and in turn, they may too come to the redeeming Light of Christ.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Share The Light.

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