Wednesday, April 16, 2014

17 Thought Patterns



Today I am back in Romans 8...(a replay isn't bad. Smile) In vs 5.....it sez,
“Those controlled by the Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.”  
We are BUSTED from the start, because Ps.90:11 sez,
 “The Lord knows our thoughts...”
Isaiah 55:8 sez,
“My thoughts are not your thoughts...”.  
Very interesting!

So according to the Scriptures, our thought life makes or breaks our Daily Day.
But always, God makes a way out and Phil 4:8.  proves this......
”Fix your thoughts on  what is , True--Honorable--Right--Pure--Lovely--Admirable...Think on these things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”

Normally I have a plaque above my phone that sez just that....I need daily, hourly to be reminded.  smile
Phil 4:6 sez...
”Don't worry about anything, instead pray about everything.  Tell God what you need and thank Him for what He HAS done.”  (already)

Phil 3:15…
”For God is working in you giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.”

Father, how, how, how do we do this? How?

As a baby, as you learn to walk, you don't just say at 1 month, 2 months, or 3...o.k. now I am going to walk.
(what came first, the chicken or the egg, an age old question, but I know the  answer, and so do you.  God created all living things, in the beginning.  The Word sez he started  all, with grown, mature things, animals, trees, bearing fruit...there you have it, the chicken came first....my trivia for the day...SMILE)

So as a baby you learn the teensiest, things...focus your eyes, get that arm moving so you can touch things with your hands......In time we put you on the floor, and THEN you walk....no…not yet. Finally you can lift your head and hold it steady...the you learn to roll over, and THEN you start walking?  No again...I think you get the drift, though he will, he will!
Practice.  Practice, practice...

The same with our Christian walk,   First you read the Word, and start realizing what the Word teaches us, then with a lot of prayer and the help of the Holy Spirit, you learn....to do.....Today I am centering in on our thought patterns, Greg, with which at 82 3/4 years old (smile) I am still learning...so take heart, you will learn, also.

So as a defeating thought comes our way, the Word sez,  
“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
...so resist the negative thought and think of something lovely...pure....
 Hard work? No!  Just consistency....most of our Walk, is just
being consistent....day by day, hour by hour.

Remember in this Holy Week, that the battle was fought at and on the cross, and when Jesus said, "It is finished",
IT IS FINISHED!!!!
He finished it without me having to fire a shot!   So do as I am trying to do, not to sweat the Big Stuff, let God take care of that, you have things to do, and we can do it, can't we?      

Oops....song coming up.....

"God is able,  more than able, to  accomplish what concerns me today,
He is able more than able, to handle anything that comes my way.
He is able truly able to do much more than I can ever dream,
He is able, more than able, to make me what He wants me to be."

Oh, Greg, (I don't know how we happened to get purple ink just now, but I don't know how to stop it, so let’s just let it be something beautiful to my eyes, since this is my favorite color)  How you keep walking this week and next, where you will move to,  I don't know!!!!!!  But God does, and...give us GREAT grace, Dear Father, to follow you, stumbling, seemingly blind, to what you want us to do.....and TRUST....this is soooooooooooo hard, ‘cause as your Mom I want to fix....fix.....fix...and as My Father, God wants to fix... fix...fix...and He is so good at fixing.  We'll be praying tonight at 7p.m. my time....5 p.m. your time..............God answers prayer!!!

O.K. time to relax in Him, hang on, look up, and see what God has for you.
You are firmly in His grasp...  We'll see you here, there or in the air.
(You too, Cray)
Nanny

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