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It has been two weeks. My summer is crazy and I try to wait to see what The Lord has to say through me. This week I want to talk about some Mindsets that are opposed to one another and what God wishes for us. The first two are growth or fixed. I think many times we think we have arrived in our walk with God and growth is nonexistent. But God tells us to grow in likeness of Christ - to be more like Him. We can never be perfect therefore we must be in a constant state of growing and never remain at one point fixed in our mindset about our walk with God. He is constantly desiring us to come to Him and feed off His word. Challenge yourself today that you will not stagnate and rot in a fixed mindset with respect to your intimate relationship with God. The second set of opposing thoughts are critical versus complimenting. God tells us to enjoy life through Him. Many a life has become a stumbling block to others acceptance of Christ as their Savior because of their critical spirit. Everything is always wrong with everything. You dont have to give unwarranted compliments but guys life is wonderful when you have Jesus. Let the whole world know by having a sweet complimenting, pleasant viewpoint of life. Sometimes the only Christ a world will see is through your life. We must be constantly vigilant of how our life looks to others. Is Christ helping us through the low points or are we critical of everybody and everything? The third set of thoughts is fear versus knowledge. The definition of fear in my book is the absence of knowledge. When we are fearful it is because we dont know what is going to happen. The Lord says He is with us always and we can trust in Him for our future. I dont wish to die but I know that someday that will happen and fearing it will do me no good while I am trying to live life. Focus on the gift of each day that God gives you and do not fear for the future because we can rest in Jesus knowing He is in control and everything works together for the good of those that love The Lord and are called according to His Purpose. We dont need to know the future because we know who holds the future. The last two opposing ideas are positive versus negative. We all know people who can say nothing positive. They always warn us of all the possibilities in every situation that could happen. The Lord wants us to live with joy no matter what happens. I am usually optimistic but it is easy to be swayed to be negative when things dont turn out the way you want them to. God wishes for us to have joy in all circumstances and peace beyond all understanding. We can only do this when we are in a relationship with Jesus. He yearns for us to come to Him and give Him our burdens. None is too small or unimportant to Him. Try to be a half full glass rather than almost empty. Pray with me today as I attempt to let go of all those rooms I hold back from God and try to manage Myself Totally let go and let God have our complete life and show the joy of the Christlike life we have waiting for us when we Allow Him to live through every avenue of our life.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 21:40:23 +0000

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