Thought For The Day

Spiritual indigestion is caused, by running to this conference and that bible study, and another meeting and another bible study. Not taking the time to properly digest what you have learned. Adding another spiritual meal on top of the last one. Without taking time to allow the last meal from the Lord to digest. In order to digest properly, we need to think about what we have learned, how can I apply it to my life. Meditate on the scripture over and over. Chew and chew on it. Don't get me wrong, conferences are good, they help us to get motivated, bible study are good, they give us fellowship with those like minded and are hungry to learn. We must take the time to digest what we have already received. Act upon it, by sharing with others the good news of Jesus being Savior, healer and the one that loves us right where we are in life. James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. God may not like where we have taken ourselves, ...

If God has called you to be all you can be in Jesus, He will lead you into a life of crucifixion and humility. Our flesh must be crucified daily, sometime hourly, or even minute by minute. God will put on you, demands of obedience, that some other Christians will not have to follow.  If you are called to do the work of the ministry , you are held by a higher standard, then than those who just attend church. When you are living the crucified life, God will allow others to do things that He will not allow you to do. Other Christians that seem to be religious, will scheme to push their agenda that will make them look good. God will not allow you to do that! Others are allowed to brag on themselves, on their success.  Others may be allowed to make great deals of money, but God wants to supply you daily with His benefits. God wants us to have something far better than material things, He wants us to have a  total dependence on Him. The Lord may allow...

Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1Timothy 6-8 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain that we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. Peace will follow! We can only experience this when we are content with all God provides for us, and our loving the Lord and being at peace with what he does provide. It is very important that we develop a heart of gratitude, this reveals that we trust the Lord in all He does for us.  Our attitude should reveal that we are grateful for any and everything we have. When we gather together as believers committed to Jesus our Lord, we are to encourage each other and provoke one another to good works, passing on a grateful spirit. What is godliness? Godliness is when we show piety, and have a Godlike attitude. A reverence and a true love for God and His people. What is  great gain? This is works that the Holy Spirit produces in us, ...

Moral excellence is lacking in some today, some that call themselves Christian. It should be by outer observation that others can see that we have received inner revelation. A change in our behavior that is evident by those who know us. Moral is: right conduct of duties of man, ethical, virtuous, discriminating between right and wrong. Excellence is : to surpass, especially in good qualities, making worthy good choices. The divine flow of God in our life, produces moral excellence.  Notice I said divine flow, for something to flow it must be moving and alive.  Just like a river, when it is flowing it goes over rocks and stones, these purify the water. Our trials and tests are like stones and rocks, as the Holy Spirit like a river flows over us in our training process, we too become purified in our actions. We are already purified by the blood of Jesus in the new spirit that we have. Perfect and complete. It is the souls realm that needs the m...

Praise is different from thanksgiving. Thanksgiving describes what God has done, rather than who He is. Psalm 18:3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. (An older song we use to sing at church) As we learn to praise God in the midst of our trouble, the enemy will flee. He cannot stand Praises to our God! He cannot stand the name of Jesus, it carries great power and He knows that when we call upon the Lord and praise Him, the devil must flee. Psalm 50:23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;  And to him who orders his conduct aright, I will show the salvation of God". As we praise the Lord the atmosphere will change. His presence is in our praises. As God's word says, He inhabits our praises. He lives inside of them. As we glorify His holy Name, and we acknowledge His love for us, our heart and mind on Him, things begin to look different to us. Our heart is on heavenly things, not on the earth. I don't kno...

God is always faithful. Even when we are faithless, He remains faithful. Even when we fail to believe, some part of His word, and we all will go through that, somewhere in our walk with the Lord. It is called a crisis of faith. Believe me, if Billy Graham had his time of crisis in the faith, who are we, that we also should go through the same. God's love, grace and mercy are always there for His children. We have to remind ourselves of all the times God has been faithful, and focus on that, and not focus on the way our mind wants to wander in unbelief. There is no greater sin than unbelief. Just make certain that you do not stay in that mindset. 1Corinthians 1:4-9 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, given as a testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, so that you come short in no gift , eagerly waiting for the revelati...

This enemy of our flesh pride, sneaks up on us when we least expect it. It starts out with thoughts of  "Look how the Lord is using you" Then it graduates, to, I am really special, because people are looking to me for answers. Some of this is normal for us Christians, we are to expect the Lord to use us in others lives. And we are to be available to help lead them to a greater understanding  of freedom in Jesus. But always pointing to the Lord and not us. Where we cross the line, is when we think we are doing something, instead of the Holy Spirit just using us to help others. Pride: is over-estimating self, and under-estimating others. Proverbs 28:25-26 He who is of a proud heart stirs up strife, But he who trusts in the Lord will be prospered. (That's every area of your life) 2Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 1Peter 5:5-6 Likewise you younger peop...