It is morning, again, during the night I awoke, unable to sleep, and again, He revealed things to me that I have been praying about, to reveal what is hindering me in my walk with Him. Psa 63:6 NKJV - When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the [night] watches.The Lord is so good and faithful. During this time of awake, I realized, that not only was the Lord telling me not to physically return to my previous location, (As those in the wilderness wanted to return to Egypt after He had delivered them out of there), but that I also could not return to past BEHAVIORS and ways of thinking!! That this also would cause me to wonder in the 'mental' wilderness.. And honestly, what a person thinks, is the direction they will go. What a person thinks becomes their (personal) reality. What a person thinks, is what a person speaks, AND they BELIEVE what they are saying whether it is indeed a truth or not.
Our minds are powerful, and the Lord tells me in His Word,
2Ti 1:7 NKJV - For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind
We have the ability to CHOOSE not to think negative thoughts, bad thoughts, mean thoughts, but rather positive loving thoughts.
Phl 4:8 NKJV - Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things [are] noble, whatever things [are] just, whatever things [are] pure, whatever things [are] lovely, whatever things [are] of good report, if [there is] any virtue and if [there is] anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things.
Don't have stinkin thinkin!
The fruit of the Spirit is not negative thinking which leads to bad behavior.
Gal 5:19 NKJV - Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
Gal 5:20 NKJV - idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
Gal 5:21 NKJV - envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told [you] in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
HEAVY! How many of us fit into those catagories??? Praise God, Jesus delivers each of us from it!
Gal 5:22 NKJV - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal 5:23 NKJV - gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Eph 5:9 NKJV - (for the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),
Without realizing what my behaviors were, I was ever so slowly sliding backwards in my thinking. The devil is sneaky, he is not bold to confront, but rather goes around seeing whom he can deceive..
1Pe 5:8 NKJV - Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
If we 'think' about something that is not pure, it opens the gate ever so slightly, just enough for the devil to get his fat toe in so the gate will not shut, then if the thoughts continue, the toe becomes a foot, and then a knee, a leg, see, the devil will entice, (in our thoughts) and if we give into the enticement, (act on the thoughts...they give birth to sin).
Jam 1:15 NKJV - Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
(the thief is the devil) Jesus did not come to condemn people but rather to give life eternal with the Father.
Jhn 10:10 NKJV - "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have [it] more abundantly.
1Jo 5:12 NKJV - He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life
Jhn 3:17 NKJV - "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
(the person that believes in Jesus)
Jhn 3:18 NKJV - "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Jhn 3:19 NKJV - "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Jhn 3:20 NKJV - "For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
Jhn 3:21 NKJV - "But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."
Jesus said:Luk 11:23 NKJV - "He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
Luk 9:50 YLT - and Jesus said unto him, `Forbid not, for he who is not against us, is for us.'
So, there is no in between with Jesus. I am either WITH Him or Against Him. It is my choice. Salvation through Him, or not. He gives the gift of life eternal with Him, if I reject the free gift of life with Him, then I will have eternal life WITHOUT Him...
that He is faithful to keep His promises now just as He did in times past.
I do not want to return to the bondage's that held me previously, I want to walk in the Freedom of His truth, of His Word, the Word of LIFE.
Eph 1:2 NKJV - Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
in Him;
Kim
Our minds are powerful, and the Lord tells me in His Word,
2Ti 1:7 NKJV - For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind
We have the ability to CHOOSE not to think negative thoughts, bad thoughts, mean thoughts, but rather positive loving thoughts.
Phl 4:8 NKJV - Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things [are] noble, whatever things [are] just, whatever things [are] pure, whatever things [are] lovely, whatever things [are] of good report, if [there is] any virtue and if [there is] anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things.
Don't have stinkin thinkin!
The fruit of the Spirit is not negative thinking which leads to bad behavior.
Gal 5:19 NKJV - Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
Gal 5:20 NKJV - idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
Gal 5:21 NKJV - envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told [you] in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
HEAVY! How many of us fit into those catagories??? Praise God, Jesus delivers each of us from it!
Gal 5:22 NKJV - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal 5:23 NKJV - gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Eph 5:9 NKJV - (for the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness, righteousness, and truth),
Without realizing what my behaviors were, I was ever so slowly sliding backwards in my thinking. The devil is sneaky, he is not bold to confront, but rather goes around seeing whom he can deceive..
1Pe 5:8 NKJV - Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
If we 'think' about something that is not pure, it opens the gate ever so slightly, just enough for the devil to get his fat toe in so the gate will not shut, then if the thoughts continue, the toe becomes a foot, and then a knee, a leg, see, the devil will entice, (in our thoughts) and if we give into the enticement, (act on the thoughts...they give birth to sin).
Jam 1:15 NKJV - Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
(the thief is the devil) Jesus did not come to condemn people but rather to give life eternal with the Father.
Jhn 10:10 NKJV - "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have [it] more abundantly.
1Jo 5:12 NKJV - He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life
Jhn 3:17 NKJV - "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
(the person that believes in Jesus)
Jhn 3:18 NKJV - "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Jhn 3:19 NKJV - "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Jhn 3:20 NKJV - "For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
Jhn 3:21 NKJV - "But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."
Jesus said:Luk 11:23 NKJV - "He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
Luk 9:50 YLT - and Jesus said unto him, `Forbid not, for he who is not against us, is for us.'
So, there is no in between with Jesus. I am either WITH Him or Against Him. It is my choice. Salvation through Him, or not. He gives the gift of life eternal with Him, if I reject the free gift of life with Him, then I will have eternal life WITHOUT Him...
that He is faithful to keep His promises now just as He did in times past.
I do not want to return to the bondage's that held me previously, I want to walk in the Freedom of His truth, of His Word, the Word of LIFE.
Eph 1:2 NKJV - Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
in Him;
Kim
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