Why are you downcast oh my soul? My Hope is in God...David, a man after Gods own heart, self talked. God drew David to Himself. David turned. The Spirit brought the fruit as an apple grows to the tree. His roots were going deeper into the very heart of God.
HOW WAS YOUR CHRISTMAS. OURS WAS A REALLY SWEET PEACEFUL TIME BUT... THAT HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE CASE. SO I UNDERSTAND NO MATTER WHERE YOU WERE THIS YEAR IT COULD BE HARD FOR YOU ALSO.
A FEW WEEKS AGO, AS I GRADUALLY BEGAN TO DECORATE. FUNNY THING I WENT TO A GAS STATION TO GET THE GREENERY I WANTED. THE YOUNG GIRL SAID, '' OF COURSE YOU CAN HAVE THOSE LEAVES IT IS JUST A TREE''. THERE WERE SEVERAL MAGNOLIA TREES.
I DECIDED I WOULD NOT BE IN A HURRY IN TAKING THE DECORATIONS DOWN. I EVEN PUT A FEW ON THE TREE TODAY. YES TWO DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS. MY DAUGHTER HAD BOUGHT ME A FEW RED BIRDS. WHEN I SEE A CARDINAL IT IS A WHISPER FROM GOD THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE OK. THAT WHAT MATTERS HE HAS TAKEN FULL CONTROL OF.
AS I BEGIN THINKING ABOUT THE NEW YEAR APPROACHING, THANKING GOD FOR THE PAST YEAR. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS HE HAS TAUGHT ME IS HOW TO SELF TALK OVER THE YEARS...
I WANT TO ASK YOU WHEN NEGATIVE THOUGHTS COME INTO YOUR MIND. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THEM.
1. SEARCH YOUR HEART
2. DETERMINE WHO THEY ARE FROM. SHAM AND FALSE GUILT ARE NOT GODS.
3. REFUSE THOSE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS THAT ARE NOT FROM GOD.
4. KEEP YOUR MIND ON THE THINGS THAT ARE ETERNAL
5. ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED KNOWING YOU ALREADY HAVE IT
SO I SELF TALK THE GOSPEL TO MYSELF...
1. I AM HIS
2. HE IS GOOD
3. I AM IN HIM AND HE IS IN ME.
4. ABIDE IN HIM BY HIS WORD WRITTEN ON MY HEART AND STUDING
5. REMEMBER I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST
6. THAT HE IS FAITHFUL
7. I AM CHIEF SINNER BUT ADORED AND ADOPTED CHILD OF GOD.
8. I AM BEAUTIFUL AS HE IS CREATING ME IN HIS IMAGE
9. THERE IS A WAR BUT JESUS NOT ONLY PRAYS FOR US BUT FIGHTS FOR US.
10. I HAVE DIED WITH HIM AND I WILL BE RAISED WITH HIM. NOT JUST IN PHYSICAL DEATH BUT THE DIEING OF THE FLESH.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BAD THOUGHTS OR NEGATIVE ONES...I SIMPLY, TURN FROM THEM AND THINK ON SOMETHING GOOD. THE WORLD CALLS IT OCD. (This practice may help). SHAME AND GUILT ARE NOT FROM THE SPIRIT. HE IS GENTLE AND KIND IN BRINGING US TO REPENTANCE. TAKE THE FIRST STEP OF FAITH AND DON'T LOOK BACK AS SARAH.
THE THINGS THAT WE DO, WE DO TO THE GLORY OF GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS WE PUT OFF THE OLD MAN AND WALK IN THE NEWNESS OF LIFE. IT SAYS WE TAKE EVERY THOUGHT CAPTIVE TO THE OBEDIENCE OF GOD. REPENTANCE IS SIMPLY A TURNING FROM GOING ONE WAY TOWARD GOD. TAKE YOUR SIN TO HIM AND TRUST HIM FOR THE RESCUE. YOU CAN'T DO IT ON YOUR OWN. YOU WERE NOT MEANT TO.
THE SAME POWER THAT RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD, LIVES IN US. DON'T BEAT YOURSELF UP. PAUL ASK 3 TIMES THAT THE THORN BE REMOVED. TRUST IN CHRIST ALONE. NO GOOD WORK MAKES YOU MORE OF A CHRISTIAN OR LOVED MORE. IT IS SIMPLY A DEEP WORK OF THE LOVE OF GOD IN MAN PLANTED BY HIS SPIRIT. IT HAS TO BE PRACTICED.
IT IS HARD WORK THAT BECOMES A GOOD HABIT. PUT OFF, PUT ON. LIVING OUT OF THE GOSPEL AND ACTING ON IT IS A COOPERATION WITH THE SPIRIT. IN DOING THE WILL OF GOD IN HIS TIME.
THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS I TELL MYSELF ABOUT ME AND WHO GOD IS.
I REMEMBER THAT I AM IN CHRIST. THAT I HAVE DIED WITH HIM. THAT I AM ALSO RAISED WITH HIN IN NEWNESS OF LIFE.
CHRIST HAS RENEWED MY MIND.
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