The Properties Of Thought

God speaks to you at the speed of thought . . . and thought moves at the speed of light. As quickly as light illuminates a room, a single thought can illuminate your life. You are always only one thought away from living the life of your dreams—one decision away from destiny. James Allen wrote in his timeless classic, As A Man Thinketh, "All that a man achieves or fails to achieve is a direct result of his own thoughts." Your life moves in the direction of your thoughts. Thoughts are the ever-present currents that move you either closer or further away from your best future. Like a short-wave radio signal, your thoughts send messages out on a specific frequency and are transmitted back to you as an experience or occurrence in your life. Your thoughts create a magnetic field around you—attracting either positive or negative experiences. What you think has the power to literally transform your life. Your life is simply what your thoughts make it. James Allen also observed that a person "will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, things and other people will alter towards him." James 1:21 So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.

Today's Prayer

Heavenly Father, I ask you to give me your promise of power from on high. May the Holy Spirit come upon me and impart power to me. I now receive the promise of power by grace through faith. May God do exceeding abundantly, above all that I ask or think. May the power of God be released in and through me for every endeavor of life, ministerially and personally. In Jesus' name I count it done, amen.

Freedom from crippling fear

HOW DOES FEAR SHAPE YOUR response to life difficult moments, especially in the family?

Fear pushes some to procrastinate and put off decisions they know they should make. Others erect barriers to keep any-one from truly knowing them. Still others are controlled by fear of failure. Finally, fear drives people away from God. Some men and women refuse to surrender to God and His will, fearing what He requires of them.

So what is the best antidote to this kind of crippling fear? Hear what Isaiah says, “say to those who are fearful-hearted, ‘Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save you’” (Isaiah 35:4). The best antidote to crippling fear is prayer and total surrender of your will to Jesus Christ.

How many things do you really need to worry about? None. Instead, you should entrust your situation to a loving and almighty God. Your Lord wanted you to approach Him with an attitude of gratefulness for who He is, what He has done, and what He will do. As you pray and yield your life, marriage, and family to God and as you learn to “be anxious for nothing” (Phil.4:6) and begin “casting all your cares upon Him” (1 pet.5:7), God will begin to replace your fears with faith.

Be Willing To Rest

SOME OF US NEED TO STOP complaining about the pressure in our lives. We need to quit grumbling, as Isaiah 30:15 says, “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” Yet to this good instruction, too many of us give a foolish reply, “No, for we flee on horses” (30:16). In other words, instead of looking to God for our solutions, we place our hope in our ability to escape the problem.

Jesus did not die on a cross so that we could grumble and complain about our circumstances for the rest of our lives! He didn’t die for our sins so that we could become self sufficient. We need to lay all that aside and learn to rest in Him.

Weather the difficulty is a person you don’t get along with, or disappointment at work; God gives you the strength to handle the pressure. Jesus said “come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” (Matt. 11:28, 29). Don’t forget who offers to step into the yoke with you! Jesus wants to be your partner and He always pulls at the right speed, in the right direction, at the right pace, and the right time.

Want peace? Don’t flee. Come to Jesus, the Author and Maker of your soul.

To Day Thought

Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. John 15:4-5

Today Reading

O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor 15:55-57

Follow Him Alone

The longer I live the Christian life, the more I see that nothing matters more than Jesus Christ and His word. Because He is alive, He can and does bring purpose to my life. He instructs me. He corrects me. He forgives me. He guides me. He comforts me. He disciplines me. He prays for me. And He is coming back for me. It doesn’t get any better than that.