Fear means to ponder so much on all that can go wrong, instead of on all that can go right in the course of developing your potential. It has stopped many from taken the bold steps of life; it has made many to remain where they are, afraid of stepping into uncharted frontier. It keeps one from not moving, but rather wanting to know all the challenges associated with their pursuit before embarking on it. The truth is, for every pursuit of destiny, one cannot see all it may cost him, but for sure if you set your eyes on the reward, you shall surely make it. And again, to every new level of achievement envisaged, there is always a new devil to conquer. Anything that fear presents to you is not real. It becomes real the moment you give in to it. Fear is a spirit that hates you, it would want to stop you if it can, but you are to decide what fear can do to your destiny. 2 Tim 1:6-7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Fear is a spirit from the pit of hell, it is designed to stop you, but I tell you something, you're unstoppable! So each time fear shows up to stop you; here is what to do: Tell it to go to hell! You must refuse to listen to its suggestions, everything he says is a lie; he is a liar by nature as described in John 8:44, as a person who speaking of lies is his native language. So what to do to such a person is to resist him, command him to shut his trash.
Whatever fear presents to you is a mirage, it's not there and will never be, except you permit it. Have you ever been on a highway and suddenly there seem to be water log ahead of you, but as you drive closer, the water log that was before you, threatening you, begins to disappear, by the time you get there, you will realize that that the very spot where you saw it has always been dry and has no trace of water. What would have happened if you had stopped and made a u-turn; and what a waste of time and energy it would have been to start worrying and praying disturbing PAPA God! You could develop a high blood pressure by worry and anxiety. Please people of God understand this, your fears never exist, and it is only cowards that die before their actual death.
Anxiety is one of the products of fear, a psychologist came up with a statistics that:
40% of what we worry about never happens.
30% of what we worry about are things that have already happened.
20% of what we worry about are unfounded concerns.
And 10% of what we worry about comprises our day-to-day activities.
From the above statistics fear is baseless and has no genuine course. A character in the bible called Job, a honorable man unfortunately missed this truth, the devil presented a picture to him that someday he shall loose all he has and he gave in to it, ignoring the promises of God for his life.
Job 3:25
For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me.
Job set his mind so much on what fear presented to him than on what faith has for him. God has put a hedge round about him, a wall of protection but Job believed so much in fear than faith.
Job 1:10
Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
God who has put that dream, idea, potential in you knows you, he knows you can do it, stop complaining and do something useful.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
BEWARE OF THIS ARROWS
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be (Rom 8:5-8).
If the mind is filled with information from the flesh, the flesh will control it. The implication of having the mind controlled by the flesh is producing flesh-oriented results, which is often leads to alienation of the spirit – spiritual death and corruption of the mind. The content of the information provided by the flesh are circumstances that surrounds us and most often they are negative in nature. If our minds are constantly bombarded with this sort of information, we will helpless respond in the manner of the information is presented to the mind. Medical science has proved that humans are not designed to be reactive but proactive. For us to be proactive especially in days like these, our spirit must be our primary source of information for our minds. A spirit controlled mind will produces a spirit-oriented result, which is life.
Life is designed by God in such a marvelous manner it gives back whatever you give in a greater measure. For instance givers never lack, whatever you sow that you shall reap. If you sow a seed of corn, you will get hundreds of seeds in return. The river gives water to the sea and yet the sea never over flows neither does the river run dry. Have you ever wonder why? The sea gives back to the river and by so doing it balances the proportion of water each one holds.
The same principle applies to the mind and its source. The mind encourages its source of information by nourishing either the spirit or the flesh depending on which of them it feeds from regularly. The content of input saturate the mind, which causes the mind to desire for more input from the same source. In return, the flesh/spirit is nourished and its activity to feed the mind becomes intensified. For example, a young person and that feeds his mind with sex related magazines, films and stories on a regular basis will soon discover that the craving for more of such materials has intensified. This could lead expression of inordinate passion for every opposite sex and may someday lead to rape or engaging in sex perversion.
A spirit controlled mind nourishes the spirit. The mind can only be controlled by the spirit via the word of God - John 6:63. Gal. 5:17 - The flesh and spirit are “battling” against each other over who controls the mind, because when the flesh controls the mind. The spirit is suffocated, starved, becomes inactive, but when the spirit controls it, the reverse is the case.
Let’s consider this illustration; a young lad who spends much of his time with his mum; mum and dad happen not to share the same ideals on child training. One day Dad says, 'son give me that knife', but unknown to him, mum has warned the child not to touch knives, and the boy simply reply, "I can't, mum told me not to touch knives". The young lad is a product of his constant relationship with mum. From this young boy's example, one can deduce that the young boy's behaviour is influenced by the relationship he has with his mum. It is obvious that he spends enough time with her. The mind, when subjected to the influence of the spirit via building a good relationship with the Word through study and prayer in obedience, shall behave according to the word. The mind is a good listener and an eager one too.
Rom. 8:6 says to be carnally minded is death; to be spirit minded is life and peace. The mind is the center for creativity, where information - ideas, inspiration flows from our spirits into it or decay flows from the flesh into it. When the mind becomes spirit-controlled it allows ideas, inspirations, to flow from God via the spirit into the mind, and because the mind is spirit controlled it gives life to that idea, Inspiration, which will produce positive effect on the physical world.
- Prov 4:23
Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.
This principle of life is observed by everyone who is making the most out of life. History shows that great discoverers and inventors identified with this attendant condition. Their minds were guarded against evil influences of the flesh. You can’t afford to read any kind of magazine that comes your way. It is a very expensive habit not to know the kind of images you are permitted to view as a candidate of the top most top. Great minds like Thomas Edison who invented bulb and phonograph, Johan Gutenberg who invented movable printing machine, Isaac Newton who developed theory of universal gravitation and Guglielmo Marconi who invented radio. All these men maintained certain environment that encourages productivity. Their minds were dedicated to what they are set to achieve. Your understanding of this principle, will guarantee your lifting.
If the mind is filled with information from the flesh, the flesh will control it. The implication of having the mind controlled by the flesh is producing flesh-oriented results, which is often leads to alienation of the spirit – spiritual death and corruption of the mind. The content of the information provided by the flesh are circumstances that surrounds us and most often they are negative in nature. If our minds are constantly bombarded with this sort of information, we will helpless respond in the manner of the information is presented to the mind. Medical science has proved that humans are not designed to be reactive but proactive. For us to be proactive especially in days like these, our spirit must be our primary source of information for our minds. A spirit controlled mind will produces a spirit-oriented result, which is life.
Life is designed by God in such a marvelous manner it gives back whatever you give in a greater measure. For instance givers never lack, whatever you sow that you shall reap. If you sow a seed of corn, you will get hundreds of seeds in return. The river gives water to the sea and yet the sea never over flows neither does the river run dry. Have you ever wonder why? The sea gives back to the river and by so doing it balances the proportion of water each one holds.
The same principle applies to the mind and its source. The mind encourages its source of information by nourishing either the spirit or the flesh depending on which of them it feeds from regularly. The content of input saturate the mind, which causes the mind to desire for more input from the same source. In return, the flesh/spirit is nourished and its activity to feed the mind becomes intensified. For example, a young person and that feeds his mind with sex related magazines, films and stories on a regular basis will soon discover that the craving for more of such materials has intensified. This could lead expression of inordinate passion for every opposite sex and may someday lead to rape or engaging in sex perversion.
A spirit controlled mind nourishes the spirit. The mind can only be controlled by the spirit via the word of God - John 6:63. Gal. 5:17 - The flesh and spirit are “battling” against each other over who controls the mind, because when the flesh controls the mind. The spirit is suffocated, starved, becomes inactive, but when the spirit controls it, the reverse is the case.
Let’s consider this illustration; a young lad who spends much of his time with his mum; mum and dad happen not to share the same ideals on child training. One day Dad says, 'son give me that knife', but unknown to him, mum has warned the child not to touch knives, and the boy simply reply, "I can't, mum told me not to touch knives". The young lad is a product of his constant relationship with mum. From this young boy's example, one can deduce that the young boy's behaviour is influenced by the relationship he has with his mum. It is obvious that he spends enough time with her. The mind, when subjected to the influence of the spirit via building a good relationship with the Word through study and prayer in obedience, shall behave according to the word. The mind is a good listener and an eager one too.
Rom. 8:6 says to be carnally minded is death; to be spirit minded is life and peace. The mind is the center for creativity, where information - ideas, inspiration flows from our spirits into it or decay flows from the flesh into it. When the mind becomes spirit-controlled it allows ideas, inspirations, to flow from God via the spirit into the mind, and because the mind is spirit controlled it gives life to that idea, Inspiration, which will produce positive effect on the physical world.
- Prov 4:23
Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.
This principle of life is observed by everyone who is making the most out of life. History shows that great discoverers and inventors identified with this attendant condition. Their minds were guarded against evil influences of the flesh. You can’t afford to read any kind of magazine that comes your way. It is a very expensive habit not to know the kind of images you are permitted to view as a candidate of the top most top. Great minds like Thomas Edison who invented bulb and phonograph, Johan Gutenberg who invented movable printing machine, Isaac Newton who developed theory of universal gravitation and Guglielmo Marconi who invented radio. All these men maintained certain environment that encourages productivity. Their minds were dedicated to what they are set to achieve. Your understanding of this principle, will guarantee your lifting.
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