Fruitful Thought

  2 Corinthians 10:2b bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ NKJV. As we close out the month on the word resurrection , I want to give a different perspective from what my wife and I have shared previously. In this chapter Paul is talking about spiritual warfare and how we do not fight against flesh and blood enemies. He tells us that the weapons we use for the war are not carnal, but mighty in God. Then he tells us what there used for; pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. But here’s what I want to get to, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. What are those thoughts that keep trying to resurrect themselves, or maybe you resurrect? We need to understand, what we meditate on, the things we allow to consume our thoughts, is what we will become. For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7 NKJV. As for me, when those thoughts come, I...

  For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. Proverbs 24:16  ESV Persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians1012 4:9  ESV Has life or people ever knocked you down that you felt like you were dead? You know, one of them days where people are telling you how they feel about you or a situation and do not see their actions or their part. Well, that happen to me during Resurrection weekend. It started on Sunday with a conversation I had that left me feeling defeated, less than, and questioning my identity. The persons truth hurt my feelings and caused my emotions to run rampant. The conversation left me feeling like I got knocked out after going twelve rounds, to the point of no return. My mind began an accelerated spiral that left me numb spiritually. Although I was functioning physically, the words pierced my spirit to the point that I was crushed and perplexed for 3 days. Now, ...

  Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Proverbs 18:21a AMP The Lord wants me to keep it simple and to the point this morning.   I wrote a couple of weeks ago about resurrecting those dead areas in our lives by releasing faith through our words. As I reflected on that to prepare for this week’s blog, God asked me, “What are you saying? Are you speaking death or life?” I had to do a rewind and was surprised at what I found. Sometimes, we can get so conditioned to react a certain way that it becomes second nature. For example, when I played back some of the words that came out of my mouth, such as, I can’t finish that in time, or I can’t get this weight off, or how about this one, I don’t’ think my relationship with my kid will ever be mended, it made me more conscientious of what I release into the atmosphere. I spoke death into situations without thinking about it. Since that time, I have purposed to watch over my words. I ask the Father to put a guard over my mou...

  But God is so rich in mercy; he loved us so much that even though we were spiritually dead and doomed by our sins, he gave us back our lives again when he raised Christ from the dead—only by his undeserved favor have we ever been saved.  (Ephesians 2:4-5 TLB) I am so glad about God’s grace for me.   If it was not for His grace, I would not be writing this blog today.   I would still be dead in my sins going through the motions of life in defeat and despair.   Although I was raised to go to church and believe in God, I did not have a relationship with God – I didn’t know Him and was not sure of how He knew me.   But after doing life on my own terms, I had a pivoting moment at the age of 30 – Me: “There has to be more to life than this”?   Have you ever said this or felt that way?   I was tired of just existing.   I was tired of the defeat life was giving me.   I was tired of spinning my wheels to find that I had not moved from t...

  The LORD took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the LORD to a valley filled with bones. He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out. Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones become living people again?” “O Sovereign LORD,” I replied, “you alone know the answer to that.” Then He said to me, “Speak a prophetic message to these bones and say, Dry bones, listen to the word of the LORD! This is what the Sovereign LORD said: Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again! Ezekiel 37:1-5 NLT Resurrection: the act of rising from the dead. The LORD showed Ezekiel a dead and dry valley and told him to prophecy to that valley that it may live again. I hear the LORD saying the same thing to us. What is that dead valley in your life that needs to be risen? Is it a dream, a relationship, or maybe a career? That dead valley represents a place that...