Posted on 08/10/2012 1:22:33 AM PDT by Frank Broom
You may be going through a tough time at the moment, but let me start out telling you that thing can change. Every trouble, sickness, and problem has the same ability to line up with the word of God. But, the question is how do I make it line up with the word of God. God says in Isaiah 43:18,19 to do not remember the former things and don't consider the things of old (don't meditate on your problem). He says He will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth, he will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. It may look like there's no way out of your situation, but a way can be made. How does God make anything, with his words. Notice in Isaiah 42:9 he says that new things I do declare, before they spring forth I tell you of them. Notice God tells you of them before they come because he wants you to put his word in your mouth.
When you put his word in your mouth and speak it out of a believing heart things change. When you put his word in your mouth the word will make a way. Isn't that what God told Joshua he told him to don't let the word depart out of his mouth, but meditate on it day and night and he(by the word) would make his way prosperous (Joshua 1:8). And he told Jeremiah, "I have put my words in thy mouth". Why, "For I will hasten my word to perform it" (Jeremiah 1:9,12). That word hasten means- to be on the lookout, watch for. Notice he was watching for the word out of Jeremiah's mouth. Because that's what He does, "I create the fruit of the lips" (Isaiah 57:19). When you put his word in your mouth it will not return to him void, but it will accomplish that which he pleases (Isaiah 55:11).
Isaiah 44:26 ( That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: ).
Good word. I needed that today.
Please tell me this isn’t more of Norman Vincent Peale’s shamanistic “Power of Positive Thinking” preaching ‘cause it sounds an awful lot like it.
See #4. You need to know the source of this “sermon”.
bflr
We are what we say. Are we putting God and his Word first? Good post. Vis a vis Peale I used to listen to those LPs as a little boy. I credit Peale with giving me (a Jew) the strength to give my 6th grade bully (French Catholic school) two black eyes and a bloody lip. He never hurt me, or anyone else, again, and we became good friends. He too needed to find an inner strength through God’s word.
You sound like a lot of fun...thanx for the smile this morning.
You sound like a lot of fun...thanx for the smile this morning.
Thanks. Probably the two most important words in the Bible are “But God . . .”
Buzz off
Are you telling me that because some sacred cow is being slaughtered?
Thank you American Constitutionalist for taking the time to read this article. Thanks!
Thank you Kinder Gentler Machinegun Hand for reading this I’m glad it was able to minister to you. Thanks!
philman_36 did you ever think that he got his teachings from the Bible.
Thank you for reading this article. Thanks
philman_36 did you ever think that he got his teachings from the Bible.
No. He got his teachings from Ernest Holmes and his Science of Mind/New Thought teachings, not the Bible.
Or did you not know that?
It pays to know the basis of such teachings.
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