We have thought of Your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of Your temple.
—Psalm 48:9
Positive minds—minds full of faith and hope—produce positive lives. Negative minds—minds full of fear and doubt—produce negative lives. In Matthew 8:13, Jesus tells us that it will be done for us as we have believed. This doesn’t mean that you and I can get anything we want by just thinking about it. God has a perfect plan for each of us, and we can’t control Him with our thoughts and words, but if we want His plan, we should think and speak in agreement with His will and plan for us.
I encourage you to think positively about your life and be thankful for the good things God is doing and going to do. Practice staying positive in every situation that arises; even if you’re going through a difficult situation, stand in faith, believing God will bring good out of it as He has promised in His Word.
Prayer of Thanks: Father, help me to keep my thoughts and my words focused on You. I thank You that You have good things in store for my life. I trust You today.
A Blessing Ignored?
by Dr. Paul Chappell
“And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.”
Luke 10:23–24
For much of history in many parts of the world, the Word of God was only available on a limited basis. Even today there are groups of people who do not have the Bible available in their own language. Yet in our nation with the Scriptures in bookstores, online, on mobile devices, and easy to find, far too many Christians ignore the blessing of the Bible, rarely reading and heeding what it says. King George V of England once wrote, “It is my confident hope that my subjects will never cease to cherish their noble inheritance in the English Bible, which is the first of national treasures. Its spiritual significance is the most valuable thing the world affords.”
The wisdom of God that is meant to guide and direct our lives is found in the pages of the Bible. King Artaxerxes told Ezra, “And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not” (Ezra 7:25). When we open that blessed Book, we hold in our hands what God has revealed.
It is sad not to have a copy of the Bible, but it is tragic to have the very Word of God and ignore it. If we do not know what God has decreed, or if we are not willing to do as He says, there is no possibility that we will walk in a way that is pleasing to Him.
Luke 10:23–24
For much of history in many parts of the world, the Word of God was only available on a limited basis. Even today there are groups of people who do not have the Bible available in their own language. Yet in our nation with the Scriptures in bookstores, online, on mobile devices, and easy to find, far too many Christians ignore the blessing of the Bible, rarely reading and heeding what it says. King George V of England once wrote, “It is my confident hope that my subjects will never cease to cherish their noble inheritance in the English Bible, which is the first of national treasures. Its spiritual significance is the most valuable thing the world affords.”
The wisdom of God that is meant to guide and direct our lives is found in the pages of the Bible. King Artaxerxes told Ezra, “And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not” (Ezra 7:25). When we open that blessed Book, we hold in our hands what God has revealed.
It is sad not to have a copy of the Bible, but it is tragic to have the very Word of God and ignore it. If we do not know what God has decreed, or if we are not willing to do as He says, there is no possibility that we will walk in a way that is pleasing to Him.
Today’s Growth Principle:
It is tragic for God’s children not to fill their hearts and minds with His Word to guide their daily lives.
Be Positive
by Joyce Meyer - posted April 22, 2016We have thought of Your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of Your temple.
—Psalm 48:9
Positive minds—minds full of faith and hope—produce positive lives. Negative minds—minds full of fear and doubt—produce negative lives. In Matthew 8:13, Jesus tells us that it will be done for us as we have believed. This doesn’t mean that you and I can get anything we want by just thinking about it. God has a perfect plan for each of us, and we can’t control Him with our thoughts and words, but if we want His plan, we should think and speak in agreement with His will and plan for us.
I encourage you to think positively about your life and be thankful for the good things God is doing and going to do. Practice staying positive in every situation that arises; even if you’re going through a difficult situation, stand in faith, believing God will bring good out of it as He has promised in His Word.
Prayer of Thanks: Father, help me to keep my thoughts and my words focused on You. I thank You that You have good things in store for my life. I trust You today.
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