Power Thoughts - Learning How To Think Right Thoughts

From Best Selling Author Joyce Meyer

POWER THOUGHTS
12 Strategies To Win The Battle Of The Mind

Does Your Mind Wander? Are you bombarded with unhealthy, unfocused thoughts? Do you have trouble trying to get something out of your mind? You may be stuck in a mental rut. It’s time to get out! Joyce's upcoming book, Power Thoughts, will help you...

Take her bestselling book, Battlefield of the Mind, to the next level. Learn 12 specific thoughts to positively affect every area of your life. Learn how to think right thoughts on purpose, become decisive, confident and productive. Enjoy the powerful life God intended for you.

POWER THOUGHTS by Joyce Meyer

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Successful yet emotionally stifled artist Kate Flaherty stands at the deathbed of her estranged father, conflicted by his morphine-induced confession exposing his part in her mother's death. While racing home, Kate's car mishap leads her to a soul-searching discussion with a lone diner employee, prompting Kate to confront the true reasons her marriage hangs in the balance. When her night takes an unexpected turn, however, she flees for her life, a life desperate for faith that can only be found through her ability to forgive.

• Flaherty's Crossing by Author Kaylin McFarren is a must read book!
  

“By Grace You Have Been Saved Through Faith”

“It is by grace you have been saved through faith” (Ephesians 2:8). By grace, we are in Christ. Through faith, we are in Christ.

* “He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock” – This is grace.

* “Rock opf ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee” – This is faith.

Grace and faith belong together.

- We are not saved by grace apart from faith.

- We are saved by grace through faith.

The grace of God reaches us as we receive Jesus Christ in faith.

- We are not saved by faith apart from grace.

- We are saved by grace through faith.

Faith has no meaning in itself. Faith finds its meaning only in relation to the grace of God. Faith is God’s way for us to come to Him through our Lord Jesus Christ.

“By grace you have been saved through faith” – This is the Christian’s unshakeable foundation. With this unshakeable foundation, the Christian can face the attacks of the enemy with confidence.

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God’s Way of Salvation (Psalm 11)

Jesus Loves You. Let His Love Change You.

As we read about Jesus, the centurion and the centurion's servant, we learn about love, faith and hope - the love of Jesus, the faith of the centurion and hope for the centurion's servant.

(1) The love of Jesus

In Jesus' miracles of healing, we see love. It is the greatest love of all. It is the love of God. Jesus loved the centurion. Jesus loved the centurion's servant. He loves you. He loves me. He loves us with a perfect love. He loves us with an everlasting love. His love changes us. We see this in the story the centurion and his servant. This is a story which invites us to be changed by the love of Jesus.

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Here's a link to the rest of this sermon - Sermons on Luke's Gospel - Luke 7:1-10

Have Faith

Where There Is Real Love For The Lord, There Will Be Depth Of Fellowship Among His People.

1 Samuel 20:1-42
Jonathan loved David as he loved his own soul’(17). He was ready to die for David (30-33). This is real love and true spiritual fellowship: ‘Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends’, ‘If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another...’(John 15:13; 1 John 1:7). Where there is real love for the Lord, there will be depth of fellowship among His people. If our love for the Lord is shallow, our interest in other people will be superficial. Don’t be like Saul - ‘backstabbing’, ‘ready to put the knife in’: ‘Any one who hates his brother is a murderer...’(1 John 3:15). ‘Let there be love shared among us... brotherly love that is real’(Mission Praise, 411). God will answer this prayer - if we really mean it and don’t just ‘mouth’ it!

1 Samuel 21:1-22:23
‘Religion’ is no substitute for compassion (21:3-6; Matthew 12:1-4,7). These were difficult times for David. His life was in great danger. He maintained his trust in the Lord. Looking ahead to the future, he speaks of ‘what God will do for me’(22:3). Saul did not have the upper hand. God was in control. We wonder about the future - ‘What will it bring?’. With our faith in the Lord, we say, ‘I know not what the future holds, but I know who holds the future’. We look to the Lord and we say, ‘My times are in Thy hand: My God I wish them there... My times are in Thy hand, whatever they may be... Why should I doubt or fear?... I’ll always trust in Thee’. When life is hard, remember the One who suffered for you: ‘Jesus, the Crucified’- He is our Guard and Guide’(Church Hymnary, 680).
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Blessings in Christ
Christ in all the Scriptures
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Let Us Find Our Joy And Our Strength In The Lord.

1 Samuel 1:1-28
Hannah ‘wept’. Hannah ‘was no longer sad’(7,18). What made the difference? No child had been born. She had not even conceived. These things did not happen until later (21). Why was there such a change in Hannah? She believed. God’s Word had been spoken (17). Hannah believed His Word. She rejoiced in Him. Jesus emphasized the importance of praying with faith (Mark 11:24). We are to ‘ask in faith’, to pray ‘the prayer of faith’(James 1:6; 5:15). We are also to pray ‘according to His will’(1 John 5:14-15). God’s ways are higher than our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). God does not always answer our prayers in the way that we want. Sometimes, rather than changing our circumstances, He simply speaks His Word to us: ‘My grace is sufficient for you’(2 Corinthians 12:7-9). Always, He ‘gives grace to the humble’(James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5).

1 Samuel 2:1-36
What a contrast between the son of Hannah and the sons of Eli - ‘the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord... in the favour of the Lord’, ‘the sons of Eli were worthless men; they had no regard for the Lord (21,26,12). This is the difference between ‘the children of God’ and ‘the children of the devil’(1 John 3:10). God’s Word speaks to us with a promise and a warning: ‘those who honour Me I will honour and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed’(30). Let your attitude to the Lord be summed up in the words of Hannah: ‘There is none holy like the Lord, there is none like Thee; there is no rock like our God’(2). Let us find our joy and our strength in the Lord: ‘My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in the Lord’(1). May the Lord help us to be ‘His faithful ones’ who walk with Him (9).

1 Samuel 3:1-4:22
The call of Samuel is a vivid example of what God can do in the lives of children. Samuel’s early response to God set in motion a whole process of events leading Samuel to become ‘a prophet of the Lord’ through whom ‘the Word of the Lord... came to all Israel’(3:10,19-4:1). Let us ground our children in Christ, encouraging them to have great expectations of what God can do in and with their lives as they grow up, loving Him. The people of Israel were ‘defeated’ by the Philistines. The greatest tragedy of this defeat was the ‘capture’ of ‘the ark of God’: ‘The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured’(4:10-11,22). We may lose ‘goods, honour, children, wife’(Church Hymnary, 406). The glory of God among His people - We must not lose this!
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Blessings in Christ
Christ in all the Scriptures
http://christinallthescriptures.blogspot.com