Focus on the Right Things
FOCUS ON THE RIGHT THINGS!
Proverbs 4:23-26,Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life…Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Let thine eyes look right on and let thine eyelids look straight before thee…Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established…
It is probably one of the most unpleasant and ignored realities that Christians face in life… They are living in the middle of the enemy’s territory and their response to it is usually denial…
They either try to deny that demonic activity even exists, or they admit that it exists but that there is nothing that they can do about it and just ignore it… God will just take care of it for them, and they will be just fine…
Jesus dealt specifically with demonic activity, and he taught us to as well… Christians must accept and respond to the truth that is in Christ and His word … To do less is at best, self-destruction and the enemy works continually to bring that about… This destruction can come from Satan’s hand or ours, it doesn't matter to him, he enjoys and uses both!
And yet to do either of those things, deny or ignore, is to deny or ignore, the very words and teaching of Christ himself…
The people of God can neither run from the enemy or the responsibility of dealing with him… That always ends in trouble for people because he is relentless in going after what he wants and will not give up… Battle your enemy or he will overtake you at some point…
God's people must begin to understand the fullness of their authority that Jesus gave them, and the power of the Holy Spirit that they walk in, as well as the protection they enjoy when they walk before the Lord with a right heart and confidence in their life in Him…
What He has said, He will do, what He has promised, will always come to pass, what He has said you can do in His name you can do… If the body of Christ would quit fighting themselves and each other and turn their strength and energies on the devil and his demons, they would get much, much further with much less trouble…(Most often we try to fix “It” ourselves instead of letting God fix it through us… We gain our strength and direction by focusing on Him… …focusing on His Word, His Holy Spirit and His guidance…)
I Peter 5:8-9 says " Be self controlled and alert, your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him ( you do it ), standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings."
The other part of the picture is that there are actually two enemies in your midst; you are actually your own worst enemy… Mankind has always been his own worst enemy, opposing himself with the wrong choices he makes, and with the deliberate sins he commits… He sets himself up by not taking the time to learn and remember from the past, by being prideful and not admitting his sins, faults and weaknesses…
The devil is a real foe that Jesus said you must wage war against and keep out of your midst as much as possible, dealing with him firmly as soon as he shows up… But he can only do what we allow him to, he has no power against us, no ability to do us any real harm except through some other channel, a person, sickness, deception, lies etc. (SIN)
We open the door for Satan, when we do things that are against the will of God…Our focus should and must be on doing the things in life that God would have us to do…
Answer this question for your self…If you lived a life in which, you did not ever sin, think of the problem that you would not have had to face that you have had to face because you have sinned...{Mouth full}
I know we all have sinned and we will continue to sin to some point but we need to realize that each time we do…we will suffer the consequence thereof…so knowing that we suffer because of the choices we have made to sin, we should learn, to focus more and more on God and His Word…We need to live each and every moment of our lives with a “God Awareness.”
We have all the power, but it works through faith and love and a right heart before the Lord… You have the right and the responsibility to deal absolutely with Satan, but you also have the responsibility to deal with yourself, and that's the one we have the most problem with…More times than not, when we have problems, it is because of the choices we have made in whatever situation we have been involved in…
Focus on Attitude:
Where does a good attitude begin? It starts in our hearts and works its way out from there…Jesus taught us that a pure heart is a wonderful blessing…It’s up to each of us to fill our hearts with love of God, love for Jesus, and love for all people, and that includes loving our selves…
Sometimes, of course we don’t feel much like feeling good…Sometimes, when we’re tired or frustrated or angry, we simply don’t want to have a good attitude…On those days when we’re feeling bad, it’s time to calm down…and rest up…
Do you want to be the best person you can be? Then you shouldn’t grow tire of doing the right thing…and you shouldn’t grow tired of thinking the thoughts…
Above all else, guard the attitude of your heart…we must know that the heart is the wellspring in life…
We need to put away perversity from our mouth and keep corrupt talk from our lips…Our eyes need to be always fixed straight ahead and on Jesus as we keep Him ever before us…We need to know we have the authority He says we have…and keep our paths level for the traveling this life hold…we do that by keeping away for sin…and by doing this we will keep our foot from evil…
Focus on Jesus and He will focus on you…
Holiness is not the way to Jesus…Jesus is the way to holiness…
Every great leap forward in your life comes after you have made a clear decision on some kind, so today, make a clear focus to do the right thing…Keep you focus of Jesus…
“Focus on the right things…”
http:/ fishermanforchrist.blogspot.com
Proverbs 4:23-26,Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life…Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Let thine eyes look right on and let thine eyelids look straight before thee…Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established…
It is probably one of the most unpleasant and ignored realities that Christians face in life… They are living in the middle of the enemy’s territory and their response to it is usually denial…
They either try to deny that demonic activity even exists, or they admit that it exists but that there is nothing that they can do about it and just ignore it… God will just take care of it for them, and they will be just fine…
Jesus dealt specifically with demonic activity, and he taught us to as well… Christians must accept and respond to the truth that is in Christ and His word … To do less is at best, self-destruction and the enemy works continually to bring that about… This destruction can come from Satan’s hand or ours, it doesn't matter to him, he enjoys and uses both!
And yet to do either of those things, deny or ignore, is to deny or ignore, the very words and teaching of Christ himself…
The people of God can neither run from the enemy or the responsibility of dealing with him… That always ends in trouble for people because he is relentless in going after what he wants and will not give up… Battle your enemy or he will overtake you at some point…
God's people must begin to understand the fullness of their authority that Jesus gave them, and the power of the Holy Spirit that they walk in, as well as the protection they enjoy when they walk before the Lord with a right heart and confidence in their life in Him…
What He has said, He will do, what He has promised, will always come to pass, what He has said you can do in His name you can do… If the body of Christ would quit fighting themselves and each other and turn their strength and energies on the devil and his demons, they would get much, much further with much less trouble…(Most often we try to fix “It” ourselves instead of letting God fix it through us… We gain our strength and direction by focusing on Him… …focusing on His Word, His Holy Spirit and His guidance…)
I Peter 5:8-9 says " Be self controlled and alert, your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him ( you do it ), standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings."
The other part of the picture is that there are actually two enemies in your midst; you are actually your own worst enemy… Mankind has always been his own worst enemy, opposing himself with the wrong choices he makes, and with the deliberate sins he commits… He sets himself up by not taking the time to learn and remember from the past, by being prideful and not admitting his sins, faults and weaknesses…
The devil is a real foe that Jesus said you must wage war against and keep out of your midst as much as possible, dealing with him firmly as soon as he shows up… But he can only do what we allow him to, he has no power against us, no ability to do us any real harm except through some other channel, a person, sickness, deception, lies etc. (SIN)
We open the door for Satan, when we do things that are against the will of God…Our focus should and must be on doing the things in life that God would have us to do…
Answer this question for your self…If you lived a life in which, you did not ever sin, think of the problem that you would not have had to face that you have had to face because you have sinned...{Mouth full}
I know we all have sinned and we will continue to sin to some point but we need to realize that each time we do…we will suffer the consequence thereof…so knowing that we suffer because of the choices we have made to sin, we should learn, to focus more and more on God and His Word…We need to live each and every moment of our lives with a “God Awareness.”
We have all the power, but it works through faith and love and a right heart before the Lord… You have the right and the responsibility to deal absolutely with Satan, but you also have the responsibility to deal with yourself, and that's the one we have the most problem with…More times than not, when we have problems, it is because of the choices we have made in whatever situation we have been involved in…
Focus on Attitude:
Where does a good attitude begin? It starts in our hearts and works its way out from there…Jesus taught us that a pure heart is a wonderful blessing…It’s up to each of us to fill our hearts with love of God, love for Jesus, and love for all people, and that includes loving our selves…
Sometimes, of course we don’t feel much like feeling good…Sometimes, when we’re tired or frustrated or angry, we simply don’t want to have a good attitude…On those days when we’re feeling bad, it’s time to calm down…and rest up…
Do you want to be the best person you can be? Then you shouldn’t grow tire of doing the right thing…and you shouldn’t grow tired of thinking the thoughts…
Above all else, guard the attitude of your heart…we must know that the heart is the wellspring in life…
We need to put away perversity from our mouth and keep corrupt talk from our lips…Our eyes need to be always fixed straight ahead and on Jesus as we keep Him ever before us…We need to know we have the authority He says we have…and keep our paths level for the traveling this life hold…we do that by keeping away for sin…and by doing this we will keep our foot from evil…
Focus on Jesus and He will focus on you…
Holiness is not the way to Jesus…Jesus is the way to holiness…
Every great leap forward in your life comes after you have made a clear decision on some kind, so today, make a clear focus to do the right thing…Keep you focus of Jesus…
“Focus on the right things…”
http:/ fishermanforchrist.blogspot.com
posted by Fisherman For Christ at 9/01/2007 02:44:00 PM
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