God Thinking XXXIX - Have You Had Enough Of You Yet? 1

"Today, you and I have a great opportunity - To hear the Word of God and to respond to God’s invitation, by taking action on the truths that God reveals to you and in you this day.  

Please, don’t fight the Holy Spirit.  As God gently urges you to take God at His Word, make the decision to make some changes in the way you do some things, as it pleases God.   

God Thinking is about searching out the things of God above all things. 

It is about seeking the will of God in every aspect of oyur life. 

It is about abiding in Christ and being moved by the Holy Spirit to be a good steward of what God has given you.  

God Thinking takes nothing for granted, but in everything and in every way, God Thinking steers you to fulfill your calling, not only to accept the free gift of salvation, but also to receive and practice the mind of Christ.  

God Thinking compels you to follow the invitation of Jesus, “Come, follow Me”.  God Thinking tells you to yield to the leading of the Holy Spirit, to walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh.

God Thinking has a high and lofty view of God - one that believes God’s revelation of Himself.  It trust’s the Word of God and trust’s the principles that God established from the foundation of the world.   

God Thinking points you to hear God, believe Him, trust in His ways and then get on about doing the will of God.

But, not everybody practices the principles of living a godly life and being a good steward of what God has endowed you with.  

What happens when you as an individual, or as a group, or as a nation make up our own rules about how we should live our lives and how we steward over God’s creation - God takes a backseat, and given enough time, God will be pushed out all together.  

Once you do understand - once it is revealed to you that God established principles for living and principles for stewardship, that work - you look back wishing you had been doing life His way all along."

 

Excerpt from God Thinking XXXIX - Have you had enough of you yet? by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2013

God Thinking XXXVIII - By Revelation only 7

"Giving, is the part of us that allows God to work in us and through us.  When you receive revelation that you are a steward of what God has given you, (and not spenders of what you have earned), then you will want to do with what God gave you, what God wants you doing.

Here’s where the Word comes in.  The Word gives you direction for how to use, how to spend, how to save and how to give your money, time, skills and talents.

We must seek the face of God on how to incorporate biblical principles of giving, to your everyday experience, by Revelation only."

Excerpt from God Thinking XXXVIII - By Revelation Only by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2013

 

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING

 

"God is looking for someone that wants something in their life that they know they can’t earn.  Do you have that kind of faith?  That gives something for God to work with.  That’s miracle material.

God says in His Word,

2 Corinthians 9:6-8, “...He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

V8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:”

There is four principles here, don’t miss them.

1. If you sow sparingly - you reap sparingly. 

• You have to get the revelation on this. 
• You sow seeds - but you reap crops
• You sow seeds - but you reap trees
• You sow sparingly - you reap sparingly
• You sow bountifully - you reap bountifully
• When you sow, you sow what you have.  But when you reap, you reap what we have not. 
• You sow seed, what you have - But when you reap, you receive what you have not.

Psalm 68:19

“Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation.”

Go with me to Isaiah 55:8-11

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD.

V9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.

V1 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

V11 So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I send it.”

Two key words here: Accomplish - from the Hebrew word (asah), which literally means: appoint, bestow, make, become, fashion, furnish, finish, procure, provide, set forth, fulfill.

 

All I’ve got to say is that when God says accomplish, He means accomplish.  The Word shall accomplish, i.e., (appoint, bestow, make, become, fashion, furnish, finish, procure, provide, set forth, fulfill.) And the Word prosper, which has been misused and mis-understood, comes from the Hebrew word, (tsaw-lay-akh), which literally means - cause to break out of and come in to, to be profitable.

 

The Word of God shall accomplish (appoint, bestow, make, become, fashion, furnish, finish, procure, provide, set forth, fulfill.) that which I please, and it shall prosper (cause to break out of and come in to, to be profitable) in the thing whereto I send it.”

 

God has given you a formula that works, so that you can have a bountiful life, a life that is full and rewarding. 

• A life that reflects God’s ability to show His ability, through His people, to a faithless nation.
• A life that reveals a glorious God.
• A life rich in the things of God.
• A life that gives to others.
• A life that practices sowing and reaping.

Money is just a tool that you use as a steward, not to be feared, not to be sneered at, not to be mis-used and not to be ignored."

Excerpt from God Thinking XXXVIII - By Revelation Only by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2013

 

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" Matthew 13:44

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.”  

John 7:37 - 38

“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

V38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” 

Matthew 13:12

“For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.”

Ephesians 3:20

“Now unto Him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,”

What does this have to do with money? Everything.  Just stay with me a little longer.
There is nothing spiritual about always being without.  What, do you think that God is holding back to punish you?  That is a message from the devil.

What, God is not interested in your ability to supply your wife or your husband or your children a healthy decent place to live?

What, God is not interested in your providing good food and the necessary provisions to live a healthy life? 

Were you thinking that it is God, keeping you from having the very best food and supplies to meet our needs?  That message is not from God. 

You were thinking that you just can’t do anymore to make ends meet?  You are probably right.  But God can. 

God is looking for somebody to believe that He is the God of provision and not, the God of just getting by."

Excerpt from God Thinking XXXVIII - By Revelation Only by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2013

 

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"I don’t want you to miss the revelation of God that is about to be revealed. 

The devil doesn’t mind if you read the Word, as long as you don’t believe it or practice it, as long as you don’t allow God to work in you and through you.   

As long as you don’t trust in Jesus Christ and do what Jesus says, the devil isn’t even concerned.   

All around the world people believe that Jesus was a real man, some even believe he was a prophet, some even that he was a good man, but the Jesus of the Koran can’t save you. 

The Jesus of the Baghivad Ghida can’t save you. The historical Jesus that walked the earth and died can’t save anybody. 

The devil isn’t concerned about any of it -

• but the Jesus that saves.
• The Jesus that fills.
• The Jesus that provides.
• The Jesus that heals.
• The Jesus that delivers.
• The Jesus that forgives.
• The Jesus that reveals.
• The Jesus that gives what you did not earn.
• The Jesus that takes you from where you were to where you are.
• The Jesus that takes you from where you are to your next Jesus stop.
• The Jesus that makes something out of nothing
• The Jesus that gives hope where there is not hope
• The Jesus that let’s you see God through Him
• The Jesus that meets you here
• The Jesus that sets you free from every worry and every burden you give Him.
• The Jesus of the scriptures

Now, the devil is concerned about this Jesus.

Do you know why?

Because, when the revelation of what God wants from you hits you

• when you get what God is trying to get to you
• when you get the revelation, that God already spoke His Word to you
• when you decide to believe God and give to Him what He wants 
• When you decide to turn back and take up where your faith left off
• When you make a commitment to quit listening to your arch enemy
• When you start believing that you must obey your Father in heaven and that nothing else will do. 

Hear me:

People today want to jump from one glory to another, when God is calling you to be seasoned in preparation for a mighty outpouring of His Holy Spirit, in you personally. 

God has spoken to you, that He wants you to build up the kingdom of God, right here, in this place, serving Him where you are with what you have.  Do you have the revelation?"

 

Excerpt from God Thinking XXXVIII - By Revelation Only by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2013

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"If you aren’t praising God for the many blessing that you are receiving from Him, then you are living in disobedience.

 

If you aren’t receiving the overflow of the Most High God, you are not believing God.  If you aren’t receiving the overflow of the Most High God, you are not trusting in a fill your bucket, passed the edge, over abundance, cattle on a thousand hills, exceedingly abundant, beyond belief, passed understanding, blessed beyond who you are, kind of God.

 

Hear the Word of the Lord. 

Quit believing the devil.  he is a liar.  The devil has spoken against you and sometimes you believe him.  he has a plan that includes you wallowing in the mire of life, being behind the eight ball at every turn, tied to the old things that you used to trust. Don’t trust the message of the enemy.  he wants you to be without and think it is God.  he wants you to think you can’t finish your classes, and it’s OK, because you don’t like your teacher. 

The devil wants you to believe that it doesn’t make any difference what you do, your lot in life is already established.  The devil has told some of you that you don’t deserve to have anything. 

The devil says you can’t pay your bills. 

The devil says you won’t get that Visa. 

The devil says your marriage isn’t worth saving. 

The devil says you can’t follow your dream.

The devil says you have to stay sick.

The devil says you can’t earn income.

The devil says you don’t need to be in a church fellowship.

The devil says your kids don’t need to be in Sunday School.

The devil says you don’t need to give.

My God, why have you allowed the words of the devil to have any place in your life?

 

Excerpt from God Thinking XXXVIII - By Revelation Only by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2013

 

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• "After you are done messing around with God's Word.
• After you and I are done tickling your own ears.
• After you have watered the Word down to be comfortable.
• After you have tweaked the Word of God to meet your denominational dogma.
• After you have turned your back on His promises.
• After you have tried the Word of God on our terms, making it say what you want it to for a while.
• After you measure the Word by the ways of man.
• After you have had it your way for long enough.

And you are ready to:

• Quit messing with His Word.
• And quit tickling your own ears.
• And quit sipping on a watered down Word.
• Once you quit thinking comfortable means faithful.
• Once you believe the Word of God every time it is read or it is spoken.
• Once you believe His promises.
• Once you stop thinking you know a better way.
• Once you decide to do life on God’s terms.
• Once you measure the Word by the Word.
• Once you say, that’s enough - Lord, I don’t want it my way any more.

Once this happens:
You won’t care one iota what the devil says about money or anything else. 
You won’t believe another lie about God.

See, once you have revelation from God - what you do is by faith and faith pleases God.

Once you receive revelation from God - It doesn’t matter how you have been doing it.

Once you believe the revelation you received from God - then what God says cannot be robbed from you, cannot be changed, cannot be thwarted, cannot be altered. Now that's good news."

 

Excerpt from God Thinking XXXVIII - By Revelation Only by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2013

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"We are going to talk about personal revelation from God. 

The Word of God prophesies to you the truth about how God operates in you and through you.  The Word tells you what you are to do with what God gives.  God also tells you what is just heresy.  I am going to be obedient to God and faithful to you to deliver a truth to you about money that will change the way you look at your (God’s) money, forever.

I know that you have been deceived before on this subject, because every time that God gives a Word to us, satan comes along tries to steal the truth of it, from us.

 Remember what God said in Luke 8:12-13

“V12 Those by the wayside are those that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the Word out of their hearts, lest (for fear that) they should believe and be saved.

V13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the Word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.“

satan has been stealing revelation from those who don’t hold fast to the Word and believe it, not just to take away the hope of salvation; no way - satan will twist and turn every truth that God speaks to you if we let him.   If you are thinking, that only applies to those without Christ - don’t believe it.  satan can and will steal every truth of God that you do not practice and it will advantage his (satan's) kingdom.

Are you ready to receive something from God that you can’t get from preaching? 

Are you ready to receive something from God that you can’t get from teaching? 

What I am going to talk about, you can only get from revelation.

If you are receiving consistent and plentiful blessing.  It is because of the truth that you have received, that has been transformed from words on a page, into truths that perform.  This transformation was due to revelation. 

It was revealed to you that you were saved, and until it was revealed, it was just talk, but after it was revealed, nothing could convince you otherwise.  That’s how God does it.  He reveals truth."

 

Excerpt from God Thinking XXXVIII - By Revelation Only by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2013

 

God Thinking XXXVII - I Challenge You To A Belief Duel 10

"Mark 11:24

“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” believe, (be fully persuaded; having your mind made up, convinced beyond question, without any doubt, past the point of turning back, that the object of your belief, (in this case, what things soever ye desire), will be accomplished.)  

Guessing about where you are with God is unacceptable.

You must know. 
 

You can know by believing, what God says about Himself and believing what God says about you - Believing, i. e., (being fully persuaded; having our mind made up, convinced beyond question, without any doubt, past the point of turning back, that the object of our belief, (in this case, what God says about Himself), will be accomplished.) 

And believing, i. e., (being fully persuaded; having our mind made up, convinced beyond question, without any doubt, past the point of turning back, that the object of our belief, in this case, (what God says about you and me), will be accomplished.)

Where you are with God today is totally dependent on what you truly believe. 

Let’s start believing God for more than just saving us from hell.  As wonderful and important as that is, God has so much more in store for you.  

Let’s start to believe God for the more that He has for us.

Are you settled in your heart that you really believe God.  Don’t doubt another minute of your life.  Only believe.

Excerpt from God Thinking XXXVII I Challenge You To A Belief Duel by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2013

 

 

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"Matthew 9:27-29

“And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed Him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.

V28 And when He was come into the house, the blind men came to Him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this?

V29 Then touched He their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

V30 And their eyes were opened;and Jesus straightly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.” 

True belief, gives mustard seed faith, Sycamore tree potency.

Matthew 5:21-36

“And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto Him: and He was nigh unto the sea.

V22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw Him, he fell at His feet.

V23 And besought Him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

V24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed Him, and thronged Him.

V25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,

V26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
V27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched His garment.

V28 For she said, If I may touch but His clothes, I shall be whole.
V29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

V30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that virtue had gone out of Him, turned Him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
V31 And His disciples said unto Him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched Me?
V32 And He looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
V33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before Him, and told Him all the truth.
V34 And He said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
V35 While He yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
V36 As soon as Jesus heard the word spoken, He saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.”

Let’s apply our definition of belief right here in this text, “Be not afraid, only” be fully persuaded; having your mind made up, convinced beyond question, without any doubt, past the point of turning back, that the object of your belief, (in this case, Christ’s ability to raise the dead), will be accomplished.)

 

Excerpt from God Thinking XXXVII I Challenge You To A Belief Duel by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2013

 

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"Now we are going to apply the scriptures, (the prophetic truth), about belief and the important role it plays in answering the question, “Where are we in God”. 

Matthew 8:5-13

“And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto Him a centurion, beseeching Him,

V6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

V7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
V8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
V9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

V10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed., Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

V11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the East and West, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.

V12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
V13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go they way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee.  And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.”

Now lets apply our definition in place of the word believe and see the meaning of this verse.

And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, (been fully persuaded; having your mind made up, convinced beyond question, without any doubt, past the point of turning back, that the object of your belief, (healing for your servant), will be accomplished), so be it done unto thee. 

Belief isn’t guessing.  Belief is active participation in.  The truths of God are not hidden, but they can only be accessed by believing with a sponge-like belief.

 

Excerpt from God Thinking XXXVII I Challenge You To A Belief Duel by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2013