God Thinking XIII - Break Away 1

"In my life, God Thinking has taken on an identity.  After all, the whole idea behind God Thinking is to steer you to think thoughts that produce godly fruit.

There are three things that God Thinking must accomplish in order to be true to itself:

1     To expose false precepts, false principles and false beliefs, by re-defining the way you think, through sound scriptural exegesis, mixed with faith and faithfulness.

2     To reveal simple truths without regard for, or bias towards religious or denominational preferences.

3     To believe, proclaim and agree with the infallible Word of God as it is imparted to you experientially.

God Thinking is not anything in itself, and has no intrinsic value of its own; no meaning of efficacy apart from steering the listener/reader to respond to God.

It is in responding to God that God Thinking exists.  It is in responding to God that your experience with God exist.  Each of us must experience God on our own. 

Yes, we experience God together collectively also.  Yes, the positive experiences of others can influence you and sometimes teach you, but those who have not experienced God themselves personally, are not experiencing God collectively either.  They are experiencing the joy, excitement, blessings and benefits of being around others who are experiencing God. 

  

It’s time to experience God. 

It’s time to take God at his Word.

It’s time to set aside all the hand me down religious platitudes and sentiments that have kept you constrained and powerless and exchange it all for a moment with God."

Excerpt from God Thinking XIII Break Away by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"Lives are saved, perils thwarted when someone responds (in the moment) to a call/directive/nudge from God.

I have saved lives by spontaneous response to eminent danger.  I’m sure most of you have had similar experiences.

God created you to respond (at the moment).  God thinking requires you respond at the moment of contact with your heavenly Father.

Anything less is not faith, it is religion.

Religion allows for all sorts of organized defects in your relationship with God.  It was not intended to be that way, nor does it have to be that way.

Trust God. 

If you want to grow spiritually, you must move on what God has already spoken into your life.

Please don’t let your mind be filled with the messages of the naysayers, negative thinkers, faithless people, unbelief, filled with negative messages from friends, spouses, parents, children, people filled with the lies of the world, Hollywood trash, media hype and demonic oppression.

Don’t let your mind be the thing that keeps you from being faithful to God.

Despite what they all say, you can receive whatever you command your mind to believe that God has already spoken into existence even before you were born.

Today, trust God, and receive the gift of God, that God has been storing up just for you."

Excerpt from God Thinking XII - Are You Faithful Or Just Religious? by                                  Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"Most people believe their worst enemy is satan.  It is not.  Your worst enemy is procrastination.  Not waiting, procrastination and waiting are two completely different entities.

Waiting refers to setting aside needed and productive time to get from point A to point B.

Procrastination is purposefully not responding to something imperative or of the moment.

Waiting refers to patience.

Procrastination refers to disobedience.

To be in God’s timing you need to respond simultaneously to His call, direction, command.

To be out of God’s timing you respond when you want to or when you feel like it - counting on the unknown future to constantly supply the same provisions for success as is supplied in the moment.

Note: Wow! I sense someones feelings are hurt. You say, "just because I haven't answered God's call to this or that doesn't mean that I don't love God as much as someone else."  Really? 

Missing this truth has kept you from and will continue to keep you from:

Spiritual growth

Receiving gifts of the Spirit

Emotional, material, soulical and spiritual blessings

Answered prayer 

Calm in your mind

Control of your environment 

Solace for your soul

Power in your spirit"

Excerpt from God Thinking XII - Are You Faithful Or Just Religious? by                                  Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"There is an old saying, “Be careful what you pray for, you might just get it”, insinuating that God could give you what you asked for, even if it were not ultimately for your good.

It is not true.  It has never been true. God does not give you what is not good for you, nor does God punish you for praying wrongly or selfishly.  God will not fulfill that which is against His express will.

James 1:17, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”

I want to share with you why it is so important that you get this truth straight. 

Becoming faithful or becoming more faithful to God does not  cost you more money.

• It does not take any more of your time.
• It does not require any special duties to the church.
• It does not ask for something you do not have.
• You do not need more books.
• You need nothing more than what you already have.

You need only respond when God calls.

Note: I know, seems really ridiculously simple, artless, undermanding. The problem is, it is the plan of God. Think about it; If you are not going to respond favorably when God speaks to you, are you thinking that your life/lifestyle will be the same as if you did respond favorably when God speaks to you? God knows in advance your intention and answer. Are you serving the god that makes determinations based on your response. That is a made up religious god and not to be confused with Almighty God. You only get called if you are going to answer."

Excerpt from God Thinking XII - Are You Faithful Or Just Religious? by                                  Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"God thinking says , “no more teeter-totter thinking.”  Get this truth imbedded in your soul and turn not to the left or to the right.

 

Now hear this carefully:

You have an interactive relationship with God.

God is the creator.  You are first a responsive/reactive being responding to the creator.  God leads, you follow.

But 2^nd, you are a creative being, by free will that God gave you and entrusted to you and God responds to your actions.

When you are responding or reacting, you are responding or reacting to God’s suggestive will - you respond positively or negatively - in agreement or disagreement with God’s express will by your free will.

When you are creating - pro-actively being what God created you to be, God responds positively or negatively based upon His express will.

If you are in line with God’s express will, God’s response is positive, fulfilling what you are creating, because you are creating what is God’s express will.

If you are not in line with God’s express will, God’s response will seem to be negative to you, because you will not receive what you perceived you would receive;  you will not see the fruition of your intent manifest. 

But you can rest assured that the response from God was positive and fulfilling, because God cannot respond negatively, in that even NO, can fulfill God’s express will, which is always perfect and righteous.

The faithful man, woman, teen, youth, child has a deeper understanding of God’s express will and therefore sets out to create those things that God can fulfill in and through His express will. 

The closer the relationship deeper the understanding."

Excerpt from God Thinking XII - Are You Faithful Or Just Religious? by                                  Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"The faithful seek opportunity to serve, not swerve.

The faithful seek new ways to obey God, not new ways to justify old habits. 

God thinking holds that the kind of faith that trusts God is the real faith and the kind of faith that manipulates God is not faith at all.

There will come a time when your faith will be tested by the elements to see if it is real faith.  When the test of faith comes:

your thought

your reflection

your meditation

your ruminations must be;

Not my will, but Thy will, Oh Lord.

Whether you worship in a traditional way

Whether you are Evangelical, Pentecostal, Charismatic, Prophetic or Apostolic - faithful transcends title.

Faithful transcends title, position, education, station, philosophical bent, religious order and age.

Your relationship with God is interactive, not static as some purport.

Static is described in two ways.

1^st, God created the heavens and the earth and all that is in it.  God sets it in motion and is then separated from it until it runs its course.

2^nd, God creates the heaven and the earth and all that is in it.  God sets it in motion and occasionally checks in to see how it is going - tweaks it a little here and a little there and moves on until a later date.

Interactive is accurately defined like this:

God created the heavens and the earth and all that is in it.  God set it in motion by His Spirit and interacts by His will and in response to our will."

Excerpt from God Thinking XII - Are You Faithful Or Just Religious? by                                  Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"God makes it clear in His Word that He gives you faith according to your faithfulness.

What does this mean?

It means that a lot of people want to see the results of supernatural faith, without providing a faithful vessel for the supernatural faith to be placed in: Moreover, false teaching and poor teaching have allowed many to think of God as a magical genie kind of God.  There is a group that think God just flippantly performs great feats upon command.

 

God is looking for men, women, teens, youth and children that seek His face.  Those who are not satisfied until they hear the voice of God; Those who will not let up until God reveals Himself and then they will not let up because God revealed Himself.

God is looking for the faithful, those who are not seeking loopholes in God’s plan, but those who believe it.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Many Christians today believe that knowledge of salvation is the same as experiencing salvation.

Many believe that knowledge of being filled with the Spirit is the same as being filled with the Spirit.

Many believe that knowledge of the righteousness of Christ is the same as experience of the righteousness of Christ.

The faithful seek out ways to be in His presence, not ways to escape His presence."

Excerpt from God Thinking XII - Are You Faithful Or Just Religious? by                                  Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"There are three distinct truths that you must understand and practice if you are to be faithful and find your true place in God’s economy.

1    Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.  Romans 10:17

2     Faith is given by God, and cannot be earned through works.

3    Faith (that is given by God) will not exceed your faithfulness to the things of God.

Proverbs 28:20

“A faithful man shall abound with blessings....”

Can you have unswerving faith as James describes, without unswerving faithfulness?

Luke 16:10

“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.”

Can you imagine a world where the unfaithful, those who blatantly disregard the Savior and those who love not the things of God, could, by faith, accomplish in prayer, their hearts desire?

God makes it clear in His Word that He gives you faith according to your faithfulness.  It makes sense does't it?"

Excerpt from God Thinking XII - Are You Faithful Or Just Religious? by                                  Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"The faithful move when God speaks, because they are compelled to.  Even though the faithful can choose not to respond to the Lord, they don’t.  They choose to respond when God speaks.  That’s why age, education, denominational heritage, past work and style of worship do not determine who God chooses to use to do His pleasure.  God chooses those who will do it (and God knows who they are). It's not some guessing game for God. God chooses those who will say yes.

Hear this principle:

The faithful see things differently than others.  They have come to a place where God means everything to them.  They are open to the leading of the Holy Spirit, because they have already made up their mind to do His bidding before they are asked.

Have you made up your mind to do His bidding before He asks?

The faithful already know, that the outcome of anything with God is better than the outcome of anything without God.

The faithful go about their business trusting God.

The faithful say, NOT MY WILL BUT  THINE, AND THINE IS MINE."

Excerpt from God Thinking XII - Are You Faithful Or Just Religious? by                                  Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"If it is prophesied that you have received a supernatural gift, receive it, receive it now and be faithful to the gift.

Some of you have received a mighty gift from God; your spirit has received it; your heart has sensed it, but your mind will not receive it.

Don’t wait another moment.  Acknowledge your gift before Almighty God and get on with it. 

Note: What is the fuss? If you read the Bible, at all, you know that it is about spiritual things and that there are spiritual gifts as well as many other gifts. Quit fighting God. Let your inner man drive the train for a while. You will be pleasantly surprised at the outcome.

Matthew 5:13-16

“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost it’s savour, wherewith shall it be salted?  It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

V14 Ye are the light of the world.  A city that is det on an hill cannot be hid.

V15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

V16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”

God thinking moves to action in the moment.  If and when you hear from God, it’s not meant to be rationalized, it’s meant to moved on."

Excerpt from God Thinking XII - Are You Faithful Or Just Religious? by                                  Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"Nehemiah 7:1-2

“Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, (the wall around Jerusalem), and I had set up the doors, and the 

porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed.

V2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.”

God thinking purports it is noble to be faithful unto God.

Right here is where so many well meaning Christians get confused.  They think they are responsible for their measure of faith and they are not.  We are responsible for our faithfulness, but God gives the faith.

If you are thinking it sounds like a play on words, it does sound like it, but this truth, (You are responsible for your faithfulness, but God gives the faith), when apprehended, releases you from much guilt from past experiences where the outcome did not match the prayer.

God thinking says, “It’s OK to be faithful.”

It’s OK to believe you can be more than flesh and blood.

It’s OK to be good to others.

It’s OK to reach for the high goals, the impossible goals.

It’s OK to receive from God, day after day, hour after hour.

It’s OK to serve the Father and humble yourself before Him.

It’s OK to obey God and choose the better path.

It’s OK to receive a gift from God and to have spiritual responsibilities.

It’s OK to receive your miracle.  Don’t have miracle survivors guilt.  Rejoice in that God worked His mighty power in you.

It’s OK to hold fast to your faith when other scoff you.

It’s OK to bow before the Father and be a fool for the Lord.

It’s OK to be faithful when others are taking a lesser route.

For once you need to be faithful to God without making a deal.  Do you hear what I am saying?"

Excerpt from God Thinking XII - Are You Faithful Or Just Religious? by                                  Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"In this message I am going to speak to your spirit - and the way you respond will determine what you receive.

If during this message you receive revelation from God, take a moment and re-read it or write it down and let it become a part of who you are.

You are going to be blessed.  Someone will double their faith today, but if you are reading/hearing this and you decide to continue on you will not be able to resist this truth. If in your thinking you cannot transcend the conspicuous you will not experience the miraculous.

If it is the outcome of prayer that you build your faith, it is no faith at all.

Faith must be blind to every outcome, every negative thought, every idle word that could derail it (faith) from its mission.  For the mission and the substance of faith are both supernatural and require interaction by God to fulfill its intended purpose.

The mind is only the host of faith, faith being given by God.

This faith that is given by God is given in measure in equal proportion to your faithfulness; not your faith, your fatihfulness. There is a difference"

Excerpt from God Thinking XII - Are You Faithful Or Just Religious? by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"Please read this set of verses with this line as the focal point, "These all died in faith, not having received the promises,"

Read Hebrews 11:1-12

^“1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

²For by it the elders obtained a good report. 

³Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

⁴By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

⁵By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

⁶But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

⁷By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

⁸By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

⁹By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: ¹

¹⁰For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

¹¹Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

¹²Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. ¹³These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.”

You must never tell people or even insinuate that they didn’t receive what they desired or that their loved one died from sickness because of a lack of faith.  What a mockery that is to God, the Omnipotent One, who is and always will be in charge of giving and healing and life.

I am convinced that all our efforts to reveal how God works apart from scriptural revelation is the basis for all false images of God and false theology about God’s work among mankind.

Man’s quest to prove himself right has overthrown his sensibility to pure truth, pure anything for that matter.

The true seeker of God’s self-disclosure on this matter will be moved to be in the presence of God, more and more, until he/she learns to trust God. 

At that moment when you do lean in closely, and you do trust God, faith will become real; the outcome or the circumstance

will not prevail over your faith - Your faith will prevail over the outcome or circumstance.

Can you just be satisfied with God for a season, trusting in Him and the way He handles the affairs of this world?

I think you should."

Excerpt from God Thinking XI - Are You Real With God Or Are You Still Trying To Fake It? by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"I have friends that say, “never say your sick.”  I find nothing in scripture to support denying the reality of your physical condition.  After all there could be no healing if there were no sickness.  You need to trust the Father when you are sick.

Sickness is part of the fall.  God thinking admits that God has not divulged His All-ness to you, as some proclaim.

The formula for healing or receiving from God is trust in God.  You place yourself in God’s hands, and with faith you patiently await His touch.

Never do you command God to do anything.  That is not faith. 

Note: Many TV evangelist are commanding God to do this and to do that, for the whole world to see.  God is not moved by man's attempt to declare that the heavens obey their pious voice. Demanding God to do anything is not faith, but it is intolerance of true faith. True faith asks God and then moves on, with full expectation that God is moving on their behalf, despite the apparent or visible results. If the kind of faith that you have been wielding has no place to allow for the mystery of God's supernatural intervention, you have been duped and in time you will become even more hardened to a false view of God.

Faith wrestles not with God, demanding a predictable outcome of choice.

If it were so, you could make commands, some good, some not so good. You could heal or pray against healing as it pleases you and you could become a god like Zeus, Neptune or Apollo.

Here’s where people get mixed up.  It was God’s intended will that wyoulive forever, on earth, in perfect health.  But within the bounds of freewill, Adam sinned, thereby altering forever the perfect plan of God for (Adam’s) children.

If not for the work of Christ on the cross, can I say that none of us would have a prayer.  God’s grace is sufficient for the faithful.

You must stop craving for God to bail you out every time you foolishly disobey Him.  Your desire should be, must be, to know Him, to worship Him, to Praise Him and to trust Him implicitly."

Excerpt from God Thinking XI - Are You Real With God Or Are You Still Trying To Fake It? by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"With every breath of faith and with every testimony of joy where God has so graciously dealt with His children and healing was the result, there is the voice of another of disappointment and heartache at the loss of a loved one.

God thinking requires that you trust God.

Trust God when all is well.

Trust God when all is not well.

Trust God when the answer is yes.

Trust God when the answer is not yes.

Trust God when His mysterious ways cannot be unscrambled, to fit what you think should happen.

You need to trust God when you receive what you desire.

But also to trust God with your desires.

God is in the know.  He will provide above and beyond your expectations and you can see it clearly, when you see it through the eyes of faith.

Trust God when you receive and trust God when you don’t receive.

Trust God when you are healed.

And trust God when sickness prevails.

Sickness is temporal, but trust is eternal.

I admire those who have faith to receive healing.  I am one. 

I also admire those who have not received their healing and trust’s God in their current circumstances. That's the God kind of faith" 

Excerpt from God Thinking XI - Are You Real With God Or Are You Still Trying To Fake It? by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"To trust God is to trust God and has nothing to do with the outcome in the physical.  God allows you to grow old and die, despite your diet, belief system, or religious affiliation, because there is more.

2 Corinthians 5:1-7

“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building with God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 

V2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven.

V3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

V4 for we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

V5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

V6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

V7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

It is easy to take a short walk with Jesus.  After all your first exposure to the supernatural is exciting as you experience the power of Almighty God running through your body and mind.

But not many choose the day to day walk where you get to see the long term goal for your life; the broader picture.  

The long walk reveals to you a better view of how God works among His people.  

• The long walk requires faith as your witness to the miraculous.  
• The long walk makes you wise and trusting of Almighty God.  
• The long walk trusts the outcome to the hands of the creator.  
• The long walk doesn’t need for everything to go your way, it doesn’t need constant proof that God can and is doing mighty exploits.  
• The long walk trusts God as God and is secure in being a child of God, trusting the Father, despite the outcome, despite the circumstances.

The outcome of our faith must be, NOT MY WILL, BUT THY WILL, OH GOD."

Excerpt from God Thinking XI - Are You Real With God Or Are You Still Trying To Fake It? by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

Daily Devotional September 8 - God Knows

"How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? Do not think I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed Me: for he wrote of Me. but if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?" John 5:44-47

Too many Christians today don't know much about God. The reason is, they don't read the scriptures. The scriptures/writings of Moses and the others are full of the knowledge of God. Jesus makes it clear to those who He was speaking to (religious leaders) that they have gone astray from the scriptures and started their own religious philosophy. It's not just the Jews and the Muslims that strayed from the scriptures and started their own religious system, there are billions across the world that make their own way.

But Jesus was speaking to all who have chosen another path, "For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed Me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe My words?"

Why is this important? Because just studying the stories of the Old Testament as a child is not the same as believing and understanding the connection between God and man. The Old Testament points to Jesus as the Saviour of the world. The Old Testament gives the account of the first man and woman and their experiences, triumphs and pitfalls. The Old Testament gives the history of the world from its creation through the birth, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus and all throughout the Old Testament God gives men and women His prophesies of the future, even the time we live in. From the beginning to the end of the Old Testament is a chord of connection from God to man that needs to be studied and understood. Then with the New Testament giving account of the life and times of Jesus and the Apostles as well as the prophetic book of Revelation, you can have a world view of impending events as well as direction as to when and how we should respond to certain events.

God knows. That's why the whole Bible is so important. You could have a relationship with God that is rewarding and full and wonderful, but it's not likely that it will be all that it can be unless you believe it and it's not likely you will believe it if you don't read it. Jesus instructs those who really thought they knew what was going on to read and believe the writings of Moses. Don't you think this still holds true? I do.

Just a footnote: You don't read the Bible so you can know more than someone else or to wield your knowledge as an axe. You read the Bible to be enlightened, softened, quieted, humbled, made aware of your surroundings and the times you live in, to know God better, to find the truth about your actions and to do something about it, to be made wiser and of greater use to the Master, to find solace in a wicked world, peace in your heart and comfort for your soul.

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"In all of us there is a sense of expectancy that God will redeem our spoil with a touch of spiritual healing or financial healing or marital healing. 

We believe in divine’ healing, not magical healing.  Most of us know without a doubt that God does and can heal at will.  We gladly agree in faith with God’s Omnipotence.

But how reluctant we are to adhere to His plan for our lives when it calls for self-discipline, hard work, patience, perseverance or change.

When you are forced by physical impairment, you cling with hope that God will supernaturally intervene and save you from your current condition, but when all is well, you have a tendency to ignore the things that God placed here to keep you well and healthy.                                         

People today want everything and they want it now.  Healing is expected with this same urgency of the moment that seems to push us along, almost as if being too busy or always succumbing to the circumstance were a God thing.

The proof of how God works among us is not always found in the bright eyed excitement of the new believer or those who have finally come to believe that God can heal or provide.  The God of the scriptures maintains some mystery apart from your intellectual ability to ascertain God’s every move or action or decision.

This mystery must become part of your understanding of healing, else you will either be confused and perplexed each time someone is not healed, or you will believe something that is not true.  Either way, whether you are confused or you believe a false premise, you have not trusted God unless you have trusted God."

Excerpt from God Thinking XI - Are You Real With God Or Are You Still Trying To Fake It? by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"3 John 2

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in good health, even as thy soul prospereth.”

We have an entire generation of people who do not abide by the basic principles of nature, but they want all the blessings of nature.  We abuse our bodies and eat whatever pleases us.  We do not practice the natural laws of God concerning the foods we eat, the water we drink , or air we breathe.  We don’t always practice good eating habits that nurture healthy bodies.

As the years quickly pass by, and the abuse continues, there comes a time when the flesh cannot keep fighting off the constant aggravation of poor habits.

If there is no resolve to fight back and find a better way, a better diet, a more natural medicine or a more disciplined lifestyle, there will come a time when you will reap what you sow."

Galatians 6:7

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Excerpt from God Thinking XI - Are You Real With God Or Are You Still Trying To Fake It? by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015

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"There is no question that there would be a great deal more healing if there were a great deal more faith. But true faith is about trusting God despite the outcome, (it is not in having to always get what we think should be the outcome).

God thinking proposes that true faith is knowing that within the mind of God rests the fullness of understanding.  And you are OK with that.

I know that many claim to have it all figured out and I have no dispute with them.  But I have something figured out too.  God Almighty is not pleased when you think we know all there is to know about God. 

God doesn’t want you to trade in your faith, (the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen), for a lordship of sorts, where God is all figured out and there is an answer to every question.

Some of you want a Jesus who responds on command, like He is your slave.  No, the Jesus of the scriptures is the one who walked on water.  He is the one who heals the sick and saves souls.  He is the one who loves unconditionally.  He it is who gives grace.  I am going to put my trust In Jesus, without conditions.

Faith was never meant to force the hand of God.

Faith was meant to accept what God allows with thanksgiving.  Your understanding is found in your trust in God’s Sovereignty."

Excerpt from God Thinking XI - Are You Real With God Or Are You Still Trying To Fake It? by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2015