Thought for the day

"For the lost the Word reveals to them a holy God, full of love and concern for His creation. It shows them they way, the truth and the life. It reveals the most profound truth ever thought: "That God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

God draws men and women, teens and children to Himself by revelation of Himself. You and I were drawn to God by the power of His Word. "No man can cometh to Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw Him: and I will raise him up at the last day. V45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto Me." John 6:44-45

For the saved the Word reveals to us a holy God, full of love and concern for His creation. It shows us the way, the truth and the life. It reveals us the most profound truths ever thought. God designed His Word for anyone and everyone who will believe it. But for the born again believer, the one to whom is given the indwelling Holy Spirit, the Word is full of easy to understand, powerful, life changing truths.

• God speaks to you through His Word.
• God reveals His design for your life.
• God reveals Himself openly and unobstructed. 
• God reveals who you are in Christ.
• God tells you the things that matter in life.
• God shows you what to believe.
• God tells you how to receive faith.
• God tells you how to be faithful.
• God teaches you what is pure and true, honest and just, what is lovely.
• God shows you how to be kind, and how to be gentle, how to live by faith and how to stay healthy.
• God gives you example after example of how to treat one another, how to be humble, how to love others, how to give and how much to give.
• God reveals the beginning, the time you now live in and the future. God reveals it all.

God-thinking gets your mind in line with God's Word so that what God has said becomes what you believe and what you believe is what God has said."

Excerpt from The Power of God Thinking by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2010

Thought for the day

"God-thinking produces fruit. Truly when you understand the Word, your mind and your heart are opened up. You do things you never thought you would do. You go places you never thought you would go. You say things you never thought you would say. Because when the Word of God is opened up by revelation to your mind and to your heart, you want to respond. You want God to speak to you and reveal high and lofty thoughts of the divine. You want to open your bible and discover new truths; not new as in never discovered: but new to you - new to your mind - new to your heart - new to your spirit.

• It's not that God hasn't revealed it all in His Logos (the written Word) and by His Ramah (the spoken Word). 
• It''s not that God hasn't prepared you for receiving His truth.
• It's not that you aren't capable of understanding all that God has for you.

It's that you haven't received it all.  You haven't received all that God intends to reveal to you.

Excerpt from The Power of God Thinking by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2010

Thought for the day

"God-thinking is about trusting the whole Word of God. God-thinking is about thinking God thoughts, God thoughts that build up and encourage; thoughts that inspire, thoughts that transcend your emotions, thoughts that forgive, thoughts that empower. God-thinking comes from hearing God thoughts, hearing pure speech, hearing kind words; believing words, words that build up, words that lift up, words that bless, words that encourage, words that inspire, words that forgive, words that empower. What do you think God-thinking produces?

God designed actions, pure speech, kindness, unwavering belief, healthy bodies, clean minds, pure thoughts, things that are true, things that are honest, things that are just, things that are lovely. God-thinking produces fruit. And the kind of fruit that God-thinking produces is the God kind of fruit. Hear the word of Jesus as He reveals the parable of the sower. The parable was really about what happened to those who received the Word."

Matthew 13:18-23 "Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. V19 When anyone heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. V20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon (at once) with joy receiveth it; V21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. V22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. V23 But he that received seed into good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."

Excerpt from The Power of God Thinking by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2010

Thought for the day

"God-thinking believes the whole Word of God (Period). We find what we need to live unto God in the whole of scripture (Period). I say this because even Paul himself could see what was happening to some of the people that were around him at the time of his ministry.

"Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. V13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?" 1Co. 1:12-13

And of course the answer is, NO. Jesus is your all in all and the entire text of scripture points to Jesus. I apologize to no one for believing, trusting, teaching and preaching the whole Word of God."

Excerpt from The Power of God Thinking by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2010

Thought for the day

In the presence of God:
"God has the key, but you can get out any time you want to, but you don't want to. God hears your every word and God speaks a Word to you. You go in with questions and complaints and you come out with answers and a gift. No one leaves the presence of God without a word and a gift. After you have been in this place. you want to go back again. God purifies your everyday experience. You think about the holiness of God. You ponder high and lofty thoughts and contemplate your next encounter with the Almighty.

You lose our desire for the empty promises of this world. God's grace becomes sufficient for you. You come away with something you didn't go there with. You get the answers you are looking for.

Excerpt fron The Power of God Thinking by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2010

Thought for the day

"I want you to get a feel for the language that gets men and women in this place behind the veil.

1 Kings 8:22-60 "And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: V23 and he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: V30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive. V37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, what soever sickness there be; V38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: V39 Then hear from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men;) V49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, V50And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: V51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: V52 That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. V54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. V59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our god day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of His people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: V60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else."



1 Kings 9:3a "And the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as He appeared unto him in Gibeon. V3 And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before Me..."


Psalm 30:1-8 "I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. V2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. V3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. V4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. V5 For His anger endureth but a moment; in His favour is life; weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. V6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. V7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong; thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. V8 I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication"


Psalm 55:1-2 "Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. V2 Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint and make noise."

Psalm 142:1-2 "I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. V2 I poured out my complaint before Him; I shewed Him my trouble.
Daniel 6:10-11 "Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being opened in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. V11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God."


Daniel 9:17-22 "Now, therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord=s sake V18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. V19 O LORD, hear; O LORD, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, On my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name. V20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; V21 Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.  V22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding."

Acts 1:10-14 "And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; V11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. V12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath days journey. V13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. V14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brethren." Ten days they sought the mind of God. Ten days in prayer until they received their answers.


Ephesians 6:18 "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;" My God, this is a call to you. This is a call for men and women of faith. This is for those who want more of God and less of everything else, more than blessings, more than prosperity, more than deliverance, more than healing, more than anything. This is for those who want to be locked in a prayer closet with God."

Excerpt from The Power of God Thinking by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2010

Thought for the day

"Remember I said this message was for those who want to experience God in the most intimate way possible. You want to know how to get into this place, in the presence of God, in the inner court, the holy of holies, that place where God is God and you are in Him; the place can be anywhere, but you get into this place by supplication. I asked God, "can't you give me a better buzz word than supplication?" And God said to me, "you want a better word than, the place where you go in the spirit and stay there, bound together with Me, until the urgent requests that are on your heart have all been thoroughly dealt with and the answers you need have all been thoroughly revealed, the place where you come wanting and leave filled? You want a different word?"

Forgive me LORD. For I am foolish and proud. No I don't want a different word. Supplication is that word. Supplication is a complex word and comes from a combination of five Greek words, that simply mean: the place where you go in the spirit and stay there, bound together with God, until the urgent requests that are on your heart have all been thoroughly dealt with and the answers you need have all been thoroughly revealed, the place where you come wanting and leave filled?

Supplication is used 60 times in the old and new testament. Almost everyone who came into the presence of God, came via supplication. Moses, David, Solomon, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Daniel, Ezekiel, Peter, Paul, You and I come into this special place by supplication also.

There's not a lot of talk about supplication because supplication takes effort. Supplication means travail and patience, sweat and tears. Supplication means finding time to go to God, not setting time limits for how long God is permitted to commune with you. Supplication means setting aside your plans just long enough to discuss them with the plan Maker.

It may take only seconds, it may take hours, it may take longer, but nobody rushes God behind the veil.

• When you go there, supper had better already be made or it might not get made.
• When you go there, you turn off your mobile phone.
• When you go there, you go with reverence and awe.

But you were made for such a time as this. You were created to be in this place and be emptied of self and full of God."

Excerpt from The Power of God Thinking by Keith C. Powell Copyright 2010