Thought for the day

"God-thinking goes deep into the center of your soul.  It affects every aspect of your human condition - The Body - Mind - Spirit - Soul.  God-thinking works this way.  Unlike adding knowledge to your existing knowledge base a branch, a leaf or a flower - God-thinking goes to the root.  The root is that place of your being where all else comes out from it.  God-thinking is about getting the root system of your being in agreement with the mind of Christ."

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

Thought for the day

"There's only one path that leads to life, and that is, the narrow path. Don't be confused by the rhetoric of those on this broad path. They are not the experts of the narrow path. They don't even know where it leads.

Most people who argue against God the Father, the only begotten Son of God and the Holy Spirit have never met God the Father, Jesus the Son or the Holy Spirit.

• We don't blame those who have not met the Master.
• We don't hammer them with truths that they cannot comprehend.
• We don't treat them with malice.
• We don't judge them.
• We love them and reveal Christ to them by loving them in a way they have not known.
• We carefully minister the truth to them.
• We pray for them.
• We go to God in supplication and get answers.
• We intercede for every person on the broad path. But we don't follow them. We cannot. We are not on the same path, nor are we in the same direction.

God calls us all from the broad path, to turn around and start heading the other way. Jesus says in Mark 1:15 "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel." When Jesus says, "repent ye." He is literally saying turn around and head in the opposite direction of the one you are on.

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

Thought for the day

"Are you following God's design in your life? If you are following God's design, you should rejoice that God has revealed this to you. If you are not following God's design in your life, you can.  You can start where you left off, or you can start a fresh new life in Christ right now.

God-thinking requires that you think about God's design and determine if you are aligned with His design in your life."

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

Thought for the day

"God has ordained for us, by His foreknowledge the very best plan possible, one designed just for you and for me. God knows when and where we are going to decide to follow Him.

• God knows when and where you are going to stop driving this ship.
• God knows when and where you are going to surrender to Him and follow His design.

When you get a clear picture of God's design for your life, you want life to be His way.
You see your purpose by God's design, when you want what God has purposed.

• When you seek what God has blessed.
• When you hope for what God has placed on your path.
• When you go where God has called you to go.
• When you are who God called you to be.

Are you hearing me?

• When your goals are God breathed.
• When you desire what God has foreordained.
• When it's your dream to do what God is doing.
• When your vision is God's vision.

When it becomes natural to think God thoughts, the burden and the weight of this life will grow strangely dim.

• The problems
• The financial pressure
• The long hours
• The heartaches
• The problems
• The past
• he stress and strain
• The pain

All grow strangely dim and less significant.

I can say without any doubt that God's design for your life and mine is a beautiful thing. God has paved a way for you and me that is far above and beyond anything we could dream or desire. God has designed you and I with a purpose that must be apprehended and understood by faith. God-thinking believes that God's design for us produces God's purpose in us."

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

Thought for the day

"When we trust in a lie or an untruth, something not ordained by God, we run the risk of missing God's intent for us. We run the risk of mapping out our own design. We run the risk of making a plan that God cannot sanctify.

• Starting a business that God does not bless.
• Marrying a man or woman without God's approval.
• Hanging with people that worship God in vain.
• Making our own rules and regulations that take away from the freedom we have in Christ., burdening others with our own personal biases, bents and idiosyncrasies.

God designed us to listen to Him.

• You were designed to receive new light - every time you open the Word of God, you should receive revelation.
• You were designed to study the Word to show yourself "approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15
• You were designed to be called out from among the world, "...know ye not that friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God" James 4:4
• You were designed to live a holy life, "Having these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." 2 Corinthians 7:1
• You were designed to testify that Jesus is Lord. Acts 20:24
• You were designed to obey God. Zechariah 6:15
• You were designed to pray. Matthew 6:6
• You were designed to intercede for others. Jeremiah 42:2
• You were designed to worship. John 4:20-24
• You were designed to praise. Psalm 7:17
• You were designed to supplicate. 2 Chronicles 6:39
• You were designed to respond to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Luke 11:13
• You were designed to operate in faith. Hebrews 6:12
• You were designed to read the Word of God. 2 Timothy 2:15
• You were designed to hear the voice of God. "Behold, I stand at the door , and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me." Revelation 3:20 And again Jesus says, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow Me:" John 10:27
• You were designed to do the will of God, "Not everyone that saith unto Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of My Father which is in heaven." Matthew 7:21
• You were designed to believe God. John 3:16
• You were designed to exercise your free will and to do with it what pleases the Lord. Hebrews 11:6
• You were designed to love one another. John 13:34
• You were designed to be prosperous and in good health, "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in good health, even as thy soul prospereth." 3 John 2.
• You were designed to please God, not just yourself. Romans 8:8-9
• You were designed to do good to others. Romans 13:3
• You were designed to serve one another. Galatians 5:13
• You were designed to serve God. Hebrews 12:28

God-thinking steers you to get a vision of God's design for your life. You believe what God has said in His Word. You don't get off on our own private mission, redesigning God's plan to suit yourself.  You learn to agree with God."

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

Thought for the day

"The other reason why there is so much rebellion when we talk about doing those things that please God.

2 They believe a lie.

Just a couple of examples: Remember when Peter was in the presence of Jesus and Peter was talking about what he would do for Jesus. Let's listen to the scripture. Mark 14:26-31 "And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. V27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. V28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. V29 But Peter said unto Him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. V30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. V31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all."

Jesus just got finished telling them what scripture saith, "All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered." And again Jesus said, "Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice." Peter believed a lie instead of the Master's voice. He believed what he had told himself instead of what Jesus told him. There=s a lot of that going on today. People are making up their mind based on what's in their mind instead of what God is saying in their mind.

Remember how Paul (Saul) was evangelized. Paul (Saul) was true to his religion. He believed fervently that to destroy Christians was the honorable way to serve God. Was he right? No. He believed a lie. He believed what religion was teaching at the time. He forsook the Word in lieu of religious security, security of being with the most influential group at the time. How did God get Paul's attention? He knocked him down and blinded him for a time. Paul had no choice but to be led by others for a time. Paul believed a lie. He acted upon it. His entire experience with God had been built on a lie. Had he not had the Damascus road experience and heard the voice of Jesus, he would have continued on his path throughout his life."

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

Thought for the day

"God designed it all. God is the Way, the Truth and the Life. God has revealed a plan and a purpose for our life. AAnd we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28

Why is there so much rebellion when we talk about doing those things that please God. We have in our society today an entire constituency of those who claim Christ but they have no desire to follow Christ - no inner inclination to follow God's design for their lives and no plans to get started. There's a couple of reasons why there is so much rebellion.

1 They believe in vain

1 Corinthians 15:1-2 "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; V2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain." Matthew 15:8-9 "This people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoureth Me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me. V9 But in vain they do worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."

It is interesting. This word vain means to, (manipulate to no purpose, an unsuccessful search). "In vain they do worship Me - They manipulate me to no purpose and cannot find me. Some people believe in vain because they have been taught to believe in vain or they have established their own god and worship him. It is easier that way. One look at world religion as a whole and we can see clearly that many people worship God in vain."

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