“Dear God, help us to understand this lesson.” If we could understand what being made a New Creation in Christ really means, our lives would be changed forever!
 
II Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore if any person is [engrafted] in Christ he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!”
 
We must come to realize the reality of the New Creation and what it means!...

We have been talking about the mind and the importance of our thoughts.  This is something that God is really emphasizing right now.  He has great plans for us and the only way that we can fulfill these dreams and plans is to believe that what He has put in our heart will come to pass.
Did you know that only about 80% of Christians ever fulfill their God given dream?  But that is about to change because God is...

Yesterday we talked about how thoughts come into our conscious mind.  Whatever thoughts we do not reject, they drop into our subconscious mind and they begin to affect how we live.
The subconscious mind is the feeling part of our mind.  It has been said that this is the part of us that communicates with God.  We need to watch what we allow in to our subconscious mind as it will affect how we communicate or pray to God.  This is...

How we think is so important.  How would you describe yourself?  Are you a negative person with mostly negative thoughts about yourself and most things that surround you?  Do you live in sort of a depressed state and find it hard to get above this thinking – which is very likely a comfortable thinking pattern to you as it may be all that you really know at the present.  Or are you a positive person, feeling good about yourself and...

The Bible says to ‘take your thoughts captive and turn them into a true statement that is in obedience to what He would say.’ I Corinthians 10:4&5. 
This is a command of God.  It is something that we are supposed to do.  It does not depend on how you feel or what you desire, it is the Word of God.  He says this because He knows the importance of keeping our minds filled with correct thinking.  ‘As a man thinketh...

God is doing a new thing and He wants us to walk in the fullness of who He created us to be so that we can accomplish His Plans and Purposes.  For this to happen we must renew our minds to think correctly and break through the mindsets that are presently holding us down. 
God says in His Word that ‘as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.’   That is why it will be so important to break...

Today we will look at the Apostle Paul's prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21. Are you praying this prayer over you, your family, and those you work with?
 
Ephesians 3:17&18 (Amp)
"May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love.
That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God's devoted people, the experience...

Lets look at Ephesians 3:16-18 and observe the mighty working of the Holy Spirit and the indwelling Presence of Jesus bound together with being secure in the Love of God.
 
Verses 19-21 say “That you may really come to know practically, through experience for yourselves, the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge without experience; that you may be filled through all your being unto all the fullness of God. [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence...

“Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice.”  Isaiah 41:10
Why should we not fear?  God, Himself, has promised us that He, His Presence, is with us.  His companionship under all...

It is so wonderful to know God, Who He Is and that He is on our side! It is so wonderful to know that our (my) battle(s) is not ours (mine) but God's. Do you know that?
 
Sometimes I just wish I could shake people and ask them - "Do you know God is for you? Do you really know that God is on your side?” We walk around so weak with so little trust in God. We know so...

Today, I want us to look at a story from Luke 8 starting with verse 41. In this passage we have a very important message to learn and to apply to our life and situations! Jairus had been a long time director of a synagogue and now he found his precious 12 year old daughter sick and near death. He came looking for Jesus. It was his only hope! Jesus agreed to come to his house. But on the way...

My Amplified Bible says in Galatians 5:2 “If you distrust God you can gain nothing from Him.”
 
Today, look at your life. Are you full of trust and confidence in God? Can you take your every situation, whether a business endeavor, work situation, home environment, financial conditions or maybe even your ministry to God and absolutely be confident and leave it in God’s Hand? This is a test of the level of your relationship with God. The Word, our Bible,...

Lord, what is it that keeps me from fully leaning on You and just simply trusting You? God, I really want to trust You, but … and you find yourself with too many what ifs. Let me ask this question to just you. What is it that keeps you from fully trusting God? Is there some thing that keeps you in bondage in your present situation or keeps you from crossing over into your destiny? Check yourself – do you...

God is the Answer to all of our situations. Now to experience that we must obey everything that God tells us to do. Sometimes God just arranges things and we find ourselves being trained and prepared and don’t even realize it until we are in the training or even trained! Other times we will not move forward until we obey what God tells us, shows us, or puts in front of us. Many times this will be something that to...

Philippians 4:6
“Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.”
 
Do you see these verses for what they really are? It is a loving command from our Father Who loves you so very much. In other words He is saying “Don’t worry! Don’t let yourself become anxious about anything that you are facing! Please draw upon...