Wrong thought patterns. [Psalm 51]

In John 6 v61,we read,/Jesus was aware that His disciples were complaining/,these words remind me that our Saviour is aware of how we act, speak and most of all think. Our actions ,words are expressions of our thoughts, that is where everything starts,in our minds, as a person thinks ,so they speak , so they act. So here is the question for all of us to answer,how is our thought life? are we discontent?, are we angry?, are we unforgiving?,are we complaining?.In Psalm 51, David who had given into his thought life, and committed an awful sin, prays,/Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.[Or a loyal spirit ] David acknowledges that his thought life had led him away from God, caused him to be disloyal,if we are going to go away from God it will start in our hearts, so mybe today we need to confess to God our wrong thought patterns,and ask Him to forgive us and renew a loyal spirit within us. [ Dear God help us to think aright, to forsake ,and confess wrong thought patterns,that can cause us to be disloyal to You , in Jesus name Amen ]

Honesty. [ James 3 v17 -18 ]

Many years ago a person who was involved in the discovery of George Best told me I was useless at football, I suppose he was being honest, mybe I needed to hear that. I am sure we do need to be honest with people, to tell that person their faults, or do we?. Ephesians 4 v29, reads, /Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them/, and Ephesians 4v15 tells us to,/Speak the truth in love/. Honesty said in an unloving, unthinking , uncaring way, will help no one,we need to be careful with our supposed honesty,that we dont destroy that person we are being honest with, that should never be the Christians desire. In being honest let us remember,that our motives are often ill placed, and often the best thing to do is ,love the person and pray for them, and say nothing. [ Dear God forgave us for our unloving and unkind honesty, help us when we have to be honest, to be motivated by love for that person, and to remember it is not our task to be cruel in order to be kind, in Jesus name Amen ]

The unexpected. [Mark 4 v35 -41 ]

Something happened unexpectantly to me yesterday,which reminded me that healing from my operation will take time . In the Bible miracles occur in an instant, and Im all for the instant cure, but in the norm it often takes time, and we must be patient. We dont know what a day may bring forth, when suddenly the unexpectant happens, like the disciples in Mark 4v35-41,who where in a boat with Jesus when suddenly and I am sure unexpectantly , a great storm arose,and it was so severe , it looked like they were going to drown. Now Jesus was in the boat asleep,the disciples woke Him, with the words,/ Master carest thou not that we perish/ , but of course Jesus did care, and He stilled the storm ,and their fears. He also did something else ,He challenged them ,/why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?/.[ Dear Saviour grant us faith to overcome our fears,Amen ]

Pray about it .[Proverbs 3 v6 av ]

I will pray about it,these are important words, I am so conscious that we need to pray about everything,of course sometimes we forget ,we need not live in dread, prayer is not a lucky charm. Gods favour is upon us ,He is with us in all things, yet it is important that we do pray about everything, you see prayer makes a difference.We should try to, bring God into ever situation in life, the important and even the things that seem to us unimportant. Remember prayer is a ministry, that we can all be involved in, but it is also a vital resource that God has granted us, so let us today , take to heart the words ,I will pray about it. [ Dear God thank You that when we pray to You ,You listen and respond, help us to pray about everything, in Jesus name Amen ]

Seeing Jesus. [ Revelation 1v7 ]

I said to a friend ,how am I going to be able to see Jesus in heaven ?, because there will be millions of people there,because it is every Christians desire to look upon the face of our Saviour. Have you ever thought of this?,and yet we will, In Revelation 1v7,we read ,/everyone will see Him/, I dont know how that will be.It was Stephen in Acts7 v56,declares,/Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honour at Gods right hand/. The greatest blessing for all Christians will be to see Jesus, to look upon Him , to be near Him. At this time we have not seen Him,yet we love Him [1Peter 1v8 ], but one day we will see Him, whom we love. At this time we walk by faith, but one day faith will give way to sight, and we will look upon the face of the one who saved us by His grace, what a day, glorious day that will be. [ Dear Lord Jesus your word tells us,blessed are those who do not see ,yet believe, help us to walk this pathway of faith, until that day when faith will give way to sight, and we look upon Your face. Amen ]

Mountain prayers. [ Matthew 17 v 20]

Our Saviour said in Matthew 17 v20,/ If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, Move from here to there, and it would move . Nothing would be impossible/. These are very challenging words to me, and I am sure to you, the term came to me, mountain prayers, now we are not being asked to climb a mountain but to remove it. What mountain are we faced with ?, I dont want to go down the list, what I know inevitably we will all be faced with mountains. ,well one thing for certain nothing will happen by looking at our mountains, we all are inclined to focus to much on the problems, instead of focusing on the one who can solve the problem,and to have faith in Him to move that mountain. [ Dear God sometimes we are overwhelmed by difficulties, they become like mountains, please help us to have faith in You to move our mountains in Jesus name. Amen ]

The wishing game. [ Galations 5 v16-26 ]

A person I know said ,I wish that I could win the lottery, of course everyone who does the lottery has this wish. Now I dont gamble, I do remember when I was a boy running to the bookies with bets , and as I grew older I did indulge in gambling, but as a Christian I dont gamble now.I have a fear about gambling ,because I know it is so easy to be sucked into a situation that can destroy one financially.Is it wrong to gamble?what is the Holy Spirit saying to us about it? are we listening?. We really need to heed the promptings of the Spirit of God, be it about gambling ,drinking, the company we keep,the language we use, in other words we need to be led by the Spirit. The Christian life is not a wishing game, it is ,and should be , a life that is controlled by the Spirit of God, /so .. .. let the Holy Spirit guide [y]our lives.[Galatians 5 v16 nlt]. [Dear God help us not to be sucked into the worlds wishing game, but help us to be controlled and guided by Your Spirit in Jesus name . Amen ]