I Think, Hear, See, Feel And Speak Through The Mind Of Jesus

 

God restored His creation to its original state through the sacrifice of His Son Jesus. However this restoration is conditional. Every promise of God is conditional. He has made His promises available to us in response to our obedience. His grace and mercy cost Him His Son and we are now accountable to Him. This is not an easy message to hear for those who believe in hyper grace. There is a cost in discipleship. Discipline is the cost. We have to choose daily to follow Him. He asked Peter the question three times, "Do you love me more than these"? Peter had to choose three times to cancel the curse he put on himself when He denied Jesus three times. We too have to choose whom we will serve each time we are faced with a decision to follow Him.

 

God has promised to come and live in us. He has redeemed our spirit but our soul is being redeemed. When we live in the knowledge that He lives in us, then we operate in the Spirit of Jesus. His Spirit lives in us and helps us to live like Him on earth. This is to do His will as it is in heaven. We will operate in the same Spirit that Jesus operated in when He walked on the earth. This is too wonderful to comprehend but it is possible. The saints who have gone before us confirm this is possible and so do many who walk on the earth today. The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives in you. Only by His Spirit is this possible. All we need to do is surrender our will to Him.

 

How does it feel when we walk like Jesus? It feels like we have a different person in us who is thinking, seeing and hearing like Jesus. This is to walk in the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Most of us walk in and out of this state. However God desires that we are totally possessed by His Spirit. Jesus was full of the Spirit and overflowing in Him. This is why He saw signs and wonders manifest in His presence. We too can do the same. I desire this. What about you?

Eating His Body And Drinking His Blood Daily Is The Key to Deliverance From Unbelief

Jesus said He who eats my body and drinks my blood will have eternal life. Many even the disciples did not understand what He meant when He spoke these words. Now we know what He means through His death and resurrection. The eating and drinking is symbolic of His sacrifice on the Cross in exchange for our redemption. There is no redemption from sin but through His once and for all death on the Cross. His mission was fulfilled for all humanity once and for all. There is no need for more sacrifices for the redemption from sin. Yet man continues to believe that he has to suffer to redeem himself from the curse of sin. What a travesty of justice that we continue to believe in the lie rather than the truth.

Jesus instituted the communion for us to remember His death and receive His life. His life is eternal and He promised this before He died. Now we who choose to believe in His finished work on the Cross can avail of His promises. Eternal life is not just for our spirit but also has health and material benefits. He promised us abundant life not only in the next life but right now. Yet many still suffer and die without experiencing the truth. Unbelief is a major factor in robbing us of our inheritance. The only way we can overcome unbelief is through trust and belief in His finished work on the Cross. Good works cannot achieve our redemption. Good works result from our redemption in Christ. His love so fills us that we can only respond in love. Love begets love.

This is the time to confront our unbelief and trust Him to save us. The more we trust Him the more we will experience our deliverance. Unbelief is a spirit that keeps many from seeing and believing. Pray and bind this spirit so that many can be delivered from spiritual blindness. God is moving in mighty power during this time of the pandemic. People are desperate for answers as the whole world is held hostage to this virus. Governments use this virus as a cover to control the minds of the people. Fear is a major weapon of the enemy. Perfect love casts out all fear. We need to trust Him to deliver us through His blood from every and any kind of fear. Today His salvation is free to any who will call on His Name and be saved.

4 Sources Of Your Thoughts That You Need To Be Aware Of.

 

Thoughts are an integral part of our mind that most of the time we are only partially aware of. This is because we are thinking millions of thoughts in any one day. Most of them pass by and we do not take notice of them. However there are certain thoughts that draw our attention and stimulate our feelings. Most of us are not aware of the sources of our thoughts. We think they all come from within us. This is not true as most thoughts have an external source. To identify the source of our thoughts maybe a key to knowing how to deal with them. I would like to propose four sources for our thoughts.

 

1. Most of us are aware of our own selfish thoughts which are mainly need based. I want to be loved, have loads of money, be famous and so on. These are all self-centred thoughts and are mainly based on my needs and wishes. There is nothing wrong with these thoughts except that they are self-serving and keep us focussed on self. Too much obsessive thinking in this area only leads to a self-centred life with no awareness of the needs of others. These thoughts are driven by internal drives to be in control and to control others. This can lead to addictive behaviours when our needs are not met. 

 

2. The second source of our thoughts could be from others. We like to relate with others and many times we connect with others through our thoughts. Someone may think about us and we pick up their thoughts subliminally. This happens especially in close relationships. Emotionally close relationships can communicate with each other without having to say anything. Controlling others through our thoughts sometimes can lead to co-dependent relationships. This means that our needs are met by the other which makes us dependent on the other. This may not be a bad thing till we realise we have an unhealthy relationship with the other. We lose our independence in this process and this may affect our identity as a person separate from the other.

 

3. God is another source for our thoughts. When we become conscious of God we build a relationship with Him. He communicates with us through His word and through our thoughts. He sometimes communicates through our dreams and gives us visions. We know His voice because we are His sheep. We yearn to listen to His voice because His words build us up and guide us. The more time we spend with Him the more we become familiar with His voice.

 

4. In this world where satan is the god of this world, there are demonic forces that try to influence us through our thoughts. We need discernment to know the source of these thoughts. Sometimes satan appears as an angel of light and so we get deceived. He will put thoughts in our mind that we think are from God but they are sent to deceive us. We need to reject these thoughts that entice our flesh and hook us into darkness. Many are attracted by instant pleasures like winning a lottery and fall into a trap. Be wary of such instant attractions that are the ploy of the devil to trap us into his nest.

I trust this will help you to take charge of your thought life and only dwell on those thoughts that build you up and not torment or tear you down.

 

Prayer Is A Two-Way Street Between God And Man.

 

Most of us think that prayer is a one-way street where we go to God to ask for what we need. This understanding of prayer is a sad statement of man's selfish perception of God. God is a Father who loves to give His children good things. However He is not just a Giver but a Father who loves a relationship with His children. We know that a relationship is built on communication between the parties concerned. Prayer is a form of communication that sustains our relationship with our Father in heaven. Most lack this understanding and so miss the point of the essence of what prayer is. Jesus was in constant communion with His Father. He only spoke what He heard His Father saying and only did what He saw His Father doing. We also must yearn for such a relationship with our Father in heaven.

 

We come to God in worship and acknowledge Him as our Father in heaven. Jesus taught us how to pray by saying "Our Father who is in heaven". This prayer is our way to come to the Father to request that He meet our needs for daily bread and for forgiveness of sins and deliverance from all evil. Most of us have got into the habit of praying this prayer daily. However there is a second aspect to this prayer where we say "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven". How do we know what to do to establish His Kingdom on earth as it is in Heaven? We can only know this through listening to Him through His word and through the gifts of the Spirit.

 

God speaks through His pastors, evangelists, prophets, teachers and apostles and reveals His mind to His church. It is through these revelations that we know what God's plans are and how to establish them on earth. He also speaks directly to us His children and reveals His will to us individually. He has already set a plan for each of us even before we were born. It is now our part to know His plan and do it. How can we know His plan if we fail to seek Him? It is in the secret place of prayer that we come to know the mind of God for each of us. More time spent in prayer will yield more fruit than labouring to build in our own strength.  It is God who builds His church and not man. Let us today seek to listen to Him and do as He directs us.

Have You Ever Observed Your Thoughts And Been Shocked?

 

Most of us go about living our lives as if there is no tomorrow. We are oblivious to the fact that life on this earth is finite and one day we will all die. The consciousness of death is what can give life some meaning. Although death is definite it is not something we want to think about. Death was a consequence of the Fall. This is not just physical death but also spiritual death. We were born spirit beings but through the Fall were cut off from God because of sin. God however restored us to Himself by sending His Son, Jesus, to be a living sacrifice for us. Now we have been restored through Him and are alive in our spirit, but our body will still die one day. Our spirit however will live forever as we have been redeemed by faith in His finished work on the Cross.

 

This  consciousness of being redeemed is called the born-again experience. We became aware of our own sinfulness and received His salvation when we put our trust in Him. We became aware of sin through the Spirit who opened our eyes to see. We were once blind to sin and walked in blindness to it. The god of this world continues to deceive us by keeping us in darkness. This whole world is in darkness and controlled by the god of this world, Satan. Once we are born again, we see our thoughts more clearly and know what is right and wrong. We now have the power to overcome and choose to do right. This is how we get transformed by His word that reveals the truth to us.

 

Imagine your thoughts are projected onto a television screen. You are watching your thoughts on this screen. In this way you are able to observe your thoughts, which become external to you. You are shocked to see your thoughts on the screen as now they have been separated from you. You now can take action to accept the thoughts that are right, good and wholesome and reject those that are evil, selfish and destructive. In this way you cleanse yourself of the negative thoughts that have occupied a space in your mind and which you were blind to. In this process you become transformed as you become aware of the negative thoughts in your life and think instead on Godly thoughts from His word. Come today and be transformed as you take action and observe your thoughts.

Faith Is Not Just Mental Agreement. Faith Has Legs.

Most of us would agree with the Word of God as written in the Bible. We accept that it is the infallible, eternal word of God. However such agreement alone will not see the fruit of our faith. Faith needs to be applied before it is able to bear fruit. This is the gap that keeps many bound in their situation. God says He heals and yet many still are bound in sickness. Could this be that they are still believing in their head but not in their heart? When we have a revelation of truth it will lead to a transformed life. Mere mental agreement with the truth rarely results in any transformation. We can believe a lot of things are true but then continue to live as if they are not.

Truth needs to be applied to become real. Manifestation comes through application. I will walk as if I have received my healing now. I may still not have seen the results but my faith believes and sees the result before the manifestation. This is real faith that sees and says what is to be. I will walk in my completed healing as if I have already received the answer to my request. This is to apply legs to my faith. I walk out my faith with fear and trembling. I operate from a spiritual realm although my feet are still on the ground. This is how spiritual resources are tapped into and provision made in the natural. Jesus saw the healing in His Spirit and it manifested in the natural. All provision has already been made for me. All I need to do now is to wait in faith for its manifestation.

Jesus became poor that we maybe rich. He was not poor but became poor, that is became man, to claim us to Himself. Now we live in Him and with Him and share in His riches in heaven. This truth needs to be a revelation before it becomes real to us. This is to live like a king on earth in His Kingdom. This Kingdom mindset is what will lead to the world being turned upside down. The values of the Kingdom of God are not of this world. This world operates on earthly values which are centred on self. This is why we see chaos and confusion in this world because the god of this world operates to steal, kill and destroy. Come now and let us apply the truth of His word and become like Him on earth as He is in heaven.

Are You Living In Your Imagination Or In The Spirit?

 

Most of us live in our imagination whether it is to do with our past or future. Imagination is what makes us different from the rest of the animal kingdom. To be able to imagine is a God-given ability. Some struggle in this area and so live deprived lives. They live by rules and regulations and anything outside the box is out of bounds. They fail to take risks and so live limited lives. God said men could do anything they could imagine and therefore He confused them at the Tower of Babel. He made them speak in different languages and so limited their ability to unite and be like God. Imagination is a powerful tool to produce breakthroughs in every area of life. However there is a negative aspect to imagination that many are not aware of. We can be so taken up with our imaginations that we lose consciousness of a world beyond ourselves. We get stuck in a world of me, myself and I.

 

God has endowed us with a spirit. Our spirit is able to commune with God. God is Spirit and He made us in His image to be able to have fellowship with Him. Our redeemed spirit is able to house God's Spirit within us. God said that He has made His dwelling place within us. Now our imagination comes under the control of His Spirit. We are now led by His Spirit and not by our vain imaginations. This is the difference between walking in our imagination and walking in the Spirit. This is a whole new walk. It releases the gifts and fruits of the Spirit within us. We now delight to commune with the Holy Spirit who dwells in us.

 

Many have built their lives on their imaginations and have ended in ruins. God has given them up to follow their own foolish devices and schemes. All they imagine is to build castles in the air that crumble in a second. What we see in the world today is how man's imagination to conquer the world only leads to more confusion and destruction. Throughout the Old Testament we have story after story of the reign of good kings and bad kings. The good kings reaped a harvest of plenty while the bad reaped death and destruction. Choose to follow the Spirit of God and reap abundance today.

The Gift Of Wisdom Is Strategy

 

Wisdom is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We need wisdom in these days to know what to do in situations that challenge us. Whether it is a physical problem, relationship difficulties or situational challenges, the gift of wisdom will help us find the solutions. Ask God for wisdom and He will give it to you (James 1:5). I share this because I feel I am moving in this gift in a new way. God will give you the strategy to help solve problems. King Solomon asked God for wisdom and he became famous for his wise decisions. I am using this gift in finding new ways in cooking and relationships. It is fun and God supplies the wisdom to do things in a different way which is enlightening.

 

In these days there are many opinions people are faced with. All these opinions maybe valid in their own way. However we need to ask God in order to know what is His way in a situation. This maybe different from the popular opinion. God's people have access to knowledge and wisdom that is not of this world. This is Kingdom living. He wants us to live with a heavenly mindset. This is how we will be light and salt in the world we live in. Following the crowd is easy but we who are strong in the Lord go against the crowd. Just like salmon that swim upstream going against the flow so also we are called to be separate from the world in our thinking and doing. 

 

I have found solutions appear out of the blue when solving mechanical and relationship problems. This is so exciting because it means that we can face any situation where it appears to be impossible but is made possible through God's wisdom. God is delighted when we follow His plan of action. He is desirous to bless us with His wisdom. Let us be the solution and not the problem. Many of us get sucked into talking about the problem rather than finding solutions. Wisdom always talks about the solution. Ask God for the right strategy and see your world turned upside down.

Prepare The Soil Of Your Heart To Receive The Word Of The Lord

 

Jesus used the illustration of different soils to illustrate the type of soil that bears a hundredfold fruit (Matt 13:3-8). Most of us neglect preparing our heart and therefore when we hear the seed of His word it does not remain long enough to produce fruit. We hear so many opinions and stories of breakthrough but fail to experience it ourselves. It always seems to happen to others and seldom to me. Could it be that it is the state of our heart that prevents or delays the fruit? Seed is sown to produce fruit. When what we sow does not produce fruit, we don't blame the seed but the soil. The seed sown is good and so the fruit should be good.

 

There are many reasons for delays but preparing the soil of our heart is vital to producing a bountiful crop of fruit. I know from my own experience that when I had prepared the soil and fertilised it, the fruit from my lemon tree and mandarin tree had multiplied this year. I need to constantly tend to the garden of my heart so that I am always bearing fruit. Most of us listen to a lot of sermons and attend conferences and are blessed by the word preached. However the initial blessing does not appear to last. Could this be because our heart has responded but failed to sustain the word sown. Either the devil was able to steal the word or we have allowed the cares of the world to rob us of our initial joy.

 

The way we prepare the soil of our heart is to daily walk in repentance and forgiveness. Taking holy communion daily is a good way to prepare our hearts. In the communion we daily acknowledge our own sinfulness and ask for cleansing and forgiveness. The blood of Jesus cleanses us like nothing else. He paid the price and now we can walk in His righteousness. In this way we are always conscious of our position in Christ as a redeemed son of God. We now can receive His word of power to bear good fruit. We begin to exercise by faith His love, joy and peace and all the other fruits of the Spirit. This is the only way to bear a hundredfold fruit for others to enjoy.

Get Into The Flow To Glow In The Holy Spirit

 

Jesus said he who believes in me out of his belly will flow rivers of living water (John 7:38). What are these rivers? These are rivers of living water that flow out to bless others. The Holy Spirit is referred to as rivers of living water. He refreshes and gives life to a parched land. Imagine a desert barren and dry. The water comes in and suddenly new life springs up where once only death was visible. The Holy Spirit today is moving through the earth to accomplish all God had ordained before He created the world. He is watering the earth and where once it was barren, new life will spring forth.

 

In our life the Holy Spirit will begin to flow through us. He will release new life in us. We will begin to give freely as He leads in our finances, love and care. This flow will result in us glowing like a light that others will see and come to be refreshed and replenished. This is how the Kingdom of God operates. The world system operates on taking while God's Kingdom operates on giving. The flow begins as we give of what we have. However little or much, we will reap the benefits of our giving in health, wealth and wisdom. Jesus grew in stature and had favour with God and man. This is the key to revival.

 

The supernatural resources of heaven are released here on earth as we obey His command to love our brother. We can only love our brother as we first love God with all our heart. His love then overflows us and we love others by His love flowing through us. We don't do it in our strength but His. He is the one who overflows through us to water a dry and parched land. Today many lives are dry and parched because they have rejected God and His love. We are called to bring the nations back to God. He is our only hope and in Jesus we will glow for His glory.

How To Pray Breakthrough Prayers.

 

We know that we need to pray but struggle to pray. Why is this so? Could it be that we don't really believe that our prayers will be answered? If we do believe then we would be spending more time praying and less time talking about praying more. Jesus prayed a lot. He took time away from the crowds to pray. His disciples could not stay awake to pray. Jesus had to reprimand them for their lack of faith. Jesus yearned to hear from His Father. He only did what He heard and saw His Father doing. Could this be the key to breakthrough prayers?

 

We need to ask God how we need to pray for a particular problem or situation. Many of us pray general prayers. We need to be specific in our prayers. This is only possible when we know how and what to pray. Some prayers are for healing while others are for deliverance. Some may be for salvation. Healing can be physical healing, inner healing or spiritual healing. Many pray without knowledge of what to pray for. We could be praying for something which is not God's will. God allows certain situations and certain people to come into power to achieve His purpose. God allowed Israel, because of their disobedience, many times to be attacked by surrounding nations and defeated. We see this over and over again. Some kings reigned and prospered while others were defeated and lost much.

 

We need to ask God to lead us and guide us in our prayers. He will reveal to us in the Spirit how to pray. When we pray in God's will and His word we will see results. I prayed for fruit to bear on my banana tree. It took three years before it bore fruit. I kept in faith till it bore fruit despite the negative opinions of others. Many times once we have received His word, we need to persist in prayer till we receive the answer. Delay is not denial. The key is to know what God wants and then to pray the answer.

Honour The Holy Spirit As Your Intimate Partner

 

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Jesus. He was sent after Jesus ascended to heaven. The Holy Spirit was from the beginning and performs what the Father commands. He was with Jesus from the beginning and Jesus was conceived through the Holy Spirit. Jesus was baptised in water and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him with power to do His works. Jesus set us an example of the way for us to follow in being baptised in water and filled with His Spirit. Jesus came as a baby and operated as the Son of Man to fulfill all that scripture had foretold of Him. Now as the Son of God He is able to set us free having fulfilled His mission of salvation for all creation.

 

The Holy Spirit is our partner in fulfilling all God has planned for us to do. He was sent to be our Helper (John 14:26 NKJ), Counsellor, Comforter and Guide. As our Counsellor He teaches us of the things of God and He interprets His word to us. Jesus spent time alone with His Father to receive instructions from Him. Now we need to listen to His Holy Spirit to receive His instructions for us. We can choose to listen to Him or follow our own way. When we come to the place of total surrender to Him, we will yearn to only follow Him. There is no greater joy than to please Him. All other ways look good but have no eternal value. 

 

Partnership with the Holy Spirit is the only way we can overcome all negative things. He will whisper to us what we need to hear and He will manifest His power through us. Supernatural resources will be made available to us. We will receive what we never could imagine is possible. This is to walk in supernatural power on earth and thereby establish His Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. The Holy Spirit was sent to help us but many times we prefer to go our own way. This is foolishness but God is patient with us. The disciples all left Jesus at the end but see how they changed when they were baptised in the Holy Spirit. They turned the world upside down. We too are called to turn the world upside down by revealing His love for all mankind.

You Attract To Yourself What You Project From Within

 

Attraction is a powerful word. To attract is to bring to your attention what you are attracted to. We are attracted by beauty in nature like the birds and flora and all things natural. Attraction keeps us alive and attentive to all things around us. We are not robots that just exist but are living beings that are in constant interaction with our environment. We are sensitive to what we see and hear and touch. Our senses are attracted to certain smells and others repel us. This kind of attraction is physical in nature. However we also are attracted to things or persons through our feelings. 

 

Our feelings are subconscious and so are not clearly visible to others. When we feel good we project those good feelings to others. Others pick up these feelings and respond likewise. When I walk in love I will project loving feelings and so attract loving feelings. On the other hand if I feel anxious I will project feelings of anxiety that will make others feel tense in my presence. We are not aware of this till someone makes us aware of how they feel in our presence. Angry feelings will make others angry in reaction. Some of us are more sensitive to the feelings of others and so tend to be more reactive. Others are blind to the feelings of others and so remain oblivious to what is happening around them. This kind of attraction can also apply to the spirit realm.

 

We are spirit beings and can attract all kinds of spirits to ourselves. Evil spirits will be attracted to those who think and do evil. Good spirits are attracted to those who are good. A spiritually sensitive person is able to discern the different kinds of spirits. A spiritually blind person will be unaware of these spirits. This is why only a spirit-filled person is able to judge others. A worldly person cannot judge another because he is spiritually blind. Attraction therefore occurs at different levels of operation: physical, emotional and spiritual. We attract to ourselves what we project to others. Be attractive in the things of eternal value and be blessed.