With Standing Mental Attacks 52:161217

52:161217

With Standing Mental Attacks

(Training your mind to receive the finished works of grace)

To Train :- To bring under control something

that’s out of control and wild.

   Why as Christians is it important to have control over our mind, this is our gateway to all that Jesus has and is going to give you. We must guard our mind as this is our arena of faith.

Stop the press – hold the phones

# Important fact revealed #

   At some point in our growth as a Christian, ‘the penny will drop’ and you’ll figure our .. the only .. weapon the devil has is .. suggestion .. and nothing else, because Jesus stripped him of everything else. He has no weapons of mass destruction.

   He will sow tiny seeds of .. suggestion .. and then sit back and laugh as we self destruct. Then what do we do is give him (the devil) the glory, for doing NOTHING. Next time you go into a tail spin, just imagine him sat in the corner laughing at you loudly, don’t let him see you cry, NO. Instead, smile and praise Jesus Christ. Just like a bully, when he can see he can’t get to you he (the devil) will on.

# Be strong Jesus Christ is with us #

   To win this battle we need to give it a lot attention .. Psalms 5:1 “..Give ear to my words, O Lord, Consider my meditation..” .. What are we giving our attention to? .. Why are we led away so easily? Here below are some tips I hope are of use for you ..

• Become constantly aware of what you are thinking,
• Constantly check out what you are thinking,
• Always beware of of what’s going through your mind

   Our minds are a fertile ground that is always receptive of suggestions from the devil. The devil never pinned Adam & Eve down or had them beaten into submission.

NO

   The devil was, and still is, sneaky; under handed and very crafty. He got them thinking and obsessing about the wrong things, until he had them thinking only of this one tree in the garden...

# You cannot be tempted with everything you don’t think about #

...If the devil is going to tempt you, he is going to have you thinking about it.

The Testament
Will have you thinking on the following things that are good ..

• Think on the things that are lovely
• Think on things that are of good reported

… Think only of the things of good report and virtue and those things Jesus Has promised. If your wondering look at...
Psalm 103:2/4 

“..Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies..”
… because of the volatile society we live in, it says ‘it’s OK to let your mind wonder’

# Exercise #
   Try this ...Turn off your TV (television) Radio – Stereo - I Pod/Mobile phone. Now come to state of prayer then see how long it takes before some thought other than what your praying on pops up??

   Who can truly say. ‘what is it the devil knows about the power he truly has? When in fact he has none. The devil would have all us believers to think that we have all non believers think that the Bible really says, ‘God only helps those who help themselves’. Really. WRONG It was former USA Benjamin Franklin that once said: “You should always be aware of who is leading you, and who is not”. The only way is to be in your Bible, so you know when exactly when the leader is about to send them out to do something and NOT God.

   We need to know the goodness & graces of god are blocked, and why this has happened? Well it is because we don’t have held aloft our shield of Faith. I hear you ask ‘why do we need these’? These are used to stop the fiery-dart... Ephesians 6:16 “..above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one..” … How can we recognise these attacks? They come in forms and guises - suggestions and come from places you’ll never had thought possible…
Philippians 4:13 "..I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.."
...every time the devil whispers in your ear .. ‘your good’ or ‘you can’t do that idiot’. You hold aloft your shield and say back to him, “..taking the "shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one..”

   It’s sad to say too many of us, instead of holding aloft our “shield of faith”, we have it ‘metaphorically’ we have it leaning against our leg, or worst of all have it leaning against the wall in the corner. Now the shield is wondering you know how to use it at all. This is why we get covered in “the fiery darts of the wicked one”. It’s time to start to learn how to use it effectively/properly/fully in our lives.

Fear ~ Is just an accusation, told to us from an early age, which would have us believing may be a false hood.
Fear-not
Deuteronomy 3:22 “..I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me..”
2 Kings 17:35 “..I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me..”
Number 21:34 “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand..”
Hebrews 13:6 “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

   God has been stood here for a long time, just waiting for us waiting for us throw the accuser out of the way so His glory can come into our lives and shine. We ‘ALL’ need to ready to respond to the devil, like this …
Example . . .
When he says your to weak, you say..
1 Corinthians 12:10 “..Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong..”

When he says your defeated, you say..
1 Corinthians 12:1054/55 “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”

   You really can’t let what the devil says, or does, you have to send a flood in to flush out his bad & rotten seeds. Other wise they spread out and infect everything. Remember these thing I have told you … and you can start to batting all the rotten seeds out of the park. All you need to do these things, is in you hand called the Bible, it has all you need.

Closing Prayer

Heavenly Father, the God of Abraham ~ Isaac & Jacob, thank you for showing us how powerful your word is to defeat the devil, whilst making us stronger to win. Thankyou for your teaching, as we know your word does not return void. Let your blessings flow through your word to all who read this message.  Amen

The Strength of Quietness ....

The Strength of

Quietness

Isaiah 30 15 “ . . In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength. . “

Q: Why should we be quiet?

In answer this verse comes to mind . . “Be still in the presence of the Lord”

   Well, when take a look in depth, we learn that many things don’t have praise such as praise, or, so repeatedly enjoined in the Bible. Quietness is a result rather than a factor.

   It’s a misconception that noise creates strength, that the noisier someone is the stronger they become, or it is said some can’t sit still unless there is music or the TV on in the back ground.

   There’s an old saying that goes thus . .

‘We mar our work for God by noise and Bustle,

can we not do our part and NOT Be heard?

Why should we care that man should see us,

With our tools and our Psalms and the skill

with Which we use them.

And in often times we chaff and think

It heard that we should our great & costly

Stones for other men to build on and get

Praised while our names are forgotten

Or are passed over..’

  

   There are forces at work we never hear, but yet effect our everyday lives.  The rays of the Sun touch us and affect our moods. They silently feed the plants and help the crops grow in the field, and yet can bring such wondrous energy.   Gravitation is another silent force as well. With no rattle of machinery, no noise of engines, and yet it holds all the stars and worlds in their orbits with its invisible chains.  The Dew falls silently at night, whilst we sleep. And yet it touches every plant and leaf and flower with life and beauty.

   These were just a few examples of ‘Silent Forces’ that we can’t see or touch, yet affect our everyday lives. Just because we can’t see or touch these things, we know they are around yet, there is evidence of there strength.

There is strength in quietness

   In life it’s the quiet forces that will affect the most. There is strength even in self-mastery – in quietness of speech, a noisy talker will always be the weakest. So it is the calm quiet life that the truest strength is found.

Zephaniah 1 7  “ . .Be silent in the presence of the Lord God . .”

To do likewise would be too . . .

• ·  The tendency of the grace of Christ in the heart is to soften & refine the whole nature.
• ·  Make the very tones of our voices more gentle.
• ·  It helps to curb boisterousness into quietness
• ·  It squashes angry feelings into gentleness of love.

·        We are shown how to restrain resentments, instead teaching us to return kindness for unkindness, gentleness for rudeness, blessings for cursing, prayer for dis-spiteful usage.

“ . .love suffers long and is kind, love

Does not envie, love vaulteth not

Itself, is not puffed up, seeks not

It’s own, is not provoked, can with

Stand all things, believe in all things, 

hope in all things, can endure 

all things . .”

   With the love of Christ in our hearts can make us like Christ, and He was quiet when it was called for. He was never – Frustrated – Fumed or Fretted. He was never worried. When speaking he carried in Him calmness in His soul and was evident in all He did.

   A body builder will push his muscles to bursting. They will be fed only by that will help to build him up even more. Working hard to he was in control, except for one – small – muscle that will take more than working out in the gym. It won’t be affected by what he eats. Instead it will take everything he has and more. This can only be in the stillness/quietness in the presence of the Lord God.

We would do well to hear & understand the power of

Quietness

   This lesson I hope will help to keep us from out bursts of temper and from saying ‘rash’ and ‘haughty’ words that in an hour’s time, there can be no taking those words back. It’s too late no use saying sorry, as these words can last a life time.

   Even the most perfect marriage has it’s harsh incidents and it’s rude contacts, which tend to disturb the wife heart and cause pain. As for a man to be gentle, that no word  or act – habit – disposition of his, shall ever hurt the heart of the woman he loves.

   Nothing but the love that is not provoked, that does not have itself unseemly. That it can be silent and sweet, in any circumstances can make the Holiest wedded life, what it should be. Blessed is the couple that has already learnt this vital lesson.

   This last part teaches us quietness never came through the smoothing of circumstances, so there shall be nothing to irritate the spirit. We can not find or make a quiet place to live in, and thus make quiet in our soul. We are unable to have those around so loving and so sweet. All this so that we should nothing to vex or anoy us. The quietness should come from with in us nothing but the peace of God with in us.

Yet a quiet heart can lead to a quiet life