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April 12 The Blame GameWassup World,
Here is today's Devotional Reading:
No tempataion (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), (no matter how it comes or where it leads) has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man, (that is, no temptaion or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistence and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as a man can bear). But God is faithful (to His Word and to His compassionate nature), and He (can be trusted) not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your abiliy and strength of resistence and power to endure, but with the tempation He will (always) also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently. -1 Corinthians 10:13
Years ago, a comedian's favorite punch line was, "The devil made me do it" The audience roared. Why did people laugh so hard? Was it because they wanted it to be true? Did they want to absolve themselves of responsibility fo their actions by pointing to an outside force?
It's always easy to blame someone else or outside forces for our actions. We hear people all the time who tell us, "My father never said a kind word to me." "My cousin abused me." "People in our neighborhood shunned me because I wore old and patched clothes." "I never had money when I was growing up, so now as soon as my paycheck comes, it's gone."
Those statements are probably true, and they my explain why we suffer. Those are terrible situations, and it's sad that people should have to go through such pain in their lives.
Yet we don't have the right to blame other people or circumstances for our behavior. We can't use them as an excuse to stay in bondage. Christ came to set us free. In the opening verse, Paul makes it clear that all of us have our own set of temptations, and for each of us, the circumstances may be different. But the promise God gives if the certantity of a way to escape, regardless of our circumstances. The escape is provided, but we must make use of it.
On the morning news, the reporter showed a restaurant that had caught fire. One woman stood within sight of the back exit but she didn't move. She stood twenty feet away and screamed. A coworker rushed back inside and grabbed her. She fought him, but he finally managed to drag her out.
Isn't that sometimes how it works with God's people? We know the way of escape, but we seem paralyzed. Or we blame someone or something for our inability to move. Or we think, Here it is again. I know I should learn how to deal with these situations, but I'll give in just as I've always given in. I'm too weak to deal with this right now.
Our weakness is one of our greatest excuses. We may be weak, but God is strong, and He is willing to be our strength. If we will trust Him and take the necessary steps of faith, He will help us break free from our bondages.
What we need to understand is that Satan takes our circumstances - no matter what they are - and uses them to buld strongholds in our lives. He'll use whatever he can - our sense of weakness, our problems from childhood, or the wrong things we did when we were twelve years old. If the devil can darken our minds - make us think we can't possibly win - we've lost. We need to keep reminding ourselves that we serve a victorious God who has provided the spiritual weapons we need to tear down the devil's strongholds. One more thing: When we give in to the temptaion, aren't we subtly saying that God is not able to help us? We don't enjoy taking full responsibilty for our actions - or, in many cases, our inaction - but we need to. We need to stop feeling sorry for ourselves, shifting blame, and ignoring situations. We need to believe the pro
mise of God that declares He is faithful and will always deliver us in plenty of time. We don't need to live in fear, always feeling that our problems are too much for us to handle. We must have a "can - do" attitude. One that says, " I can do whatever I need to do whenever I need to do it." Sometimes we are even tempted to blamed God for our troubles, but we must remember the words previoulsy quoted: "...but God is faithful...and He (can be trusted) not to let yobe tempted...beyond your abilty and strength of resistence..."
That's God's promise, and He lays his reputation on the line with that promise, God never abandons us of leaves us helpless. We can be like the woman who screamed but wouldn't move. Or we can choose to say, "Look! There's the door of escape! Thanks for providing it!"
Our problems are personal and they are often internal. They involve our thoughts and our attitudes. The results - the outward behavior - flow from those thoughts and attitudes. If we keep our mind turnmed toward Jesus, and if we listen to His voice, we know there is an escape route for us - always.
PRAY
Father God, forgive me for blaming You, my circumstances, or other people for my failures. You are the Way-Maker for me in every temptation. I'm going to trust You to tear down the devil's strongholds in my mind, inJesus's name. Amen. -Joyce Meyer (Battlefield of the Mind Daily Devotional) April 10 Glory be to God
Wassup World,
WOO HOO! I just finished another workout and I am in so much pain but I am so proud of myself. I thank God that He is a faithful God and that He never leaves me. My weekend was great what about yours. Although we had car trouble God always works things out for our good. On Saturaday morning I decided to go garage selling. Well while I was at looking through some things I heard a loud explosion and to my surprise when I turn toward the noise, smoke is coming from under my hood. Talk about worried. I had classes scheduled and how was I suppose to get there now? I don't have a car. Not just that how am I supposed to get home? Well the owner of the house I was at was kind enough to take me home. I called a student of mine who doesn't live to far from me to ask her if she could come pick up my husabnd and take him to the car, cause when we called for a tow truck we were told that our cell had to be with the car (smart right?) Now get this! Her husband is away for a month and so she has an extra vehicle, she offered us the truck until we can get our car back up and running! Oh glory be to God! How wonderful is that? So we have a vehicle and the car isn't going to cost much at all (my husband can do the repair) it turned out to only be a hose blew and it will cost $12 for the part! AMEN AMEN AMEN Remember God is always there and although we don't always know why, when or how God has everything under control. I'm Out Syreeta Undercurrents
April 07 Talking about MEMO from God
Quote MEMO from God My Body for Life Challenge Day 3Wassup World,
A while back I blogged about not being happy with my weight and deciding to begin working out again. Well, I didn't exactly go thru with it . I worked out for about 2 weeks then stopped. Not being active has really made me lazy. Since then I have gained 4 lbs and I am really disappointed at myself. I was brought up not to complain about things, if I didn't plan on doing anything about them. Yet I find myself complaining constantly and being depressed yet still sitting on my big butt and not doing anything about my situation. My weight issue isn't anything that I cannot do anything about so why is it that I choose to do nothing? So I have been praying to God and asking Him to help strenghthen my mind regarding my health and lighting a fire within me to continue on with my new lifestyle.
So this is day 3 of my Body for Life Challenge and so far so great. I workout everyday at 9am. I am doing the Power 90 program and it is awesome. I alternate everyday by doing cardio/abs one day, then weight training the next. Power 90 is unbelievable, you only workout for about 30-40 min each day, but the way you feel, you would think you worked out for hours.
I just thank God for His word. That is what sustains me day after day. Philippians 4:13 (I can do all things through Christ that stregthens me.) I hold on to that, it just gives me so much confidence and strength.
I'm Out
Syreeta Know the Truth(Jesus said)
If you abide in My Word (hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them), you are truly My disciples. And You will know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free.
In my book Battlefield of the Mind, I also write about Mary's husband, John, a low-key type person. He was a man who had been verbally abused by his mother and taunted by playmates in childhood. He hated confrontation and couldn't stand up to Mary's strong will. In his own way, John was as much a prisoner as his wife. He blamed her; she blamed him - and here we see Satans deceptive ways again.
John was convinced that it didn't do any good to stand up to anyone; he was going to lose anyway. He thought the only way to get along was to be quiet and accept whatever happened.
John also believed another lie of the devil - that he wasn't truly loved by God. How could he be? He wasn't worth loving. Because he felt that way, he had believed the devil's lies. "I felt as if God said to the world, "Believe in Jesus and you'll be saved." I got in on some kind of package deal - but I never felt I was worth loving."
That is one of Satan's biggest lies: "You are nobody. You are not worth anything." If thr enemy of your mind can convince you that you're too bad or too worthless, he has set up a stronghold in your mind.
Although John was a Christian, his mind had been imprisoned by his enemy. John has had to learn that he is important to God. For a long time, he did not know the truth. His mother had not told him that he was good, worthwhile, and a child of God. His friends didn't encourage him, and in the first years of marriage to Mary, her criticism convinced him even futher that he was a hopeless failure.
John needs to know that he is loved, and that he is as valuable to the kngdom of God as Paul, Moses or anybody else. Jesus cares for him, and He is with him. For John to win his battle and cast down the mental strongholds sthe devil has built, he needs to know the truth. Jesus said, "If you...(hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them), you are truly My disciples. And you will know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free" (John 8:31b-32). Joh learns truth as he reads God's Word, prays and meditates on what it says to him. He also learns as he applies God's Word in his daily life and has the experience of watching it work as Jesus said it would. Experience is often the best teacher. I have learned from the Word of God and lifes experiences that God's Word is filled with power and will tear down the strongholds Satan has built in our minds.
You cannot be free unless you know that the weapons of warfare are available to you and that you can learn to use them. As you learn to resist Satan and call him a liar, your life will change dramatically for the better.
Pray
Lord God of heaven, remind me that I am important to You and that I am loved by You, even if I don't feel loved. Help me to learn that I am as important to You as any other Christian and that You love me as much as You love them. I thank You in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen .
-Joyce Meyer (Battlefield of the Mind Daily Devotional)
 (If you would like to read other daily devotionals click on Catagories on my main page and clik Daily Devotionals)
April 06 The Devil's Lies(Jesus said)
You are of your father, the devil, and it is your will to practice the lusts and gratify the desires ( which are characteristic) of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a falsehood, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar (himself) and the father of lies and of all that is false.
-John 8:44
The devil lies. In fact, the devil doesn't know how to speak the truth.
Most Christians know that,and yet they still listen to his evil words. Sometimes the lies seem to just pop into our minds for no apparent reason; sometimes Satan even speaks to us through other people. He puts something critical or hurtful into their minds about us, and they speak it out for us to hear. If we listen and accept what we hear, our enemy rejoices. If we listen long enough to the deceptive information we have taken in, we will find ourselves facing serious problems. Instead of listening and absorbing the untruths and satanic deceptions, you can look at what Jesus did and follow His example. After fasting for forty days in the wilderness, Satan tempted Him three times. Each time He defeated the devil by declaring, "It is written," and quoting the Word of God. No wonder the devil fled from Him (see Matthew 4:1-11). Learn the truth of God's Word, and every time Satan lies to you, quote a scripture back to him. Learn to talk back to the devil!
Too many people don't know how to use the Word to defeat Satan's lies. Many people - even Christians - don't seem to realize that they can refuse to listen to that voice. Too many people don't realize that the devil attacks their minds with negative or wrong thoughts. It's his nature to lie; he is out to enslave everyone.
I encourage people to realize that they are not alone in their spiritual battles - their minds are not the only ones under attack. Satan comes against everyone. His entire goal is to kill, steal, and destroy, but Jesus came that we might have and enjoy our lives abundantly (see John 10:10). By becoming more conscious of the spiritual weapons the Lord has made available to us and learning how to use them, we can gain victory. We can break the strongholds the devil has built in our minds. The Bible tells us that when we know the truth, that truth will free us from Satan's strongholds (see John 8:32).
In the illistration of Mary, I mentioned that the devil had whispered to her for years that all men were alike and wanted to hurt women and take advantage of them. As Mary read the Bible and prayed more efficiently, she learned that it was the devil who had pushed her around. Now she knows she can be free.
As Mary develops in her relationship with God, she is equipping herself to win the battle for her mind. She's learning more about God and more about how to pray effectively.
"Jesus has become my friend," Mary said. She had known Him as her Savior and worshipped Him as God, but this was a new revelation to her. One day she read Hebrews 2:18 in a totally new light. It says of Jesus, "Because He Himself (in His humanity) has suffered in being tempted (tested and tried), He is able....to run to the cry of (assist, relieve) those who are being tempted."
That passage came alive to Mary because she saw Jesus not only as God, but as her friend - one who knows what it's like to be tempted and who knows what it is like to suffer. "I knew He died on the cross, but I had not thought of all the pain and problems was a new thought to me."
Mary also says that when negative, mean, or ugly thoughts come into her head, she is learning to stop those thoughts. "Jesus wouldn't talk that way. Jesus wouldn't be critical and judgemental, so that's that devil fighting for my mind."
Mary hasn't won all the battles, but she has learned to fight the great deciever. Every time she wins one battle, the next one becomes easier.
Pray
God of all power, thank you for giving me the weapons to defeat the lies of the devil. Help me to always make good use of them. Thank you, Jesus, for being my friend and for being with me in my difficulties and struggles. Amen.
 - Joyce Meyer (Battlefield of the Mind Devotional)(To read other Daily Devotionals just go to Catagories on my home page and click on Daily Devotionals)
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