Just some thoughts from my journal
It's a New Day Indeed!
Every morning God renews his mercies to us. And I am not going to worry because God is in control. I think I now know what it means, if not what it means at least one reason why it is necessary to meditate on God's word and speak it to yourself. Doing so produces a steadfastness and hope in Jesus, overcoming worries, anxiety, and the contemplation of negative thoughts. Thank you Jesus!
Taking Captive My Thoughts
If I allow my negative thoughts of doubt, discouragement, and pessimism to control the better portion of the day, I'm surely not adding even one hour to my life. But if I take captive my thoughts for Christ and preach to myself what God calls the Christian to meditate on, all my anxiety, fear, and worry will be banished into everlasting darkness where it belongs.
Light Has No Fellowship With Darkness
What fellowship does darkness have with light? Absolutely none! I am not allowed, get that, NOT ALLOWED to let my negative thoughts of doubt, discouragement, and pessimism reign free. If I do I am disobeying God. He tells me to meditate on His word day and night. This includes preaching to yourself by thinking, talking, writing, sharing, singing, and any other form of communicating. This does not mean that you are not allowed to say or do things that you need to do for work or other activities as long as they are in accordance with God's law. Whenever negative thoughts start to manifest themselves, it is then and there that the law of God comes down and chops the head off of worry, chops the head off of doubt, chops the head off of anxiety, chops the head off that beast of pessimism. God is victorious in putting to death our darling sins. Don't cling to your sins of unbelief! Take the sword of the Spirit, the law/word of God, and slay your sins. Preach the word, use the sword of the law to accomplish victory in the name of Christ. Overcome by the blood of the Lamb. Victory in Jesus, Victory in Jesus is the SHOUT! Amen and Amen!
Salvation Is Today
Today God will deliver me from all my enemies! Today is the day of salvation. I'm not allowed to worry! Jesus evidently thinks this is important or else it would not have been in the sermon on the mount. When I worry, what I am saying is that worry and anxiety are my gods. Worry and anxiety are bad task masters. They are a work of the flesh and God calls me to take up the sword of the Spirit and hack them to pieces just as Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
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