Thoughts are seeds

Secret thoughts eventually become displayed in word and/or action.  Hold a thought in your heart and carry it around, and just like a seed that is carelessly dropped into good soil, you will see the result springing up in your life!

Why do you think that Paul took so much time to speak to the Philippians
about their thought life?  We know we need to stay away from unclean thoughts, but Paul was addressing a much finer line of thought in his dissertation to them!

As we train our minds, as Paul instructed and allow the Word of God to search us, we are also guarding our hearts from things that defile.  For when we give place and allow things to take root that shouldn't, we will reap a harvest, even if it something you really don't want the fruit of.

Jesus said, "But what comes out of the mouth gets its start in the heart.  The words that come out of your mouth come from your heart. And they are what make you unfit to worship God." Matt. 15:118

I am always amazed at some things that people say, thinking that they have carefully veiled and hidden their feelings and thoughts, and yet they are so blatant
and exposed! (At least they are to me...)  

I have a knife I use for fileting (cutting) chicken off of the bone.   It is a very thin blade and ever so slightly curved.  It alowes me to slide it between cartilage
and meat and cut the meat right away from the bone that it would normally cling to.
That is how the Word of God works!  It goes deep into the heart of the matter (whatever it may be.)  It slices away all those things that try to cling to us, or we try to cling to.  It exposes the very meat, the inner most contents of our hearts. As they are exposed to the light of His Word, and the adept dealings of the Holy Spirit, as He holds up our thoughts against God's thoughts and God's measuring stick (The Word) we see where we fall short and come up lacking.

So when God shows you something, don't try to cover it up and hide it!  Don't try to push those feelings of anger, hurt, betrayal, rejection, fear, or "whatever" it is, back down inside.  Give Him and yourself permission to deal with them once and for all.
This is how healing takes place.  This is how we get delivered.

The hands of God are Gentle, not rough! They are very skilled and His heart is full of compassion.   He does not want you partially healed, or partially delivered!  He wants you WHOLE! And to be wholly His. And to be Holy!  He came to bring light into the darkness, and sight to the blind.  He came to set the captives free.  Whether it is captivity of thought, or situation, or financal, or physical, He IS your answer, even when you don't know the question to ask.  He is Alpha- the beginning- your beginning of Real life!  And is Omega, the end of the enemy's stronghold in your life.

Here is America, there is a saying in some parts that is a veiled warning, "do not mess with me!"  It goes like this: " Don't start something unless you are very sure you are big enough and can finish it."  ( Usually referencing starting a fight or brawl.)  Well, the devil has started something, and he "thinks" he's big enought to finish it, or atleasst he wants you to think that.  But the Truth is, Jesus has already whipped his sorry self and made an open, public ridicule, displaying his defeat and shame and humiliation!

And He ( Jesus) expects us to enforce that defeat and to walk out our lives in the Victory that He has ALREADY purchased for us.  Does that mean it will always be easey? No!  Does it mean that we will never fall down and bump our knees?  No, we will probably skin them a few times along the way!  But when we fall, we can and must get back up by the Grace and Power of God and trust in His Mercy and Trust in His Love for us. Learn by the Spirit and the Word of God, because if you don't learn by that way, you will have opportunity to learn from your mistakes! We call it the School of Hard Knocks! Trust me on that one, as I have had lots of experience along those lines, in my journey with Him over the years!I am so glad that He never gave up on me!  And HE won't give up on you either, so don't give up on your self!

"For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are noble, whatsoever things are modest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are worthy of reverence and honorable, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious and amiable, if there is anything of virtue and excellence, whatsoever things are of good report; whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, whatsoever of good fame, if there be any virtue and if any praise, think on these things; keep your minds on whatever is pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper. Don't ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise. In conclusion, my friends, fill your minds with those things."
Philippians 4:8

Heb 4:12 (several translations) For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Philippias 2:13(WNT)  For it is God Himself whose power creates within you the desire to do His gracious will and also brings about the accomplishment of the desire.

2Corinthians 4:15(MSG)  Every detail works to your advantage and to God's glory: more and more grace, more and more people, more and more praise!

When you have put your whole heart in His hands, thhen you can relax and know that He is working it out for you!  Amen.

Why Do You Delay?

God is asking you this question.

Why do you delay?

Come to ME today.
I take all sin away

Feelings of failure they cannot stay.

You look with

Eyes that see

Far too much of you

And not enough of ME.

I've told you before

I'll tell you again

Only in ME will you 

Find the Victory to win.

I know your struggles

 I feel your pain

I see how you battle

With Fear and with Shame.

You look at your shortcomings

But I look at you coming to ME

So now, come in Faith believing

And Let me set you free!

He who comes to ME
I will not turn away

See the Love in MY eyes

Believe the words that I say.

I am a rewarder of 

Those who seek Me

Believe that I AM and I shall ever be

ALL that you need throughout Eternity.

                                                  © NEM 11-18-11

Dear One,

I do not know who you are, but GOD knows you by name! He prompted me to write this to you...He knows where you are. He knows you've been running, hurting, searching.  Searching for answers, but even in the midst of your search, you are afraid to find them, because you fear the pain that might lie in the answer, that what you fear will be true.

HE says " I AM TRUE- count every man a liar (in comparison.)  STOP! Stand still.  Run no more.  Turn and come to ME again, I AM waiting with outstretched arms.  I AM waiting to do you no harm.  This is what repentance really means; to stop and turn around, change your mind, and LET ME change your heart!  You cannot change things that only I can change. I can and I WILL change your life, IF you will but LET ME.  It is NOT too late.  COME HOME my child. I AM WAITING FOR YOU."

John 6:37 (AMP)  All whom My Father gives (entrusts) to Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, no never, reject one of them who comes to Me]. 

John 6: 63 (GNB)  What gives life is God's Spirit; human power is of no use at all. The words I have spoken to you bring God's life-giving Spirit.

John (LITV) 8:36  Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you are free indeed.

Heb 4:14  Let us, then, hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we have a great High Priest who has gone into the very presence of God---Jesus, the Son of God.
Heb 4:15  Our High Priest is not one who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. On the contrary, we have a High Priest who was tempted in every way that we are, but did not sin.
Heb 4:16  Let us have confidence, then, and approach God's throne, where there is grace. There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us just when we need it. 

Heb 11:6 (MSG) It's impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.