Whats In Your Empty Space

There’s empty space in our minds. And we must be careful what we allow in our minds to take up that empty space. Moving out the negative and moving in the positive is the objective.

Satan wants to have permanent residence in our mind, to keep us from doing the right things. The more negative we think, the more comfortable satan is. Therefore, we must not give satan any place in our thoughts, but we must be careful of what we think, to keep him out. But know, that he will come back.

Thinking positive and reading the word of God, is a sure way of keeping satan out of your mind. When you think right thoughts, satan has to leave. Keep your thoughts on the word, when satan returns he will find no empty place, therefore, he will leave.

Ephesians 4:27 (KJV) – neither give place to the devil.

I Peter 5:8 (KJV) – be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

James 4:7 (KJV) – submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Happy Mother’s Day

Today is her day — Mother’s Day!

Know that your mom is priceless and precious. Obey your mom and honor her.

Happy Mother’s Day Moms!!

Proverbs 31:10 (KJV) – who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

Ephesians 6:1-3 (KJV) – Children’s obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour they Father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Honor Your Mom

A mother’s love is unconditional, a prime example, and the closest to the love of God.

She wants the best for you, she hurts when you hurt, she cries when you cry, and she chastise you when you do wrong, because she loves you.

We should fear our mother, not as to be afraid of her, but in reverence and honoring her. When we honor our mom, our days on earth will be long. And, we should keep our hearts fixed on God, to make her heart glad.

Give your mom unconditional love, pray for her, attend to her needs, just as she attended to yours. Make her happy, by living a righteous life. You will not only please her, but our Heavenly Father as well.

Honor your mom every day, not just Mother’s Day.

Leviticus 19:3 (KJV) – ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Exodus 20:12 (KJV) – honour they Father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Proverbs 22-25 (KJV) – hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. They father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

An Opportunity

When someone ask you to give to charity, do you think about the importance ? Do you think about it on a spiritual level? Do you prompt the question; why should I give? Or, do you see it as an opportunity?

We like to keep our money to ourselves. And when we don’t give, we have the hope that someone else will give in our place. But, your robbing yourself of your blessings, and an opportunity to bless someone else. We can have all things, but we are nothing with those things if we don’t have charity.

Charity is kind, it doesn’t envy or brag, it’s not evil, and it’s not selfish. God’s word say, there is faith, hope and charity, but charity is the greatest of these. Charity is many things to us, and we don’t realize it.

You have the opportunity to bless yourself. Live a life of charity, and not a life of selfishness. As you can see, there’s great gain in charity. Therefore, the next opportunity you are blessed to bless someone else, do it cheerfully! Because God loves a cheerful giver!

I Corinthians 13:2-8 (KJV) – and though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity sufferers long, and is kind, charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

II Corinthians 9:7 (KJV) – every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give, not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

Get Understanding

Do you understand everything you hear?

We, in the flesh, live our lives being guided by others, through their words or actions, so that we can understand things, and to be understood. But what we don’t understand is, we are trying to understand someone else’s ways. Without proper understanding, we lack proper knowledge. And without proper knowledge, we stand back and let others hold our hands and speak for us, and do for us. It is foolishness to God, to be without understanding.

God’s word says, out of everything we obtain, that we should obtain understanding. God’s word is wisdom, knowledge and understanding, which we should read daily, to know how to live, on a daily basis.

Read the word of God, receive knowledge, and get the proper understanding for yourselves.

Psalm 32:9 (KJV) – be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

Proverbs 4:7 (KJV) – wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 15:14 (KJV) – the heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Proverbs 2:6 (KJV) – for the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 3:13 (KJV) – happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Being Chastised

Being chastised by our parents is not something we looked forward to, when we have done something wrong. But, after the chastisement, we hear the words; “I love you”.

It’s the same with our Father. We are God’s children, and He chastise us because he loves us. Although we may not like it, know that all chastisement is for our good.

Hebrews 12:9 (KJV) – furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Proverbs 3:12 (KJV) – for whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Hebrews 12:11 (KJV) – now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Know When You Are Blessed

We hear people say, all the time; ” I am blessed “! Yet, there are most, who can’t tell you why they are blessed, that coincide with the word of God. We speak it because we heard it from someone else, or have come to our own conclusion of what a blessing from God is.

One may say, they are blessed because they hit the lottery. Or they are dating an individual that they have been wanting to be with, who has someone else. Or they have received too much cash back from a purchase, and don’t say anything. Blessings??

God’s word say, we are blessed in so many ways, in so many areas, and what we will be blessed with. He speaks of blessings to those that are poor in spirit, if you’re not offended in God, if you fear God and walk in his ways. If you trust God, and not lie. If you consider the poor. And so many more.

We should know what we speak on, and not just speak it because we heard it from someone else. But, because we have read it for ourselves, in the word of God. Know when you are blessed.

Matthew 5:3 (KJV) – blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 11:6 (KJV) – and blessed is he, whosever shall not be offended in me.

Psalm 128:1 (KJV) – blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.

Psalm 34:8 (KJV) – o taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.

Psalm 41:1 (KJV) – blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

Checking Yourself

How often do you go about your day — checking yourself? I don’t mean your looks, but your behavior, your language, your walk in righteousness.

When we are in church with our fellow worshippers, we watch what we say. We make it our business to be careful to put on our best behavior. Why? And who are we fooling?! We are fooling ourselves, not others. We are trying to please man.

We put on a facade to appear to be something that we are not in the presence of those who are just like us. Be reminded, that there is none good — not one, but God.

Our pleasing should be to God, not man. When we put on our best behavior in front of others, know that God knows you better than you know yourself. Before you walked in the presence of your fellow worshippers, God saw and heard everything you said and did. He knows your flaws.

The good you put on in front of others, can last longer than just a little while. We are not to be men-pleasers, but pleasers of God. Therefore, be perfect in Christ by reading the word of God, following Christ, praying and meditating on His word, wanting to know Him and having a personal relationship with God. Then your little while, will turn into a lifestyle.

Galatians 1:10 (KJV) – for do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Mark 10:18 (KJV) – and Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

Romans 3:12 (KJV) – they are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Proverbs 5:21 (KJV) – for the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

Proverbs 15:3 (KJV) – the eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Matthew 5:48 (KJV) – be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Cash In On The Word

The things of the world are always changing. And we, are always changing.

Can you imagine if God changed like we did? His mind is never made up. One day he wants to be honest with us, the next day he doesn’t. One moment he loves us, the next moment he doesn’t love us. Some days he’s with us, somes days he’s not.

We would be in a world of trouble if God’s behavior was like ours. Thank God that He doesn’t change. That He is the same all the time. That He keeps his promises. And that he will do what he said he would do.

One thing is for certain, God’s word is a sure foundation. We can take his word to the bank — every time!

Titus 1:2 (KJV) – in hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.

Romans 8:39 (KJV) – not height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Hebrews 13:5 (KJV) – let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Hebrews 13:8 (KJV) – Jesus Christ the same yesterday, to day, and for ever.

II Corinthians 1:20 (KJV) – for all the promises of God in him are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

Romans 4:21 (KJV) – and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

Think About What You’re Thinking About

Our mind is filled with so many things. Cluttered with things that we shouldn’t be thinking about.

God’s word says that our affections should be on things above, not on things on earth. That our thoughts should be pure, honest, and true.

Those things that we think in our heart, is who we are. If we think positive, we will speak positive, nurturing to others and food for the soul. But, if we think negative, we will speak negative, damaging ourselves, and not helpful to others.

Be mindful. Think about what you’re thinking about, and be transformed by renewing your mind with the word of God.

Colossians 3:2 (KJV) – set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Philippians 4:8 (KJV) – finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things,

Proverbs 23:7 (KJV) – for as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink saith he to thee: but his heart is not with thee.

Romans 12:2 (KJV) – and be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.