Fearlessly Courageous
6 23 2023
Desk of Dennis Piller
What inspires you? What rings your bell of “Gotta Do’s?” Who is controlling you? Your thoughts? Fears? Anxieties? Work or School? Family?
OR is GOD in control?
There is a battlefield going on in your mind and just because you don’t recognize it or don’t give it its due doesn’t mean it doesn’t affect you tremendously. Just because we ignore something does not mean it goes away. When mold sets it, it just keeps growing on itself. Eating everything that is good and transforming it into something that you do not want.
Negligence…too busy…distracted…overloaded…health…family…
It doesn’t matter, it keeps on comin… Sadly, it happens with your permission because you are not arresting it. You are not shutting it down. You don’t even have time to save yourself let alone your family and on the flip side you keep allowing it or even deliver more of the same into their lives every day. Allowing these spirits to run rampant in your home and lives because?… You fill in the blank.
Can I ask? How is that working for you? Are you happy with that decision or indecision? We must change our thoughts and thinking patterns.
We must have a plan.
NO… not your plan but a Godly plan and we must have accountability.
This change of thought patterns can only happen
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
You must begin with God.
How do we use the power of Godly thinking in our minds to overcome any perceived problems we might have? It is NOT just about positive thinking. Jehovah says his words have power in them executed by God the Holy Spirit himself. This isn’t about some mantra of: I think I can… I know I can… little red choo choo train. This is scripture. Unchanging. The Dunamis power that God used to create the universe.
“Now to Him Who is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or conceive, by the power (“dunamis”) which is at work among us . . .”
(Ephesians 3:20, NEB).
We must begin with God. If you are not filling your bucket up with God’s word in the morning you are relying upon whatever YOU have put in that bucket.
Or did you put anything in your bucket for today other than I hope it’s a good day? Or maybe Lord bless me!
Personally, I have been in the midst of my own battles too and my mind was going in the wrong direction, so I need God’s direction to get my life and thoughts back on him and his plan.
We need to line the filter of our mind and heart with the I AM’s of God.
Bill Morris one of my favorite mentors taught me his “I AM” program many years ago. He told me to write out my own I AM’s. To declare to the world and myself who I AM in the power of God’s might. Here are mine.
It is the way I start my day.
“I AM” SUCCESSFUL FOCUS POINTS:
1. I AM God, work & play balanced
2. I AM focused & organized
3. I AM a praiser & uplifter of others
4. I AM how I think – Act- Say and Do
5. I AM a wisdom & knowledge driven person
6. I offer clarity of choice, not give directions
7. I AM accountable to someone.
8. I AM a giver & tither
9. I AM God’s temple and I AM what I eat!
10. I AM Financially Successful
11. I AM first a seeker of God’s Will
12. I Am internally Controlled by the Holy Spirit
Just as physical food is beneficial to the flesh to sustain it and keep it alive, His Word is even more so to the members of the body (heart, mind, spirit) to remain healthy and in tune with “ALL that HE purposed JUST FOR US.” We must fill our buckets every day with His thinking, His words, and His direction, and walk out in the full armor of God.
These I AM’s are based on the principles of God’s word and help me stand firm through my tough times reminding me God is in control… not my thoughts and not my flesh. Customize your own or feel free to use mine. Read them every day until they are engrained within you.
Lord, I lay my life, my thoughts, and my desires at the foot of your cross. I want to think your way. Believe in your light of truth and walk in it at home and in the world. Lord change my thinking through the renewing of my mind with your word. Romans 12:2 Father it is your promise. Help me stand on it, eat it, devour it, and make it my life’s bread, for me and for my family. I AM eternally driven to serve and glorify your name only. I will allow No Other gods before me or into my home. In Jesus Name
I have a serious struggle I am facing with no input other than a prayer for God to work it to his Glory. Please agree with me today that He will open a much-needed door.
But His will be done.
Please write your prayer requests below and allow others to agree in prayer with you.
You Raise Me Up. Only Men Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88RUGzmxOdA&list=RDVhrxRccU3Lw&index=3
Philip Tendler
June 25, 2023 7:58 amPlease pray for me as my divorce finalizes toMorrow.
Dennis
July 16, 2023 2:08 pmPraying for you. How are things going? D