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Are you tired of living under the circumstances? Pat's View: Inspirational stories
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Have you ever asked someone how they were doing and they answered sadly, “Fine, under the circumstances.”
It’s a nice way to tell you that things are not going good. Maybe they even continued by telling you about all the problems that are going on in their life.
Problems are a part of life. I understand that the only people that don’t have problems are buried in a cemetery. I have been around long enough to understand that when people develop a mentality of simply “living under the circumstances”, they are robbing themselves of victories that could become theirs.
Listen on iTunes Are you tired of living under the circumstances? Romans 5:17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
Partnership and Process When we are born into God’s family, we receive both God’s abundant provision of grace and the gift of righteousness.
Reign in life through Jesus Christ. God wants you to reign! Did you see that? It’s not my idea, it’s God’s idea from the beginning. It’s not His plan for you to live under the problems of life, under stress, under fear, under lack, under depression. He wants you to reign.
But, whether you do or not will depend on what you believe and if you access what is rightfully yours. And, what you believe comes from what you feed your mind and spirit.
Survive? When people walk through dark places it is very easy to develop a “survival mentality.” I believe God has more. I believe “He always causes us to triumph through Christ.”
Let me strategically step off the path I was taking for just a minute. Can I share some powerful thought changing, victory taking verses with you? And, would you mind if I put my name in the verse and maybe you should put yours in their too.
Isaiah 40:27 NLT says
O Jacob, (But I’m going to put my name in there, because sometimes I’ve felt like God wasn’t noticing what was going on!) So, here goes. O Pat, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles?
O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights?
28Have you never heard?
Have you never understood?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
29He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
30Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
Psalms 78 lists miracle after miracle that God had performed for the Children of Israel. Then verse 40 KJV tells us “they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.”
Fear! With the exception of Joshua and Caleb, a whole generation of God’s people failed to receive God’s promise because they were afraid. Their fear is an emotion that comes from wrong thinking. Their fear robbed their faith. They didn’t believe and they didn’t obey. They could control what they believed and what they did, but they couldn’t control their consequences. Therefore, they didn’t receive the promise and they couldn’t blame it on God. Do you see how what they heard fed their fear? Even after Joshua and Caleb tried to encourage them, they didn’t believe. They saw the magnificent fruit, but the stories of giants loomed bigger in their minds and then their hearts.
1 Timothy 4:7 BSB But reject irreverent and silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.
Train your thoughts... because they are critical to every area of your life.
A baby isn’t born knowing how to walk or talk.
It has to learn to do tons of stuff. A baby is curious so it reaches for things, tries to sit up,
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Have you ever asked someone how they were doing and they answered sadly, “Fine, under the circumstances.”
It’s a nice way to tell you that things are not going good. Maybe they even continued by telling you about all the problems that are going on in their life.
Problems are a part of life. I understand that the only people that don’t have problems are buried in a cemetery. I have been around long enough to understand that when people develop a mentality of simply “living under the circumstances”, they are robbing themselves of victories that could become theirs.
Listen on iTunes Are you tired of living under the circumstances? Romans 5:17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
Partnership and Process When we are born into God’s family, we receive both God’s abundant provision of grace and the gift of righteousness.
Reign in life through Jesus Christ. God wants you to reign! Did you see that? It’s not my idea, it’s God’s idea from the beginning. It’s not His plan for you to live under the problems of life, under stress, under fear, under lack, under depression. He wants you to reign.
But, whether you do or not will depend on what you believe and if you access what is rightfully yours. And, what you believe comes from what you feed your mind and spirit.
Survive? When people walk through dark places it is very easy to develop a “survival mentality.” I believe God has more. I believe “He always causes us to triumph through Christ.”
Let me strategically step off the path I was taking for just a minute. Can I share some powerful thought changing, victory taking verses with you? And, would you mind if I put my name in the verse and maybe you should put yours in their too.
Isaiah 40:27 NLT says
O Jacob, (But I’m going to put my name in there, because sometimes I’ve felt like God wasn’t noticing what was going on!) So, here goes. O Pat, how can you say the LORD does not see your troubles?
O Israel, how can you say God ignores your rights?
28Have you never heard?
Have you never understood?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
29He gives power to the weak
and strength to the powerless.
30Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
Psalms 78 lists miracle after miracle that God had performed for the Children of Israel. Then verse 40 KJV tells us “they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.”
Fear! With the exception of Joshua and Caleb, a whole generation of God’s people failed to receive God’s promise because they were afraid. Their fear is an emotion that comes from wrong thinking. Their fear robbed their faith. They didn’t believe and they didn’t obey. They could control what they believed and what they did, but they couldn’t control their consequences. Therefore, they didn’t receive the promise and they couldn’t blame it on God. Do you see how what they heard fed their fear? Even after Joshua and Caleb tried to encourage them, they didn’t believe. They saw the magnificent fruit, but the stories of giants loomed bigger in their minds and then their hearts.
1 Timothy 4:7 BSB But reject irreverent and silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.
Train your thoughts... because they are critical to every area of your life.
A baby isn’t born knowing how to walk or talk.
It has to learn to do tons of stuff. A baby is curious so it reaches for things, tries to sit up,
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