I wanted to share a post that one of my Facebook friends posted earlier today. I hope so of you can use it.
Riding For Jesus
Ray Rev RedBeard Moore
VP Circuit Riders MM
www.circuitriders.org
Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
George Wilson
Do you realize that the devil does NOT know what you think! He CANNOT read your thoughts. He is NOT omniscient. He does however get his information by what we say, what we do, how we act and react, what we watch, what we listen to, where we go and what things influence us. He learns how to tailor-make temptations, snares and traps for each one by observing our habits and routines. Do not JUST think in terms of the three types of sin we hear so often, lust of the eyes, pride of life and lust of the flesh. That keeps us in vagueness and generality and causes us not to grow. This does NOT mean that we should run and hide what we do from him. It does mean that we HAVE reason to draw closer to the Father and trust in Him, reason to get deeper into the Word and hide that Word in our hearts.
Mat. 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. Mat. 17:20, Mk. 11:23
2 Cor. 2:11 “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.” Eph. 6:12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Jesus spoke to the devil while being tempted and used the Word in Mat. 4:1-11. You CANNOT ‘think’ the devil, his temptations, his devices or his strongholds away. You CANNOT ‘think’ about taking authority over him. You must speak the Word of God TO the enemy. Not just speak about the enemy.
It’s time for us to learn what trips our trigger, what influences our thinking and our behavior, what draws us away and distracts us from Christ. We need to be mindful of these things and learn from them, how to set up our defenses and guard our hearts and minds from them. It’s NOT enough to just think ‘We have the shield of faith!’ We need to learn and grow in our faith! It’s time to really learn WHAT each piece of the armor means and learn how to use it and how to maintain it. Too many wear these little clichés like some ‘badge’ of being a Christian and are still being ‘picked off’ and bound up by the enemy.
Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Do we really know the impact that our 'lack of knowledge' is having on us and our families? More than this, "We are destroyed for the lack of USE of knowledge!"
Get in the Word! Go deep! Stay in it!
Riding For Jesus
Ray Rev RedBeard Moore
VP Circuit Riders MM
www.circuitriders.org
Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
George Wilson
Do you realize that the devil does NOT know what you think! He CANNOT read your thoughts. He is NOT omniscient. He does however get his information by what we say, what we do, how we act and react, what we watch, what we listen to, where we go and what things influence us. He learns how to tailor-make temptations, snares and traps for each one by observing our habits and routines. Do not JUST think in terms of the three types of sin we hear so often, lust of the eyes, pride of life and lust of the flesh. That keeps us in vagueness and generality and causes us not to grow. This does NOT mean that we should run and hide what we do from him. It does mean that we HAVE reason to draw closer to the Father and trust in Him, reason to get deeper into the Word and hide that Word in our hearts.
Mat. 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. Mat. 17:20, Mk. 11:23
2 Cor. 2:11 “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.” Eph. 6:12 “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Jesus spoke to the devil while being tempted and used the Word in Mat. 4:1-11. You CANNOT ‘think’ the devil, his temptations, his devices or his strongholds away. You CANNOT ‘think’ about taking authority over him. You must speak the Word of God TO the enemy. Not just speak about the enemy.
It’s time for us to learn what trips our trigger, what influences our thinking and our behavior, what draws us away and distracts us from Christ. We need to be mindful of these things and learn from them, how to set up our defenses and guard our hearts and minds from them. It’s NOT enough to just think ‘We have the shield of faith!’ We need to learn and grow in our faith! It’s time to really learn WHAT each piece of the armor means and learn how to use it and how to maintain it. Too many wear these little clichés like some ‘badge’ of being a Christian and are still being ‘picked off’ and bound up by the enemy.
Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” Do we really know the impact that our 'lack of knowledge' is having on us and our families? More than this, "We are destroyed for the lack of USE of knowledge!"
Get in the Word! Go deep! Stay in it!
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