Tapping Abundant Life

God has freely given everything, but with out our minds being renewed and coming into a place of agreement with Him in our thinking and believing, that richness of abundance that has been freely given is inaccessible.

An un-renewed mind is a mind not in alignment with God and it becomes a dam that hinders the flow of living water meant to flood our lives with everything He is.

So lets break the dam!

Natural parallel

 In comparison to modern oil drilling, early drills were slow and unable to tap the deep wells. Mass quantities of  “liquid gold” lay just below the surface. The abundance of wealth was literally there for the taking, but our limited technology at that time was ineffective in breaking thru to what lay beneath the surface. We needed an upgrade.

Same is true with our thinking. We need to be “renewed in the spirit of our minds.”(eph 4), to bring “every thought into obedience”(2 cor 10:5) with what has been given. 

We desperately need to encounter the One who is the Truth so that we may be set free from the smallness of our own thinking.

God has given

 2 Peter 1:3 tells us that, “His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that pertain to (or needed for) life and godliness.” Ephesians 1:3 declares that He has “blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing,” These are past tense, they are things that He has done.

Not only that, but we know from ps 34:10 that those who trust in Him are suppose to “lack no good thing.” The Lord doesn’t withhold any good things from us (ps84: 11). Instead, He gives us grace and glory so that we might be supplied “according to His riches in His glory”(phil 4:19)

God is not in question; the issue is not with God. It’s in our minds, our thinking and our beliefs. In much the same way that the issue wasn’t with the oil, but the drills used.

Scripture tells us “The carnal mind does not receive the things of the Spirit.” (1 cor 2:14). Romans 8 inform us, that our mindsets can actually be at enmity with God, opposed to Him.

So what’s the solution?

1Cor 2:10-12 gives us some answers. It says God has given you His spirit.

And what does His spirit do?

His Spirit will search out the deep and hidden things of God

AND reveal them to us so that “we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.”  Additionally, in v16, He declares why, so that we might have "the mind of Christ.”

The blessing of His mind which produces His abundance in our souls, is found in humbling our way of thinking. We need to offer our rationale, our intellect, our questions and reasoning.  Present them as a sacrifice to God and He will meet us with His mind, His thoughts, and His wisdom.

We need an upgrade in our thinking, so we to might be able to tap the abundance of the life of Christ inside of ourselves.

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Rest and Receive

His grace is an empowering force that causes us to rise to places we never thought were possible. Grace is freely and abundantly given to those who are in Christ:

"For the sin of this one man, Adam caused death to rule over many. BUT EVEN GREATER is God's wonderful grace and His gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ"-Roman 5:17

Another translation says those who receive it will "reign in life." 

So basically as a Christian you are called to be a really great reciever. To learn to soak up and take in what God has freely opened. Faith isn't a difficult thing. It is meant to freely flows out of relationship when we realize who He is. 

Beloved, God has made provision for everything you need. He freely gives!
(If you have trouble believing that Click Here)

There is a place in Christ that we can dwell and be

“stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].” –Ps 91:1(Amp)

Where “our enemies and our foes” “they stumble and fall.”- Ps 27:3

Where “He hide me in His shelter; in the secret place of His tent He hide me”-Ps 27:5

So that

“When besieged, I’m calm as a baby. When all hell breaks loose, I’m collected and cool.”-Ps 27(mes)

Knowing that “But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper”-Is 54:17

And God  is  serving is “a six-course dinner right in front of my enemies.”-Ps 23 (mes)

So 

Let us enter into His rest through faith today!

If you liked this you may also like past blogs:

Grab a new thought, gain new life!  Click Here!

What God is saying about you from the abundance of His heart Click HERE

Having faith filled prayer, revealing the YES in Gods heart toward you  Click HERE

Introduction: The invitations to have heaven now! Click HERE

Taking the Fight Out

  "You can take the dog out of the fight, but you can't take the fight out of the dog."

This phrase is used in a number of different ways but, here, I am referring to the thought that people are prisoners to their past even if they have left the environment of what was. This does not have to be the case.

What you believe to be true, even when untrue, has the ability to confirm itself. This is the essence of why cognitive therapy is so effective. 

What you do and even feel is directly connected to what you believe. When we believe in what is true, we partner with God to reshape and mold our experience, which brings about victory.

 Freedom is first discovered in Christ, but it’s faith in truth that causes the freedom to become reality in our lives and souls (mind, will, and emotions).

“You will know the truth and the truth will make you free”- John 8:32

Up until the age of 14 years old, Eddie had raised himself. His parents were drug addicts but, at 14, a family adopted him. Eddie had a new life where all his needs would be met but, in his mind, he was still in the old place. He would eye the food intently and refill his plate when he thought it was going to run out. He even would hide food in napkins (Vallotton and Johnson).

Eddie’s experience had so colored his perception of what was real and true that, even when he was free, he couldn’t see it.

Out of the wilderness and into the Promise.

This same thing happened to the children of Israel in the wilderness. God had delivered them from bondage but, because they were still slaves in their mind, they never were able to enter into what God freely gave.

God had told them the land can be theirs, but their perception of themselves was too small so they refused to believe. "And we were in our sight as grasshoppers"- Numbers 33:33

 Instead of entering into the thing God had promised, they wandered in the wildness until such a time that faith came. Unfortunately, it would take another generation before that would happen.

Think again

Right believing causes right acting, where as wrong believing causes wrong acting. It is so important to allow truth to be our standard. Even if your current experience is contrary to what He says, truth is never based on experience. We should allow truth to shape our experience. We learn this from both cognitive therapy and more importantly the Bible. (Rom 12:2, Eph 4:23)

"No longer I who lives, but Christ who lives within me"
Do you see Christ in you?

 Let’s allow Kris the adopted father of Eddie to finish up this post:

“Eddie was always afraid he would not have enough. A poverty spirit usually leads paupers to develop a survival mentality. The fear of lack is based on lies and, until those lies are broken, people cannot recognize God's provision for their lives. 

When Eddie became part of our family, he had everything he needed and wanted. His old life was gone but, until he stopped believing those lies, he couldn’t relax and enjoy life with us. 

Thankfully, Eddie is now free from his old mindset. He has grown up to be an amazing young man and has graduated from college. We are very proud of him.”

Vallotton, Kris, and Bill Johnson. The Supernatural Ways of Royalty: Discovering Your Rights and Privileges of Being a Son or Daughter of God.

If this Blog has spoken to you or helped you in anyway, please pass it on to someone else. Let’s spread truth…for Christ’s sake.

If you liked this you may also like past blogs:

What God is saying about you from the abundance of His heart Click HERE

Having faith filled prayer, revealing the YES in Gods heart toward you  Click HERE

Introduction: The invitations to have heaven now! Click HERE