TIME TO CHANGE OUR SHOES!

Philipppians 3:12-14 NIV  … but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Do you ever feel like you’ve got glue under your shoes? You just feel stuck! You want to move forward but for some reason it seems like you’re standing still or going backwards? If we feel like that then it’s time to change our shoes! By that I mean we have to change how we think and how we do things. 

As a person thinks in his heart, so is he.(Proverbs 23:7) If we think and say we’re stuck, we shall remain stuck, but if we ‘see’ ourselves as God sees us moving forward, growing in faith, then we shall.😊

God wants us all to advance, to go forward in every area of our lives. Romans 12:2 says to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. If we don’t change our minds about some things, to come into agreement with what God says in His word, then we shall stay stuck. What are we willing to change to go forward?

What we say about ourselves will determine the path ahead. When we speak God’s words into our future we are sowing great seeds to bring the harvest we want. But when we speak negative words we will just have more of the same stuckness!

Mark 11:23 NKJV For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.(Italics and underlining mine) This says we can have what we say, so what are we saying, what are we speaking into our tomorrows? If we want to advance inwardly, outwardly and upwardly, then we need to be speaking God’s word over our lives because the way we release our faith is by our words, followed by our actions.

When we speak Deuteronomy 28:12 we are speaking out an open heaven, that the Lord will bless all the work of our hands. We are changing our inward vision and it will show up outwardly, because we are saying what God says.😊 

When we also declare we are righteous in God’s eyes, that we are surrounded by His favour like a shield, that we have authority over all the works of the enemy, and so on, we are advancing into what God’s vision is for us.

God’s heart is to see us all advance, to walk in all Jesus died for us to have. So if we want to not be stuck anymore, let’s change our shoes by changing what we’re thinking and saying, and declare God is moving us forward till we receive the upward call. Amen.😊

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GODFIDENCE!

Ephesians 3:12 NLT Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence.

Have you ever gone into a situation and not felt very confident because you weren’t sure of your welcome, or of the outcome? Maybe when we’ve gone for job interviews and felt inadequate? Or we have to deal with a situation, but feel wobbly like this pile of stones? Life is full of challenges and confidence is needed to help us deal with them. 

God first of all wants us to know without a shadow of a doubt today, that He wants us to come with confidence into His presence and know He will welcome us because we’re His child, to know we will find His loving mercy is waiting for us, to know His help is available around the clock. What a wonderful invitation He gives us!😊

He wants us to remember who we are in Christ so we then have confidence to go out into any situation with our head held high, not because of who we are in ourselves, but because we have the Greater One living in us to strengthen us. We are united with Christ Himself, and He has made us the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath. (Deuteronomy 28:13)

We could call it Godfidence because it is God who has given it to us.😊 God who has said we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. God who has declared us to be His masterpiece, His treasure and told us we’re precious in His sight. God who has declared us to be righteous in His sight because we’re trusting in Jesus’ shed blood for forgiveness of all our sins. It’s God who has said Jesus has taken away all our guilt and shame so we don’t need to hang our heads down anymore. God has said He accepts and has approved us.

Hebrews 4:15-16 NIV For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

As we go into our new week God is reminding us we are always welcome at His throne of grace so we can all come with confidence and talk to God today and receive whatever we need. It’s an open invitation, so let’s accept it with great joy and know God is giving us His confidence to go into our world, our situations, knowing we shall overcome through Jesus, because He’s helping us, strengthening us and upholding us. In Jesus name. Amen.