BE GOD-INSIDE MINDED!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

FRIDAY DECEMBER 16, 2022.

SUBJECT: BE GOD-INSIDE MINDED!

Memory verse:  "For it is God Who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." (Philippians 2 vs 13.) 

READ: Ephesians 2 vs 4 - 10:

2:4: But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

2:5: even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

2:6: and raised us up together, and made us to sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

2:7: that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

2:8: For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

2:9: not of works, lest anyone should boast.

2:10: For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

INTIMATION:

God has not left us alone in our struggles to do His Will. He wants to come alongside us and be within us to help. God helps us want to obey Him and then gives us the power to do what He wants. The secret to changed life is to submit to God's control and let Him work.

Now, look at this: We were dead in trespasses, but God, because of His great love for us made us alive together with Christ. We were enslaved by the devil and our sinful natures, but God....These may be the two most welcome words in all of Scripture: “But God.” God has the choice of leaving us in our bondage of sins and spiritual deadness. But He didn’t. He did not save us because of, but rather in spite of, what He saw in us. 

He is at work within you, solving your problems, building His strength into you, making His wisdom your wisdom, His ability your ability, His strength your strength.

You can understand now that you are not common any more. You belong to an unusual order of beings. You are a New Creation—His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works (Ephesians 2 vs 10).

You are created to enter into a certain realm, to do His Will, carry out His purposes here on earth. You have a testimony now that is thrilling—you are one with Him. And haven known this, let Christ reign fully in you—be God-inside minded. Let your faith be completely built on this fact, and let the words of your testimony express it always.

Remember that your faith will keep pace with your testimony, that you will never have faith beyond what you confess; for there is a relationship between your faith and your confession. If you are afraid to confess your oneness with Him, that His very life is your life, that His ability is your ability, that His strength is your strength, that his wisdom is your wisdom, if you are afraid to confess it, it is not yours. It is what you boldly say before the enemy that fills him with fear and you with courage and victory, that is yours in reality. If you are halting and have a negative confession, your faith will never rise above it.

A negative confession shows a lack of appreciation on your part of Christ's victory over Satan for you. You are identified with Christ. When He conquered Satan, before He arose from the dead, you were with Him in the combat, and the victory that He achieved is laid to your account. All you have to do is to assume your place and say, "Satan, in the name of Jesus leave me now," or, "You, Satan leave that loved one now."

And when you quote Jesus' Word, it is exactly as if He were speaking it Himself. Remember what Jesus said, "The words that I speak are not Mine, but the Father's." (John 14 vs 10.) So when Jesus commanded diseases to leave bodies, it is as though the Father were speaking. But when you have a negative testimony and you talk about your lack and your weakness, the adversary takes advantage of your confession and brings you down to the level of it.

Prayer: Abba Father, Your Word of faith is in my mouth and in my heart. My confession of the word is my victory over Satan. My victory is sealed in Your blood. Give me the grace to continually testify in faith, my victory over Satan in Your Word, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!