Can you become what you read? If the world controls our thinking, we are conformers; if God controls our thinking we are transformers.

If we read and study the Word of God, memorize it, and make it a part of our inner selves, God will gradually make our minds more spiritual.

Your Bible is your basic instructions before leaving Earth!

Blessings,

Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes

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Your mind is the doorway to your heart. Therefore you must guard your thoughts.

The Word of God says, "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." 2 Cor. 10:5

Beware that the mind is a battleground. Some thoughts originate with us, while others come directly from the enemy.

Be aware that God knows every thought and nothing is hidden from Him. We will have to account to God for our thoughts as well as for our words and deeds.

Blessings,

Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes

Grace For The Moment | Max Lucado

The Christian is engaged in a spiritual conflict with evil. This spiritual conflict is described as a warfare of faith that continues until he enters the life to come.

The believer's victory has been secured by Christ Himself through His death on the cross.

Victory is yours in Christ Jesus!

Blessings,

Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes

TWFYT | FLSB

One of the key defenses against Satan's attack is being aware of the enemy's continual effort to gain an advantage over us and to lead us away from sincere devotion to Christ.

The believer's victory has been secured by Christ Himself through His death on the cross.

Blessings,

Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes

TWFYT | FLSB

The river was where Moses' mother placed him in hopes that he would be saved. The river took him from hopelessness and despair to where everything became possible.

There is a river of life, the river of God which can take you from the place of lack to the place of abundance.

Seek Him first and foremost, He will lead you if you are willing to follow.

Blessings,

Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes

TWFYT | FLSB

Do you know that not everyone will applaud your every choice? Some will say they are with you, they're not. Some may sprinkle a little doubt or withhold any encouragement.

Then there is — you, yes you! You can sometimes be your own worst enemy. Sometimes you have to stand in your mirror and pat yourself on the back, encourage yourself!

Push yourself! First, eliminate the distractions, and turn off those negative comments.

Remember what Paul says, forget those things that are behind, and reach forward to those things that are ahead!

Believe in yourself!

Blessings,

Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes

TWFYT | LAB

Cross The Line! We should not let anything take our eyes off our goal—knowing Christ. With the single-mindedness of an athlete in training, we must lay aside everything and make up our minds. The decision to move forward or stay in place should be yours and yours alone.

Blessings,

Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes

TWFYT | LAB

Jabez prayed specifically to be protected from harm and pain. We live in a fallen world filled with sin, and it is important to ask God to keep us safe from the unavoidable evil that comes our way.

As we grow we learn spiritually those things that we should stay away from. If we are not careful the things that are not right in the sight of the LORD can easily become part of our nature. But we must also avoid evil motives, desires, and actions that begin within us.

Therefore, not only must we seek God's protection from evil, but we must also ask God to guard our thoughts and actions. We can utilize His protection by filling our minds with positive thoughts and attitudes.

Blessings,

Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes

TWFYT | LAB

Could you lie on your side for 390 days and only eat an eight-ounce meal a day that was cooked over manure? Shave all your off body? What if you were told you could not show any sorrow at the loss of your husband or wife? Could you do it?

God may not ask you to do anything quite so dramatic or difficult; as He asked of Ezekiel; but if He did, would you do it?

Ezekiel was a man who chose to obey God without question. How about you?

Blessings,

Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes

LAB

Worthless worry. We give so much energy away to worry. We worry about things that take up much of our time and add pressure to our hearts. We worry about the things that we cannot change instead of placing such things in the hands of God.

Psalms 91 says, "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. And what better place is there to be?

Let's put ourselves in the Hands of the One, The Most High who made us a sincere promise to keep us and be with us no matter what storm or storms may come against us. He is our Rock and Shield, our Mighty God.

Blessings,

Presiding Elder Barbara Hayes

Grace For The Moment | Full Life Bible Commentary