Thoughts affect words which determines actions

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life. --(Joel Osteen)

Choose to think positive, be happy, have a great attitude and make positive goals for the future. Remember to think it first, then speak it, then you will believe you can do it.  If you believe you can then you will work towards it and it will become a reality.  If you can conceive it and believe it, you can achieve it.

Courage activates faith

Courage activates our faith and moves God to act on our behalf , when we show that we trust him more than the uncertainties.
We have to let faith win over fear. Fear says it might not work out, faith says it will ... We have to continually stay on the side of faith.

What's the worst that could happen?

Life in the Kingdom

When we are living in the kingdom... We will expect to be blessed in every area of our lives.  We should ......Expect raises and bonuses.. Expect good health..... Expect financial success.... Expect victory.... Expect great success for our children..... Expect a successful marriage.. Expect laws to change in our favor.. Expect that anything we touch will be blessed and anywhere we show up we will win.

Now since we expect all this we have to prepare ourselves by eating right... Taking care of our finances..... raise our kids right to make them think like kingdomers .... Step out with our plans..... Dress for success etc. Do our part and expect that God will come through in a big way.

The kingdom of God

The kingdom of God is a lifestyle.  If we are inside the kingdom we should look the part.....act the part.... as if  we belong instead of Llike peasants on the outside wishing we could get in.

The fact is we are not just in the kingdom as invited guests... That would be good enough but ... What's even better is that we have royal blood .... The blood of Jesus himself running through our veins. God uses the kingdom figuratively so we could see how we should live .... Like we belong instead of like peasants.

When courage meets faith

You have a desire to change things in your life but you're not sure its going to work out. You have to have the courage to take that leap of Faith to do it anyway. What's the worst that can happen?
We often talk ourselves out of doing what God desires for us because we are not sure its going to work out, but we have to learn to "do it afraid". It is only when we take the physical and necessary steps to make things happen that we can prove God.
God wants us to have the courage to try anyway regardless of What we think or feel, regardless of the uncertainties . God wants us to suceed in all things. He wants us to prosper but we cannot experience the  blessings of God unless we have the courage to implement the great plan that he has for our lives.

The strength of the Lord

1 Chr16.11.NLT

Search for the LORD and for his strength; continually seek him. Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given.

We search for the Lord and for his strength through our prayer, praise, worship and by reading his words. We seek him also through prayer and the word.
Through the words and through our experiences we learn about His wonders or miracles as well as his rulings or his guidelines for how we should live. 

The spirit of God is emploring us to draw closer to him.  We need to  follow the leading of the spirit and even with our very busy schedule, find time when we can read the word, pray and praise. We need to honor him through our thoughts, speech and actions.

Let the spirit be our guide

Gal5.16.

So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions.