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REAL POWER: MAXING OUT ON GOD'S LOVE |
DON'T BE AFRAID. JUST BELIEVE.
More than 2000 years ago, a man named Jairus came to Jesus with an
urgent request. He said, “My little daughter is dying. Please come
and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.”
While Jesus was on the way to the house of Jairus, some men came and
said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher any more?”
Overhearing and ignoring their message, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t
be afraid; just believe.”
When Jesus arrived at the house, Jesus saw a commotion with mourners
crying and wailing loudly. Jesus said, “Why all this commotion and
wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” The mourners laughed
at him.
Jesus entered the child’s room, took her by the hand, and healed her.
Jesus gave us the pattern for dealing with the challenges that we
face.
First, when we overhear naysayers and negative thinkers reciting their
litany of limitations, we are to ignore their message. Don’t listen
to people shackled by disbelief who want to drag you down to their
level. Nothing good comes from listening to negative thinking.
Second, no matter what happens, we are not to give in to fear. Faith
and fear are mutually exclusive. You must choose one or the other.
Which will it be? Faith or fear? Jesus said that all things are
possible to him who believes. Are you going to listen to the voice of
fear, or to what Jesus says? All things are possible when you ignore
fear’s limiting voice.
Third, we are to believe and place our faith in God who is the source
of our life. It’s never over until God says it’s over. Leave the
punctuation of your life up to God. Until God puts a period on your
adventure with him, faith must rule your days. Impossible is not in
God’s vocabulary, and it shouldn’t be in yours.
Fourth, don’t let the laughter and mocking of disbelievers discourage
you or stop you in your tracks. If you do that, you will be listening
to the wrong thing. Instead, listen to God’s voice of possibility and
love. God has a purpose and plan for your life that is better than
anything you can imagine. There is no limit to how good your life can
become when you open your heart and mind to the power of his love.
Your destiny is to have the last laugh, and that laugh will last for
eternity.
Fifth, get in agreement with God and let him work things out. God
loves to work miracles in the lives of his children. Ask for a
miracle every minute of every day. Jesus said, “Ask, and you will
receive. Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
MOVING MOUNTAINS
What you talk about matters a
great deal because it expands into your life.
When your talk is positive, good things start to happen..
When your talk is negative,
misery and limitations become your unwanted guests.
Jesus taught that you are to talk to your problems and not about
them.
When you talk about your problems with everyone you meet, you magnify
those challenges until they become a stronghold in your mind. They
occupy the high ground and rooting them out is difficult. Every time
you talk about your problems, you increase their power. When you
focus on them, they become stronger, and you become weaker.
Jesus said that if you have faith the size of a grain of mustard seed,
you can tell a mountain to move into the sea, and it will happen.
Jesus wanted you to be a mountain mover
Jesus used his mountain story to make an important point. You have to
talk to the mountains in your life before they will move. All of your
problems - your mountains - are waiting to hear from you, and if you
start speaking words of faith, your mountains will move.
No matter what your problem, you must talk to it.
If you are depressed, you must talk to your depression and start
pushing back. Tell your depression that God's love is the most
positive and most powerful force in the universe, and His love is
filling your heart and mind. Tell your depression that you are made
in the image of God, and that God loves you and accepts you the way
that you are. Tell your depression that God's love changes the way
you think and feel. You are a new person with a new life.
The wheel of change always turns in the direction of what you put into
your mind, and you must start filling your mind with positive things.
If you want to move a mountain of depression out of your life, you'll
have to start talking to your depression rather than talking about it.
If your life is full of problems, don't make matters worse by
commiserating over your problems with everyone you meet. Instead,
start talking to your mountains and cast them into the sea.
Jesus once asked a sick man if he wanted to be healed. This was not
an academic question. It addressed the heart and soul of what it
takes to get well. The first step in getting well, is wanting to get
better.
When you want to get better, and you expect to get better, you will no
longer talk about your problems. You will start talking to your
problems and mountains will start moving in your life.
If you want to be free from depression, nobody can stop you.
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REAL POWER - MAXING OUT ON GOD'S LOVE
David J. Abbott M.D.
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