When GOD’S SUPERNATURAL Interacts with our Natural!
I was so excited when I heard Charles Stanley’s TV broadcast message this past Sunday because he actually put into words what I have become so ABSOLUTELY and TOTALLY convinced of in the past year or so; that the SUPERNATURAL power of faith and our corresponding thoughts and words really do have the PHYSICAL power to impact and radically change our lives and circumstances! It’s just not possible to seriously study God’s Word and not realize that our thoughts and words have physical power that so far exceeds anything we could possibly understand or explain…it’s just what happens when GOD’S SUPERNATURAL interacts with our natural. It was such a wonderful and powerful message and amazing and total confirmation of so many things often discussed in the ministry; and even more so recently based on all of the miraculous ways we’ve seen God working in our midst. I really wanted to get a post with a link to the message up on Sunday, but things have been pretty busy so I didn’t have a chance to, and I was feeling pretty bad about that because I was so excited about the message and I didn’t realize that it was possible to get a direct link to it that would work beyond this week. But in the process of preparing this post, I discovered that I actually can access a direct link to Dr. Stanley’s messages each week, so I’m hoping and praying that the following is a permanent link to How to Stay Young and Fruitful All Your Life And here’s the Sermon Outline This is a VERY POWERFUL and important message for all Christians, and even more so for everyone waiting for the miracle of marriage restoration. So PLEASE listen to it, STUDY it and PUT IT INTO PRACTICE!!!
Yet, as the case ALWAYS is with God; HE had a VERY GOOD reason for delaying this post far beyond anything I ever thought or imagined! I received a call from one of the FAM Fellowship members this afternoon, Teresa, and she was very excited about how God has been working in her life for the past few days. And as she started sharing it with me (her post from the private site about that is included below), I was in such awe of the Lord that I just about couldn’t contain myself! God has once again perfectly arranged so many things to confirm what might well be one of the most significant messages for everyone standing for marriage restoration…the REAL power of faith, our thoughts and our words, which started with Dr. Stanley’s message! And I very seriously doubt that it’s possible for anyone to watch Joyce Meyer’s TV broadcasts from yesterday and today without being radically transformed by understanding what I’ve already been blessed to know in my spirit through studying God’s Word and all that I’ve been blessed to witness in the lives of so many men and women standing for the restoration of their marriages…and what there is now scientific evidence to PROVE!!!
So I pray that everyone who listens to Dr. Stanley’s message and to Your Brain and You – Pt 1 and Your Brain and You – Pt 2, will through the power of the Holy Spirit receive full and complete understanding of all they convey! When we TRULY, TRULY understand the significance of the PHYSICAL power of our faith, thoughts and words, we will without a doubt be radically blessed and encouraged beyond belief as we begin to see GOD’S SUPERNATURAL interact with and manifest in our natural!!!
Hello FAMM Family!!! I first want to start off by saying that the recent posts and SOFs have been incredible. The way God is moving and revealing Himself to us is beyond amazing. To think that the God of the universe would take the time to act on our behalf actually leaves me speechless. And that’s why I have been having difficulty writing this post. I just spoke with Linda and was sharing what God has been saying to me and she insisted that I get on here and share it; so here I am still struggling with where to begin! LOL!
As some of you might have read in my last post right after Christmas, I mentioned that our trip to California was good but with some difficult moments. Well, those moments were actually beyond difficult. As I shared with Linda, I really lost it at times with regard to taking thoughts captive. I actually felt as though I was just too tired and weary and hurt to go on and I let my thoughts run wild. I was in horrible torment and could clearly hear God saying to me “Don’t go down this road.” But I let my flesh take over and gave in to my weakness.
We got home late Monday night and the kids left on Wednesday to spend New Year’s and the rest of the weekend with SNO (spouse name omitted). So I found myself left alone for the longest time since my husband left and I was missing my kids desperately. Well I soon realized that I was not alone (duh) and God began to speak to me. I had been crying and also repenting of the horrible thoughts I had allowed to control my mind the previous week. I was begging Him to fill me with peace and to help me control my mind. And I was trying to stay focused on Him as best I could. So I decided to immerse myself in the word, in Christian TV and radio.
Well, over the course of the next three days, EVERY message I heard was about renewing our minds, taking thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ and even several times about how that affects us physically. I heard over and over how we need to speak God’s promises over relationships, finances and all circumstances…we can no longer say or think that things cannot change because if we do, things will NOT change!
So after hearing all of that on radio and TV, I went to visit a church I sometimes go to when I don’t have the kids. The pastor began to tell the congregation that God had shown him several “prophetic things” about 2009 and that he has been preparing for this particular Sunday for the last two months. But about mid-way through the week, the Lord told him “NO. I want you to share some practical things this Sunday to better prepare the church to accept what I have told you.” So the pastor began the sermon by having us open up to Matthew 9:17, which says “Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and BOTH are preserved.” Now, I have read that before and never really got it, but here’s how the Pastor presented it. We must take our thoughts captive, renew and transform our minds, and begin thinking and speaking God’s word and promises if we want to see change. And that sure sounded familiar; right in line with everything I had heard all weekend! He said that God had shown him that before He can pour out the blessings He has for His people, we have to have new minds or like the old wineskins, they will empty and not be preserved. Oh man, this is good stuff!!! And some more interesting things about this is that the word for “NEW” in reference to New wineskins is the Greek word “vewtepos neoteros,” which is translated as follows: new, i.e. (of persons) youthful or, (of things) fresh; fig. REGENERATE;-new young. Apparently in the Jewish custom, they did not throw out the old wineskins; they renewed them by submerging them in water until they were again flexible and like new. God wants to regenerate us so He can pour new wine so to speak, into us and keep us “preserved.” He went on to explain that the enemy does not want our cars, houses and stuff; he wants our mind and that is why the battle is so strong there. He knows the power, through the Holy Spirit, that we have when we put on the mind of Christ; when we put on the Helmet of Salvation, and it scares him. He knows that if he can take our minds, it will affect every area of our life and we will be powerless for the Kingdom of God. Can you imagine that we can have Satan running scared if only we could grasp what we have in Christ! We must stay in God’s word to always know that God wants to fill us with a peace that no human can possibly explain. How else will we show the world that we do serve the one true God?
Also, I would highly recommend watching Dr. Caroline Leaf who was on Joyce Meyer’s program last night, 1/5/09, as she talks about the actual physical effects on our brains, mind, heart and body when we do not take thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ. It is truly amazing how God’s instructions are not just for the spiritual side of us, but also for the physical and emotional too; all of our parts as whole people. And as our creator that only makes sense. So please log onto Joyce’s website to see this powerful teaching. You can also see her on James Robison’s website as well.
I know this is a long post but I wanted to share a few more things. First, when I was watching TV this weekend, a pastor and his wife were praying for the viewing audience. He spoke to one person watching that was hurting and not having happiness right now and he prayed that God would fill that person with joy. After they had prayed, the wife pointed to the TV camera and said that while her husband was praying for “that one”…the Lord spoke to her and said tell that one “I am working on your behalf, stand firm and trust God.” Well, don’t you know…I took that word and thanked God so much. Those words meant so much to me because as most of you know, in the physical, I see no movement. So it really gave me a dose of Joy and peace that I cannot describe. God also spoke to me through a client this week and that was really amazing because I had asked God several months ago to speak to me through someone that would be the most unlikely source. I did not want to hear it from a pastor or a friend standing in faith with me; I wanted to hear something out of nowhere. Well, believe me; He delivered!!!
And I actually received an email from SNO today acknowledging that I have been right about our son having ADHD all this time. He said he has been reading the book the doctor recommended (which he finally bought this past weekend!) and that it has answered so many questions for him about the problems and struggles he himself has had through his life too. He told me that he now totally supports my decision to have our son evaluated and put on medication and then he thanked me. I recently told a friend how much I would love to hear that validation from him and thought I never would. But God intended otherwise, and again, I cannot express what I feel. I cannot comprehend why a God so Powerful and Holy would be so mindful of me…BUT HE IS!!! He is mindful of all of us and it blows me away. So to sum up, I will just say to God be the Glory, Honor and all Praise forever and ever!