From the desk of EW Tryens
Every plant which my heavenly father has not planted shall be uprooted. (MATTHEW 15:13)
MENTAL PRISONS
Jesus Christ is the sweetest name I know. It is with confession of the name that we were born again and received the Holy Spirit . You become Spiritually a son of God with power, but your soul and body remain unchanged, your mind and the way you think is unchanged. If you fear everything, the fear remains. If you suffer from depression, that remains. The worst prisons are the ones in your mind, the mental images of what you think about, or the way you think about a subject.
God –who loves us– has given us a way out.
FORM A CLEAR IMAGE
Mental prisons mean we limit our lives by not changing our thinking. Clearness and concern are two keys to releasing us from prisons. When you are born-again, you receive the Holy Spirit but your mind is still only what you make it. Our thoughts can be powerful! Your mind can become a prison. Suppose you are broke and the rent is due. Pick a verse that speaks to you and memorize that verse. Thank God for your deliverance.
GIVE GOD YOUR CONCERNS
Holding God’s word in your mind gives you a picture of your abundance . Try to increase your time in the Word. Your mind is a Holy Spirit computer: garbage in, garbage out. Put good things into your mind. Take words from the Bible and memorize verse. This takes time but is worth the effort. If in a half an hour you forget and go back to thinking your old way, you will not gain deliverance \. You will have a blurred picture in your mind.
THE FOUR KINGDOMS
For God so loved the world that He sent His only son. Once we are born again, we become sons and daughters of God – actual members of God’s family ! In the world there are four kingdoms:
- The plant kingdom,
- the animal kingdom,
- the kingdom of man,
- and the spiritual kingdom of God. With the righteousness of God we stand without any sense of sin, guilt, or condemnation . We belong to the Kingdom of God!
What an amazing promise!
And God is able to make all grace abound, so that in all things, in all times, you will abound in every good work. (II Corinthians 9:8 )
