DO YOU BELIEVE?

Ok girl, you asked for it - so here it is!
We are living in the day of God's Power --- An Anointed and Holy Spirit filled people. We have been given the right, the authority and the power "to do greater things" (John 14:12).

So why do we live like sacred little kittens with a gun to our heads? Yes, the devil is a thief that comes to steal and destroy... he roams like a lion seeking to devour... that is what he does sneaking and seeking ways to wreak havoc. But by no means do we just put our hands up and surrender! (Attack kitty! Attack!)

It is time to ask ourselves what do we believe... not what do we know, but what do we believe. When we believe something we trust that it is truth, we rely on it to get us from point A to point B, and we firmly attatch ourselves to it, to the point of defending it and preserving it. A way to test what we believe is to assess they way that we live day to day. An example would be to ask yourself who do you believe is bigger - God or the devil? Of course you will quickly answer that God is bigger, but take a moment and assess how you have handled the last week.

• Have you had a near-constant struggle with fear and/or anxiety over situations?
  
• Have you been in a semi-constant state of dissatisfacton and unhappiness with the quality of your life?
• Have you had an under lying anger because things aren't going the way that they should?
  
• Have you thought that the world is going to hell in a handbasket?

I have found that if I answer yes to any of the above, I need to realign my beliefs with the what God says in His Word. The Bible says:

• I serve a BIG God and that a defeated devil is under my feet!
• I can have a sweet and satisfying relationship with the Lord and He wants me to bring all my requests to Him!
• I will find ever increasing joy in the Lord because He pours His favor out to me!
  
• God delights and desires me - He is enthralled with me!
• Everyday has a new reason to praise and bless the Lord!
• God has a plan and what He has started, He will bring to compleation! And It will be good!
  
• God is wanting to tell me His secrets and reveal mysteries to me!
• Jesus has already defeated the enemy, and will return in all glory and spendor!

and that is just barely scratching the serface of what the Bible has to say about us!
We were born for such a time as this - We were born for today! And God is going to accomplish through us what He has willed to do when we are believing Him, living out of the positive perspective of the Word of Truth, willing and ready to be used by Him!
-cls