Okay, so I am doing this bible study and it is Me and My Big Mouth... no that's the title of it, I am not JUST referring to my big mouth...which I am declaring is only used for good, to bring joy to others and allow them to be drawn to know Gods unconditional love.
So, we are learning things that are really, truly only a refresher of what I have always been taught as a Christian. But, it just like opening the windows of your house after it's been closed up for awhile...we can all use a burst of fresh air.
Declaring, believing, saying, thinking positively, standing on the Word of God based on His will/purpose for YOUR life.
At church awhile back out Pastor said that we needed to get into Gods Joy, use it like a superpower, you know like with Superman.... because the joy will protect you from things. When things happen you will not feel the affect of them.
WOW how great is that? If it is true and can happen.... well I am proof that it can happen and it does happen and all I had to do was change my way of thinking.
Stop judging people, stop being so negative and getting caught up in the negative. Focus on the postive, sounds a bit Santa Clausy I know... but it is true!
I am not saying that things won't happen or don't happen but if and when they do I have found that by walking in my faith in the Lord and standing on His Word. Isaiah 48:3, I have declared from the beginning the former things; they went forth from MY mouth and I made them known; then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
God's method of operation: First HE declares things, then He does them.... the key in the middle of that for me is that I have to SAY them and BELIEVE them.
God changed Abraham and Sarahs names when he told them He was going to bless them because...they needed a new self image BEFORE the miracle God told them He had for them could occur.
How many times do we not allow a miracle that God has for us to occur only because we are still looking at what we were before Christ!
Without God, we cannot change things but in agreement WITH Him all things are possible Matthew 17:20.
God wants us to prophesy what we desire to see happen in our lives..... He wants us to step out there and say what we desire because OUR words are powerful...
If we choose to line up our mouth with HIS WORD, we need to prepare ourselves to be blessed.
So in my opinion and more importantly in my experience when does Joy come?
It comes when I start speaking His Word that lines up with His Purpose for my life.... the closer I get to Him the more Joy I feel, the less I feel the sting of the 'junk' that goes on around me.
