Right now, the amount of dishonor, disdain, demonization and divisiveness amongst people over politics has reached epidemic proportions. Fifty-eight percent of Americans have political opinions they are afraid to share. Wow! So much for freedom of expression and free speech!
Jesus, moved by compassion, healed (Matt. 14:14). I, moved by judgment, don't heal.
What can I learn from Jesus’ teachings about judging which can help me move from my tendency to live in judgment toward myself and others to living like Jesus and expressing compassion? Let’s explore Jesus' words on judging so we can learn to live as Jesus did, Who was moved by compassion and healed.
Put a checkmark in front of the thoughts below which are recurrent for you. Thank God for giving you these wonderful, comforting thoughts! Obviously, the “I” must be the Galatians 2:20 “I” for some of these statements below to be Holy Spirit-inspired.
Put a checkmark in front of the thoughts below which are recurrent and problematic for you. Repent for harboring them, and then begin journaling and memorizing Scriptures which counter them. These are negative beliefs which you will want to do New Creation Celebration – Replacing Beliefs concerning, until these thoughts no longer pervade your being, but are replaced by God’s opposites.
______ I’m a failure.
______ I’m wasting my life.
Let’s explore in depth how God’s "compassion" relates to miracles and healing. Prayerfully meditate and journal through the 12 verses below, recording what God reveals to you concerning compassion. The underlined words in the verses are the translation of Strong’s word numbered G4697 (Splagchnizomai) which is the Greek word for “compassion.”
I want to walk and live filled with the Spirit. The Bible tells us that a heart of continuous, overflowing gratitude and thankfulness is a key to staying filled with the Spirit.
Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ (Eph. 5:18-20 KJV).
I want to introduce you to a new friend of mine, Craig Perkins, who is offering a tremendous ministry of healing music to all of us. Here is a bit of his broken background which was healed by the Wonderful Counselor. His website is Heart Touch Music. You will note in the items listed below, Craig and I have collaborated on two prayer renditions so far, and more will be coming in the future.
"That person is a pain in the neck." I have seen the pain of a stiff neck and shoulder immediately released when the person I was counseling forgave another who was "a pain in their neck." The book Molecules of Emotion by Dr.
Your body must run clean on the inside, and it will do everything in its power to cleanse itself continuously. Disease occurs when cleansing gets behind on the job, and cannot keep up with the toxins it needs to expel. So the challenge is to 1) limit the number of toxins the body is exposed to, and 2) to strengthen the cleansing process. Following are ways we can do that, and we have created an entire website devoted to Vibrant Health
The Situation: My mind does what it wants, when it wants, the way it wants. I listen to the news and my mind decides if I should be depressed, cynical or joyful. I build theology with my mind. I test my heart's impressions with my mind. How else would one live? This is what the Bible teaches, right? We're supposed to test all things and hold fast to what is good, aren’t we?
