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May 10, 2017
GOD FORSAKEN
God is taking you to a new level in your thought life. Be free from the bondage that keeps you tied to wrong thought patterns. Trust God for your deliverance!
GOD FORSAKEN
Do you realize that one of the ways people forsake God is mentally?
Let the wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
– Isaiah 55:7-8
Did you know God asks us to return to Him in our thoughts?
But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?”
– Matthew 9:4
And again,
“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”
– 1 Corinthians 3:20
So you and I have to get a real revelation that our thoughts do take us into other places, and that God really does observe our thinking. Get this: He blesses or curses us accordingly. Yikes!
We need these truths settled within us before we can really start working on a lifestyle that knows how to “brain freeze,” or stop a destructive thought before it stirs our emotions and becomes an action. We have to halt ungodly thinking.
Let’s you and I make a conscience effort to have true holiness of mind because we want a mind that is acceptable unto the Father. It is our job to let the mind of Christ be and work within us.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO NOT FORSAKE GOD IN YOUR THINKING. TAKE DESTRUCTIVE THOUGHTS CAPTIVE AND REPLACE THEM WITH THOUGHTS THAT GLORIFY YOUR REDEEMER!
From my book: Soul Invasion
May 9, 2017
LOVE GOOD, HATE EVIL
Look for Heaven on Earth. Ask for Heaven to come to Earth, and be Heaven on Earth. When you show love to others, you show them what your Heavenly Father is like and that brings Him glory.
LOVE GOOD AND HATE EVIL
As people who are supposed to reflect the face of God, we are to love what is good. We are to do good and celebrate anything that is selfless, kind or up lifting.
Do you have a high value for the betterment of other people? Do you have the kingdom perspective of selfless giving? If you don’t, you should. It will bring heaven to earth.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.
– Romans 12:9-13
If you live as a redeemed resident of heaven on earth in the midst of this ungodly generation, you will learn to love what God loves and hate what God hates. He really loves goodness. He really loves seeing His kids go out of their way to be kind, and reach out to those in need.
However, He is ecstatic when He gets the glory for your goodness. To Him, it’s like hearing someone say, “She’s got her Father’s eyes!” or “He’s generous just like his Daddy!” It makes Him so proud when you point to Him and let people know your goodness runs in the spiritual family.
When was the last time to pointed to Him? If it’s been a while, find a reason today to practice goodness and brag on your Father in Heaven. To God be the glory!
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
– Matthew 5:16
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO LOVE WHAT GOD LOVES AND HATE WHAT HE HATES. BRING HEAVEN TO EARTH BY DOING SOMETHING GOOD TODAY.
From my book: Good Overcomes Evil
May 8, 2017
RUN TO HIM!
God is speaking courage into you. To move into your Promised Land you will have giants who try to keep you from advancing. No matter how loud it roars, know God is bigger. Trust in God’s promises as you advance into the place He has for you.
RUN TO HIM
If you are going to get your upgrade and go to the next level, you cannot rebel against God in your wilderness experience – which is easy to do as the wilderness is hard! If you’re like me, you get tempted to run away from God.
Instead, you must run to Him!
The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
– Proverbs 18:10
You see, how you act in the wilderness determines if you spend 40 days like Jesus did, or 40 years, like Moses. It is really up to you!
It is so important we learn to live and be happy in God’s presence, because in the wilderness, the battle is about survival. In the Promised Land, it is about advancing.
The enemy of dreaming, of creativity and forward, is survival. God wants you to get through your wilderness so you can get past surviving and get on with thriving. To do this, the enemy must be displaced from the places God has given you as an inheritance.
Know this: that place of inheritance is in God’s amazing presence in the wilderness. It’s where He changes you from a helpless slave to an overcoming warrior.
So instead of learning how to protect yourself, God wants to teach you how to fight. To battle for His promises, His goodness, hearing His voice and for territory in which to glorify Him. He wants to make you dangerous to the enemy and willing to fight for more of Him.
Do you want to be a warrior? Learn to fight through prayer and by searching for the heart of the King of Kings. Run to Him!
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO GO AFTER YOUR UPGRADE. STEP OUT OF SURVIVAL MODE BY RUNNING TO YOUR SAVIOR. BECOME A WARRIOR BY GETTING ON YOUR KNEES IN PRAYER, WHERE THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD!
From my book Living Life /Forward
May 7, 2017
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE
God is a covenant keeper and He wants you to be the same. Let your ‘yes’ be ‘yes’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’ When you make a covenant, keep it even if what’s required is some pain. Be a person of integrity just like God and you will be blessed beyond measure.
MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE
In this day and age, our children grow up really believing that marriage is a 50/50 proposition without any real understanding of true covenant.
They come of age, rent a tux, buy a gown and stand before somebody who will ask them some very serious questions.
Will you have this person to be your lawfully wedded? “I do,” they say to each other, and when they say that, they mean they do as long as there is something in it that is good for them.
Will you love and comfort, honor and keep each other in sickness and in health? “I do,” he says as long as she is who I think she should be and as long as she does what I think she should be doing.
Will you forsake all others and keep each other only as long as you both shall live? “I do,” she declares, as long as he makes me feel the way I should feel and as long as I am thrilled with being in love with this man.
And so they agree that this marriage will be a 50/50 endeavor, and when they find out that marriage requires 100/0, they say, “I don’t anymore!”
You see, they fail because they are driven by feelings and not by covenant. This doesn’t make them bad people. It just makes them guaranteed to fail!
So what is covenant? It’s the sold-out way of thinking that “all I have is yours and all you have is mine even if everything goes wrong.” Covenant is a “no matter what” mentality and it’s how God thinks.
He wants you to think that way too. Why? Because keeping your promises to God, yourself, your family and others produces integrity, character and reliability. All three of these are needed for a successful marriage partnership and real relationship with God.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO HONOR YOUR COVENANT TO GOD. HE SAVED YOU AND MADE YOU PART OF THE FAMILY, SO THANK HIM BY KEEPING YOUR PROMISES TO HIM AND OTHERS.
From my book: Soul Invasion
May 6, 2017
A FATHER’S LOVE
God is always looking for ways to show you just how much He loves you through the circumstances of your life — good and bad. He doesn’t cause the bad. but He sure will speak to you through it. Put on your listening ears. Hear what He has to say because He is always speaking.
A FATHER’S LOVE
Odds are, you’ve never heard of Titanic Thompson. He sailed through life as the greatest poker-playing, golf-gambling, horseshoe-hustling, skeet shooting, womanizing, hell raking con man of all time.
His skills as a card cheat got him invited to play poker with Al Capone. Yes, he cheated the legendary mobster and got away with it. His golf skills were good enough to shoot 29 on the back nine of Fort Worth’s Ridglea Country Club, where he beat Byron Nelson by one stroke. Harry Houdini studied him to find his secret to swindling people.
I could go on and on. Look the man up on the world wide waste of time. You will find him to be fascinating. Why do I know so much about Titanic? His son, Tommy Thomas, is a friend of mine.
Now Titanic married five times and had several abandoned offspring, Tommy included. Always hoping to someday impress his infamous dad, Tommy caught up with him in San Antonio and the pair racked up millions from unsuspecting wannabes. Was the money great? Sure. But that’s not what Tommy was after.
Tommy was looking for his father’s love. All he wanted was to hear the words, “I love you,” even if they were from a deeply flawed man like Titanic.
Well, Tommy did hear those words as Titanic was drawing some of his last breaths. While it was great, Tommy’s life was truly changed when he heard his Father God proclaim His undying love for the cheating son of a card shark.
Today, Tommy is a preacher telling everyone how to beat the odds in life – death – through salvation in Jesus Christ. Tommy knows the secret many of us long to understand: Whatever exploits you’ve lived, good or bad, they mean nothing compared to who you love and who loves you.
And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love, with him I am well pleased.”
– Matthew 3:17
Who do you love?
LET IT BE SAID OF YOU THAT YOU LOVED JESUS AND HE TRULY, CRAZILY, AMAZINGLY LOVED YOU! IT’S THAT LOVE THAT MAKES YOU QUALIFIED TO BE PART OF HIS FAMILY AND BE INVITED TO LIVE IN HIS HOUSE FOR ETERNITY.
From my book: Best of the Brewer
May 5, 2017
BAD CREDIT
God wants the glory, but He wants to give you the credit. It’s His way of showing off your family resemblance. You are the apple of your heavenly Father’s eye and He loves it when you look and act like Him.
BAD CREDIT
In the summer of 2000, our outreach team did an outreach in Cleburne we called the “Not Quite as Hot as Hell Street Outreach.”
It was well above 100 degrees and we were cooking hotdogs and hamburgers over a huge outdoor grill in a parking lot.
I had invited all the local pastors from every church in the area to help us lead people to Jesus, then plug into the body of Christ. Since our church was not based in Cleburne, I thought it was a good idea to get the local churches involved.
Three pastors showed up that day and none of them were there to help. It became immediately apparent they were really there to check out what we were doing. In their defense, they didn’t know us, so I can’t really blame them for not inviting their congregations to help us.
However, one of them said something I just can’t forget.
When I explained we were rounding up hundreds of people and I was expecting a lot of people to be saved after the concert, one of the pastors asked me a question and he was dead serious – emphasis on the word “dead.”
“If we help you pray with these people,” he said, wiping sweat from his brow, “who’s gonna get the credit?”
I looked back at him stunned and said, “Jesus, I hope.”
This is the perfect illustration of the lack of kingdom mentality even among pastors. That kind of ignorance would probably explain why that brother has a congregation of 15 people.
See, he wasn’t out there because he was happy we were reaching people for Jesus. He was worried we were invading his turf.
So before you go out in ministry, missions or outreach of any kind, ask yourself, “Who is going to get the credit?” Make sure the answer is not you, but Jesus.
“…or is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
– Acts 4:12
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO SEARCH YOUR HEART. ARE YOU IN MINISTRY FOR GOD’S GLORY OR YOUR OWN? IF YOU DISCOVER YOU ARE TAKING CREDIT AWAY FROM GOD, REPENT AND REMEMBER HE IS MIGHTY TO SAVE. YOU ARE NOT!
From my book: Soul Invasion
May 4, 2017
THE HOBBIT OF EVIL
God is telling Americans and Christians to wake up and seek His face – pray for guidance, wisdom and humility to serve for our elected leaders. We must acknowledge God in all our ways and He will direct our paths (Proverbs 3:6). For evil to succeed good men need only do nothing…
THE HOBBIT OF EVIL
Take it from me, there is really nothing impressive about evil.
Pol Pot, Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin, Gadaffi, Sadam Hussein – they are all part of a long list of tyrants who’ve played demonic roles in history. In short, they are evidence that man’s basic condition is the same as it has always been.
The heart is desperately wicked; who can know it?
– Jeremiah 17:12
Yes, man’s heart is still deceitful and in need of a savior. There is nothing impressive about that at all, is there?
From a kingdom perspective, which I hope you are growing in, evil is just something to be judged and executed. Jesus doesn’t want us to be impressed with it, or give it power through fearing it. Instead, He wants us to overcome it with good.
Take Idi Amin for example. We have two orphanages in Uganda, so I’m very aware of that nation’s recent history. The cruel muslim dictator overthrew the government and turned Uganda into a muslim nation despite only six percent of the population agreeing with him. His favorite target? Christians.
Amin set about exterminating Christians while the world watched and did nearly nothing. The torture chamber under his palace is notorious for the truly demonic ways he killed God’s children. Instead of oohing and aahing over his evil deeds, take a look at the result of his hatred and malice.
Despite Amin trying to stamp out Christians, his persecution caused the church to grow. Yes, the church in Uganda is thriving. People are being educated, fed and blessed in incredible ways because the Ugandan church has been a light in the midst of darkness to the rest of Africa.
As for you, what you meant for evil, God meant for good.
– Genesis 50:20
It’s impressive how quickly goodness reigns over destruction because God is the master of turning things around for good. What’s truly impressive is the goodness of God in the life that is redeemed and set free. We should be impressed, stirred and just plain blown away by goodness.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO BE IMPRESSED WITH GOOD AND SEE EVIL FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS: MAN’S LOST CONDITION AND NEED FOR A SAVIOR. NO MATTER WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCE, REMEMBER GOOD OVERCOMES EVIL.
From my book: Good Overcomes Evil
May 3, 2017
FULL DISCLOSURE
God washes your mind with the water of His Word. Pour yourself into it and He will pour Himself into you. Find freedom from wrong thinking as you soak in His Word.
FULL DISCLOSURE
God knows our thoughts. Every single one of them, good and bad. Every proposal you consider, every scheme you contemplate, every image you imagine – good, bad, natural or spiritual – it is seen and heard by your Heavenly Father.
Know this: God judges your mental actions just the same as He judges your physical actions. If you don’t believe it, let these scriptures invade your soul:
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
– Psalms 19:14
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord,
But the words of the pure are pleasant.
– Proverbs 15:26
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you?
– Jeremiah 4:14
“As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart and with a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.”
– 1 Chronicles 28:9
Are you seriously serving God in your thinking so that your mind is acceptable in His sight? Just know this: In Genesis 5, God found the thoughts of man to be continually evil both day and night. Because of this, He sent judgment. He didn’t have to wait until their thoughts became actions and they crossed the line between righteousness and sin.
Your thoughts matter to God as much as your actions. Learn to control them for His glory.
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD KNOWS YOUR THOUGHTS. IS HE HAPPY WITH WHAT HE SEES AND HEARS IN YOUR HEAD? IF NOT, DECLARE THAT YOU HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. DO THIS OVER AND OVER UNTIL YOUR THOUGHTS LOOK MORE LIKE HEAVEN THAN HELL.
From my book: Soul Invasion
May 2, 2017
WAY OF THE WARRIOR
God is doing a new work in your walk with peace. Position yourself as a warrior who walks in peace and takes the Kingdom of God into all areas of your life.
THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR
For my dad’s 66th birthday, I took him on a 500 mile tour of historic Texas battlefields. My dad is a huge Texas history buff, and he passed that love down to his favorite son.
We went to the old Coleman house, where Elizabeth Coleman and her oldest son were killed by 300 raiding Comanches. We saw the battle site at Brushy Creek, where Edward Burleson avenged the death of his brother.
We walked the hallowed ground of the Alamo and breathed in the sweet smell of freedom at San Jacinto. Washington on the Brazos and San Fillip also made the list.
When it was all said and done, I dubbed our tour “The Way of the Warrior.”
You see, my love of battlefields isn’t just from my Brewer blood. It’s also from the bloodline of Jesus.
Jesus is a king. But make no mistake – He is a warrior king!
…But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.
– Revelation 21:8
This scripture tells me there are no wimps or cowards in heaven. That makes heaven all the more glorious to me! As joint heirs with Jesus (Romans 8:17), you and I are also warriors. So what is the way we warriors should follow?
1. We are not spectators. We are warriors. We don’t listen to stories of God’s power. We tell them.
2) Comfort kills! Jesus says in Luke 10:3 that He is sending us out as lambs among wolves, not as potatoes upon couches. We are not tourists on vacation, and life is not a perpetual spa experience.
3) We are called to be peace makers, not peace keepers! UN peacekeeping forces have stood by and watched the slaughter of millions. I would rather be a Texas Ranger. The Rangers used pistols called peace makers – they didn’t make deals with monsters or negotiate with the enemy. They put the enemy down!
4) We do not have to be defeated by a defeated devil. We can discourage him by our faith, demoralize him with our joy and depress him with our endurance.
What you might not realize is there is more victory attached to you that you can even imagine. Pull on your boots and take a step on the warrior way!
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO RECOGNIZE THE BAD MOTOR SCOOTER THAT YOU ARE! YOU ARE A PEACE MAKER – A HOLY GHOST WARRIOR WHO CONTINUES TO DEFEAT THE ENEMY! SIC ‘EM!
From my book: Best of the Brewer
May 1, 2017
PROMISES FROM THE WILDERNESS
God is looking for you to press into your dreams and move into your Promised Land instead of going around the mountain one more time. Keep your eyes on Him and He will direct your path.
PROMISES FROM THE WILDERNESS
While nobody likes being in the wilderness, God does His most amazing work in us during this time of trial. Think of it as preparing for a test, and that test is your Promised Land.
Know this: the wilderness is not meant to be permanent, but its lessons should be. Here are some of the things you should never forget that you learned in your wilderness experience…
1) God is good. He is your friend, while the world is not your friend.
2) God loves your personal, intimate company with Him. He gets jealous when you give your heart to anything other than Him.
3) God loves to be alone with you.
4) You are not a victim, or a slave. You are an overcoming warrior and the child of the King. He made you like that!
5) You should live with a huge value for setting up “camp” in His presence.
6) You should value His Word.
7) You don’t need to have an explanation for everything God does supernaturally.
8) You have no life outside of Him. Period.
9) When God moves, you move. Be prepared!
10) You do not need a committee’s approval to move forward. Just believe what Jesus says no matter how dangerous or outrageous.
Remember, the key to the Kingdom is learning a new culture – a Kingdom mindset and God-based worldview. Both are based on how God does things, not how mankind works.
When you learn these things and they become core values in your life, you earn your upgrade. Are you ready for more of Him and better in your life? Go after your Promised Land by leaning on the promises of the wilderness.
O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
– Psalms 63:11
TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO GO AFTER YOUR UPGRADE. MOVE OUT OF THE WILDERNESS INTO YOUR PROMISED LAND BY KNOWING GOD, SPENDING TIME WITH HIM AND MOVING WITH HIM WHEN HE MOVES. DARE TO WANT MORE!
From my book Living Life /Forward
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