Intention is More Important Than Invention

The most important intention in my life, is my intention to follow and obey my conscience. I purposely intend to live outside of my comfort zone. I strive to always think, say, and do what is right. Every time I neglect to do that, I ask for, seek, and receive forgiveness, so that I don’t have to carry guilt and shame. My intention is to let God continually reframe and retrain me so that I can surrender to His will throughout each day and live by His presence and power working within me.

Holy Reframe

Let Jesus reform
Your thoughts and desires
Until you conform
To the will of God.
The greatest miracle
You can ever see
Is one that sets you free
From the inside out
And turns hopelessness
Into reliance
On Christ in you,
The hope of glory.

The Holy Spirit leads
Outside your comfort zone.
When Christ is on your throne
You’ll not be hard like stone,
But Christ alive in you
Will show you what to do.
He’ll always lead you to
The uncomfortable
Pathway He has shown.
“Deny yourself,
Take up your cross,
And follow Me.”
Don’t let your comfort zone
Be a massive millstone
That chains you to the known
And blinds you to the great
Blessings God has for you
That yet remain unknown.
Courageously follow
God’s Spirit beyond the
Trap of your comfort zone.

If you’re not growing closer to, more obedient to and more in love with the risen Jesus, you’re stuck in a religious comfort zone. The power and presence of the risen Jesus is waiting for you beyond your comfortable places.

Biblical Christianity isn’t a comfort zone. It’s a mental, emotional, and spiritual warfare zone. “Fight the good fight of faith.” “Humble yourself.” “Deny yourself.” “Love your enemies.” “Bless those who curse you.” “Pray for those who despitefully use you.” “Resist the devil.” “Cast out demons.” “Casting down imaginations and bringing every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.”

The more you follow the risen Jesus outside of your comfort zone, the more the Holy Spirit will be able to comfort you. Unfortunately, many Christians stay closer to their comfort zone than they do to Jesus Christ.

God is a gentleman. He allows you to put the brakes on what the Holy Spirit wants to do in your heart. “Quench not the Spirit.” Your comfort zone is a wet blanket to the Holy Spirit's fire. It hinders the Holy Spirit, but God's comfort ignites His spiritual fire in you.

The biggest enemy against your personal and spiritual growth is your own comfort zone. It’s not your friend. Escape while you can! Until individual Christians are being transformed “from glory to glory” by the Holy Spirit, reforming the way church is done won’t change much.

Comfort zone Christianity is a spiritually dangerous religion. The living Jesus can only comfort you when you are uncomfortable. Trusting in His presence and power will make you comfortable being uncomfortable. Prosperity focused Christianity is all about creating comfort zones. Biblical Christianity is about living in the supernatural comfort of the risen Jesus regardless of your circumstances.

We can't be physically separated from God because He is omnipresent. However, we can harden our heart, reject, and deny Him. Heart separation from God is a terrible thing.

Your comfort zone and God's comfort are not the same thing: Your comfort zone is self-focused. God's comfort is Christ-focused.

Your comfort zone is any cozy place that you go and the comfy things that you settle into to comfort yourself, instead of looking to the living God and welcoming the Holy Spirit to be your Comforter. It's anywhere you can forget about, ignore, or deny your problems, but God's comfort is received in the middle of your problems.[image error]Pexels.com" data-medium-file="https://hopethoughts.com/wp-content/u..." data-large-file="https://hopethoughts.com/wp-content/u..." src="https://hopethoughts.com/wp-content/u..." alt="" class="wp-image-42541" />Photo by Jean van der Meulen on Pexels.com