PROVERBS 23:7
Prov.23.7 - For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Exod.7.1 - And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Just as the state of our bodies affect the state of our lives, and the state of our spirit affects the state of our lives, our minds can also affect the state of our lives.
Our thoughts can affect our state of life after awhile.
Our minds can see, perceive, recognize...the mind's eye.
Exod.3.11 - And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
Exod.3.12 - And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
At some point, there was a battle between God's mindset and Moses' mindset.
God would say one thing, Moses would say another.
Exod.4.1 - And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
Until God can fix our minds, He can't fix our lives.
Besides,
It doesn't matter how much people try to help us, if our minds can't be fixed, our lives can't be fixed.
Our thoughts create our realities either immediately, eventually or ultimately.
The children of Israel could not get to the promised land due to their mindset.
Ps.78.7 - That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Ps.78.8 - And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Our mentality determines our reality.
Isa.26.3 - Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
We have to stay our minds on God.
We must have the mindset for progress.
Mindset Refers To;
- Mental condition, transformation and focus.
We can change and stabilise our mindset.
- Mental capacity, content and creativity.
If its too big for our minds, then its too big for our lives.
When God gives us information, do we allow it sink in?
Its worth the risk to believe God whether things happen according to expectations or not.
Its better to have a good picture in mind and it doesn't happen than to live till the day of one's death with a miserable picture in mind.
Creativity is a function of the mind once we have capacity and content.
Note;
To go forward and make progress after 430 years, the children of Israel had to dare certain things.
Once we know the way, its easy.
To walk with God and see Him work in our lives, there are ways to go through and one of it is to fix our minds.
A. The children of Israel had to think its a possible dream.
Dreams come true.
B. They had to trust a God they'd not known or seen Him work before.
For Moses to walk/work with and believe God, he had to see what God could do.
There are things that we will not have references to, but we'll have to just do them, that's why we need mental capacity.
Every step forward with God, requires trusting God on a higher level.
We must use our mindset today to create what we'll need tomorrow.
We must not concretize negative circumstances in our minds and with our words.
Because
Once a negative word is uttered, it is spiritually enforced thereby making it easy to fulfill the spoken word.
Declare Now,
I believe in abundance, success, increase, surplus,
God can take care of me,
I change my mind, Amen.
Satan carries negative words and echoes them back eternally in one's life,
Prov.6.2 - Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Some people find themselves struggling around never enough because of their attitude.
May our children grow up with the right mentality, Amen.
Its time to change our minds to make progress and go forward.
Whatever looks greater than us now is already defeated, Amen.
C. They had to believe God for success in the face of many odds.
Do we have the mind that sees miracles as though there are far away and impossible or the kind of mind that sees miracles as anything is possible?
Pray Now
In the Name of Jesus, I am going forward, I am making progress, the Red Sea cannot stop me, neither can Pharaoh's army stop me, Amen.
We must do what we can and God will do what we can't.
Note;
The mind is a vital part of the body that affects a person's state of life.
The mind is a God given instrument for generating unstoppable results in life.
Gen.11.6 - And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
We can be in prison but our minds is not in prison and eventually our bodies will join our minds.
What God has not made a condition, we must not make it a condition.
- Not maximising the potentials of our mind is a reason for failures in life.
Our circumstances will not stop our transformation, Amen.
We must get serious about life instead of dwelling on thoughts of what we'll eat and wear.
We have to think big, think far,think ahead, think mega things.
That's why God does not look at our situation, but at our vision/manifestation.
Our next level is what we can do something about.
We must make sure we maximise our potentials.
Mental laziness is the worst kind of laziness.
Isa.5.13 - Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
We must not let our parents' murmurings to damage our mentality.
Parents should not leave curses for their children.
Declare Now
I change my mind,
I am blessed, rich, favored, prosperous in my mind.
A small house can be a palace of joy,
Its about having the right atmosphere, attitude, disposition, state of mind, not in how much money one has.
A good appreciative/encouraging atmosphere creates a wealthy future.
Redemption through Jesus Christ has given the believer an upgraded mind and mentality.
2Thess.1.7 - And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
We need joy to draw the harvest we need.
We must use firm, sound words that will encourage creativity in us and others.
A good leader expects performance and demands results,
Goes after the missing ones in his/her team,
And Does not fear his followers that he/she can't correct them.
We have left Egypt and now in our Promised Land of prosperity, favor, increase, Amen.
Declare Now
I prosper, I excel, I succeed, Egypt/poverty is not in my mind, Amen.
We must talk powerfully to ourselves and let it sink into our spirit to ensure our minds can help us manifest the reality.
Three Key Areas God Needed The Israelites To Change Their Minds;
- From oppression to dominion.
We are conquerors and must put on the Conqueror's disposition to win in life.
We may still see Pharaoh but the perspective through which we see him must change.
Declare Now
I am on my way out of here, Amen.
We must change the mindset that says we don't have hope.
Put away our victim mentality.
- From a hardship mentality to a favor mentality.
Exod.3.21 - And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
Declare Now
I carry favor no matter my circumstances,
I am on my way to manifestation,
I'm about to be lifted and celebrated,
Amen.
We must not look at how people treat us to determine if we carry favor,
When people walk away from us we must walk away from them too.
What are we carrying?
Joseph carried favor even in prison.
Potipher could not keep Joseph for too long, nor would the prison and that's because Joseph carried favor that would carry him forward.
We must recognize and utilize our potentials.
- From scarcity to abundance mindset.
Abundance is real.
Exod.1.7 - And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
Israel increased, multiplied and grew in abundance, then the devil struck.
If there is scarcity in our house, its because there's abundance elsewhere.
Exod.12.34 - And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
Exod.12.35 - And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:
Exod.12.36 - And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
God ensured the land brought abundance for Israel.
When the children of Israel said to the Egyptians give us gold, raiment, they were given in abundance.
God moved from house to house to make sure a person died for the Israelites, even animals too.
For everyone suffering poverty, someone somewhere is diverting/ cornering abundance.
God didn't create us poor but people are sitting on our monies due to greed,
Today
Upon Mount Zion, there shall be deliverance,
Obadiah 17, Amen.
The Israelites clothes and shoes grew on their bodies,
Because
They played with gold, diamonds and jewels on the sand for 40 years until their minds were healed.
No one can say to us again, where is the money?, Amen.
Three Things To Do;
- Reject every wrong and negative picture from our past/mind as fathers, mothers, daughters, sons.
Our past ought to pass away.
- Use the Word of God.
We must replace negative pictures in our minds with blessed pictures from God's Words.
Deliberately find out what God's Word says and use it to renew our minds and replace negative pictures.
- Reject every lie of the devil that wants to keep us in the negative pictures of our minds i e poverty, failure.
The time to spend and work out our victory is long and its not as those years we spent in poverty/suffering, we must use our time now well.
The remaining years will compensate us for the many years we spent in suffering, Amen.
For every delay we have suffered, God will make sure the result is bigger than before, Amen.
We are not what the devil says we are, but are what God says we are.
We are blessed of the Lord, Amen.
Prayers!
Father I thank You, for your plans for me are for good, not evil,
In Jesus' Name, I reject every picture of negativity,
I receive what God's Word says about me i e good health, freedom, dominion, success, increase, progress, prosperity,
A new chapter opens in my life,
Amen