COMPONENTS OF FAITH Series..Part 4   Your ENVIRONMENT!!!

Food for Thought  11/2/2004
 Review:

     Component #1 of FAITH.... 'YOUR' IMAGE....  Component #2 of FAITH…. WHAT 'YOU' BELIEVE??                   

Component #3...'YOUR' WILD CARD!!!!

HEBREWS 11:1..(NKJV)
" FAITH IS substance of things hope for.. the evidence of things NOT SEEN."
HEBREWS 11:1..(NIV)
   "FAITH IS being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do NOT see."

TWO KINDS OF FAITH:
NATURAL faith- natural human faith.(Your abilities)
                     Everyone saved or unsaved has this faith                                    

      Example: Having faith in the seat your sitting on will hold your weight.

 SCRIPTURAL faith- supernatural, unseen faith.(God using your abilities)

This  faith  believes with the HEART  in spite of what physical senses or circumstances

may seem to look to you ...an invisible substance or Spirit ...in the PRESENT TENSE...NOW..
  1st-- an idea leads to a thought.
   ...2nd-- a thought leads to an image.
                ...something that has NOT manifested or NOT been seen with natural eye.

COMPONENT #4….. ' YOUR ' ENVIRONMENT?

What is your environment???

Your surroundings-

 Outside- your church, job, friends, associates, what & where you go..

Inside-   What you think and believe...Your heart- the inside YOU 

2 CORINTHIANS 6:14 (KJV) 
    Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

2 CORINTHIANS 4:4..

"the god of this age (Satan) has blinded the minds of unbelievers,
                       so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the Glory of Christ,  who is an image of God, but We DO NOT preach ourselves,

but Jesus Christ as Lord,and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake." 

COMMENT #1...Your environment will change you before you change it!!!

WE ALL HAVE  CHOICES OF OUR ENVIRONMENT..

YOUR ENVIRONMENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

Let look at your regular day..

What television programs do you watch??

What do you participate with at work with free time??

What church do you attend- are you being entertained or challenged??

What do you do with family & friends-where do you go & what do you talk about??

Stop for minute...Think about  these events or people....

Are they:

Destiny Helpers or Destiny Spoilers??

WHAT DESTINY??

 REVELATIONS 4:1.."After this I looked, and Behold, a DOOR WAS OPENED IN HEAVEN.."
 
 THE DOOR HAS BEEN OPEN FOR YOU INTO HEAVEN..2005

 WHAT DOOR??

ROMANS 8: 29.."For whom HE Did FOREKNOW,
 HE also DID PREDESIGNATE YOU

(place your name here)__________________________________________________________________

 to be CONFORMED to the image of His Son that  YOU

might be the first born among  MANY brethren.."

 GOD HAS SET UP FOR YOU...
 A 'PATH' OR 'ROAD' JUST FOR YOU!!!!
        YES. GOD LOVES YOU, & GOD IS LOVE.

 THIS IS GOD TALKING TO YOU...LISTEN....

3 John 1:2 (NASB-U) 
    Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.

 God has a path for you_____________________________________!! 
 (place your name here)
 
 WITHIN THIS SPECIFIC ROAD or PATH or DESTINY
 THERE ARE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS with GREATER POWER (inside you) FOR YOU
 TO GET TO EXPECTED END OR RESULT.
 This is God's will for YOUR life  or PREDESTINATION...

 WHAT ARE YOU TODAY TOILING WITH THAT SEEMS LIKE
 YOUR ROWING AGAINST THE CURRENT???
 WHAT TRIAL, OR SITUATION OR RELATIONSHIP??
 LIST THOSE TRIALS, SITUATIONS OR RELATIONSHIPS: 

that are Destiny Spoilers!!!
 THOSE who speak....poverty or lack, abuse, sickness, oppression or fear or death or unbelievers...
 #1.______________________________________________________
   #2._______________________________________________________
   #3.________________________________________________________

2 Peter 2:8 (KJV) 
    (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

1 Cor. 15:33 (NASB-U) 
    Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."

1 Cor. 5:6 (NASB-U) 
    Your boasting is not good.

Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?

WHAT ARE THE QUALITIES OF Destiny Helpers ??

SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THESE KIND OF PEOPLE...

#1.  PURPOSE DRIVEN People..

Do they Know &  are they Pursuing their God given purpose not just a job..

#2. PRODUCTIVE Manifestation-Being Fruitful not barren..

Are they leading themselves & others to abundance rather than lack?

#3. PROGRESSIVE Mind --Are they making some impact on the world.

Have they renewed their minds to God's Word??

#4.  PRINCIPLE Driven-----God ways not just world system ways.

Are they aware of God's promises and inheritance??

#5. PROMOTING Others..

Are they happy with others progress or not  just their own???

WHAT Destiny Helpers should you spend MORE time with ??

LIST THEM BY NAME or ACTIVITY..

#1______________________________________________

#2.______________________________________________

#3.______________________________________________
 

WHAT Destiny Spoilers should you spend LESS time with ??

LIST THEM BY NAME or ACTIVITY..

#1______________________________________________

#2.______________________________________________

#3.______________________________________________
 

NOW THAT YOU'VE STARTED THE JOURNEY...

Destiny Helpers or Destiny Spoilers??

Genesis 1:22.

"BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY"

PROVERBS 8: 12.

."Wisdom(word from God)
 to find out knowledge of WITTY INVENTIONS."

Matthew 6:33

"SEEK 1st the kingdom and  HIS righteousness and
 All things will added to you"..
 

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END OF COMPONENTS OF FAITH PART 4- YOUR ENVIRONMENT 11/2/04