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Kingdom Thinking Recap for week 3

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Sorry for my delay with this post!

I truly hope that each day with the thoughts that I post, will in some way inspire you. Every thought is inspired by the Holy Spirit. Honestly, I am posting nothing more than my life and growth of the Kingdom.

As you read them, open yourself up to receive inspiration for yourself in that day.

So enjoy this recap of week 3’s God inspired thoughts.

Monday: Kingdom Thinking: Don’t base your dreams on a budget.

Tuesday: Kingdom Thinking: Start where you are, but your increase is in where you are called.

Wednesday: Kingdom Thinking: The path to success is already established but you must walk it through! 1 Cor 15:57

Thursday: Kingdom Thinking: Be sure you never put man’s written word over God’s Kingdom Word.

Friday: Kingdom Thinking: Never limit the size of your dream based on your present economical status.

Well that’s it, but another week is just around the corner…. So eyes up and gear up to take this new week gladiator style. Rule and dominate every second to it’s fullest and end each day with not a single regret!

Prayer

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Prayer

So how’s your communication pathway with God? I hear so many saying they “just don’t know how to pray” while with others they say “I don’t have time to stop and pray”. Then we have those that when they pray it becomes nothing more than a venting session of how bad their life is.

I know God is not moved by long, drawn-out, whiny prayers no more than He is with one filled with a lot of theologically sounding babble But we can still find ourselves rambling in our talk time with Him to a point of honestly getting lost in Words. I found myself recently reading Matthew 6. It’s funny how things strike us differently at times, because I have read this many times, but as I was reading this chapter, it truly reached out and grabbed me differently. When I got to verse 5, my spirit surged and I was off on a journey. I got to verse 7 and saw the words “vain repetitions” and I could see this referring to endless babbling and long, drawn-out prayers that confuse. One thing I believe Jesus taught, was focused prayer. Prayer is a matter of the heart; a conversation if you will.

So let’s take a journey through this prayer in Matthew 6 starting in verse 9.

9 In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
(Honestly, as we talk to God, it’s not about how holy you can sound because God already knows the real you, so be that who He knows. It’s all about relationship!)

10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.
(In this verse the reader is recognizing God’s way as the way; not just later but in the here and now in every situation.)

11 Give us this day our daily bread.
(We recognize in this verse that God is our supplier. The Bible talks more about your prosperity than anything else. God has more than shown His constant desire that you be fully taken care of. It’s not by obligation He fills this but instead because of love.)

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
(This scripture, just as in Mark 11, states that we are forgiven but also that we must forgive.)

13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
(Let’s not get confused here in thinking that God brings things on His children. If He was going to do that, then why would He want to send His son Jesus to pay a full price for us? We are recognizing and declaring a hedge of protection around us and our families.)

Again, this is just one area that my daily journey took me to in simplifying my life. How do you find yours? By daily seeking Him and refusing to be a carrier of the weights of life.

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Kingdom Thinking Recap for Week 1

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Wow, it’s so exciting that 2013 is here! I am truly excited about this year. I have been hearing in my spirit, that 2013 would be the year of great Kingdom Revelation. But it will not come to those that are not seeking Him. He has to be your priority!

I was ready to start the Kingdom Thinking thoughts back into full speed ahead mode and so here is the first recap for this blessed new year!

Monday: (Blank on purpose).

Tuesday: Kingdom Thinking: Allow no regrets from 2012 into 2013.

Wednesday: Kingdom Thinking: Make it a point to find the good in every day, no matter what! It’s simply your decision to make.

Thursday: Kingdom Thinking: Excuses for why you’re not in your YES are nothing more than anchors of weakness.

Friday: Kingdom Thinking: Procrastination if allowed becomes the silent killer of our peace.

Well the first week has come and gone and week two is already here. So eyes ahead and gear up to take this new week gladiator style. Rule and dominate every second to it’s fullest and end each day with not a single regret!

Simplify

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sim·pli·fy (ˈsimpləˌfī) Verb – Make (something) simpler or easier to do or understand.

I have been focusing in my last two blogs on casting the cares and not being carriers of them. We are still going to be on that same path even with the title I chose this week.

1 Peter 5:7 (AMP) “Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.”

The word “care” – Merimna (Strongs #3308) from meiro “to divide” & noos, “the mind”. The word denotes distractions, anxieties, burdens, & worries. Merimna means to be anxious about daily life.

So now that we have done that little word study, let’s move forward with this thought to simplify even deeper. When I talk about simplifying, we could actually take that in so many different ways. It could be in how we are looking at things or how we complete a started task or project. To others it might mean lightening the loads of life. Honestly, the true meaning of simplifying one’s life, is found in them and them alone. We can seek the help of others and we can read all the self help books that are written, but until we first find ourselves, nothing else can eternally be done.

I love Matthew 6:33 (AMP) “But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.”

The focus is to seek the Kingdom and via that journey, we find His ways. When we find His ways, we too then can find our way and by Grace we can complete His calling for our lives. Life was never meant to be complicated, but by decisions made, it becomes that way. By decisions, we can now simplify that which was made complicated. HOW? By casting the cares, anxieties, burdens, and worries that so easily complicate daily life, if we allow it to.

Please leave your thoughts below.

The art of learning to cast…

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The art of learning to cast

 

I had a gentleman last week propose a suggestion on my blog post that prompted this week’s post. The suggestion in a nutshell was to tell people “how to cast” and not just telling them “to cast”. Have you ever been to a service or meeting and heard a teaching that just seemed so right but never quite made it home? Well I have!!!! In areas of grace, finances, health, or even relationships, I find teachings that have a great start but they never make the full circle of bringing it home to really be applicable in one’s life. I never want to do that here with the Kingdom Thinking Blog.

So how do you learn to cast? I’m sure any true fisherman would tell you that you can’t just grab a pole and start throwing. There is a seeking of the perfect rod and reel and then the perfect line and finally to the lure and then patiently taking the time to learn and grow. Well honestly, there are some great Kingdom principles in that. God has fully supplied all the tools you need to live a Kingdom life to the fullest; not in just one area of your life, but in every area. BUT, you have to take those tools and patiently study them and allow them to become a part of your life so that you can use them as designed. As a fisherman, you are daily perfecting your casting skills through seeking Him in the Word and trusting Him in your actions.

So how do you cast the cares that so easily weigh you down? First, you must take your eyes off of the cares and get your eyes on Him. When I say “get your eyes on Him”, it is not a reference of looking at a physical man but instead to do as He said in the Word. Matthew 6:33 AMP “But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.” You cannot be the carrier of a problem and a seeker of the Kingdom at the same time. As you seek the Kingdom, you are actually seeking God and as you seek Him you find a peace that truly does surpass all understanding if you allow what you read to seed in you.

Getting back to the fisherman; as long as they are simply carrying the tools of a fisherman and not using them, they will never find themselves in that place to get the perfect catch. It is the same for you; until you let go of the baggage you are carrying, you will never really find yourself in a place of growth and increase. God has so much for you and to live a life not partaking of them is like paying for your dream car or home, but never being able to enjoy them. Here are couple of great casting scriptures to fill your tackle box with:

1 Peter 5:7 (AMP) Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.

Psalms 55:22 (AMP) Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail).

And as you cast, you are perfected by the completed works of Christ at the Cross. Psalms 138:8 (AMP) The Lord will perfect that which concerns you; Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, endure forever–forsake not the works of Your own hands.

I will close with this; a very close friend of mine just texted me with a thought as I was writing this post. This text was perfectly timed because it talked about Galatians 6:2 (AMP) “Bear (endure, carry) one another’s burdens and troublesome moral faults, and in this way fulfill and observe perfectly the law of Christ (the Messiah) and complete what is lacking [in your obedience to it].” Now you must ALL know that when you read the words “the law of Christ” that you are reading about the love of Christ. He is not telling you to carry one another’s baggage, but instead to be carriers of a love for others; a love so great that you can’t stand to see them not whole and complete.

So it’s time to cast from you all the heaviness of life and reel in the fullness of His peace that passes all of your natural understanding. There is no bigger catch!

Kingdom Thinking – Week of November 26th

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Can you say MERRY CHRISTMAS????

I can’t believe that December is here and Christmas and a brand new year are just around the corner. But it’s true and so what do we do? We take this month and make it the best of 2012 and the launching pad for 2013.

The purpose of the Kingdom Thinking blog is to help bring Kingdom Reality to a lost world that truly has no hope without Jesus. So many think they don’t need Him or they can live with a foot in the world and a foot in the Kingdom, but we know how this will workout for them…. BAD!!!!

I pray that last week’s daily post will be a blessing to you in some way and please feel free to share them with all you know.

So away we go!!!!

Kingdom Thinking: Complaining moves no mountains….

Kingdom Thinking: Victory & defeat start in our thoughts but manifest through our words. Prov. 18:21

Kingdom Thinking: If you are able to read this post, then it’s not too late! No better time than NOW for a fresh start and new beginning.

Kingdom Thinking: Don’t be as the nine lepers in Luke 17, but instead give God continual praise for ALL He has done for you!

Kingdom Thinking: Release yesterday to history and do not relive it!

Well that’s it for now, but I know God has some rich Kingdom thoughts for next week.

So eyes up and keeping moving forward for the best is yet to come!

Cast or Carry

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If you have ever gone fishing, you know that there is no catch without first casting. When fishing, as you cast, there becomes a potential to increase.

As a Christian living a Kingdom life, it actually works much the same. As you cast the cares, you create the environment of growth and increase. You are told in the Word, to cast every care. You are not created to carry the load of life; but instead, to cast it over onto the only one that can. Actually, every weight of life has been fully carried and hung on the cross so as you cast it off, you are receiving what Jesus gave His life for.

You must realize that carrying creates a drag, while casting lightens you up to go forth towards your full potential.

Today you must make the decision to cast off that which has been trying to slow you down.

Life has the potential for curves and pot holes and detours, but it’s up to you how you handle them.

So together let’s start casting and reeling in the greatest prize catch ever!

So have you been a caster or a carrier?

Leave your thoughts on this below.

Eyes Up!!!

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When I think about an Air Force fighter pilot, I can’t imagine their focus is on anything other than complete victory and the taking down of their enemy. They have to rely on their talents and tools to fulfill the mission.

The same is true with you; you have been fully equipped with ALL you could ever need to live each day in full victory no matter how the battle may look. I just read Psalms 121 again, but this time it ignited within me. Let’s look at it together.

Psalm 121:1-8 KJV “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.”

The following are thoughts that came to mind as I read this:
V:1 hills, refers to hills of Zion & Jerusalem which was seen as the dwelling place of God.
V:3 Hebrew word for “keeps” (preserves) is used 6 times which emphasizes the care of God.
V:6 sun & moon represents His 24 hours a day protection over us.
V:7 we are preserved – not that things won’t come but that we can go through them in assured victory. 1 Cor 15:57
V:8 the keeping power of God sustains us 1 Thes 5:23

We must be like that fighter pilot and know who we are and use the equipment we have been given. From Genesis to Revelations, we get Kingdom Revelation of who we are and how to use the equipment that we have been given to live in complete and total victory.

So “eyes up” and be extreme about this day and all that you do for Him!

Please feel free to leave your thoughts, and/or comments below or e-mail me directly at keiths@lwtusa.org .

Kingdom Thinking Thoughts & Ministry Update for the Week October 29th

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I know this is late, but I still needed to post last week’s Kingdom Thinking Recap and ministry update.
 
Debbie and I are preparing to leave this week for Guatemala for our International Directors meetings and also a seminar, along with our Bible Institute Graduation.  This is a highlight each year, as we see new Kingdom warriors step out and into their calling fully equipped with the essential Kingdom tools for discipling a lost and thirsty world.
 
We are already preparing and scheduling for 2013 meetings and if you would be interested in having us at your church, ministry, business, school, etc., then send us an e-mail and we can get you all the details to make this happen.
 
Here is a recap of last week’s Kingdom Thinking Thoughts.  I pray each one comes alive in you as you read them.

Monday – Kingdom Thinking:  Money is much like a hammer.  It’s simply a tool to fulfill a task. 

Tuesday – Kingdom Thinking:  No matter what level of success you attain, NEVER forget Who your true supplier really is. 

Wednesday – Kingdom Thinking:   It’s not IF God will supply any & all your needs, but that He already has supplied them.

Thursday – Kingdom Thinking:  Faith is what you know but trust is the action.  Faith & trust – the twin towers of change for this day. 

Friday – Kingdom Thinking:  God makes impossibilities, possibilities for His kids. 

Debbie and I would love to hear from you with your questions, comments, prayer requests and/or testimonies. We pray you have a truly blessed day and week in all that you put your hands to do!

Kingdom Thinking Thoughts Week October 8th

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Look back at last week and tell it bye-bye. Now say hello to a new week with new decisions and new opportunities for success.

Here is a recap of last week’s Kingdom Thinking Thoughts. I pray each one comes alive in you as you read them.

Monday – Kingdom Thinking: Kingdom Thinking: It’s never too late to begin the chase of a dream!

Tuesday – Kingdom Thinking: Do not let the size of your dream scare you, because your God is always bigger!

Wednesday – Kingdom Thinking: Letting someone decide your today gives them control over your tomorrow.

Thursday – Kingdom Thinking: Look for ways to help others achieve their dreams.

Friday – Kingdom Thinking: It’s never too late to get your life back on track.

Debbie and I would love to hear from you with your questions, comments, prayer requests and/or testimonies. We pray you have a truly blessed day and week in all that you put your hands to do!