Basic Steps to having a Victorious Prayer Life- Part 1

This will be a two-part series about prayer that deals with a fundamental aspect of praying that gets results. If the believer will faithfully follow the steps and prayer, they can be sure of an answer from God. It may not be always the answer they want, but they will have an answer is the central truth of this teaching. To have strong faith in the Word of God will create the reality of answered prayer of in our life.
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.” John 15:7. His word is speaking directly to our inner man (our spirit man). As we exercise the God KIND of faith our ability increases in the knowledge of God. Abiding also means maintaining a good relationship with God striving to lead a godly life.

This is the key to successful living and having prayers answered.

Videos. “Put Off, Put On”. Foundational Steps for Effectual Prayer. Invisible Barriers to Healing.

Step One; What you want from God.

“But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do”. James 1:6-8

The above scripture demonstrates to us the extreme importance of being decisive and what you want from God. The apostle James stated that if any man waivers or their double minded, or can’t make up their mind, they are unstable and all their ways, and they can’t expect to receive anything from God. Many believers are indefinite in their prayer life. When I ask them what they’re praying about sometimes they just say blessings. One person stated he was praying just to pray. Of course, there is one kind of prayer. We pray to worship and have fellowship with God, but in this lesson, we are dealing primarily with praying to get an answer to our needs. If we are not careful does general type of praying will carry over to other areas but we need to be specific about certain needs that we have in our lives.
When my wife sends me to the grocery store to get tomatoes, I don’t come back with peaches. She would say I told you specifically to bring tomatoes. The same thing is true about prayer. A lot of people have many misconceptions regarding prayer thinking that they need to spend hours praying for God to hear them, God is not deaf nor is He blind. If we spend three minutes, praying in faith for what we need, God has heard us and whatever you need from God be very specific.

Step 2; Find a Scripture that covers your Need.

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Joshua 1:8

In order for us to receive what we need from God, our prayer must be based on God‘s word. As we meditate on his word, and confess his word, we will live his word. His word is spirit and life, and it will be built into our inner consciousness, or our spirit man. Once this takes place, our prayers will line up with the word of God and in our time of need we are prepared. For instance, the devil has many people with doubt, and wants to rob us from God ‘s promises. Jesus said to Satan in the wilderness when he tried to make him doubt, he said it is written that man shall not live by Bread alone, but by every word of God then Satan took him to a high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and he sailed. He said to Jesus, if you were worship me, I will give you all these kingdoms. Jesus did not contradict him or say he was a liar, because when man fell sin rained, and Satan became god of this world. However, Jesus said to him it is written, thou shall worship the Lord thy God and him, and only him thou shall serve. Then finally, Satan took Jesus up to a very high top of the temple, and said to him cast self-down, and again, Jesus answered him with the word of God, saying it is written, thou shall not tempt the Lord thy God. Luke 4:3-12.
If Jesus used the word of God to defeat the devil, so do all believers must follow Him and do the same. The word of God is our weapon when we face temptation and doubt you find the scripture that says it is written and meditate that confess and live that you’ll be prepared for any attack of the devil.
In the matter of guidance, we must search the scriptures to see what God has to say about any situation. If the scriptures don’t promise us what we may be seeking then we don’t have any business praying for it. We should not want anything that the word of God says we shouldn’t have. Many people try to pray beyond their faith. It is a word of God that gives us faith, so faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Romans 10:17 The reason people do not pray with confidence, and faith is because they do not know the word of God. They may hope, but they don’t know it. They have religion, but they really don’t have Jesus. If we learn God’s word and lean upon God’s word, he promises to fulfill every need we have.

Step 3; Ask God for those things you Need.

Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Matthew 7:7-8

God knows what we are asking for even before we ask why then we need to ask.
First to exercise our faith by speaking His word which builds our Inner man (spirit). Also, by speaking His word we are exercising and releasing our faith.

“Therefore, do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.” Matthew 6:8.
Who are them? Those who don’t know Father God. Them are people who are caught in a lifestyle of doubt thinking by continually asking they will convince a anger God and win Him over to their side.
But we must believe.

Step 4; Believe That You Receive!

People want the blessings of Abraham with the faith of doubting Thomas.

7 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; 18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.” 19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. Romans 4:17-21.

Understanding true faith in God and His word comes from knowing that He does not fail. We fail and try to blame God or the devil when it is our lack of faith.
23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. 24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. 25 “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive your trespasses. Mark 11:23-25.
For this reason, I am telling you, whatever things you ask for in prayer [in accordance with God’s will], believe [with confident trust] that you have received them, and they will be given to you. Amplified Version. Mark 11:24.
To finally understand there are two kinds of knowledge: Sense Knowledge and Revelation Knowledge that pertains to all that God has stated in His Word. Remember the enemy will fight you every step of the way and he begins in your mind. If we do not mature in our relationship and understanding the Word of God the Devil will come back stronger with more lies and situations to hinder our faith.
Our prayers are not being answered because we are judging obstacles and situations using their five senses. Scripture states that our mind (carnal nature based on our five senses) is at war with the things of God. They judge everything according to their carnal fallen nature. But our heavenly Father God has provided all things to us.
May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.3 His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 By these he has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire. 2 Peter 1:2-4

As you Think you will Speak. And as you Speak is how you will Live!

Crime Scene Reconstruction & Analysis

Introduction.

Crime scene reconstruction and analysis involves a lot of different steps not only from the fields or disciplines of criminology but also psychology as well as sociology and theological implications. Forensics is a very vast field that covers not only victimology, criminal evidence, forensic pathology as well as sexual offenders.
This video will cover very briefly a case that I had many years ago and how I used crime scene reconstruction and analysis as well as criminal profiling that helped me immensely in solving the murder of this young child. I invite you to look at several other different videos that we have regarding both criminological and psychological that describe and discuss both lifespan development and the psychosocial construction of a person’s outlook on life.

Overview of Steps Involved
• Because crime-scene reconstruction develops a likely sequence of events at a crime scene with physical evidence, testimony, and reenactments, proper documentation and collection
methods must be used for all types of evidence.
• Investigative personnel may bring some expectations or biases to reconstruction, and these can have a negative effect on the process. It is, therefore, very important for personnel to
practice objectivity, or professional distance.
• The processes of deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, and falsifiability are very important to the reconstruction process, but they must be differentiated and used properly.
• Investigators must be aware that the fallacies of bifurcation, generalization, and false linkage can impede a search for the truth. Avoiding these fallacies will help investigators
maintain objectivity throughout the reconstruction.
• Crime-scene reconstruction is a team effort that requires the expertise of various professionals, depending on the kind of case.
• Information gathered from direct physical evidence provides a definite conclusion or direction, whereas circumstantial evidence provides a lead but no definite conclusion for
reconstructing the crime.
• Testimonial evidence from eyewitnesses is sometimes highly subjective and heavily biased and must be used in reconstruction only if it is corroborated by physical evidence.
• Reenactments of events at a crime scene can be carried out by live personnel, mannequins, or computer-generated models.
• Evidence used in a crime-scene reconstruction must have a complete and valid chain of custody.
• In order for physical or testimonial evidence to be used in reconstruction theories, the chain of custody of items and the integrity of testimonial evidence must be established.
• Individual items of evidence are first analyzed and tested separate from all other evidence; items should not be linked or grouped together during the initial phase of the
investigation. Once all items have been evaluated this way, they may be coupled with other items of evidence that are clearly linked.
• Different categories or types of crime-scene evidence have to be studied with very specific techniques and considerations during the investigation. The kinds of evidence that may be
found at a crime scene are highly diverse, and knowledge of techniques for processing each is needed to recover all pertinent information.
• The reconstruction team must bring together all the linked groups of evidence and information to form theories about how each group of linked items was created by individual events at
a crime scene.

Say What the Bible Says

It is so important that we start our day with the right kind of words. Psalm 118:24 gives us the right kind of words to say: “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” What a good idea to start each day saying what the Bible says!

Some people may naturally enjoy getting up early and watching the sunrise. Not me. I am not a morning person. I prefer the night rather than the morning. In fact, my energy level increases around midnight!

Therefore, I would prefer to say, “Oh, it’s morning. I will not rejoice and be glad in it.” But I have discovered the value of speaking the right kind of words when I arise. Even before my feet hit the floor, I start saying, “This is the day the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it.” A lot can happen between the time you sit up in bed and when your feet hit the floor!

For example, one morning when I first awoke, I put my foot down on the floor not realizing that my foot was asleep. My foot collapsed beneath me, and I twisted my ankle severely. As I was lying on the floor, gripped with pain, it wasn’t an easy thing to say, “This is the day the Lord has made.” But as I began to quote that scripture, strength rose up on the inside of me. I was able to recover from the pain, get up, and perform my tasks for the day.

By our words, we can choose to have a good day or a bad day. Our world is created by the words we speak. I encourage you to start your day by boldly making your confessions of faith.

Each day I ask the Lord for wisdom. James 1:5 says, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” I have found that as I ask for wisdom, the Lord helps me in making major decisions as well as daily minor decisions. I have often seen people stress over making decisions. I simply tell them that if they asked the Lord for wisdom, decisions could be made more quickly. The Word says that we have not because we ask not (James 4:2).

The Lord is always ready to assist us in anything that we need. Yet, it seems we neglect to ask of Him until we have exhausted every other avenue. Why not try going to the Lord first? We will find that we will save a lot of time and effort.

Another thing that I ask for daily is strength. Isaiah 40:31 tells us, “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” As I wait upon the Lord and commune with Him, He certainly does renew my strength. People often say to me, “You are so full of energy. What is your secret? What kind of vitamins do you take?” I tell them, “It’s not vitamins. I simply ask the Lord to supply me with an abundance of energy. And He always accommodates me.”

The Word says that the joy of the Lord is our strength (Neh. 8:10). If I’m getting stressed out, I begin to laugh. I find that as I laugh, my stress disappears and my strength is renewed.

Whatever circumstances you may be encountering today, know that the Heavenly Father cares about you. Your circumstances may look bleak, but those circumstances can be changed when you speak the Word of God. Choose to have a good day; say you will have a good day; and your good day will become a reality!

REMEMBER, HOW YOU THINK IS HOW YOU WILL SPEAK. AND HOW YOU SPEAK IS HOW YOU WILL LIVE!

La ley de la Vida contra la ley de la Muerte
Por tanto, ahora ninguna condenación hay para los que están en Cristo Jesús. Porque la ley del Espíritu de vida os ha hecho libres en Cristo Jesús de la ley del pecado y de la muerte. Porque Dios ha hecho lo que la ley, debilitada por la carne, no pudo hacer. Al enviar a su propio Hijo en semejanza de carne de pecado y por el pecado, condenó el pecado en la carne, para que la justa exigencia de la ley se cumpliera en nosotros, que no andamos según la carne, sino según el Espíritu. Porque los que viven según la carne piensan en las cosas de la carne, pero los que viven según el Espíritu piensan en las cosas del Espíritu. Porque ocuparse de la carne es muerte, pero ocuparse del Espíritu es vida y paz. Porque la mente fijada en la carne [naturaleza pecaminosa incrustada en nuestros cinco sentidos] es hostil a Dios, porque no se somete a la ley de Dios; de hecho, no puede. Los que están en la carne no pueden agradar a Dios.
Romanos 8:1-8.

Introducción
Debemos llegar a un punto en nuestras vidas, pero estamos tan cansados de cómo somos con las cosas que perseguimos, la depresión, la ira, el resentimiento y, sobre todo, la falta de paz. La ley del pecado y la muerte describe básicamente dos tipos de personas. El primero son aquellos que están espiritualmente muertos, pero viven físicamente vivos y viven terriblemente frustrados, pasando por ciclos de caos. La segunda persona es una persona religiosa que también está espiritualmente muerta y está tratando de agradar a Dios en sus propios términos. Ha tratado de encontrar una manera a través de sus propias obras para hacer la voluntad de Dios. Ambos descubren tarde o temprano que esta es una ley de pecado y muerte. Si pudiéramos hacerlo por nuestra cuenta, no necesitaríamos a Jesús.
Recuerde que el Nuevo Pacto tiene una nueva ley, un nuevo sacerdocio, un nuevo sacrificio y un nuevo caminar. Por eso el Antiguo Pacto, que es el Antiguo Testamento, fue reemplazado por el Nuevo Pacto, que es el Nuevo Testamento. La nueva vida del cristiano es el resultado de nacer de nuevo. Cualquiera que esté fuera de Cristo (el Nuevo Testamento) está bajo la ley del Antiguo Pacto y está bajo la ley de la muerte.

La ley del nuevo pacto
“Un mandamiento nuevo os doy: que os améis unos a otros: como yo os he amado, también os améis unos a otros. En esto conocerán todos que sois mis discípulos, si os amáis unos a otros”. Juan 13:34-35
La palabra amor aquí es “ágape”. Este es el amor de Dios. Dios vino a salvar a la humanidad, no a destruirla. El Nuevo Pacto nació con la resurrección de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Jesús cumplió el Antiguo Pacto con sus leyes, ceremonias y sacerdocio y lo dejó a un lado. Esto ocurrió cuando Jesús declaró en la cruz: “Consumado es”.
Cuando Dios resucitó a Jesús de entre los muertos y lo hizo cabeza de un nuevo pacto. Él mismo es sumo sacerdote, y nosotros somos su santo y real sacerdocio. Las reglas para una caminata diaria no se encuentran en las enseñanzas de Jesús ni en la revelación de Pablo. La nueva ley de la ley se interpreta de manera especial en 1 Corintios 13. Es revelación de la gracia de Dios. Es revelación de los hijos de Dios. Debemos caminar, así como los hijos de Abraham caminaron en el reino de los sentidos, pero como un Hombre de la Creación del Nuevo Testamento que nace de nuevo y debemos caminar en el espíritu de amor.
Pero yo digo: caminad por el espíritu (por vuestro espíritu nacido de nuevo rendido al Espíritu Santo) y no satisfaréis los deseos de la carne. Galón. 5:16. Los que caminan según la carne son los que caminan según los cinco sentidos. La carne es un estilo de vida, una conducta que uno elige. El espíritu recreado debe dominar los sentidos y gobernar nuestra conducta.
Tenemos el amor de Dios. No necesitamos orar por Su amor en nosotros. El amor no viene a través de la oración o el ayuno. Hemos recibido la naturaleza del amor de Dios en nuestro espíritu. Cuando nazcamos de nuevo cuando hayamos recibido la naturaleza de Dios Padre. Somos sus hijos. Nacemos del Amor. No necesitamos orar por amor porque cuando nacemos de nuevo, tenemos Su amor.
“El amor de Dios ha sido derramado en nuestros corazones por el Espíritu Santo que nos ha sido dado”. Rom. 5:5
Quien no ama no conoce a Dios, porque Dios es amor. 1 Juan 4:8

Creer en el amor
“Así que hemos llegado a conocer y creer en el amor que Dios tiene por nosotros. Dios es amor, y quien permanece en el amor, permanece en Dios, y Dios permanece en él”. 1 Juan 4:16.
Ahora podrás comprender que esta nueva vida, espíritu nacido de nuevo, se rige por el amor. Satanás ha gobernado a la humanidad, en oscuridad, odio y egoísmo. Pero ahora, bajo una nueva autoridad del Señor Dios y nuestro Nuevo Nacimiento, nuestra vida diaria debe vivirse en amor.
“El amor no hace mal al prójimo; por tanto, el amor es el cumplimiento de la ley”. Romanos 13:10
Jesús es ese amor que cumplió el antiguo mandamiento y lo dejó a un lado. El amor estableció otro mandamiento de amor. Dios no hace al hombre en Cristo amarlo si camina en comunión, no puede evitar amarlo porque el hombre ahora es un amante. Ésta es la solución al problema humano en el mundo. Si el Amor gobernara, no habría más guerras, no más pleitos, no más cárceles son prisiones, todas estas cosas dejarían de terminar.
Nadie busque su propio bien, sino el del prójimo. I Cor. 10:24.

Imitadores de Dios
Verás, el problema es que el Conocimiento de los Sentidos ha fallado y sólo el amor de Dios puede cambiar vidas. Tengo una enseñanza llamada “Espiritualidad y Trauma Colectivo”. Muchos niños crecen en hogares muy disfuncionales. La drogadicción, las pandillas, la violencia doméstica, todas estas cosas diferentes producen comportamientos desviados y criminales. Como saben, enseñamos en las prisiones y se lo diré una vez más si miran los testimonios de estos hombres en nuestra página web a quienes ministramos han tenido una vida de trauma que les ha producido un comportamiento muy negativo. El odio y el egoísmo que experimentaron produjeron criminales, pero el amor produce personas hermosas.
Veréis, la Nueva Creación nace del amor de Dios. Porque tanto amó Dios el mundo que dio. Jn. 3:16.
El fracaso del cristianismo no es un fracaso de la naturaleza de Dios en los hombres, sino que se debe a que los hombres han sustituido la nueva creación por la organización de la iglesia. El conocimiento sensorial ha ganado supremacía en la iglesia, y Jesús ya no es el Señor ni la cabeza de la iglesia; hombres de mentalidad mundana gobiernan la mayoría de las iglesias. Debe entenderse plenamente que los Diez Mandamientos nunca se dan a la nueva creación, y que el nuevo mandamiento nunca fue dado al hombre natural. Esto, si lo fuera, si se supiera, ahorraría gran parte de la confusión entre quienes enseñan la ley hoy.

La ley de la luz y la oscuridad
“El que dice que está en la luz, pero odia a su hermano o hermana, hasta ahora está en tinieblas. El que ama a su hermano permanece en la luz y no hay en él motivo de tropiezo. Pero el que aborrece a su hermano o a su hermana está en tinieblas, camina en tinieblas y no sabe adónde va, porque las tinieblas le han segado los ojos. 1 Juan 2:9-11.
En el momento en que dejamos el amor, entramos en la oscuridad. El Conocimiento de los Sentidos los gobierna. Satanás gobierna a través del egoísmo.
“Sabemos que hemos pasado de la muerte a la vida porque amamos a nuestros hermanos y hermanas. El que no ama permanece en la muerte. Todo el que aborrece a su hermano o a su hermana es homicida, y sabéis que ningún homicida tiene vida eterna residiendo en él. Así hemos conocido el amor: Él dio su vida por nosotros. También debemos dar nuestra vida por nuestros hermanos y hermanas”. 1 Juan 3:14-16.

Viviendo la nueva ley
Si alguien tiene bienes de este mundo y ve a un hermano en la fe en necesidad, pero no le muestra compasión, ¿cómo reside el amor de Dios en él? Hijitos, no amemos de palabra ni de palabra, sino de acción y en verdad. Así sabremos que pertenecemos a la verdad y tranquilizaremos nuestro corazón ante él cada vez que nuestro corazón nos condene; porque Dios es mayor que nuestro corazón y él sabe todas las cosas. Queridos amigos, si nuestro corazón no nos condena, tenemos confianza ante Dios y recibimos todo lo que le pidamos porque guardamos sus mandamientos y hacemos lo que es agradable ante sus ojos. Ahora bien, este es su mandato: que creamos en el nombre de su Hijo Jesucristo y nos amemos unos a otros como él nos mandó. 1 Juan 3:17-23
Cuando salimos del amor, entramos en la oscuridad. Las Escrituras dejan muy claro que nuestras oraciones y peticiones no son contestadas porque permanecemos en la oscuridad. Sé que muchas personas están enfermas y llenas de dolencias y no son sanadas porque no caminan en amor. Sé que la iglesia ha fracasado estrepitosamente y se ha ayudado unos a otros. En lugar de ser una bendición a veces son una maldición unos para otros, llenos de calumnias, engaños y chismes. La próxima vez que no recibas las peticiones de tus oraciones revisa tu vida amorosa.

We are at war!

For, although we live in the world, we do not fight battles as the world does. The weapons with which we fight are not of the world, but have the divine power to overthrow strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty thing that rises up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to submit to Christ. 2 Cor. 10:3-5.

Introduction

We’re not just involved in a football game, a video game, a basketball game, or a playground. We are in the midst of a war. We are at war and the battlefield is your mind! Satan wants to control your every thought. Our responsibility is to fight those evil thoughts and think about Christ. Bring your thoughts to obedience to Christ. Our weapons are power through God. It’s the Bible, prayer, and through our surrender to the power of the Holy Spirit. What do you think? What’s going through your mind? What or who is controlling your thought patterns? A Christian must keep his mind on the things of God.

Our Mind

Thoughts are powerful to hurt us or to hurt us. In Proverbs 23:7, ‘For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. How do you think when you’re alone? Who controls your mind? Many are alone with their own thoughts. What do you talk to yourself about?

It is better to be patient than powerful; it is better to dominate oneself than to conquer a city. Prov. 16:32.
You will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in you, all who concentrate their thoughts on you! Isa. Acts 26:3.
Our Carnal Mind is at Enmity against God.
Your mind must be disciplined. He must be taught to think about what God’s will is. Your mind doesn’t want to do anything that God wants to do with us, for us, or through us. We are alienated and separated from God. Your mind made that decision. He will not submit to God’s will.
For the carnal mind is enmity against God… Rom. 8:7
This is because the corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. He refuses to place himself under the authority of God’s standards because he cannot. Rom. 8:7
And you, who were once alienated and enemy in your mind by evil deeds, but now He has been reconciled. Col. 1:21
We have a blinded mind
The devil has supernatural power to blind your mind if you let him. I have seen the power of the enemy not only with unbelievers, but with believers who let their minds be taken with darkness. I have seen Christian men and women give place to the devil in their minds and end up in terrible situations. These men and women came from Christian homes, but they gave rise to the devil and experienced terrible situations in their lives. They are taken captive by Satan. The Holy Spirit who can open your eyes to the truth by letting Him. He’s a gentleman and won’t force you.

“whose minds the god of this age has cut off, who do not believe, so that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, may shine upon them.”
2 Cor. 4:4

Dubious Mind

Many people, even Christians, constantly doubt God’s goodness and care for them. They are always worried about tomorrow.
So don’t worry about what you have to eat or drink; stop tormenting yourselves. Luke 12:29
Double-minded person
How many Christians call God their Father a liar by saying yes one minute and the next letting circumstances rule their minds and lives? When you doubt, you sin. When you hesitate, you sin. Many are torn right now between their desire to love and serve God, but they feel the pull of their sinful desires. You must choose who you will follow. There is a broad road that leads to destruction and the narrow road that leads to eternal life. In that narrow door is the Cross of Jesus. And it will all be decided first on what you will do about Christ in your mind. Is he a liar? He’s crazy? Or is He the Son of the living God? You must choose.
“Everything that is not of Faith is Sin.” Rom. 14:23
But let him pray with faith, without doubting, for he who doubts is like the waves of the sea, tossed and tossed to and fro by the wind. Let him who is like this not think that he will receive anything from the Lord; He is indecisive and fickle in everything he does. James 1:6-8

How do we fix our minds?

Fixation on our minds involves discipline. When we come to the Lord Jesus Christ, our spirit is born in a new way. We are new creations and we have a new spirit that lives in an ungenerated body and an ungenerated mind. In our walk with the Lord Jesus Christ we must take command of our minds. As we think, we’ll talk. And as we speak, so we will live. What comes out of our mouth is what we’ve been thinking. Our words are localized, we are speaking things of the world and we are either speaking our allegiance to God.
1. Renew
I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may be able to prove what is that good, acceptable, and perfect will of God. Rom. 12:1-2
2. As a Christian you must know what belongs to you.
His divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us to glory and virtue. In this way great and precious promises are given to us, that by these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world through lust. And besides this, using all diligence, add to your faith virtue, and to the knowledge of virtue, and to the knowledge of temperance, and to temperance, and to the patience of godliness, and to the brotherly goodness of godly goodness , and to brotherly goodness charity. tags. For if these things are in you and abound, they cause you to be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he who lacks these things is blind and cannot see far away, and he has forgotten that he was purged of his old sins. Therefore, brethren, give diligence all the more that your calling and election may be sure, for if you do these things, you will never fall. 2 Peter 1:2-11
3. Think on purpose

Finally, brethren, anything that’s true, anything that’s honest, anything that’s just, anything that’s pure, anything that you think about and the peace of God is going to keep you.
Phil.4:8-9.

¡Estamos en guerra!

Pues, aunque vivimos en el mundo, no libramos batallas como lo hace el mundo. Las armas con que luchamos no son del mundo, sino que tienen el poder divino para derribar fortalezas. Destruimos argumentos y toda altivez que se levanta contra el conocimiento de Dios, y llevamos cautivo todo pensamiento para que se someta a Cristo. 2 Cor. 10:3-5.

Introducción

No estamos involucrados solo en un juego de fútbol, un videojuego, un juego de baloncesto o un patio de recreo. Estamos inmersos en una guerra. ¡Estamos en guerra y el campo de batalla es tu mente! Satanás quiere controlar cada uno de tus pensamientos. Nuestra responsabilidad es luchar contra esos pensamientos por el mal y pensar en Cristo. Lleva tus pensamientos a la obediencia a Cristo. Nuestras armas son poder a través de Dios. Es la Biblia, la oración y por medio de nuestra entrega al poder del Espíritu Santo. ¿Cómo te parece? ¿Qué pasa por tu mente? ¿Qué o quién está controlando tus patrones de pensamiento? Una persona cristiana debe mantener su mente en las cosas de Dios.

Nuestra Mente

Los pensamientos son poderosos para hacernos daño o para lastimarnos. En Proverbios 23:7, ‘Porque, así como piensa en su corazón, así es él. ¿Cómo piensas cuando estás solo? ¿Quién controla tu mente? Muchos están solos con sus propios pensamientos. ¿De qué te hablas a ti mismo?

Es mejor ser paciente que poderoso; mejor es dominarse a sí mismo que conquistar una ciudad. Prov. 16:32.
¡Tú guardarás en perfecta paz a todos los que confían en ti, a todos los que concentran en ti sus pensamientos! Isa. 26:3.
Nuestra Mente Carnal está en Enemistad contra Dios.
Tu mente debe ser disciplinada. Hay que enseñarle a pensar en lo que es la voluntad de Dios. Tu mente no quiere hacer nada que Dios quiera hacer con nosotros, por nosotros o a través de nosotros. Estamos alienados y separados de Dios. Tu mente tomó esa decisión. No se someterá a la voluntad de Dios.
Porque la mente carnal es enemistad contra Dios… Rom. 8:7
Esto es así porque la naturaleza corrupta tiene una actitud hostil hacia Dios. Se niega a colocarse bajo la autoridad de las normas de Dios porque no puede. Rom. 8:7
Y tú, que una vez fuiste alienado y enemigo en tu mente por obras malvadas, pero ahora Él se ha reconciliado. Col. 1:21
Tenemos una mente cegada
El diablo tiene poder sobrenatural para cegar tu mente si lo dejas. He visto el poder del enemigo no sólo con los incrédulos, sino con los creyentes que dejan que su mente sea tomada con la oscuridad. He visto a hombres y mujeres cristianos dar lugar al diablo en sus mentes y terminar en situaciones terribles. Estos hombres y mujeres vinieron de hogares cristianos, pero dieron lugar al diablo y experimentaron situaciones terribles en sus vidas. Son llevados cautivos por Satanás. El Espíritu Santo que puede abrir tus ojos a la verdad al dejarlo. Es un caballero y no te obligará.

“cuyas mentes ha segado el dios de esta era, que no creen, para que la luz del evangelio de la gloria de Cristo, que es la imagen de Dios, brille sobre ellos”.
2 Cor. 4:4

Mente dudosa

Muchas personas, incluso cristianas, dudan constantemente de la bondad y el cuidado de Dios hacia ellos. Siempre están preocupadas por el mañana.
Así que no se afanen por lo que han de comer o beber; dejen de atormentarse. Lucas 12:29
Persona de doble mente
¿Cuántos cristianos llaman mentiroso a Dios su Padre diciendo que sí un minuto y al siguiente dejando que las circunstancias gobiernen sus mentes y vidas? Cuando dudas pecas. Cuando vacilas, pecas. Muchos están divididos en este momento entre su deseo de amar y servir a Dios, pero sienten la atracción de sus deseos pecaminosos. Debes elegir a quién seguirás. Hay un camino amplio que conduce a la destrucción y el camino estrecho que conduce a la vida eterna. En esa estrecha puerta está la Cruz de Jesús. Y todo se decidirá primero en lo que harás acerca de Cristo en tu mente. ¿Es un mentiroso? ¿Está loco? ¿O es Él el Hijo del Dios viviente? Debes elegir.
“Todo lo que no es de Fe es Pecado”. Rom. 14:23
Pero que pida con fe, sin dudar, porque quien duda es como las olas del mar, agitadas y llevadas de un lado a otro por el viento. Quien es así no piense que va a recibir cosa alguna del Señor; es indeciso e inconstante en todo lo que hace. Santiago 1:6-8

¿Cómo arreglamos nuestras mentes?

La fijación en nuestras mentes implica disciplina. Cuando venimos al Señor Jesucristo, nuestro espíritu nace de una manera nueva. Somos nuevas creaciones y tenemos un nuevo espíritu que vive en un cuerpo no generado y una mente no generada. En nuestro caminar con el Señor Jesucristo debemos tomar el mando de nuestras mentes. Así como pensemos, hablaremos. Y como hablamos, así viviremos. Lo que sale de nuestra boca es lo que hemos estado pensando. Nuestras palabras son localizan estamos hablado cosas del mundo y o estamos hablando nuestra lealtad a Dios.
1. Renovar
Os suplico, pues, hermanos, por las misericordias de Dios, que presentéis vuestros cuerpos como sacrificio vivo, santo, aceptable para Dios, que es vuestro servicio razonable. Y no os conforméis a este mundo, sino transformaos por la renovación de vuestra mente, para que podáis probar cuál es esa buena, aceptable y perfecta voluntad de Dios. Rom. 12:1-2
2. Como Cristiano debes saber lo que te pertenece.
Su poder divino nos ha dado todas las cosas que pertenecen a la vida y a la piedad, por medio del conocimiento de Aquel que nos ha llamado a la gloria y a la virtud. De este modo se nos dan grandes y preciosas promesas, para que por estas seáis partícipes de la naturaleza divina, habiendo escapado de la corrupción que hay en el mundo a través de la lujuria. Y además de esto, usando toda diligencia, agregue a su fe virtud, y al conocimiento de la virtud, y al conocimiento de la templanza, y a la templanza, y a la paciencia de la piedad, y a la bondad fraternal de la bondad piadosa, y a la bondad fraternal caridad. . Porque si estas cosas están en vosotros y abundan, os hacen que no seáis ni estériles ni infructuosos en el conocimiento de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Pero el que carece de estas cosas es ciego y no puede ver a lo lejos, y ha olvidado que fue purgado de sus viejos pecados. Por lo tanto, hermanos, den diligencia aún más para que su llamado y elección sean seguros, porque si hacéis estas cosas, nunca caeréis. 2 Pedro 1:2-11
3. Piensa a propósito

Finalmente, hermanos, cualquier cosa que sea verdadera, cualquier cosa que sea honesta, cualquier cosa que sea justa, cualquier cosa que sea pura, cualquier cosa que en esto pensar y la paz de Dios te var guardar. Flip. 4:8-9

Healing: A Forever-Settled Subject

One of the paramount questions believers ask today is not whether God is able to heal, but whether He is willing to heal. Is it always God’s will to heal? You can know for sure.
When we want to understand God’s will about a subject, we go to God’s Word. God’s Word is God’s will. And the Bible tells us that healing is the will of God. The Bible also tells us, “For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven” (Ps. 119: 89) and “Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my [Jesus’] words shall not pass away” (Luke 21:33). Healing is a forever-settled subject because God’s Word is forever settled!

God Took Care of Sin and Sickness
Most of us understand that God dealt with the sin problem of humanity by sending His Son Jesus to be a Sacrifice and a Substitute for us. Isaiah 53:5 says, “He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities. . . .” First Peter 2:24 says, “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree. . . .”
So we know that God dealt with the sin problem in Christ’s great substitutionary work. But both of these scriptures also state that God dealt with sickness and disease for us in the same act of redemption.
ISAIAH 53:4-5
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED.
1 PETER 2:24
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: BY WHOSE STRIPES YE WERE HEALED.
The prophet Isaiah declared God’s will concerning healing when he said about the Messiah, “with his stripes we are healed.” The Apostle Peter restates God’s will concerning healing in First Peter 2:24: “by whose stripes ye were healed.” Isaiah prophesied of the coming Messiah and of redemption. Peter was an eyewitness to what took place as described by Isaiah. He was present when the Roman soldiers put those stripes on Jesus’ back and hung Him on the cross at Golgotha’s hill.

Let’s look at another New Testament counterpart of Isaiah 53:5.
MATTHEW 8:16-17
16 When the even was come, they brought unto him [Jesus] many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias [Isaiah] the prophet, saying, HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES, AND BARE OUR SICKNESSES.
By healing the sick in His earthly ministry, Jesus was fulfilling Isaiah’s prophecy (“with his stripes we are healed”) before He ever went to the cross and legally obtained redemption for us. Friend, healing is one of the benefits of our redemption! According to the Word of God, Jesus not only died and rose again for our sins, but He died and rose again for our sicknesses and diseases too. Healing belongs to us just as salvation belongs to us. Healing is part and parcel of our redemption!

He Healed ALL of Our Diseases
Looking at the Psalms, we again see that healing is one of the benefits of our redemption. Psalm 103:2-3 says, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his BENEFITS: Who forgives all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.”
Notice verse 3 says the Lord heals all of our diseases . . . not just a few, and not just our minor ailments. The word “all” means nothing left out. Nothing is left out of the redemptive work of Christ: not a headache, not a stomach-ache, not any kind of cancer, nor any kind of heart trouble. In God’s plan of redemption, every sickness and disease has been dealt with!

What About Jesus?
Now, what about Jesus, who consummated our redemption in His death, burial, and resurrection? Jesus came to the earth to do the will of the Father. In fact, repeatedly, Jesus said, “I have come to do the will of Him who sent Me.” In John 14:9, He said, “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” As Jesus walked this earth and fulfilled His earthly ministry, He was the will of God in action!
Let’s look at yet another passage of Scripture that further illustrates God’s will concerning healing.
LUKE 5:12-13
12 And it came to pass, when he [Jesus] was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I WILL: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
The question concerning God’s will to heal is answered very explicitly in this passage. In verses 12 and 13, when the leper questioned Jesus specifically concerning His will to heal, Jesus answered, “I will!” The New International Version says, ” ‘Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.’ Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing,’ he said. ‘Be clean!’ And immediately the leprosy left him.” The New English Bible translates this verse: ” ‘Indeed I will; be clean again.’ ” Another translation says, ” ‘It is my pleasure; be clean.’ ”
Verse 12 of the King James Version says the man was full of leprosy, indicating he had leprosy that was in the last stages. Leprosy is a horrific disease that deforms and mutilates the body as it progresses. We can gather from this verse that since the man was full of leprosy, the disease was probably more advanced than just a spot on his arm or leg. Yet with one sentence from the Master’s lips: “I will: be thou clean,” the leper was healed (v. 13)!

Jesus Is Willing . . . Be Healed!
Most Christians today don’t have a problem seeing Jesus in His earthly ministry as the Healer. They don’t question that He was anointed by God and that He had the power to heal sickness and disease (Luke 4:18-19; Acts 10:38). Most Christians don’t even question so much Jesus’ ability to heal people today as they do His willingness to demonstrate that healing power on their behalf.
However, any question about Jesus’ willingness to heal is answered very vividly in this account of the leper in Luke chapter 5. And since Jesus hasn’t changed (Heb. 13:8; Mal. 3:6), and He was willing to heal then, He is willing to heal now. He’s willing that you be healed.
We need to have faith not only in Jesus’ power and ability to heal, but also in His willingness and compassion to heal. We should no longer question whether or not Jesus wants us healed, because He provided healing for us in His great act of redemption. And He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He hasn’t changed! He is still saying today, “I will!”

Praise – No Matter What!

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. Isa. 54:17

There’s a man who’s made up his mind that no matter what happens he’s going to praise the Lord. It’s important to understand that praise should not arise merely from our feelings or our circumstances. It should arise out of our will; it should arise out of a deep will-seated decision. My heart is fixed: no matter what happens I’m going to praise God.

And then the psalmist says, “I will give praise even with my glory.” What does he mean when he says, my glory? Fortunately, the Bible does not leave us to wonder, because on the Day of Pentecost in his sermon in Jerusalem, the apostle Peter quoted that particular verse but he changed one word. He changed glory to tongue. He quoted it this way: ”I will give praise with my tongue.” So that tells us a wonderful secret, our tongue is our glory. Why is that? Or why did God give us a tongue? Do you know the real reason why God gave us a tongue – the primary reason why you and I have a tongue? It’s to praise God with, and only when we use our tongue for God’s glory are we using it aright. And our tongue is our glory because with it, above all other members of our body, we can glorify God and use it for the purpose for which we were created.

Battle of the Mind

Introduction

Many people don’t understand that there’s a constant battle to occupy your mind. God is giving us a tremendous gift of choosing of whom we will hear and obey. As God speaks to his people to accomplish great things the enemy speaks to his people to kill, steal and destroy. Satan also speaks to the children of God to confuse them and twist the truth that they have learned. Let us look at what the word of God says and how to win the battle of the mind.

Renew Your Mind

This is a constant on-going battle to keep your mind on God.
Rom. 12: 1-2
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
2 Cor. 10: 3-6
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

Fight the Good Fight of Faith

You must use the Word of God to speak again the evil one.
I John 4: 4
4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
I Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

Use the Word of God

The Word of God is your weapon to stand strong against the enemy. Isaiah 54:17

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. James 4:7-9

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (The devil will run from us in terror). You resist with the confession of your mouth!
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Who resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. I Peter 5:8-9

Remember how you THINK, is how you will Speak. And how you speak is how you will LIVE!