“As a man thinks in his heart, so he is” (Prov 23:7). Your heart is the real you. Be heart-healthy! Learn God’s Word. God's Word stored in your heart, becomes wisdom. Guard it and use it to make wise decisions. “Incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding” (Prov 2:2). This isn’t emotions. It is the strength of God’s essence in your heart from learning and applying God’s Word. A heart that is full of divine viewpoints produces lasting happiness and contentment. Click...

The survival of our nation depends on your attitude toward God’s Word and our nation’s adherence to God’s standards. God’s standards include four divine institutions: The Individual with volition, the freedom to choose; Marriage; Family; and Nationalism. They were ordained by God in eternity past for the function of a nation. “Let us walk properly in the day” (Rom 13:13). When we compromise our core values and adjust to the culture of the day so that we can be relevant or be accepted then we...

Satan’s strategy is to exploit your weaknesses and to outwit your objectives. He does it through a three-pronged attack: the world, the flesh (your sin nature), and himself. If you can’t get victory over the world and your sinful nature, Satan isn’t going to worry about you.  “God will not allow you to be tested more than you are able” (1 Cor 10:13). Testing often comes in one of two forms—people or circumstances. You need to learn and use the problem-solving device of impersonal love to pass...

Hear, keep and apply God’s Word. This is how you counter Satanic devices. “Happiness belongs to those who hear My Father’s Word and keep it” (Luke 11:2). To do this it’s essential you get under the ministry of a well-qualified pastor because this man’s job is to shepherd your soul. “Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God that He might promote you at the proper time” (1 Pet 5:6). A humility profile is required for you to glorify God to the maximum. Satan’s strategies include trying to...

Don’t be ignorant of Satan’s schemes. “So that no advantage be taken of us” (2 Cor 2:11). Satan’s objective is to exploit your weaknesses, outwit your objectives and circumvent God’s desires for you. The world is controlled by Satan, and he uses it as a decoy to lure you. He will offer you happiness and security, but he can’t provide either. “Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him” (1 John 2:15-17). The world is a...

F.A.M.I.L.Y. is a helpful acrostic to remember the four divine institutions God ordained to preserve us and our nation. The breakdown of the family is one of the leading contributors to national destruction. The “F” represents fatherhood, designed to provide leadership and stability within the family. Fathers are mandated to introduce their children to God at a young age so that they will be God-conscious and give them the Gospel when it comes time. Read Scripture to them. Pray with them....

Faith is the trait God is looking for in all of us. “Without faith, it is impossible to please God.” To be the person God intends for you to be you need to adhere to and follow the protocol plan of God and develop your spiritual life. Then God can use you. God can’t use cowards. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Tim 1:7). God can’t use a self-centered person and He can’t use a quitter. “Not that I have already attained or am already...

God is looking for humble people. Humility is teachability. If you’re unwilling to learn God’s plan, God can’t use you, despite your efforts, energy, and desires. God is looking for those with positive volition, hunger for learning the Word of God, and committed to making it a daily habit. Learn and apply to grow spiritually. Renovate your thinking from a human viewpoint to a divine viewpoint. Understand grace orientation. “A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is...

God is asking you to be faithful to hear and learn His Word, use it, and live by His system of principles and precepts. If you do this, God promises you “length of days, long life and peace shall they add to you” (Prov 3:1-2). God is looking for men who will stand in the pulpit and teach God’s Word. God is looking for men and women of faith. “Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is the rewarder of them that diligently seek...

Manliness is a mental state, not a physical attribute. Thought, not muscle, determines the true man. The man God is looking for must control his emotions. “Don’t be hasty to be angry for anger resides in the bosom of the fool” (Eccl 7:9). A man must practice the three R’s: recognize sin; rebound sin and resume living the spiritual life. If God is going to deliver the USA we must have men to stand in pulpits and accurately teach the Word of God. A mature spiritual man will replicate the...

God is looking for a few good men. “I searched for a man among them, a man who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land so that I should not destroy it” (Ezekiel 22:29-31). What will happen in this country is a direct result of what we choose to think. Whether we choose to think like spiritually oriented men or think like males. Serving the Lord Jesus Christ is a voluntary mission. No one’s going to force you to do it. Have you forgotten God? “They had forgotten...

You are what you think, not what you think you are. There’s no magical button to push to change how to think. You need to choose to do it. Choose to concentrate on learning the Word of God and applying the thinking of Christ in your life. “How blessed is the man whose delight is in the doctrine of the Lord and in His Word. He meditates day and night. He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he...

God is faithful—always! This is a tremendous promise and a powerful statement. God’s faithfulness is one of your advantages as a Christian and is a guaranteed provision. “Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments.” (Deut 7:9) ⁠Click for Full Transcript:⁠ https://rhem.pub/god-faithful-9fdd61

Love is one of the most important critical thinking skills in the plan of God. Love is a thinking skill of appreciation, devotion, dedication and motivation. Love is thinking, not emoting—personal love for God and impersonal love for others. Personal love is what motivates us to learn the mind of Christ. “For this is the love of God that we keep His commandments, and His commandants are not burdensome” (1 John 5:3). Use your volition to apply your renovated thoughts to your decisions and...

What you think is directly related to what you know. That’s why it is important to make learning the mind of Christ a daily habit. The Bible says “faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God” (Rom 10:17). When you stay away from false information and concentrate on learning and applying Biblical truths, you will think with a divine viewpoint. But unconfessed sin will pollute your thinkin’ and block you from understanding God’s plan for your life. “Lest Satan should take advantage of...

When you catch yourself thinking with a human viewpoint, stop and reorient your thinking. Stinkin’ thinkin’ is thinking with human viewpoint, not divine viewpoint. It has to do with bad attitudes and negative volition to learning and thinking with the mind of Christ. “As a man thinks in his heart so he is” (Prov 23:7). As a Christian, you must respect the Word of God and learn it. “Whatever is honorable” (Phil 4:8). Within God’s Word, we are to respect the laws of divine establishment: the...

What you think reveals the real you. Man looks at the outward appearance, God looks in your mind. Your spiritual life is lived in your thoughts. This study focuses on stinkin’ thinkin’—thinkin’ based on human viewpoint, not divine viewpoint. The Bible is very clear about how to think. “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God (Rom 12:2). How do you renew your thoughts? By...

You can only have an impact on the devil’s world if you choose to renovate your thinking and grow to spiritual maturity. “Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me. My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matt 11:28-29). This is how you will be made rich spiritually because you will develop a treasure in your soul—the treasure of the Word of God. You’re not here to clean up the devil’s world, that’s not your job. God will handle this. Your job is to grow spiritually. Satan’s worried about you...

When we don’t discipline ourselves, we wind up assassinating our spiritual lives. You must be able to control your sin nature and stay filled with the Holy Spirit. What makes you a good Christian is following the protocol plan of God. “Christ in you the hope of glory” (Col 1:27). How do you TRASH your spiritual life and become a castaway believer? You distort the truth. “My ways are much higher than your ways” (Is 55:8). Rebound is minimized. You don’t recover from sin and stay in carnality....

Self-examination based on Scripture is critical for every Christian. “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer” (Psalm 19:14). Success starts with what you think in your soul. Remember, God hears your words and knows what you are thinking. “Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear”...

If you want to be the person God can use, you must realize your position in Christ and not be distracted. You need to recognize when you sin, use the problem-solving device of rebound, and recover your spiritual momentum. This is key to living the Christian life. “Be filled with the Holy Spirit” (Eph 5:18). This is a mandate from God. Realize the importance of counting the cost, evaluating, before you undertake any project that could be a distraction to your spiritual life. “I say this for...

You must never blend or bend in your faith. Defend the truth of God’s Word. “Retain the standard of sound doctrine that you have received from me in the faith and the love which are in Christ Jesus. Guard by means of the Holy Spirit who dwells in you the treasure which has been entrusted to you” (2 Tim 1:13-14). The quickest way to get disqualified from finishing the race God has set you to run is to step out of bounds and get off course by staying in carnality. You have been given the Holy...

The supernatural blessings and privileges you have as a member of the royal family of God do not guarantee supernatural success. You must decide to run the race, to follow the rules, to stay on course and to complete the mission. You must learn to control your volition to stay filled with Holy Spirit and not get distracted by the lures of the world or the temptations of your sin nature. This is why learning God’s Word is so important. So you have a Biblical framework, divine viewpoint, in...

To reach spiritual maturity you must have the self-discipline to learn God’s Word on a consistent, daily basis. This requires using your volition to prioritize God’s Word in your life and to say no to the lures of the world. You must also have self-control. This is learned from the Word of God. “In your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance” (2 Pet 1:6). Knowledge of God is your objective. If you don’t stay filled with the Holy Spirit and learn God’s plan for your...

God leaves you here on this earth “To press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil 3:14). God has given you the resources to ensure you win the race. If you are going to get the winner's crown you must have self-control, self-discipline and self-restraint. Self-control: using your volition to keep your sinful nature in check. Self-discipline: to study God’s Word daily under the ministry of a well-qualified pastor. Self-restraint: avoiding the...