Why do we hear many people, including Christians say “oh I do worry.” Worry causes anxiety and anxiety causes stress and stress causes an imbalance in our behaviour and importantly we do not walk with Christ in that time.
God has .afe it abundantly clear in Matthew 6 v 25 to 34. There, you will find 7 yes 7 Reasons NOT to worry!! Read them, and when you get to verse 30 at the end, it says if you worry, it shows a lack of faith in God .
“We cannot hold a torch to light another’s path without brightening our own”.
A Passion for Excellence is a phrase that describes the strong desire of a person to do what is outstanding, extraordinary and remarkable, following a continuous path of trying to live an excellent productive life.
I can hear people say, I’m human and I make mistakes so I cannot always strive for excellence I make mistakes aren’t we all like this. So let me challenge us all by remembering that once we accept Christ as our Lord and saviour, presumably we then accept Luke 9 v 23 Then he said to the crowd, ´If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me´.
So when Jesus says we must deny ourselves and take up our cross daily, He is speaking about “dying to self”, not dying physically on a cross, but dying to our own selfish desires, to do the will of God…. daily. A Christian life is a life of surrender and sometimes sacrifice, but also an adventurous journey.
Imagine Jesus is standing right by you now, WOW goosebumps all over, well wouldn’t we be filled with passion, excitement and want to do our very best for Him, I personally don’t always get it right however I do try.
People with a passion for Christ want to follow him. They want to learn as much as possible about Him, his teachings, and His commands. Passionate Christians love Christ. If you’re passionate for Christ, you desire to grow in your faith and want to have biblical fellowship with other believers. On the flipside the amazing thing is that God is passionate about having a relationship with each and every one of us.
Good words will….
From the fruit of his words a man shall be satisfied with good, and the work of a man’s hands shall come back to him [as a harvest].
Proverbs 12:14 (AMP)
Two words that will cause you a problem ….
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but an encouraging word makes it glad.
Proverbs 12:25 (AMP)
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Matthew 6:25 read upto verse 34
The consequences of wrong words …….
But I tell you, on the day of judgment men will have to give account for every idle (inoperative, nonworking) word they speak.
Matthew 12:36 (AMP)
Hi everyone, the aim of this blog is to help you let go of some of the burdens, and self-doubt that you carry around and that weigh you down. This time we are giving you part of our BWYCBiC training programme that we have delivered to hundreds of Christians. The vast majority have seen breakthroughs after completing the exercise we are giving you and it is our hope and prayer that you have a breakthrough.
A good place to start is with a scripture from the bible which I have no doubt all heard, however, this fabulous scripture has made a real impact in your life. For many, I would guess not.
“Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:28–30).
The word burden comes from the Greek word baros which means a weight. When you put those together, to bear a burden means to take away or carry off the weight off your or someone else is experiencing.
Ok let’s be realistic from time to time depending on circumstances we all carry some sort of burden and for some of us w let them go and feel lighter. What I am talking about is those people especially Christians carry burdens around with them all most if not all the time.
When we delivered our training program to Christians it is surprising how many people recognize what we are about to share and how much lighter they felt afterwards, We hope that what you are about to undertake has a positive impact on you.
Why this subject, simply that some leaders I have personally come across in the church, don’t lead, they dictate.
This is not about a person’s faith nor their relationship with God, it is about the lack of leadership skills, an inability to communicate effectively (it’s not about a sermon) and understand people and the lack of ability to transform a church into an effective body.
A leader in my view should take the lead from Moses how he coached Joshua to lead, developing him in order that he grew, in this case to lead Israel into the Promised Land. Also Nehemiah how he used what we call now action centred leadership to bring people together in order to build the walls of Jerusalem These two simple examples are in total opposition to what I have witnessed, leaders, holding on to the first part of Hebrews 13:17 “obey your spiritual leaders and submit to them”, woe betide anyone who suggested that there is another way for they found themselves ostracized and as the some of the worst leaders in history have said “ there is only one way, my way”!! Update, it is still in the church today and has no place in the church today.
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So many Christians ‘worry or are anxious ‘why? Do we not have enough food, drink, money or whatever it is. The Bible tells us in Philippines 4v5 not to worry or be anxious but to pray and God will easy and remove your worries or anxieties.
Worry is an anxious way of thinking and speaking about yourself. This causes a behaviour change such as stress or agitation. Our God wants us to be in faith and be at peace. If you haven’t gathered worry is bad for you and you want to break the habit read on.
The Bible is even more clearer in Matthew 6 v 25-34. These verses are from Jesus himself, He says don’t worry. Now I hear you say that’s easy for Him to say that but I can’t stop worrying its the situation I’m in.
As you are a person of faith and believe in our God read Matthew 6 v 25-34. Really focus in on verse 30 either in KJV, NLT, AMPC or ESV at the end of this verse it says, ‘You of little FAITH’!
Jesus is challenging you to increase your faith, cast aside worry or and anxiety and step into deeper faith and be at peace.
When I read these verses and verse 30 hit me it told me I had little faith. So what did I do about it? It wasn’t easy but I reframed worry and changed it to concerned. Everything Iused the word worry I changed it to concerned and asked for forgiveness.
Now that sounds easy but it took me almost a year to change my thinking, self-talk and spoken word. Now it’s established I automatically and very very rarely I do say worry, however if I do it is followed by concerned very quickly and I ask God for forgiveness.
It’s a challenge however if you have read this far why not challenge yourself and STOP saying WORRY. Amen
Saw this and had a good laugh and questioned myself anyway… Life in the Spirit is fun, well at least the HS thinks so. What would our lives be like if we totally totally trusted Him. What a smile we would have and what light we would display.
Rem Phillipians 2:15, let’s look at our selves clean away anything that dins our light. Polish with His word and shine.
Removing Barriers Releasing Potential 