Day 5 Reconciliation Fasting

Talents are Gifts, Blessing for You to Use to Bless Others, Use Them

Today's Scripture Focus: 1 Kings 8:56-61

"Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our fathers; may he never leave us nor forsake us. May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep the commands, decrees and regulations he gave our fathers. And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day's need, so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other. But your hearts must be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time."

Today’s Scripture Message:

About a year ago I heard a wonderful message about breaking through the old way of thinking and using what you have right where you are to spread the Word of God the Good News of Christ. I watched a group of skateboarders who have a professional group called King of King's Skateboarding Team who use their talents to spread the Word of God to the youth of the world. These are tee shirt, gym shoe and baseball cap wearing young men witnessing through their talent winning hearts to Christ and it resounded with me regardless of the package you come in, Corporate, Athlete, Actor, Singer, Construction Worker, Homeless Person whatever package you are in God Can and Will Use YOU right where you are; have the faith in him, that he has in the creation that is you and Praise God for the vessel you are and go out and share His goodness with everyone you meet.

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(From Pastor Gregory Dickow – Fast From Wrong Thinking)

Today we’re fasting from Negative Imaginations.

What we imagine within has the power to come to pass. Fear is simply a negative imagination. ‘Seeing’ something bad happen in your mind before it happens is how fear works. Job said, “What I have feared (imagining his children failing), has come upon me." (Job 3:25)

Let's Change Negative Imaginations TODAY:

1. Recognize your imagination is a gift from God. You are a powerfully creative individual, made in the image of God. (Genesis 1:28) As you read and follow Jesus in scripture, you are discovering what you’re made of. 1 John 4:17 says, "As He is, so are you in this world." Amazing!
2. Cast down ‘images’, imaginations of fear, and past failures. (2 Corinthians 10:5) How? You flood your thoughts with the miracles of Jesus, the victories of God’s people, the vivid pictures that scripture paints. See yourself lying down beside green pastures, enjoying God’s presence. As you fill your mind with scripture images, peace comes. Isaiah 26:3 RSV says, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose imagination is stayed on thee.”
3. Imagination is a gateway to God’s power and ability. Ephesians 3:20 says, "Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us..."(NIV) Notice, God’s power works within us through our imagination. What you can imagine, God can do.
4. Our imagination is the eyes of our spirit. 2 Corinthians 4:18 says, “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal and subject to change." As we LOOK at the promises of God with our inner eyes, even though they haven’t shown up yet, things will eventually change.
5. Fill your imagination with the unlimited possibilities of scripture. That’s why we must believe the highest promises of the Bible. They elevate our imagination. As they occupy your imagination, there will be no room for diseased fantasies or images, such as pornography, or past mistakes, or sinful ambitions, etc. Colossians 3:2 says to set your mind on things above. Mark 9:23 says, "All things are possible for those who believe (see it on the inside)."
6. Let yourself think imaginatively today. Expect a “nudge” from the Holy Spirit; a holy ‘hunch’; an idea that keeps coming to your mind, a vision, a godly dream. Act on those “images”, if they don’t contradict scripture.

THINK IT & SAY IT:
I have the creative power of God working in me to solve problems, to bring success, to bring answers to others. I cast down images in my mind—of fear, failure or the expectation of evil. I will allow the scriptures to paint images in my mind of victory and success. I set my mind on things above. I expect to see, by faith, what my natural eyes can’t yet see; and I expect those things to come to pass, in Jesus’ Name.