*** (Genesis 4:10) And He [God] said, = What have you done? = The voice of your brother's blood = cries to Me [God] = from the ground.
Recently after looking… at some posts about ‘Positive’ Thinking; It is hard to believe that anyone can believe that ‘Anything’… will be brought about by “Only” by just… thinking “Positive” thoughts. Could it be that the ‘Millions’ that buy Lottery Tickets; have ‘Positive’ thoughts about winning and… ‘Not Realistic’ Ones? Could it be that the “Cancer Patient”… believes… that ‘Positive’ thoughts will really help, ‘WITHOUT’… “Surgery” & “Chemotherapy” & “Radiation?” I speak this, from personal experience.
*** (Philippians 4:6-7-8) Do not be anxious = about anything, = but in everything = by prayer and supplication, = with thanksgiving, = let your requests be made known to God.
(Php 4:7) And the peace of God = which passes all understanding = shall keep your hearts and minds = through Christ Jesus.
(Php 4:8) Finally, my brothers, = whatever things are true, = whatever things are honest, whatever things are right, = whatever things are pure, = whatever things are lovely, = whatever things are of good report; = if there is any virtue = and if there is any praise, = think on these things.
… OR…
*** (James 4:8-9-10) Draw near to God, = and He will draw near to you. = Cleanse your hands, sinners; = and purify your hearts, = double-minded ones.
(Jas 4:9) Be afflicted, = and mourn = and weep. = Let your laughter = be turned to mourning = and your joy = to heaviness.
(Jas 4:10) Be humbled = before the Lord, = and He will lift you up.
Which of these Two… groups of verses best describes, ‘Positive Thinking?’ May I suggest the second group? Cleanse your hands and purify your heart, “YOU” – ‘Double’ Minded Ones! In responding to a posting about… “Renewal 2010”… about a movement for Revival… I made the statement; “Never in the Bible”… did God, the God of the Bible… “Ever Bring Revival”… without a ‘Chastening and Repentance’ …by those ‘Who’ are called… “His People!”
*** (Luke 13:2-to-5) And answering, = Jesus said to them, = Do you suppose that these Galileans = were sinners above all the Galileans = because = they suffered such things?
(Luke 13:3) I [Jesus] tell you, No. = But unless you ‘REPENT’, = you will all likewise perish.
(Luke 13:4) Or those eighteen = on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, = do you think that they were sinners = above “ALL” men who lived in Jerusalem?
(Luke 13:5) I [Jesus] tell you, No. = But unless you “REPENT”, = you will all likewise perish.
http://truth459.blogspot.com/2010/09/repentance-101blog-1.html
*** (2Chronicles 7:13-14) If I shut up the heavens, = and there is no rain, = or if I command the locusts = to devour the land, = or if I send a plague among = My people;
(2Chron 7:14) if My people, = who are called by My name, = shall humble themselves = and pray, = and seek My face, = and turn from their wicked ways, = then I will hear from Heaven = and will forgive their sin = and will heal their land.
Many ‘Christians’ simply… Quote 2Chroniles 7:14… and use that as their ‘Key for Revival’. But what they “Chose to Ignore”… is verse “13”. Verse 14 is “Predicated” on verse 13. This indicates that God; has sent a “Chastening” – upon His people! Do you remember “9-11”? The Churches were packed to overflowing… ‘Not’ because of a “Holy Fear of God”… but an unhealthy fear of more Terrorism! Within months 6-months; those ‘visitors’ to the Churches… ‘Never’ returned; but continued their “Godless & Decadent” lifestyles. Was there a revival after “9-11?” Absolutely Not!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj-GkDJpr2Y
*** (Amos 4:6-to-12) And I [GOD] = also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, = and lack of bread in all your places, = and you have not returned to Me, says Jehovah.
(Amos 4:7) And I have also = withheld the rain from you, = when there were yet three months to the harvest. = And I caused rain to fall on one city = and caused it = not to rain on another city; = one piece was rained on, = and the piece on which it did not rain dried up.
(Amos 4:8) So two or three cities = wandered to one city to drink water, = but they were not satisfied; = yet you have not returned to Me, says Jehovah.
(Amos 4:9) I have stricken you = with blasting and mildew. = When your gardens = and your vineyards, = and your fig trees. = and your olive trees increased, = the creeping locust devoured them; = yet you have not returned to Me, says Jehovah.
(Amos 4:10) I have sent the plague = among you in the way of Egypt; = I have slain your young men with the sword, = and have taken away your horses. = And I have made the stench of your camps = to come up into your nostrils; = yet you have not returned to Me, says Jehovah.
(Amos 4:11) I have overthrown some among you, = as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, = and you were like a firebrand = plucked out of the burning; = yet you have not returned to Me, says Jehovah.
(Amos 4:12) So I will do this to you, = O Israel; = because I will do this to you, = prepare to meet your God, O Israel.
“IF” you are a ‘Disciple’… of the Holy Word of God; you know from reading through the OT, that Israel… would not listen to the “MANY” prophets that God sent to correct His people. So it is today that “MANY” that say they are Christians… have a ‘Santa Clause’ view of God! They ‘Never’ speak about Judgment [Ecclesiastes 12:13-14], but only the Love of God. They ‘Never’ speak that God… “Spanks”… [Hebrews 12:5-to-11 7 John 15:1-to-6]: those that are His Children… simply called ‘Chastening’ in the Bible. Their view is somewhat… ‘Unbalanced!’
http://truth459.blogspot.com/2010/02/unbalanced-101blog.html
*** (Jeremiah 11:14) And you, = do not pray = for this people, = nor lift up a cry = or prayer for them. = For I [God] = will not hear = them = in the time they cry to Me = for their trouble.
*** (Ezekiel 14:12-13-14) The Word of Jehovah came again to me, saying,
(Ezek 14:13) Son of man, = when a land = sins against Me = by traitorous betraying, = then I will stretch out My hand on it, = and will break the staff of its bread, = and will send famine on it, = and will cut off man and beast from it.
(Ezek 14:14) And though = these three men, = Noah, = Daniel, = and Job, = were in it, = they should deliver = ‘only’ = their own souls = by their righteousness, = says the Lord Jehovah.
A Positive Attitude… will “Not” change the… “American Approval of Abortion!” ‘Save the Whales’… and ‘Save the Planet’… and “What” about all the homeless ‘Pets?’ Well… What ‘About’: the… “OVER”… 55,000,000–Million… INNOCENT BABIES… MURDERED BY THEIR MOTHERS… in their Wombs… BY ABORTION…? Only when we see a Change… in the Minds and Hearts… “FOLLOWED”... by a genuine Crying Out… In True Biblical REPENTNACE:… then perhaps will we… only begin… to see a Change in the “Hearts and Minds”… of those that Call; the Blessed Name of Christ Jesus… and in the Unbelievers!
*** (Genesis 4:10) And He [God] said, = What have you done? = The voice of your brother's blood = cries to Me [God] = from the ground.
http://truth459.blogspot.com/2009/11/usa-final-solution-101blog.html
IF you are “Silent about Abortion”… then you are in ‘Approval’ = just like those living around = the Nazi Concentration Camps. = They ‘Too’ = were… “Silent!”
*** (James 4:8) Draw near to God, = and He will draw near to you. = Cleanse your hands, sinners; = and purify your hearts, = double-minded ones.
(Jas 4:9) Be afflicted, = and mourn = and weep. = Let your laughter = be turned to mourning = and your joy = to heaviness.
(Jas 4:10) Be humbled = before the Lord, = and He will lift you up.
*** (Genesis 4:10) And He [God] said, = What have you done? = The voice of your brother's blood = cries to Me [God] = from the ground.
Thanks, In Christ, Roger / Jeremiah 33:3.
Ende…!
