Change your Words, Change Your World, Shape Your Future- Joel Osteen

proverbs 18:21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

It’s time to use our words to declare good things! Speak blessings over your life and your family. Throughout the day, say things such as, “I have the favor of God. I am strong and healthy. I’m well able to do what I need to do.”

Did you know that what you say about yourself has greater impact on you than anything anybody else says about you? Many people are overly critical of themselves, saying, “I’m so clumsy. I can’t do anything right.” “I’m so overweight. I’ll never get back into shape.” “I never get any good breaks.”

They may not realize it, but they are cursing their future. Those words sink into their minds. Before long, they develop a defeated mentality, low self-esteem and diminished confidence. Worse yet, those negative mindsets can interfere with God’s plan for their lives.

One of the best ways to break free from such strongholds is simply by speaking words of victory. Every day, look in the mirror and declare, “God’s Word says I am strong. God is fighting my battles for me. I’m excited about my future.”

Maybe you are lonely because you don’t have a lot of friends. Instead of complaining, start declaring, “God is bringing great people into my life. I know He loves me, so I can risk loving others.”

Speak blessings over your life, and as you do, you’ll go out with more confidence, you’ll be more congenial and, in turn, you will attract new friends. - Joel osteen

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LIVING THE CARE-FREE LIFE

 1 PETER 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

I have discovered that, the most simple things in the bible are the most powerful. we live in a world where there are countless number of reasons to worry, but because God loves us, He tells us exactly what to do with our cares. He tells us to cast or throw all our cares to Him. 

PHILIPPIANS 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

God is a big God, and He has plans for your life. But when our lives are full of cares and anxieties, its a sign that we dont trust God enough to supply our needs.

we were brought up to believe that being careful about everything is being a responsible person but God's word tells us exactly opposite. The king James version says "Be careful for nothing". cast your cares to Jesus who loves you, and He will take care of you.

“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil,” (Eph. 6:11).

The devil has been defeated at the cross for the believer, He has no power over you, but the only thing he can do to you is to deceive you or whisper lies into your ears, that is why God tells us to stand against the wiles or lies of the devil not the devil himself cos he has been defeated. what the devil does best is to throw anxious thoughts into your minds, cos he knows when you are anxious you cannot receive God's best for you, but friend God has promised that when you cast your cares to Him, He will take care of you cos He loves you. Jesus is a care taker, just lay off all your burdens to Jesus once and for all and refuse to take it back and see what He will do for you

PSALM 55:22
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken

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JESUS PLUS NOTHING

 JOHN 6:28-29  Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."

 crowed gathered around Jesus to listen to Him, they asked Jesus a very simple but important question and am sure you have also asked yourself this question before. "What must I do to do the work God requires".

  am sure the crowed expected Jesus to give them some rules and regulations to follow, but Jesus told them the only work God requires from you, is to believe in Jesus.

John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ

God gave the law to the children of Israel to keep, but God did not give us rules to follow but a person to enjoy. Jesus is enough for you to live a prosperous and and fulfilling life. If you need forgiveness He is your redemption, If you need peace He is your prince of peace, If you provision He is your provider, If you need wisdom He is your wisdom, If you need protection He is your protector, He will be in you whatever that you need Him to be if you only trust in His love for you.

John 3:16  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

When God saw the need to redeem man, the all mighty God who knows all things saw that the solution to man's problem was not educational reforms, or more political ideologies, but a person. God's solution to man's need is Jesus. Indeed God giving us Jesus shows how much He loved the world.

Romans 10:9
If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

 

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MADE RIGHTEOUS THROUGH JESUS

 ROMANS 5:18 Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.

We were brought up to believe that Adam's sin brought judgment to the whole world. which is very true. But unfortunately, we were not thought that the last Adam[Jesus] has undo what Adam did. we all know what Adam did, but not many know what Jesus has done
     

ROMANS 5:19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

According to the scriptures, people are sinners because of Adam, in the same way, we will be made righteous because of another Adam, who is called Jesus. Isaiah tells us that we were born sinners, we did nothing to become sinners, we were born sinners.

in the same token, when you are born again, you are born righteous, and because we did nothing to become sinners, we will do nothing to be righteous.

ROMANS 5:15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!

putting Adam's sin and Jesus's righteous act on a scale, the bible says Jesus righteous act is much more than Adam's sin.

I might not be a scholar, but i know the meaning of much more, Jesus righteous act is much more than Adam's sin. We have already established the fact that, the believer is not righteous because he lives righteously, the believer is righteous because Jesus lived righteously, and the bible says  what Jesus did is much more, meaning you cannot undo your righteousness by your sins or faults.

    ARE YOU STILL LIVING IN CONDEMNATION OR WILL YOU RECEIVE THE FREE GIFT IN CHRIST.

ROMANS 10:9
If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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ABBA LOVES YOU

ROMANS 8:39  

and not powers above or powers below. Nothing in all creation can separate us from God's love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord!

God is love, and love is all about the other person, that is why God did not withhold His priced possession Jesus from us.

We cannot comprehend how much God loves  us until we understand how valuable Jesus is to God

     On the day Jesus was been baptized by John the baptist , God publicly made an announcement declaring Jesus as His beloved Son in Whom He is well pleased.  [ matt 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."]

Yet God did not spare His beloved Son because of you, this is how much God loves you. 

Friend, you can never be good enough for God to love you, His love for you cannot be earned. it was while you were still a sinner that He sent His son for you, He loved you while you were still a sinner, now that you are His child, He cannot love you any less. There is nothing that you will do that will make God love you less. The scripture above says " Nothing in All creation" .If your sins could stop God's love for you, it wouldn't have started at all. understand this, when God decided to shower His love on you, you were still a sinner. Now that Jesus has shared His blood for you, you are forever in His love. All your sins have been washed through the blood of Jesus. you now stand Righteous and Holy in His presence.. Glory to God

1 John 4:10
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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LEGALLY FORGIVEN AND JUSTIFIED

 COLOSSIAN 2;13

You were at one time spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were Gentiles without the Law. But God has now brought you to life with Christ. God forgave us all our sins;

Are you worried about some mistakes you made in the past? or are you even struggling with some secret sins in your life that makes you think that God is holding those sin against you? can I give you the goodnews,

You are legally forgiven of every sin, which includes your past, present and future sins. You were not just forgiven but also made righteous.

WHEN AND HOW DID THIS HAPPEN

2000 YEARS Ago, when Jesus was hanged on the Cross, It wasn't 

because He deserved it, Jesus never sinned, He lived a perfect live, so why should a perfect man be scourged and hanged, it was because of our sins, the cross is not His, but ours. On the cross, God heaped all your sins on Him and God punished Him on your behalf. Today because Jesus has been punished, you are I will never be punished again for our sins. Our judgement day was in the past.

ISAIAH 53:11

When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins.

WHY WILL GOD SACRIFICE HIS ONLY SON

God gave us His all because he loves you and want to have a relationship with you. 

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GOD IS PROUD OF YOU

 Romans 5:1

Having been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

God's word explicitly tells us that God is no more angry at the believer, infact it said that we have peace with God through Jesus Christ. There was a time that God use to punish His people, but Jesus took the punishment of every believer and because of the cross God cannot be angry at you ever again.

Isa 54:9  For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

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RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A GIFT

 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Jesus knew no sin but for our sake, God imputed all our sins to Him on the cross and He imputed all His righteousness to us. this exchange took place on the cross of Calvary 2000 years ago. 

we dont earn our own righteousness, if we are following rules and regulations to be right with God, then its not going to happen, because in this new covenant the only way to be righteous in God's eyes is to believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord.

ROMANS 10:10 

For with the heart one believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confessions are made unto salvation

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