[Faith-talk] FW: [thefamilyoffaith] Revolution Day 5: Fast from Negative Imaginations

[Eric Calhoun]

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From: Mom sooky <momsooky at gmail.com>
To: Mom sooky <momsooky at gmail.com>
Subject: [thefamilyoffaith] Revolution Day 5: Fast from Negative
Imaginations
Date: 
Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:14:46 -0500

Revolution Day 5: Fast from Negative Imaginations


Day 5 >
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.

In His Amazing Love,


Gregory Dickow