The Christian Way of Living Part 2
The Christian Way of Living Part 2.
CWLiving.org
Cliff Spier
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Lombardi believed that if you want to win at anything in life, you had to perfect and master the basics.
[^] Col R.B. Thieme Jr said on 15th of August 1979. “A pivot of mature believers - which is what we all should be - break no laws, sponsors no violence, including assassination, crime, terrorism, or revolution. Confiscates no one's property. And does not intrude on human privacy.
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But turns the world upside down through the invisible force of Bible Doctrine, and the function of, the royal family honor code.”
Do you recall what God’s will is?
You should know and recall what one of the shortest verse in the bible is.
[^] 1 Tim 2:4 who [JC] desires [wills] [1] all men to be saved [unbeliever] and
[2] to come to the [epignosis] knowledge [through metabolized BD] of the truth [believer].
[^] God’s will = 1) salvation; 2) 2 Peter 3:18 IOWs
How God works (Thinks)
(God’s Righteousness, Justice and Love)
So the next logical question is How does God’s Righteousness get satisfied?
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Righteousness – I got several questions…
In this ministry, in this doctrinal ministry, there are several types / kinds / terms of Righteousness used.
I am not going to go into them all. I just want to make sure you have a clear definition of the words I am using.
We know of God’s +R, that is what I am talking about.
+R is a noun – nouns are people, places, or things. In this case it is a thing, an attribute, a characteristic whose definition is one who makes perfect decisions, with all the facts without fault. Its Gods attribute.
Now we have imputed +R. That is a different word (phrase – two words) and means something different.
I am only talking about God and His attribute of Righteousness and then how He used it – or How He thinks.
So I am talking about God’s Immutable standard of right thinking. And a further attribute of His +R is that He cannot tolerate sin. Hence the reason to Rebound. We cannot have a personal relationship with God with unconfessed sin in our life. If we do it is like we are at arms length from God.
So +R is perfect thinking.
What is the difference between Gods +R and J?
God’s J are the decisions and actions (judgments both pos / neg)
Think of God as a court room Judge. Except He has all the facts – the truth – so He can render a perfect, correct decision. The result of God’s Justice is a judgment issued (again pos / neg).
So +R is God’s perfect thinking
God’s Justice is His execution of His perfect thinking.
Recall Pastor’s simple statement –
What righteousness rejects, justice condemns or judges.
What righteousness accepts, justice blesses.
So when you follow Gods procedures and commands and instructions.
Procedures are Rebound, F/R Drill
Commands is to Rebound when necessary and diligently use the F/R Drill
Instructions are: Heb 10:25 assembling yourself together, Remembrance of TLJC – the Lord’s supper – Communion.
When you do these things then
God’s +R accepts this and His Justice blesses you.
When you don’t or are apathetic or disobedient – then the +R of God rejects your behaviour and condemns you – disciplines you (including reaping what you sow).
I hope that clears that up for you.
I am talking about God’s R and J.
Not other related but different terms.
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When we follow His ‘instructions’.
When we follow what the bible tells us.
For example, you Rebounded at the beginning of class.
You followed God’s instructions (procedure found in 1 John 1:9)
and when you executed that procedure,
God’s Righteousness was satisfied and His Justice forgave you of your
sin(s).
So that is How God works.
Recall -
God loves you.
He wants the best for you.
And He provides information on how we are to think, and
when we think with God’s thoughts,
or think like God thinks (DVP), then
He is free to bless us and help us.
That is why God in His love provided the Bible,
which is His complete information about Himself
for us to understand and follow, by thinking like God thinks.
And when our thinking changes then our actions follow.
Trusting God [in God we Trust]
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Proverbs 3:5 [1] [CMD] Trust in the Lord with all your heart [rt lobe – where you think. PSD #3 F/R Drill],
And [2] [CMD] do not lean on your own [HVP] understanding [man’s opinion vs God’s].
Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways [3] [CMD] acknowledge Him,
[Promise] And He will make your paths straight. [1, 2, 3 - easy]
Proverbs 3:7 [conclusion v5-6] Do not be wise in your own eyes [conceited - arrogance];
[CMD] Fear [Trust] the Lord and [CMD] turn away from evil.
Straight forward.
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Confused which way to go?
Then make the best decision you can
and if God does not want you to go in that direction,
he will close the door.
If you are receptive to closed doors,
then you see that for what it is and you go in another direction.
In all cases you make the decisions in life as to what you think is best.
Remember, you will not be in fear or worry because you are using
the F/R procedure and as long as you do and
are remaining calm about it
then any decision will either be guided by God and an open door or
the result of the decision will be a closed door.
Then you know to go in a different direction.
The key is [pause]: are you diligent in using the F/R procedure
and are you trusting God such that you are relaxed? If so,
then your trust in God is not in vain and
He will come through for you (but also remember it will be in His timing).
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Trust is a process.
You start out slowly,
claim a promise and
wait upon the Lord to handle that promise.
When you put more and more on his ‘plate’ and
you trust Him to handle it then
the more and more relaxed you become.
When you see this happening in your life,
you realize you have peace and tranquility that you did not have before.
That is the result of using Gods thinking and specifically the F/R procedure.
I treasure my RMA. ….
You should too.
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Rebound when necessary
Diligently using (mastering) the F/R Drill
Understanding God’s Essence, esp His Love -> +R –J
Then using your volition to execute what God says – CMDs, Promises, Instructions.
… and He will make your paths straight. (Prov 3:5-7)
My focus over these lessons is going to be just that. Giving you Promises and going over biblical narratives to focus your attention on the range of promises and commands we have and to see how God thinks using His divine Essence.
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So let’s proceed by reviewing Faith in God & His Divine Essence
then mixing in some narratives and promises of the bible to highlight them.
Faith in God. What is faith?
I have said several times you must trust God.
Faith is putting your trust in something greater than you and your problems.
If someone says I trust God but can’t explain why,
then that is empty faith
and it is not going to help you be relaxed
or help you mentally.
Being relaxed or what the bible calls prosperity (mental prosperity)
is one of the great benefits of the Faith Rest procedure. RMA.
So,
if you know or recite Gods promises and
know that God backs them up
because He is an all-powerful God,
then you are putting your faith in someone stronger and mightier than you.
You see faith must have an object.
And in our case - at GBC - what Pastor Bob has taught us,
our faith is in God,
specifically His promises and Him as an all-powerful God.
Now when I say an all powerful God – what does that mean to you? Omnipotent.
Well not really.
It really is means that God acts IAW His character –
Omnipotent God doing the right thing the right way.
Not whatever He wants.
That might sound sacrilegious but it is true
and a key component to understanding God’s Essence.
God does the right thing the right way, every time –
right thing – +R,
the right way - Justice,
and the power to do it is Omnipotent.
So an all powerful God is a +R, J and Omnipotent. 3/10 attributes.
Recall all of the attributes of God’s Divine Essence, His character?
Portland Conference – C grade
Pastor Rory Clark gave us an acronym to remember this by: JR SOOO LIVE
(pronounced: junior soooooooo live)
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•Justice – God renders a fair decision based upon all the facts. He
always does the right thing in the right way. He is a perfect (just) judge.
•Righteousness (+R) – this refers to God is perfect, He never has made
a mistake, never thought anything wrong, is perfect and without sin.
•Sovereignty – God is supreme authority of the universe. There is no
one more powerful or ‘above’ Him.
•Omniscience – God is all knowing, God knows everything including
what would have happened if different decisions were made. He
knows all the outcomes.
•Omnipresent – God is in all places at once. He is present everywhere.
•Omnipotent – God is all powerful. For example the bible describes
God’s creation of the universe as the work of His fingers. Your fingers
are the weakest part of your body, yet God created the whole universe
and all its great beauty with just His fingers. Now that is power. (and
no God does not have fingers – it is a metaphor)
•Love – God is Love. This is a huge concept but to keep it relatively
simple we have to use all of the following words to describe God’s love:
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 gives several descriptions of God’s love: "Love is
patient, love is kind. God’s Love does not envy, it does not boast, it is
not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not
easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love
does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects,
always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. God’s love never fails."
That is a lot to digest, but I think you can get a glimpse of what true
love is and God is Love.
•Immutable – God never changes. He never makes a decision that He
would change. He does the right thing the right way the first time.
•Veracity – God is truthful. Titus 1:2 "God, who does not lie." Also
that means the bible is inerrant, without error (in the original language
that is was written). God’s perfect thoughts given to mankind.
•Eternal Life – God always existed, He was in the past, present and
future forever and ever.
JR SOOO LIVE
This is the One whom we put our faith or trust in.
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So when God says in 1Peter 5:7
Give me all your concerns because I (God) care for you.
Or
Slamming all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.
He means it.
And now you know why the bible is called God’s word.
It is just not title.
It is God’s very words to you and to me.
God’s Veracity & His Omnipotence make sure that you have His absolute thinking in the bible.
That is why it is the oldest book in the world,
God has preserved the bible for 4000-5000 years.
Who else could accomplish that?
Only God because of His attributes.
That is who we put our trust in.
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I emphasized trust.
And I said, trust is something you have to develop; it is a process.
You have to learn to trust God.
Learning about His Divine Essence is an academic endeavor.
You still have to learn to use [experience] each of His attributes
and see it working for you.
1 - You have to know its components
2 - You have to know what each mean
AND you have to ‘see’ them in your life.
‘see’ means you must experiencing them and recognize them in your life.
How?
Recalling situations and recounting what elements of His Divine Essence are in action for you.
That way you can improve your grade
In my case, from
a C to an A or A-.
When you do you start and continue to trust God. It is a process.
It does not happen overnight.
Many people, including myself spend years exercising the Faith Rest procedure
and trusting God.
Sometimes [many times] I fail, but I keep going. Building sp muscle.
I make mistakes but I keep on going
(this is something I will talk about later, the concept of perseverance).
((RECAP???
Let me recap this last section on Faith in God, His Divine Essence and
its relationship to learning to trust God by using the Faith Rest procedure.
Faith has to have an object or it is just blind or useless faith.
In understanding (and memorizing) God’s Divine Essence, His attributes,
We can see that the One we put our Faith in is stronger, more powerful, perfect
(Veracity) and Loving.
We must learn to trust Him and what He says.
We start to do that by Rebounding when necessary and using the Faith Rest
procedure.
And as I have said, we must master this part of the CWLiving. ))
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So that is Faith and God’s Divine essence.
Recall so far –
Rebound when Necessary,
Diligently use the F/R Drill
Recall God’s Divine attributes –
-I have emphasized His Love to you and when His +R is satisfied
-then His Justice executes what His Love desires.
--> Blessing or Discipline (your choice)
God’s Promises
Learn more God’s promises.
So far - 1 Peter 5:7, Proverbs 3:5-6 and Lamentations 3:25.
We are to use these promises to
‘slam’ all our cares, anxieties and problems on God, then
relaxing about them
knowing that in Lam 3:25
God will provide solutions while you relax and wait on His timing.
This should also give you courage.
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Tip --
Make a list care, problems, concerns - mine is on my phone, and
cite them to God in your Faith Rest procedure prayer to God.
You have to move forward every day,
you have to make decisions every day.
Now you can do that,
even in difficult times or in pressure situations,
with the courage God gives you by using the F/R procedure
and having confidence in God,
God will come through for you.
So then trusting in God and using His procedures (acknowledging Him)
He will guide your life
and that life will be one of prosperity (mental prosperity - RMA)
and he will guide your life with the result
you will have maximum happiness and a life of fulfillment (Prov 3:5-6).
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Problems come in two flavors;
1 - the ones we created by bad decisions
(which have internal (pressure, anxiety) and
external (ramifications to others)) and
2 - problems others created and put on us
(these can be circumstances of life or
overt decisions made by others
that cause you problems,
including ‘natural disasters’ such as Mt Saint Helen’s, floods, war, pandemics, etc. )
So you know your problem is internal or external. So what???
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Sooooo it matters not whether we or others created the problems,
God has a solution to them.
His solution is to use what you know from the bible
to make decisions (based upon your best judgment – at the moment)
and to use the Faith Rest procedure to remain calm, relaxed
in spite of the pressure,
and have courage to move forward because God will fulfill His promise.
<<3 - Psalm 91 God’s Promise of Protection for the Believer>>
Now all that leads us to – the ‘meat’
Lets study a passage to put most of the concepts together
–God’s Divine Essence,
–How His Divine essence works,
–His promises and
–And in this 1st scripture -- what He does for us in terms of protection (anti-fear).
Turn in God’s Word – to the Hebrew scripture of Psalm 91, Psalm 91.
Psalm 91 is an example of God’s protection of you as a believer in Jesus Christ.
God protects believers who trusts (here is that word again) in Him.
When you are executing the Plan of God
(Rebound -> F/R Drill, identifying the elements of God’s Divine essence)
then because God Loves you, He wants the best for you.
Based upon you executing His procedures,
His Love wants to bless you and He can because His Righteousness sees
that you are following His procedures and commands
so then God’s Justice provides you blessings.
Simple?
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Psalm 91:1 He [the believer in JC] who dwells [via F/R procedure] in the
shelter of the Most High [a reference to God]
Will abide [reside] in the shadow of the Almighty [Omnipotence of
God].
The author of this Psalm is saying
Believers in JC whose thinking and who live their lives
using God’s solutions (Rebound & F/R procedure)
will find shelter and reside under God’s protection.
God protects those whom He Loves. Protection from what?
Versus 3, 5-7 give us some examples
(criminality, war, pestilence, natural disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes, etc).
(as many of you know my house burned down the in CO Sprgs fire of 2012. How did God protect me? Rebuilt at no cost to me – I have a new house!)
But let’s pick one from v6 that is applicable today – the corona virus.
God protects the Believer from the corona virus.
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Psalm 91:6 Of the pestilence [corona virus, black plague] that stalks in
darkness,
Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon [earthquake, volcano,
tsunami].
He shelters, v1, (protects) you and does it in at least one of 3 ways
(which will be true for any example).
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1) God protects the Believer from catching the virus.
2) God allows the believer to catch the virus but heals the believer.
3) God allows the believer to catch the virus and allows the believer
to die and go to heaven.
What a minute! How is #3 protection?
God provides blessing to a dying believer:
- first you are relaxed even when you are dying (F/R procedure);
- second, in being relaxed while dying
you might be a witness to others
who will be curious why you are so relaxed,
it is an opportunity to witness to someone; and
- third God’s Plan for you is to witness in dying.
His Plan for you is up and He is bringing you to heaven.
There cannot be a more greater protection that to spend eternity in heaven.
This might be hard for you to understand
but God has a Plan for you and will provide all the means
for you to be relaxed and fulfill His Plan.
And that Plan just might be putting you in a situation of death
so that someone else can benefit from your death.
Recall 1 Tim 2:4 – God’s will – Salvation for all… or witness to a bel wrt F/R Drill
Consider this --
How many soldiers died in WWII so that
we can have the freedom and prosperity in the USA today?
See there is a bigger plan and purpose,
greater than just your own life.
So yes, death can be part of God’s Plan for a believer.
And in that death, you can be relaxed and happy.
That is not how the world (cosmos) thinks.
Again another example of God’s thinking is opposite of the worlds thinking.
1 Tim 2:4 – God’s will….
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So back to the first 2 ways God protects the believer.
Verse 1 says those believers who use the Faith Rest procedure
will find shelter and reside under the protection of Omnipotent God.
We might not know how God’s Omnipotence might protect us in advance
but we can trust (here is that word again) in His promise,
an Immutable promise and
when we use that promise, God will deliver.
Just in this verse
we can see how to apply parts of God’s Divine Essence.
God is all powerful, Omnipotent, [^]
and can prevent you from catching the virus or
heal you if you catch the virus.
God knows through His [^] Omniscience why He might want you to catch the virus or
even die, so that
His Plan for you and others can be fulfilled.
God’s promise is [^] Immutable it will never change and
since you claimed the promise God’s [^] Righteousness is satisfied
so that His Justice can execute the promise that God
in His [^] Love proved for you.
Thereby proving God’s [^] Veracity.
So in this example you can ‘see’ how God thinks and how God works.
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<< This might sound very pedestrian to you… even just an academic exercise.
But do not underestimate its power.
If you do what I just did, then it is one way you LEARN to Love God.
You have to Learn to Love God. You do not come out of the womb that way
nor do you Love God just because you are saved.
It is a Learned behavior – to Love and appreciate God.
This is not just some cute speaking trick I used.
Think about God’s Essence, His character, How He thinks in your situations of life.
It grows your love for God >>
V2 goes on –
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Psalm 91:2 I will say to the Lord, [your conclusion upon using the F/R
procedure] "[You are] My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I
trust!"
So the result of using the F/R procedure is coming to the conclusion that
God will fulfill the promise to you (that is, you are trusting God) so that
you can say (to yourself and others) God is my refuge and my fortress.
Also you thank God, in prayer or verbally to others,
“My God delivered me because I trust Him” (I trust His word – promises).
So you are praising
God and thanking Him with your thinking because He will and does
protect you.
But, this is only for the believer who is using Rebound and the F/R
procedure. See when you follow God’s thinking and use His tools and
develop the spiritual skills to live your life (CWLiving) then God blesses you
and part of the blessing is protection per Psalm 91.
Also look how personal v2 is. My refuge, My fortress, My God.
As I said God wants to have a personal relationship with you.
This is you having a personal relationship with God
by using His tools (promises) to live your life.
And as I said you become grateful to Him for giving you these promises
to use in daily life.
I like v3 because it has been true in my life.
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Psalm 91:3 For it is He [God] who delivers you from the snare of the
trapper [people and circumstances in life],
And from the deadly pestilence [deadly hazards like corona virus].
The snare of the trapper is an illustration of traps in life.
Who would set traps for you in life?
Have you ever had people in your life who were out for you
and wanted to do you harm? I have.
I have had bosses at work that ‘hated’ me
and wanted to destroy my career.
I knew it and I did not react to them.
I treated them with kindness and respect and I did my job
to the best of my ability.
And no matter what these bosses tried to do, in the end,
they had no effect on my career. [nor my RMA]
Now this sounds like I was perfect in all of this. I was not.
A few times I got depressed and worried
BUT when I did, I Rebounded and used the F/R procedure and
went back to a relaxed state so I could do my job.
And that is what happens most if not all the time.
Sometimes we fail. We Rebound and go back to using the F/R procedure.
So God protected me, I was allowed to do my job and very successfully.
Then later God’s solution was to give me a better job (a promotion).
So God did not make the person go way, instead,
He protected me so I could do my job and
He ‘promoted’ me and the person who ‘hated’ me,
got to ‘stew in their own juices’ while watching me be successful.
This is an example of God protecting me because I was using His solutions
to the problem.
<< bad co worker – secretary example – defense not offence >>
Circumstances in life can also lay traps for you, but again
the solution is the same – Rebound when necessary and diligently use the F/R procedure.
The second part of v3 I covered in the example of the pestilence above,
using the corona virus as an illustration.
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Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with His pinions [feathers],
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark [a defensive wall – like a
castle wall].
Here is a picture of v4a that says it all.
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Notice how the mother bird is holding on to her chicks.
Physically protecting them, giving them cover and warmth – that is total
protection.
Notice also that the chicks could fly away if they wanted to.
But they are choosing to stay under her protection.
Same with us and God.
We can remove ourselves from God’s protection by using human solutions
to problems instead of using God’s solutions.
So it is our choice, use God’s solutions or use human solutions.
Versus 5-7 are additional descriptive illustrations of terrors that can affect
Believers.
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Psalm 91:5 ¶ [result from v2 of using F/R procedure] You will not be
afraid of the terror by night [criminality, etc],
Or of the arrow that flies by day [warfare];
Psalm 91:6 Of the pestilence [corona virus, black plague] that stalks in
darkness,
Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon [earthquake, volcano,
tsunami].
Notice night and day, darkness and noon –
this is a reference that God protects the believer 24 hrs/day!
God never sleeps. He is on the job 24 hrs/day, 7 days/week.
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Psalm 91:7 A thousand may fall [die] at your side, And ten thousand at
your right hand;
But it [terrors and disasters] shall not approach you.
V7 is interesting. You might be in the midst of a great natural disaster or
the corona virus with thousands dying all around you but
it, the disasters and terrors, will not affect you.
We are blessed (by God) in the USA and
we do not have many disasters like other parts of the world,
but when we do, God protects the believer who is executing His Plan for their lives.
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Psalm 91:8 You will only look on with your eyes,
And see the recompense of the wicked [Justice of God in action].
V8 is interesting because it now introduces what happens to those who are
evil, from v3 and 5-7. Not only are you protected but the Justice of God
punishes those who are evil (anti-God, believers not using His Divine
Solutions in life and unbelievers). You will many times see that they get
Divine Justice from God for their deeds.
Recompense – How would you like to be in the Recompense side of God’s Justice??
Versus 9 & 10 are a conclusion.
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Psalm 91:9 For you [the Believer using the F/R procedure] have made the
Lord, my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place.
Psalm 91:10 No evil will befall you,
Nor will any plague come near your tent [where you live].
V9 is a restatement of v1-2 and the conclusion of all these terrors and
adversities is that you are protected wherever you are.
These 9 verses give you enough background to understand what God is telling Believers who a executing His Plan for their lives,
the protection and comfort He provides 7 days a week and 24 hours a day.
And, and the recompense for those bel who do not
and for those unbel who are evil.
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So this is a great example of God’s promise to believers
who Rebound when necessary and use the F/R procedure to handle problems, anxieties, disasters, evil and adversities of life.
God protects the ones He Loves.
And since He is an all-powerful God,
He has the means to provide protection to His loved ones.
You can see His Divine Essence in action.
His Righteousness not tolerating evil and
His Justice executing justice on evil in this world,
His Omniscience knowing what will happen in advance and
having a plan to protect the believer in these circumstances,
His Omnipotence shielding the believer
from the consequences of evil and disasters,
even when those around you are affected.
He does all this because He Loves you and
you responded to His Love by first believing in Jesus Christ for salvation and
then following His procedures, commands and getting to know and appreciate Him
and trusting Him for deliverance from the problems of life.
God can only keep His promises and in them is true security.
Once you latch on to what Psalm 91 says, and
once you understand the context of Psalm 91 as a whole, and
once you believe God’s promise, and trust God for the fulfillment of Psalm 91,
then you have security. You have security in your salvation,
you have security in your life, both physical and spiritual,
you have eternal security, you have everything that you need,
every resource to be secure in this life, no matter what.
Psalm 91 is a benefit in the midst of adversity,
it is a benefit in the midst of a corona virus plague.
Also as you are relaxed,
you look around at others who are in panic and fear and
you can ‘see’ what a wonderful God you have,
that Loves you and protects you.
Last thoughts
Why is the F/R procedure so important?
Why do I keep telling you to be diligent in using Rebound and the F/R procedure? What does claiming God’s promises on some specific ‘issue’ you are having do?
First if you trust God and believe His promise(s) then you can be relaxed.
That is called a Relaxed Mental Attitude (RMA).
You can relax, you do not have to dwell on your problems,
you let God handle them.
What else does a RMA bring to you? Courage.
Courage under adversity or better said Courage under fire (as in a battle).
So what if - you momentarily think about your problem(s) that you asked
God to handle by using the F/R procedure?
There is nothing wrong with that. It happens. Remember Crunch!
Give yourself grace.
But if you dwell on them more than momentarily,
then you have in essence told God that you want to handle them.
So you need to Rebound
(you told God that He was going to handle them and you changed your mind, not trusting God)
and then you must use the F/R procedure again for that problem.
See there is a solution for that too.
Think about this for a moment. When a problem comes up,
you are able to claim a promise and calm down,
by utilizing the Faith Rest procedure,
and have a Relaxed Mental Attitude (RMA), under adversity and
that is something that only the believer in Jesus Christ has at their disposal,
only the believer.
You should be able to see what a great God we have.
You should be experiencing encouragement of both God’s presence and His
care for you.
You will rest with the confidence that whatever happens in life
is with His knowledge and nothing happens outside of his knowledge
(Omniscient). Psalm 91.
And you know what? This is one of several problem solving procedures
God has provided for believers only.
You are well taught and know God provides 10 PSDs that you can use.
We just looked at two.
Rebound and F/R procedure. Now it is your job to use these two diligently!
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Morning Thought Process
Psalm 118:24 This is the day which the Lord has made;
Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
How do we do this? What is our Morning Thought Process? Recalling what God says and tell us to do. Recalling Psalm 118:24 and then using the Faith Rest Procedure for any and all concerns we have. Daily, which is another say of saying: diligently using the Faith Rest Procedure.
So, in the morning it begins with Thinking and recalling God.
Psalm 55:22 [CMD] Cast [all] your burden upon the Lord [TLJC],
[Promise] and He will sustain you;
He will never allow the righteous [believers using the CWLiving] to be shaken.
So you can pray: Dear Heavenly Father, I have these thoughts of unsurety and I need your help to combat them by using Psm 55:22; therefore I cast the following (name them) to you ….
Deuteronomy 20:3 … “Hear, O Israel [believers using CWLiving], you are approaching the battle against your enemies [problems, adversities of life] today. Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid, or panic, or tremble before them,
Deuteronomy 20:4 [Promise] for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save [or deliver] you.”
… (continuation of the prayer above) and I know you God are the One who goes with me and fights for me in Deut 20:3-4 …
Isaiah 40:28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord [TLJC], the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. …
Isaiah 40:29 [Promise] He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power [physical and mental courage and a RMA].
… Therefore Heavenly Father I claim your further promise of Isa 40:28-29 to strengthen me so I do not give in to wrong thinking and I express my feelings, give me more strength to handle them…
Psalm 91:15 [Promise] He [believers using CWLiving] will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him, and honor him.
… because I know based upon your promise of Psalm 91:15 that you will answer my request and you will rescue me and I will know that rescue comes from you …
Luke 1:37 [Promise] "For nothing will be impossible with God.”
… for nothing is impossible with You (Omnipotent). And I know that I am to …
James 1:2 ¶ [CMD] Consider [thinking vs. emoting, consider all that you know about God and His essence] it all happiness, my brethren, when you encounter various trials [testings, adversities, Providential Preventative Sufferings], v3 knowing that the testing of your faith [doctrine, F/R Drill -- ex. Job, Paul in prison] produces endurance [hupomone – w/ circumstances]. v4 And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.
… Thank you Heavenly Father, I pray in Christ’s name, Amen.