Why haven't Children of GOD succeeded more? Because we read THE WORD but, haven't successfully applied it to our lives. We become sick,broke, depressed, and walk around like those who have no hope. Why fail? A lot of Believers have a failure mentality.
This can be caused by negative people or the environment you live around or live in. Some people have can't driven into their minds as children. Remember, can't means, you never will. Why fail, when you can apply THE WORD in your life. How do we apply it Rev.?
You may read the BIBLE everyday but, when was the last time you absorbed it? This mean thinking, meditating, researching, Praising GOD for HIS GOODNESS, and Praying. You put the care of things over on GOD and let HIM handle them. If you could handle it, you wouldn't be failing would you? Those are examples of how you Apply THE WORD.
Psalm 55:22 (NKJV) says, "Cast your burden on the LORD, And HE shall sustain you; HE shall never permit the righteous to be moved." Well Preacher, how can changing our mentality keep us from failing? Romans 10:17 (NKJV) says,"So then Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the WORD OF GOD."
Reading and applying the WORD will give you a success mentality. You also have to be watchful of those you are around. If a person haven't succeeded in their own goals, how can they tell you? Spend as less time among such as possible. Naysayers won't help you either.
These people know every reason why what you are doing won't work. They will tell you too. Either it will be from jealousy or because so and so did it and it didn't work. Avoid them period. Speak, keep going, and pray for them.
Don't gossip about someone, we all need to work on this one. The ones we talk about are what we would be without Jesus. Gossip is very negative and bring the very thing into our lives that we talked about concerning others. The Bible say, in Mark 11:23 (NKJV), "For assuredly I say to you whosoever says to this mountain Be removed and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will come to pass, he will have whatever he says."
This is where we fail. What we speak on others or about others eventually happen to us because we let what come up come out. Why fail? We can have Victory everyday. What the devil mean for evil, GOD will turn it around.
GOD specialize in turning failures into success. Look at you and me. We were on our way to hell (gehenna=lake of fire) , but GOD turned it around, we got saved. Because Jesus died and rose again we have victory.
We have victory because of Faith in GOD and in HIS WORD. 1 John 5:4 verse (NKJV) says, "For whatever is born of GOD overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world-our Faith." How do we maintain our Faith? Faith comes by hearing, hearing, hearing.
When we hear Faith, we must perform it. James 2:17 (NKJV) says, "Thus Faith by itself, if it doesn't have works is dead." The two must go together for success. If you don't have Love of GOD (Agape), it won't succeed. Faith and Love are the power twins.
