Be Alert and Focused so that you’re ready to meet the Lord1 Peter 1: 13-25

Our minds can become a battle ground of the soul, unless we exercise self control. Thoughts that are foreign to our new born again spirit will seek to influence us away from our assurance of salvation and the promised rewards that are ours at the return of Jesus Christ 1:13

Here are just a few suggestions how we can start to declutter our minds, first God never tells us to empty our minds if you’re ever counselled to do so run from that counsellor! that is nothing but new age teaching strait from the devil. Jesus instead tells us to be still and know that He is God even in the darkest of times. Second take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ 2 Cor 10:5. This means that any thoughts that conflict with the Bible we are to ditch completely. Third don’t be a prisoner to your past, this is best achieved by looking forward to your promised rewards that are already waiting in heaven for you, not as a result of anything you did or did not achieve in the past but because God calls you His child right now 1:23, Philippians 3:13-14

Christ’s sacrifice was not an afterthought it was planned before the fall of man. That may blow our tiny minds! but it means that the flood, the calling of Abram, the exodus and the giving and then the scrapping of the law were all part of Gods eternal plan. The same is true for every child of God, we are not windfalls but handpicked fruit! 1:20

Everything has a lifespan except the Word of God and this is our wonderful assurance, our new life in Christ is everlasting because it comes from the eternal Living Word of God 1:23

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But the Word of the Lord will last forever. And that Word is the Good News that was preached to you.

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