Step Out of the Boat If You Want to Walk on Water

No time to read the Bible or fellowship with God

Sometimes in our hurry-hurry busy lives, there is no time to stop, wait and listen to what God has to say. A person who does not cultivate a daily relationship with God and doesn’t take time to read and study His Word, cannot receive instructions from Him.

If Jesus Himself would come into your house one day to talk to you, I’m sure you wouldn’t ignore Him and ask Him to please wait a while until you get all your things done. You’d probably be so impressed by the honor of having Him come to you, that you’d forget about everything else.

The Bible states that He is living in you right now and that you can confidently come into His presence whenever you wish. Just because you cannot feel Him or see Him doesn’t mean He is not there.

Wanting to do it your way:

Many believers tend to hold on to what their idea about living the Christian walk is. They want to serve God, but they want to do it their way. And as long as they insist on their way of doing things, there’s not much God can do for them.

It is when we give up on our efforts and surrender to Him, willing to serve Him in whatever He needs us to do for Him, that He will start moving on our behalf. It is only then that we can become all God created us to be.

Impatience:

Some of us are so eager about the awesome plan God has put in our heart, that we get  anxious when things don’t seem to happen. We are like little children who are on a trip, always asking, “Are we there yet?”

God is a God of process. He sees our hearts. There are many things He has to accomplish in us, especially in our character, before He will show us the next step. An obedient heart that obeys instantly will advance faster than an impatient heart that is tired of waiting.

Thoughts can be treacherous. They sneak into our mind and take over our whole life before we even notice. Like little seemingly inoffensive bugs they start crawling into our mind.

Sometimes they make so much sense that we just let them in, unaware of the huge damage they are about to cause to the pursuit of our new life changing endeavor.

They can get so strong that we choose to abort our project altogether.

5 Ways to Escape the Negative Mindset Trap

Feed on God’s Word.

Nothing is more powerful to change our negative mindset of doubt and unbelief into a vibrant spiritual force for victory than the Word of God. Read it, study it and determine to make it the final authority over your life. What the Word says over you and your situation is what you’ll meditate on. Dismiss any other thought that violates God’s Truth.

Walk by faith and not by sight.

Refuse to let outer circumstances convince you that God’s Word over your life is not true. God said you are more than a conqueror (Romans 8:37), and that’s that.

Meditate on God’s Word all day long.

Pick out one or two verses from the Bible that hold a promise of God over your situation and keep your mind fixed on them.

Cast your care on the Lord.

Whenever feelings of anxiety show up, cast your care on the Lord and stop meditating on what the devil can do to you.

Confess the Word of God all day long.

This is a powerful tool. God designed our mind so that we can not think one thing and say another. So the best way to get negative thoughts out of your mind is by talking words that are in agreement with what God has decreed.

Mistake #1:

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Mistake #2:

Not taking enough time to spend with God and getting intimate with Him. It is impossible to hear from God if (more…)

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