Hollywood and a Holy God 1

GodThoughtsWired!                 Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Evangelizing the Church in tohe Age of Delusion

Hollywood and a Holy God

part 1

"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord
God Almighty.  Who was and
who is, and who is to come."
-Revelation 4:8

I haven't watched a Hollywood awards show in many, many years.  The other day however, while on the ellyptical machine at the gym, I stumbled upon the Golden Globe awards at the exact time Ricky Gervais was blaspheming God (click here to watch).  I must say he got quite the laugh.

As it turned out, I was only able to stomach about 10 minutes of the presentation as Hollywood's disdain and defiance of God is as blatant and palpable as ever.

You know, I used to be highly critical and condemning of such ignorant and arrogant behavior, but one day it ocurred to me...would I judge a blind man for being born blind?  Would I comdemn him for not being able to see just because I was blessed with sight?

"Forgive them Father; for they
do not know what they are doing."-Luke 23:34

more tomorrow.

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GodThoughtsWired!                   Tuesday, January 17, 2012

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God's Plans are My Goals! Conclusion

GodThoughtsWired!                     Friday, January 13, 2012

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god's plans are my goals!

Conclusion

Here's my 4-Step plan for "walking in the good works that God has prepared for me" (see Ephesians 2:10) in 2012:

Step #1. Identify. (click here to review).
Step #2. Write it down. (click here to review).
Step #3. Tell Somebody. (click here to review).
Step #4.  Pray it Through!  Remember,

"Whatever God does succeeds.
Therefore, to the degree that
you can plug into what God is
doing...you will have success!"
-Pastor Brad,
Building the House of Prayer, Prayer Tool

Ask God to continue to give you the motivation and inspiration and discipline to accomplish the goal in question.  Keep on praying until the goal is completed. 

If it was truly God's plan in the first place, He will give you the grace to achieve it.  If it wasn't originally God's will...then stop wasting your prayers!

"This is the confidence which we have
before Him, that, if we ask anything
according to His will, He hears us.
And if we know that He hears us
in whatever we ask, we know
that we have the requests which
we have asked from Him."-1 John 5:14-15

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God's Plans are My Goals! 4

GodThoughtsWired!                   Wednesday, January 11, 2012

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God's plans are my goals!

part 4

Here's my 4-Step plan for "walking in the good works that God has prepared for me" (see Ephesians 2:10) in 2012:

Step #1. Identify. (click here to review).
Step #2. Write it down. (click here to review).

Step #3.  Tell Somebody.  By telling someone else about your goals you add the power of two important "goal-achieving ingredients":

A. The power of accountability. And,

B. The power of agreeing prayer.

Consider the following statement,

"Often, it's the fear of criticism that,
more than any other factor, stops
 you from goal-setting in the first place.
So keep your goals to yourself,
with one exception.  Share your goals
only with others who are commited
to achieving goals of their own and who
really want you to be successful
and achieve your goals as well."
-Brian Tracy,
A Treasury of Personal Achievement, p.95

We recently provided an open forum in church for individuals who wanted to "make public" their goals for 2012.  Having modeled this behavior the prior week by publicly sharing some of my own personal goals, it became a profound opportunity for the church to be a source of edification and encouragement for those who were willing to "open up" about what they believe God wants to accomplish in their lives this coming year.

 While I reminded the congregation that "transparency must never be used against anyone," the value of accountability far outweighs the risks involved.

Now, you may not be ready to let the whole world know what you are hoping to achieve in 2012, I want to encourage you to tell someone!  A spouse?  One of your children?  How about a close friend that you trust?  Your pastor? 

I'm curious, what do you believe God wants to accomplish in your own life in 2012?

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God's Plans are My Goals! 3

GodThoughtsWired!                     Friday, January 6, 2012

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god's plans are my goals!

part 3

Here's my 4-Step plan for "walking in the good works that God has prepared for me" (see Ephesians 2:10) in 2012:

Step #1. Identify. (click here to review).

Step #2. Write it down.  Studies on "goal-setting" reveal that there is something almost supernatural about putting our goals in writing.  I know that my own experience certainly confirms this.

Before a goal can be realized it must first become...real, and a goal only becomes real after it has been written down.  In the same way that "faith without works is dead" (see James 2:17), so also, goals left undocumented are rarely achieved.

"Show me your faith without the works,
and I will show you my faith by my works.”-James 2:18

"Show me your goals without the list,
and I'll show you my goals by my list."
-pastor Brad

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God's Plans are My Goals! 2

GodThoughtsWired!                     Thursday, January 5, 2012

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god's plans are my goals!

part 2

"A goal mind...is a gold mine!"
-Brian Tracy

So, what's your strategy for fulfilling God's plan for your life in 2012?  Do you have one?  I'm a firm believer in the old adage, "Failing to plan is planning to fail."

Here's my 4-Step plan for "walking in the good works that God has prepared for me" (see Ephesians 2:10) in 2012:

Step #1.  Identify.  The first step in living out the plans and purposes of God is to identify what they are.  To be like Jesus is to prioritize your relationship with God.  The only way to understand what God wants to do in your life is to spend time with the Author of those plans.

"After He had sent the crowds away,
He went up on the mountain by Himself
to pray; and when it was evening,
He was there alone...In the early morning,
while it was still dark, Jesus got up,
left the house, and went away to
a secluded place, and was praying there...But Jesus Himself would often slip away
to the wilderness and pray.
-Matthew 14:23; Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16

Jesus maintained that success in this life equates to "accomplishing the work" (see John 17:4) that God gives us to do.  Before we can walk in the plans that God has for us...we need to know what those plans are!

"In the morning, O Lord You will hear
my voice; in the morning I will order
my prayer to You and eagerly watch."-Psalm 5:3

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God's Plans are My Goals!

GodThoughtsWired!                     Wednesday, January 4, 2012 An Inspiration for Today...A Resource for a Lifetime!

god's plans are my goals! part 1 In The Old Testament God put it this way, "For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope."-Jeremiah 29:11, bold mine The New Testament describes it this way, "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them."-Ephesians 2:10, bold mine And, as always, Jesus is our model: "I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do."-John 17:4, bold mine Wow!  The potential for accomplishment in 2012 is incredibly motivating! 1.  God has plans for us in 2012 that are filled with hope! 2.   He prepared those plans ahead of time with the intent that we would accomplish them. 3.  We have been created for the glory of God (see Isaiah 43:7), and the way God is glorified in our lives is by "accomplishing the work He has given us to do." No striving is ever necessary! More tomorrow! For more information about the GodThoughts Ministry, click here. For more information about the author of GodThoughts, click here. Please follow us on: Twitter Facebook Youtube Fanbase welcome to godthoughts! The GT Ministry is called to "Evangelize the Church in the Age of Delusion."  The era that the Bible refers to as "the birth pangs" is here (see Mark 13:9).  The "Age of Delusion has begun! (see 2 Thessalonians 2:10-15). False teachers and false gospels are everywhere.  The "angel of light" has become so prevalent in today's "visible church" that even false bibles have made their way into mainstream Christianity (i.e. The Message). Tens of millions of sincere church-goers are being led astray by celebrity pastors and teachers who present "false gospels of grace & salvation nowhere to be found in scripture.  GodThoughtsWired! exists to make sure that when Jesus says, "Depart from Me, I never knew you," He's not talking to you!