Christ Embassy Teens Church, Uwanse

25/01/2023

Rhapsody Of Realities TeeVo
Wednesday, January 25th 2023

GOD-LIKE THINKING
(Get Your Thoughts Directly From God’s Word)

TO THE BIBLE:
Romans 12:2 NASB
“...Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”

LET'S TALK
As a Christian, it’s important how you think and what you think about. You’re not of this world; therefore, you shouldn’t think like an ordinary person. Don’t say, “I’m American, or I’m Australian, as a result, there’s a way I think.” No! When you’re born again, you cease to be of your earthly nativity, because your spirit is recreated. You should therefore only think the Word way. God’s Word must form the basis for the kind of thoughts you process and allow. Now that you’re in Christ, you have a new culture: the Christ culture. Until this becomes a reality in your spirit, you’ll live like an ordinary person and not experience the sublime blessings of life in Christ.

The Bible says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). You’re of a new lineage and heritage. Refuse to be described by any earthly culture or affiliation. If you must be identified as Zulu, Afrikaans, American, British, German, French, Nigerian, etc., let it be because you want to win those of such descent to Christ.

That’s how the Apostle Paul puts it. He said, “To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the Law, I became as one under the Law, though not being under the Law myself, so that I might gain those who are under the Law” (1 Corinthians 9:20 NASB).

Our opening verse, in the New International Version, says, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind….” As you meditate on the Word, your mind is programmed to think accordingly. You’ll begin to talk differently and act in line with your confessions of faith. The Word of God is the only material that can energise you for success, position you for greatness, and sustain you in the transcendent life.

GO DEEPER
Romans 12:2 AMPC; Philippians 4:8

PRAY
Dear Father, thank you for the education of my spirit through your Word. As I study and meditate on the Word, my mind is renewed in knowledge and spiritual understanding. Therefore, through my knowledge of the Word, I allow only excellent things into my world, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

DAILY BIBLE READING
ONE YEAR
Matthew 17:14-18:1-14, Exodus 8-9

TWO YEAR
Acts 12:11-19, Job 20-21

ACT
Meditate on the “Go Deeper” verses of Scripture till they form
your pattern of thinking.

24/01/2023

Rhapsody Of Realities TeeVo
Tuesday, January 24th 2023

AS HE IS, SO ARE YOU (You’re In The Same Class As Jesus)

TO THE BIBLE:
Mark 4:38-39,41 NIV
“Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm…They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!””

LET'S TALK
The Lord Jesus, when He walked the earth, was a marvel and master over circumstances. One day, the disciples, in awe of Him, asked the question we read in our opening verse. This was after He hushed a billowing tempest to sleep. On another occasion, the disciples had sailed far out at sea when they suddenly saw a figure walking towards them on the water; it was Jesus. Again, they wondered, “What manner of man is this that defies nature?”

Think about His ascension to heaven! He simply levitated and went through the clouds into heaven. It pays to know who Jesus really is. Until you know Him, you can’t have true faith in Him, and you wouldn’t know yourself. Here’s something most extraordinary: anyone who believes in Jesus receives the same life that He has. John 1:12-13 says, “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God… who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

Notice that the latter part says you’re born of God, meaning that you’re born of the same Word that became Jesus. 1 Peter 1:23 says, “Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.” James 1:18 NIV says, “He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.” We’re in the same class and manner of men as Jesus, because we’re offspring of the Word.

No wonder John said, “...In this world we are like Jesus” (1 John 4:17 NIV). All of divinity was tabernacled in Jesus; He was God alive—walking and talking in a man’s body. That same fullness of divinity dwells in you today. Like Him, you’re the living, moving house of the living God. Hallelujah!

GO DEEPER
Acts 17:28; 2 Corinthians 6:16

SPEAK
I’m the temple of the living God, His mobile headquarters on the earth today. In Him, I live, move, and have my being. The greater One lives in me; I’m filled with His fullness and dispense the verities of the Kingdom in every place. Amen.

DAILY BIBLE READING
ONE YEAR
Matthew 16:13-17:1-13, Exodus 6-7

TWO YEAR
Acts 12:1-10, Job 18-19

ACT
Take out time today and meditate on the verses of Scripture referred to in the message.

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