Thoughts End Up Becoming Things.

[JAG ..]

Note to the reader: I wrote this from the point of view of a Bible believing Evangelical,
which is what I am. This piece has nothing to do with Norman V. Peele's The Power Of
Positive Thinking.

__________

Thoughts End Up Becoming Things.
By JAG
July 30, 2021


When you invite a thought into your mind, hold it there, and mix sympathy
with it, that idea then becomes a nurtured thought that will take root in the
garden of your mind and begin to grow. At some future point that thought
will take on Real World substance and effect what you physically do ~~
after all, you nurtured it with sympathy and agreement, you gave it support,
you encouraged it, and you told it, "You are most welcome to take up
permanent residence inside my mind", therefore that thought is going to
play a big role in your life in Real World.


If that guest-in-your-mind-thought is a positive constructive Faith-in-God
thought, then it will produce Faith, Hope, and Confidence, resulting in such
beliefs as I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.


Both Fear-thoughts and Faith-thoughts end up becoming things. Here, to
illustrate the principle, is how a Fear-thought becomes a physical thing:
The Fear-thought:
BASED UPON DEMONSTRATABLE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES, STATISTICS
PROVE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PERCENT CHANCE THAT I WILL BE
SERIOUSLY HURT DUE TO AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE.
Now if you do the following:
(1) Invite that Fear-thought into your mind
(2) Hold it there and dwell upon it
(3) Mix sympathy with it (tell yourself over and over, yes its true)
(4) Keep on doing (1), (2), and (3) (that is, keep on nurturing that thought
(5) Then that Fear-thought will take root in the field of your mind . . .
(6) And begin to grow strong and . . .
(7) Soon it will produce Real World physical realities. You will begin to
experience debilitating fear, anxiety, and frustration ~~ and if you keep
on doing (1) through (6) up there, at some point the sustained fear, anxiety,
and frustration will start producing Real World physical effects such as
headaches, sweating, trembling, shaking, stuttering, and twitching. This
ugly reality will greatly reduce your ability to get things done in Real World.


Now lets look at what a Faith-thought can produce:
A Faith-thought:
GOD LOVES ME AND GOD IS MY FATHER, AND MY LOVING HEAVENLY
FATHER HAS PROMISED TO ALWAYS BE WITH ME, AND TO HELP ME
WITH ALL MY PROBLEMS, AND HE HAS PROMISED THAT ALL MY
PROBLEMS WILL EVENTUALLY BE WORKED OUT BY HIM FOR
MY ULTIMATE GOOD, AND SO I LIVE MY LIFE FULLY TRUSTING
IN HIM BECAUSE I KNOW HE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME AND TAKE
GOOD CARE OF ME BECAUSE HE LOVES ME.

If you invite that Faith-thought into your mind, hold it there, mix sympathy with
it, and keep on doing this, then this powerful Love-Faith-Thought will take root
in the soil of your mind and grow strong and powerful. It will produce Real World
realities: you will have more Confidence, more Faith and Trust, you will Laugh
and Smile more, and you'll be able to get things done much easier. Your Real
World accomplishments will increase in numbers and quality. You will be happy.
You will enjoy living. Might even become a Mover and Shaker World Changer.
Many have done that ~ so it is doable. And this Love-Faith-Thought will attract
a host of its relatives ~ cousins, nephews, aunts and uncles, and they will take
up residence in your mind. Relatives like Hope, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness,
Gentleness, and Faithfulness.


By the way, do we humans have a subconscious mind? i don't know if we do or
not. Some confidently say we do. Some also assuredly say Bigfoot walks about
in Real World. Lets assume that Bigfoot is a zany myth and that we do have a
subconscious mind where "all the material not currently inhabiting our conscious
mind is stored. Every memory, skill, experience, feeling, thought is housed in our
subconscious mind."__off the web. If this is true, then our minds have sort of a
basement (or attic if you prefer) and there in that subliminal basement we store
our brain-stuff. This seems harmless enough. Anyway, our subconscious mind
is just one more good reason to always put only good positive uplifting thoughts
into our minds.


The thoughts we humans put into our minds and hold there and nurture, will
determine if we live a life of Faith, Hope, and Love or a life of Doubt, Despair,
and Loathing. Therefore God Himself speaks to us about this and says:
"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is
right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable ~ if anything
is excellent or praiseworthy ~ think about such things." (Philippians 4:8)


In conclusion, one of the most comforting uplifting and encouraging thoughts
we can ever hold in our minds is the truth that God loves us and sent His Son
the Lord Jesus to die in our stead on Calvary's Cross. "For God so loved the
world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall
not perish but have eternal life" ~ and that God has long term huge enormous
good plans for us ~ to make us conformed to the image of the Lord Jesus
(Romans 8:29) and when this process is finally at last finished, we will then
be able to do the utterly amazing, and our Real World accomplishments will
be breathtaking and awe-inspiring ~ we're going to the stars, my friend.


[]


PS
Thank You Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit for loving us and saving us.

__________


Agree or disagree with the OP?


``

 

[Tessa]

Great post JAG ..
Yes I fully agree. That verse is one of my favourites. What you said is true, it does happen that way. Your post reminds me of "yor desire is your destiny.'

 

[for_his_glory]

Great post. What goes into the mind will produce that of thoughts that turn to action. May we always be pleasing to the Lord in thought and deed.

 

[JAG ..]

Tessa

Most of us know about Luke 17:6 where Jesus
said, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can
SAY to this mulberry tree, be uprooted and planted in the sea,
and it will obey you.”

He said "SAY" , , ,

There is a whole class of passages that gives specific examples of
people whose faith-thoughts changed their reality. I have a list
~ here is just one of ‘em:

“Go”, said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received
his sight . . .” Mark 10:52

So?

So I tell myself the man did in fact have FAITH-THOUGHTS , , , and his
FAITH-THOUGHTS did in FACT CHANGE HIS REALITY. The Lord Jesus, did
in FACT, specifically tell the man that “YOUR FAITH has healed you.”
That is, your FAITH-THOUGHTS have changed your reality.


I have been trying to discover exactly HOW to appropriate this law
(an obviously workable law) but no huge success so far. At this point I
do not know how to apply the faith principle to actually change
MY physical reality ~ unless its happening in "slow motion"
and I just don't recognize the success. Maybe that's it. Maybe its
slowly working for me and I just don't recognize it? I don't have any
negative problems. I have positive "problems" that is, specifically I
would love to have a lot MORE MONEY than I now have, so I can
INCREASE my promotion and support of the Lord Jesus' Great
Commission. (just one example: Bibles cost $$$ and The Gideon's
International cannot distribute Bibles worldwide if they do not
have the $$$$ to get it done. Fact.)

Best.

JAG

 

[JAG ..]

Great post. What goes into the mind will produce that of thoughts that turn to action. May we always be pleasing to the Lord in thought and deed.

~ Thanks.
~ See my just above.
Any ideas?

Best.

JAG


``

 

[Tessa]

Tessa

Most of us know about Luke 17:6 where Jesus
said, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can
SAY to this mulberry tree, be uprooted and planted in the sea,
and it will obey you.”

He said "SAY" , , ,

There is a whole class of passages that gives specific examples of
people whose faith-thoughts changed their reality. I have a list
~ here is just one of ‘em:

“Go”, said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received
his sight . . .” Mark 10:52

So?

So I tell myself the man did in fact have FAITH-THOUGHTS , , , and his
FAITH-THOUGHTS did in FACT CHANGE HIS REALITY. The Lord Jesus, did
in FACT, specifically tell the man that “YOUR FAITH has healed you.”
That is, your FAITH-THOUGHTS have changed your reality.


I have been trying to discover exactly HOW to appropriate this law
(an obviously workable law) but no huge success so far. At this point I
do not know how to apply the faith principle to actually change
MY physical reality ~ unless its happening in "slow motion"
and I just don't recognize the success. Maybe that's it. Maybe its
slowly working for me and I just don't recognize it? I don't have any
negative problems. I have positive "problems" that is, specifically I
would love to have a lot MORE MONEY than I now have, so I can
INCREASE my promotion and support of the Lord Jesus' Great
Commission. (just one example: Bibles cost $$$ and The Gideon's
International cannot distribute Bibles worldwide if they do not
have the $$$$ to get it done. Fact.)

Best.

JAG

Coming back to you JAG ..
It will be later.

 

[Sister]

Note to the reader: I wrote this from the point of view of a Bible believing Evangelical,
which is what I am. This piece has nothing to do with Norman V. Peele's The Power Of
Positive Thinking.

__________

Thoughts End Up Becoming Things.
By JAG
July 30, 2021


When you invite a thought into your mind, hold it there, and mix sympathy
with it, that idea then becomes a nurtured thought that will take root in the
garden of your mind and begin to grow. At some future point that thought
will take on Real World substance and effect what you physically do ~~
after all, you nurtured it with sympathy and agreement, you gave it support,
you encouraged it, and you told it, "You are most welcome to take up
permanent residence inside my mind", therefore that thought is going to
play a big role in your life in Real World.


If that guest-in-your-mind-thought is a positive constructive Faith-in-God
thought, then it will produce Faith, Hope, and Confidence, resulting in such
beliefs as I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.


Both Fear-thoughts and Faith-thoughts end up becoming things. Here, to
illustrate the principle, is how a Fear-thought becomes a physical thing:
The Fear-thought:
BASED UPON DEMONSTRATABLE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES, STATISTICS
PROVE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PERCENT CHANCE THAT I WILL BE
SERIOUSLY HURT DUE TO AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE.
Now if you do the following:
(1) Invite that Fear-thought into your mind
(2) Hold it there and dwell upon it
(3) Mix sympathy with it (tell yourself over and over, yes its true)
(4) Keep on doing (1), (2), and (3) (that is, keep on nurturing that thought
(5) Then that Fear-thought will take root in the field of your mind . . .
(6) And begin to grow strong and . . .
(7) Soon it will produce Real World physical realities. You will begin to
experience debilitating fear, anxiety, and frustration ~~ and if you keep
on doing (1) through (6) up there, at some point the sustained fear, anxiety,
and frustration will start producing Real World physical effects such as
headaches, sweating, trembling, shaking, stuttering, and twitching. This
ugly reality will greatly reduce your ability to get things done in Real World.


Now lets look at what a Faith-thought can produce:
A Faith-thought:
GOD LOVES ME AND GOD IS MY FATHER, AND MY LOVING HEAVENLY
FATHER HAS PROMISED TO ALWAYS BE WITH ME, AND TO HELP ME
WITH ALL MY PROBLEMS, AND HE HAS PROMISED THAT ALL MY
PROBLEMS WILL EVENTUALLY BE WORKED OUT BY HIM FOR
MY ULTIMATE GOOD, AND SO I LIVE MY LIFE FULLY TRUSTING
IN HIM BECAUSE I KNOW HE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME AND TAKE
GOOD CARE OF ME BECAUSE HE LOVES ME.

If you invite that Faith-thought into your mind, hold it there, mix sympathy with
it, and keep on doing this, then this powerful Love-Faith-Thought will take root
in the soil of your mind and grow strong and powerful. It will produce Real World
realities: you will have more Confidence, more Faith and Trust, you will Laugh
and Smile more, and you'll be able to get things done much easier. Your Real
World accomplishments will increase in numbers and quality. You will be happy.
You will enjoy living. Might even become a Mover and Shaker World Changer.
Many have done that ~ so it is doable. And this Love-Faith-Thought will attract
a host of its relatives ~ cousins, nephews, aunts and uncles, and they will take
up residence in your mind. Relatives like Hope, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness,
Gentleness, and Faithfulness.


By the way, do we humans have a subconscious mind? i don't know if we do or
not. Some confidently say we do. Some also assuredly say Bigfoot walks about
in Real World. Lets assume that Bigfoot is a zany myth and that we do have a
subconscious mind where "all the material not currently inhabiting our conscious
mind is stored. Every memory, skill, experience, feeling, thought is housed in our
subconscious mind."__off the web. If this is true, then our minds have sort of a
basement (or attic if you prefer) and there in that subliminal basement we store
our brain-stuff. This seems harmless enough. Anyway, our subconscious mind
is just one more good reason to always put only good positive uplifting thoughts
into our minds.


The thoughts we humans put into our minds and hold there and nurture, will
determine if we live a life of Faith, Hope, and Love or a life of Doubt, Despair,
and Loathing. Therefore God Himself speaks to us about this and says:
"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is
right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable ~ if anything
is excellent or praiseworthy ~ think about such things." (Philippians 4:8)


In conclusion, one of the most comforting uplifting and encouraging thoughts
we can ever hold in our minds is the truth that God loves us and sent His Son
the Lord Jesus to die in our stead on Calvary's Cross. "For God so loved the
world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall
not perish but have eternal life" ~ and that God has long term huge enormous
good plans for us ~ to make us conformed to the image of the Lord Jesus
(Romans 8:29) and when this process is finally at last finished, we will then
be able to do the utterly amazing, and our Real World accomplishments will
be breathtaking and awe-inspiring ~ we're going to the stars, my friend.


[]


PS
Thank You Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit for loving us and saving us.

__________


Agree or disagree with the OP?


``

This sure spoke to me, because I'm bawling. LOL. I have a real battlefield and get in my head a lot. I feel like I know this, but it is hard to get to heart action and think on the right things. I had this dream I was sitting in bed in my room and saw all these pink speedometers floating in my room, probably about fifty. Definitely how my thinking can be sometimes. It is hard to stop them sometimes. Though I renew with Word, especially night time, my thinking can honestly stink. I get overcome by anxiety and look at things that make me more anxious. It has been a struggle today and needed to be reminded of this. It sounds a bit dramatic, but just wish someone can reach in my head and pull my brain out. Stamp spiritually minded on it.

 

[for_his_glory]

I have positive "problems" that is, specifically I
would love to have a lot MORE MONEY than I now have, so I can
INCREASE my promotion and support of the Lord Jesus' Great
Commission. (just one example: Bibles cost $$$ and The Gideon's
International cannot distribute Bibles worldwide if they do not
have the $$$$ to get it done. Fact.)

We can have a positive attitude like you wanting more money to further the Kingdom of God as that is also my want, but yet the reality of it is that God gives us various ways to further His Kingdom that doesn't always involve money if we do not have much to spare.

It's all well and good to distribute Bibles, but if a teacher is not sent to those we contribute them to then how will they learn without a teacher. Just a thought here, how many Gideon Bibles lay in drawers in Hotel rooms, doctor offices and even hospitals rooms that are never read. Is that not money that could have been spent in actually handing out a Bible to an individual witnessing Christ to them and following through with them to help teach them.

Here is you and my reality without needing money to advance the Kingdom of God, but to work with what God has given us already thus far, being that of His word that we are instructed in by the Holy Spirit teaching us all things giving us wisdom and understanding as we share His word with others. You, like me, have found a worldwide platform here at CF to teach the word of God. I believe God has brought us both here to CF to bring His word to the nations in which we can not travel to, but yet can reach out to via the internet. Most people have internet availabilities today and can read the Bible online. There use to be ministries that you could write to and they would send you a free Bible. That is something you could look into as far as giving others a Bible.

Jag, what you put into your threads is that of God's word as you are reaching out to the nations declaring the word of God. We will never know who will come to the Lord by that of what we teach others, but to know that we are putting His word out into the world with love and compassion for others praying for the nations.

Do with what you have that God is already providing you with as that is what giving from your heart is all about.

 

[for_his_glory]

This sure spoke to me, because I'm bawling. LOL. I have a real battlefield and get in my head a lot. I feel like I know this, but it is hard to get to heart action and think on the right things. I had this dream I was sitting in bed in my room and saw all these pink speedometers floating in my room, probably about fifty. Definitely how my thinking can be sometimes. It is hard to stop them sometimes. Though I renew with Word, especially night time, my thinking can honestly stink. I get overcome by anxiety and look at things that make me more anxious. It has been a struggle today and needed to be reminded of this. It sounds a bit dramatic, but just wish someone can reach in my head and pull my brain out. Stamp spiritually minded on it.

Just remind yourself when you feel like this is that greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. We all have out struggles and God is only a prayer away

 

[JAG ..]

We can have a positive attitude like you wanting more money to further the Kingdom of God as that is also my want, but yet the reality of it is that God gives us various ways to further His Kingdom that doesn't always involve money if we do not have much to spare.

It's all well and good to distribute Bibles, but if a teacher is not sent to those we contribute them to then how will they learn without a teacher. Just a thought here, how many Gideon Bibles lay in drawers in Hotel rooms, doctor offices and even hospitals rooms that are never read. Is that not money that could have been spent in actually handing out a Bible to an individual witnessing Christ to them and following through with them to help teach them.

Here is you and my reality without needing money to advance the Kingdom of God, but to work with what God has given us already thus far, being that of His word that we are instructed in by the Holy Spirit teaching us all things giving us wisdom and understanding as we share His word with others. You, like me, have found a worldwide platform here at CF to teach the word of God. I believe God has brought us both here to CF to bring His word to the nations in which we can not travel to, but yet can reach out to via the internet. Most people have internet availabilities today and can read the Bible online. There use to be ministries that you could write to and they would send you a free Bible. That is something you could look into as far as giving others a Bible.

Jag, what you put into your threads is that of God's word as you are reaching out to the nations declaring the word of God. We will never know who will come to the Lord by that of what we teach others, but to know that we are putting His word out into the world with love and compassion for others praying for the nations.

Do with what you have that God is already providing you with as that is what giving from your heart is all about.

FHG,
That was all good. Really good points. Much appreciated too.

Best.

JAG

``

 

[Tessa]

Tessa

Most of us know about Luke 17:6 where Jesus
said, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can
SAY to this mulberry tree, be uprooted and planted in the sea,
and it will obey you.”

He said "SAY" , , ,

There is a whole class of passages that gives specific examples of
people whose faith-thoughts changed their reality. I have a list
~ here is just one of ‘em:

“Go”, said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received
his sight . . .” Mark 10:52

So?

So I tell myself the man did in fact have FAITH-THOUGHTS , , , and his
FAITH-THOUGHTS did in FACT CHANGE HIS REALITY. The Lord Jesus, did
in FACT, specifically tell the man that “YOUR FAITH has healed you.”
That is, your FAITH-THOUGHTS have changed your reality.


I have been trying to discover exactly HOW to appropriate this law
(an obviously workable law) but no huge success so far. At this point I
do not know how to apply the faith principle to actually change
MY physical reality ~ unless its happening in "slow motion"
and I just don't recognize the success. Maybe that's it. Maybe its
slowly working for me and I just don't recognize it? I don't have any
negative problems. I have positive "problems" that is, specifically I
would love to have a lot MORE MONEY than I now have, so I can
INCREASE my promotion and support of the Lord Jesus' Great
Commission. (just one example: Bibles cost $$$ and The Gideon's
International cannot distribute Bibles worldwide if they do not
have the $$$$ to get it done. Fact.)

Best.

JAG

Hi JAG ..
You have a great faith. If you feel convinced ted by The Holy Spirit I would not want to discourage you.
It is true what for_his_glory has said. If you still want to do more than the internet, why not start like Jrsus did. Get your team together, you the evangelist and a team of team including teachers and helpers. Then you can start your mission. Look how soon God's word spread with the teachings of Jesus. I would think mire about it if it is there in your heart.
We are told to say the word with our mouth. If you feel this is for you start small and it will grow. Search for your helpers.

Just a thought.

 

[JAG ..]

Hi JAG ..
You have a great faith. If you feel convinced ted by The Holy Spirit I would not want to discourage you.
It is true what for_his_glory has said. If you still want to do more than the internet, why not start like Jrsus did. Get your team together, you the evangelist and a team of team including teachers and helpers. Then you can start your mission. Look how soon God's word spread with the teachings of Jesus. I would think mire about it if it is there in your heart.
We are told to say the word with our mouth. If you feel this is for you start small and it will grow. Search for your helpers.

Just a thought.

Tessa, thanks for those encouraging points and helpful suggestions.
I actually do have a little ministry outside the Internet and I work at it
it every day ~ and I really enjoy doing it. I'm not a pastor or an
evangelist but I work steady at getting the word out via the printed
page. I like to write and I also like to share Christian images (Christian art
pieces) along with the written page. And I like to promote good solid Christian
books and Christian essays, other than what I write.

I also do gospel tract mailouts ~ about 5 - 7 per week ~ I use the phone book to
get names and addresses and I mail them the gospel tract called "The Romans Road"
AND "Father's Love Letter" along with that image up there (4 X 6 photo, minus
the text on the photo) and I write this message on the back of that photo:

"The stone was rolled away. Empty tomb. He Lives. And because He Lives we too
can live ~ John 11:25-26 and because He Lives we can have confidence and hope
to face tomorrow ~ John 16: 33."__JAG

(By the way, I just photo'd than image up there. I like it with the text on it and I will
start using that image instead of the one I now have with no text message on it.)

God Bless.

JAG

 

[JAG ..]

To the thread:

Here is one example of a Faith-Thought that changed reality
and its taken directly from the New Testament {Matthew 14:22-33}

The Apostle Peter actually walked on water because of a Faith-Thought in his mind.

Lets start with some basic facts:

(1) Human beings cannot walk on water.

(2) Peter was a human being.

(3) Peter walked on water.

~ How did Peter walk on water?

~ Answer: Peter had Faith-Thoughts focused upon Jesus’ call-out to him telling him to “Come.”

~Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water.

Peter’s mind was NOT blank at the time he got out of the boat and walked on the water.

~ What was Peter THINKING about?

~ Answer: He was thinking a Faith-Thought about Jesus’ call-out to him telling him to “Come.”

Remember the narrative? The disciples saw Jesus coming towards them and He was walking on the water.

They were scared.

Peter called out to Jesus and said if it’s you Lord, tell me to come to you on the water ~ and so Jesus told Peter to “Come.”

Therefore Peter’s mind (Faith-Thought) was strongly focused upon Jesus’ word to him to “Come” and therefore with that Faith-thought in his mind, Peter got out of the boat and actually walked on water.

So?

So a Faith-Thought in the mind of a human being did, in this case, give a human being the ability to walk on water.

Now if anybody can find even one (1) flaw in that up there, I would be more than willing to take a serious look at whatever anybody finds incorrect with what is written up there.

And don’t forget Luke 17:6 where Jesus said, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can SAY to this mulberry tree, be uprooted and planted in the sea, and it will obey you.” Does not “SAY” require a Faith-Thought” within the mind?

There is a whole class of passages that gives specific examples of people whose faith-thoughts changed their reality.

~ here is just one of ‘em:

“Go”, said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight . . .” Mark 10:52

So?

So the man did in fact have FAITH-THOUGHTS , , , and his Faith-thoughts did in fact change his reality.. The Lord Jesus, did in fact, specifically tell the man that “your faith" has healed you.” That is, your Faith-thoughts
have changed your reality. Mark 10:52

Point of clarification:
I have nothing to do with any New Age Garbage or Eastern Mysticism and nothing to do with Norman Vincent Peele’s The Power Of Positive Thinking and nothing to do with television preachers who hawk their miracle-promises of riches and healings, and such like , , , however I personally am not going to allow those false teachers to rob me of blessings by preventing me from talking serious what the Lord Jesus Himself said about the power of faith and the power of SAY. “You can SAY to this Mulberry tree by uprooted and planted in the sea and it will obey you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed.” Luke 17:6

You might be thinking “Okay, but where are you going with all this?” Answer: I’m not going anywhere with it. I just know I need to increase my faith in God so I can do more to push forward Jesus’ Great Commission to go and make disciples of all nations and so I’m a seeker and learner about the power of FAITH to get that done. And that’s all I want to do with this line of thought.

Best Regards.

JAG


``

 

[Tessa]

Tessa, thanks for those encouraging points and helpful suggestions.
I actually do have a little ministry outside the Internet and I work at it
it every day ~ and I really enjoy doing it. I'm not a pastor or an
evangelist but I work steady at getting the word out via the printed
page. I like to write and I also like to share Christian images (Christian art
pieces) along with the written page. And I like to promote good solid Christian
books and Christian essays, other than what I write.

I also do gospel tract mailouts ~ about 5 - 7 per week ~ I use the phone book to
get names and addresses and I mail them the gospel tract called "The Romans Road"
AND "Father's Love Letter" along with that image up there (4 X 6 photo, minus
the text on the photo) and I write this message on the back of that photo:

"The stone was rolled away. Empty tomb. He Lives. And because He Lives we too
can live ~ John 11:25-26 and because He Lives we can have confidence and hope
to face tomorrow ~ John 16: 33."__JAG

(By the way, I just photo'd than image up there. I like it with the text on it and I will
start using that image instead of the one I now have with no text message on it.)

God Bless.

JAG

Your picture brought tears to my eyes. What amazing love Jesus has! How can anyone not love Him?
I believe you are already doing what The Holy Spirit is leading you to do. I love what you are doing and I believe you will never know how many people you have led to God.
It will probably get bigger and bigger.
You could even leave your tracts in waiting rooms e.g. doctors surgery, hospitals, etc.
You are giving them the gospel and love, the chance to accept eternal life.

God Bless you JAG. I will pray for your ministry.

 

[Tessa]

Your picture brought tears to my eyes. What amazing love Jesus has! How can anyone not love Him?
I believe you are already doing what The Holy Spirit is leading you to do. I love what you are doing and I believe you will never know how many people you have led to God.
It will probably get bigger and bigger.
You could even leave your tracts in waiting rooms e.g. doctors surgery, hospitals, etc.
You are giving them the gospel and love, the chance to accept eternal life.

God Bless you JAG. I will pray for your ministry.

In Matthew 14:36
Many begged that they could touch the hem of Christ's garment and as many as touched it were healed.
If we act on faith our faith will grow.

 

[Sister]

Your picture brought tears to my eyes. What amazing love Jesus has! How can anyone not love Him?
I believe you are already doing what The Holy Spirit is leading you to do. I love what you are doing and I believe you will never know how many people you have led to God.
It will probably get bigger and bigger.
You could even leave your tracts in waiting rooms e.g. doctors surgery, hospitals, etc.
You are giving them the gospel and love, the chance to accept eternal life.

God Bless you JAG. I will pray for your ministry.

Agreed JAG .. ! Keep encouraging, keep what you are doing!

 

[JAG ..]

Agreed JAG .. ! Keep encouraging, keep what you are doing!

Sister,
Magnificent truth in that verse, Galatians 6:9.
Thanks for posting that.
I'm gonna put Galatians 6:9 in my Daily-Read-These Devotional Stack Of Cards.
(I use 4" X 6" ruled Oxford index cards.)
And I read some of them everyday ~ its good for the soul.

Best Regards.

JAG

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[Sister]

Sister,
Magnificent truth in that verse, Galatians 6:9.
Thanks for posting that.
I'm gonna put Galatians 6:9 in my Daily-Read-These Devotional Stack Of Cards.
(I use 4" X 6" ruled Oxford index cards.)
And I read some of them everyday ~ its good for the soul.

Best Regards.

JAG

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I used to do index cards. These days I put scripture images in threads and go over them that way. I like to look them up and encourage others also with them.

 

[JAG ..]

I used to do index cards. These days I put scripture images in threads and go over them that way. I like to look them up and encourage others also with them.

Excellent idea.
You may never know who you are helping.
(But the Lord knows.)

Best.

JAG

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