The kingdom of God is like a man who throws seed on the ground Mark 4:26 (AMP) Let me tell you about one of the things I hated most in my childhood—the family garden. Every couple of days, mom would load up all five of us boys and we would go out to weed the garden. Ever since then, I’ve hated gardens. But that experience did teach me a lot about faith. You see, I’d love gardens if it weren’t for the weeds. Wouldn’t it be great if you could plant whatever you wanted and just go back a month and half later to harvest it? But in the real world, that’s not the way it is. If you don’t take care of the weeds, …

The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Matthew 6:22–23 (NKJV) Faith is not a feeling. It’s also not something that just happens. Faith is a process, and you can make it happen. This faith process is not about begging, praying and hoping God will give us what we want. No, God has already given us all things that pertain to life and godliness, 2 Peter 1:3 says, so we need to learn to work the process of faith. The faith process …

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! Philippians 4:4 (NKJV) Don’t be conformed to the way this world thinks, with all its fear, greed, offence and self-centredness. If someone hurts you, you may have the “right” to be offended, but you need to count the costs. Studies are telling us that many illnesses seem to stem from a constant focus on the negative. These thoughts keep you out of God’s peace and cause imbalances in your body that have the potential to make you sick. Science is finally catching up to what the Bible has been saying for thousands of years. Your thoughts are important! But the good news is you have the ability to focus on God’s Word and change your …

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:45 (NKJV) A lot of people think that their thoughts and feel­ings are private, but it’s not true. You can often sense what someone else is thinking. Luke 6:45 echoes this sentiment. It says that your words reflect what you have in your heart. Even if you do manage to control everything you say, your thoughts still have a way of radiating off of you. Maybe it’s your facial expression or your posture, but people can somehow sense when something is off. Not only …

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. Romans 8:5 (NLT) We often think of a thought as some sort of immaterial, imaginary thing. But thoughts are real. They cause physical changes in your brain as they are being stored as memories. In fact, thoughts can be measured, and they can affect the health of the rest of your body. Science is just catching up to the Bible, which lays out the way you work as a triune being (spirit, soul and body). The Bible shows you how success and prosperity work, the way the enemy works, and it talks about how your thoughts can affect your …