IS IT TIME TO REPOSITION YOUR AFFECTIONS ?

11/5/2019

I HAVE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME AND STUDY LATELY EXAMINING MY HEART AND MY AFFECTIONS. IT IS A CRITICAL PART OF GROWING IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, AND IT WILL MOVE YOU TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF GOD, AND WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT OUR AFFECTIONS ARE GOD MINDED. THE BEAUTY OF OUR GOD IS THAT HE IS RIGHTEOUS AND HOLY, AND HE NEVER CHANGES HIS CHARACTER OR ACTIONS. HE IS PERFECT, AND HE IS CONSISTENT IN ALL THAT HE COMMANDS, BECAUSE HIS COMMANDS ARE HIM ! HE NEVER ASKS THINGS OF US THAT HE HIMSELF DOES NOT DO AND EVERYTHING HE WANTS US TO BECOME AND BE, HE IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN, AND WILL ALWAYS BE. GOD’S COMMANDS ARE ALWAYS CONSISTENT WITH HIS CHARACTER, AND HIS ACTIONS ARE ALWAYS CONSISTENT WITH HIS OWN COMMANDS (REWIRE YOUR HEART/ DAVID BOWDEN)

HAVE YOU NOT KNOWN? HAVE YOU NOT HEARD? THE LORD IS THE EVERLASTING GOD, THE CREATOR OF THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. HE DOES NOT FAINT OR GROW WEARY; HIS UNDERSTANDING IS UNSEARCHABLE. Isaiah 40:28

THE COUNSEL OF THE LORD STANDS FOREVER, THE PLANS OF HIS HEART TO ALL GENERATIONS. Psalm 33:11

AFFECTIONS FROM YOUR HEART ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU MOST DESIRE, AND THEY PORTRAY THEMSELVES IN YOUR ACTIONS OUTWARDLY, OR SOMETIMES IN YOUR PRIVATE LIFE OF WEAKNESS, SECRETS AND SIN. I HAVE LEARNED THAT AFFECTIONS ARE TRULY A BATTLEGROUND FOR ALL OF US. AS A CARNAL MAN, MY AFFECTIONS ARE EASILY CONTROLLED BY MY FLESH. THESE DESIRES TEND TO COME FROM WHAT I WOULD CALL OUR DAILY EXISTENCE IN THE WORLD. THE WORLD SEEMS TO HAVE A WAY OF PERVERTING AFFECTIONS AND REDEFINING THEM INTO A CORRUPTED PATH THAT DIFFERS WIDELY FROM YOUR AFFECTION’S SURFACE DEFINITION. THINGS LIKE PROVIDING FOR YOUR FAMILY AND WORKING HARD CAN TURN INTO AN OBSESSION WITH MONEY AND A COVETING NATURE TO HAVE WHAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS. IT CAN DRIVE YOU TO A SELF SERVING PLACE OF LONELINESS AND ENVY. YOU CAN SEE YOURSELF AS A FAILURE AND LOSE THE VERY FAMILY YOU SO LOVE, AND BEGIN TO HATE YOUR INABILITY TO BE SATISFIED AND HAPPY. RELATIONSHIPS AND MARRIAGE AND SEXUAL INTIMACY CAN BE MOVED FROM FULFILLMENT AND JOYOUS PLEASURE INTO LUST, DISSATISFACTION, ADULTERY, PORNOGRAPHY AND A CORRUPTION OF LOVE AND ITS MEANING. IT IS SO IMORTANT THAT OUR AFFECTIONS ARE BASED ON HIS CHARACTER AND HIS UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE MAY BE ANCHORED TO HIM IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES. IF THE AFFECTIONS OF OUR HEART COME FROM HIM AND WE MAKE THEM THE FOCUS OF OUR LIVES, THEN WE WILL BE CHANGED AND WE WILL BE LIKE HIM, FOR WE ONLY DO WHAT OUR HEART DESIRES.

THAT, IN REFERENCE TO YOUR FORMER MANNER OF LIFE, YOU LAY ASIDE THE OLD SELF, WHICH IS BEING CORRUPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LUSTS OF DECEIT, AND THAT YOU BE RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND, AND PUT ON THE NEW SELF, WHICH IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD HAS BEEN CREATED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS OF THE TRUTH. Ephesians 4: 22-24

IT IS TIME FOR ALL OF US WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE GRACE OF GOD IN THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO REALIZE HOW TO LIVE AND GROW IN THAT GRACE. TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT YOUR TRUE DESIRES AND AFFECTIONS, AND MOVE THEM INTO A NEWNESS OF HOW GOD VIEWS THEM AND HOW HE WANTS TO FULFILL THEM. IF YOUR AFFECTIONS ARE NOT FROM GOD AND AN INTEGRAL PART OF WHO HE IS, YOU ACTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO TOSS YOU ABOUT AND THE BURDENS OF SIN, DUTY, FEAR, SHAME, GUILT AND UNWORTHINESS WILL BE LIKE A WEIGHT AROUND YOUR NECK. THANKFULLY, THROUGH OUR SAVIOR AND LORD JESUS, ALL THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. SET YOURSELF FREE AND REPOSITION YOUR AFFECTIONS. GIVE EVERY PART OF YOURSELF TO GOD AND HIS KINGDOM :)

TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART; AND LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING Proverbs 3:5-6

TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU, AND LEARN OF ME; FOR I AM MEEK AND LOWLY IN HEART; AND YE SHALL FIND REST UNTO YOUR SOULS. Matthew 11:29

REST IN HIM/JA