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Keys or A Cage?

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Good morning, Precious Family:

May the Peace of the Lord be with you always. The Peace of the Lord that gently abides with you no matter the circumstances. The Peace of the Lord that lets your heart know that God has already made a way. All we have to do is trust, obey, and believe.

This week, the Holy Spirit spoke to me in the most profound way, as I was listening to someone talk about the mind. As I was listening, the Holy Spirit very gently said, “The Mind can be your cage or your keys.”

Immediately, I thought about all the passages in the Bible that spoke about the mind. Specifically, the scripture passages that were teaching us how to think like Christ and why it is so important to have the right mindset!

In a nutshell, how we think is what we create. We were created in the likeness and image of God. The same God who created the world by speaking into the atmosphere is  the SAME GOD who we are made in the likeness and character of.

Our WORDS and THOUGHTS can create greatness or destroy worlds. Our WORDS and how we THINK can liberate us to see so many amazing things, or it can trap us in a cage. We must train our minds on how to think. We must be open to what the Holy Spitit is saying and allow our thoughts to be transformed.

The battlefield of our soul starts in our Mind!

This Week’s Scripture Readings

  • Philippians 2:5-8:“Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness”. 
  • Romans 12:2:“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect”. 
  • Philippians 4:8:“Finally, brothers, 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”. 
  • Colossians 3:2:“Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth”. 

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Brothers and sisters, a whole world is waiting for us to share the Love and Mind of Christ. Not religion but relationship.

Travel with the Love and Mind of our great WayShower. I look forward to seeing you on the path.

Your sister,

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington, GA

Jesus Thinking…

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Greetings, Precious Family:

I pray that your hearts, minds, and souls are in a place of perfect peace in Christ Jesus. It took me years to realize that my words and the energy behind my words are so important. Jesus was my first teacher on why a person’s mind, mouth, and heart must be in synch with heaven (The Lord’s Prayer). 

Even though the Bible says, “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7), I didn’t understand that universal law applied to everything IN and every area OF my life.

There have been great teachers in my lifetime that have helped me to apply and understand the scripture passage that says, “Life and death are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21).

For me, it was Jesus who taught me to think differently. It perplexes me when people seem to be afraid of the way Jesus taught and thought. The same fear is present when people discuss New Thought.

In 2014, I graduated from the most amazing seminary. I am a licensed and ordained New Thought Christian Minister. It has always been the goal of this devotional to help you go deeper.

Many people think that the term “New Thought” is threatening to Christianity. Little known fact, New Thought or what I like to call “Jesus Thought” was spread by Christians who wanted to be more like Jesus and not so much live by the letter of religious law. Which is in line with the Bible, as Jesus encouraged us to do even greater things than he did. Why does thinking how Jesus taught us to think scare people?

Jesus was hated and ultimately crucified for thinking and responding with love FIRST. The law was important to Jesus, but caring for sentient beings was the MOST important.

Are we afraid to be who Jesus called us to be? Are we afraid to do greater things, as Jesus instructed? As Christians, please do not allow a label or a word to scare you. Just think like Jesus, teach like Jesus, and live like Jesus, and you will be just fine.

Scriptures of Higher Thinking

Philippians 2:1-11

New International Version

Imitating Christ’s Humility

2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death—
        even death on a cross!

9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

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I love you, all, with the amazing and everlasting of our Savior. Wayshower and King, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington/Atlanta, GA

Peace Be Still…

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Good morning, Redeemed Family

I pray this week’s devotional finds you in the perfect peace of God. No matter what is going on in our lives, the Peace of God is consistent.

What are some signs that we are walking in peace, God’s peace? What do the scriptures have to say about the Peace of God? Why is it so important to dwell in a mind and heart of peace?

The peace of God commands how we respond to any situation. The peace of God calms us to a state of knowing that whatever it is, God has already made a grace-filled provision to handle it. Being still also strengthens our faith muscles. We understand, by faith, that by trusting in and relying on the perfect peace of God, we have nothing to fear.

I especially love the clarifying and descriptive words of the Amplified Bible in this passage about Peace. Read the passage below, taking in every word.

Scriptures of Peace

Colossians 3:14-16

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

14 And above all these [put on] love and enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony].

15 And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ’s] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always].

16 Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts.

Songs of Peace…

Final Words…

Family, be steady in your faith walk. Make every step an act of worship. Be mindful of your words, your energy, and your actions. Plant seeds in your life that will bring forth good fruit (because your fruit will always tell on you…good or bad).

I love you with never-ending and amazing love of God. May your hearts and minds be forever on and in Him.

Your sister,

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington, GA