IT IS OVER MY FRIEND… EMOTIONAL GAMES?
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
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Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 18:21 (MSG) Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit—you choose.
YOU ARE DEAD MEAT! IT IS OVER MY FRIEND… LISTEN REAL CLOSE… WHO DEFINES WHAT YOU AE EXPERIENCES?
Acts 28:4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
PAUL YOU ARE A DOOMED MAN… You survived a 14 day storm and now look at you… a VIPER FASTENS ON PAUL’S HAND AS HE WAS WOORKING TO BUILD A FIRE TO KEEP FROM DYING IN THE COLD… LISTEN TO BARBARIANS? LISTEN CLOSE… YOUR ARE DEAD MEAT… THERE IS NO CHANCE OF SURVIVAL…
Acts 28:3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
PAUL KNEW ONLY ONE OPINION MATTER… GOD PROMISED PAUL HE WAS GOING TO ROME TO MINISTER --- THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS --- THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS…
Acts 28:5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. 6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god .
PAUL COULD HAVE LISTENED TO THE NEGATIVE… THERE IS GOOD NEWS… THE BAD NEWS IS NOT THE TRUTH… THE GOOD NEWS IS IT IS NOT OVER…
SHAKE IT OFF…. Many sick people, many doomed people FIND HOPE because Paul shook the snake in the fire and continued GOD’S PLAN. We can’t listen to the NAYSAYERS…
GEHAZI PERMITS FEAR AND PANIC TO RELEASE NEGATIVE VIPES? GEHAZI SEES THE VAST POWER OF THE ENEMY… WE ARE DEAD MEAT? HE WAKES UP ELISHA AND WARNS HIM OF THE DOOM THEY FACE… CHARIOTS AND WEAPONS SURROUND US… WE HAVE NO HOPE…
Gehazi looks for a sharp butch knife? Elisha the old Preacher says: CALM DOWN, PEACE BRO…
2 Kings 6:16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha..
Lord God help this Gehazi to see --- THERE ARE MORE FOR US THAN AGAINST US… THE GOOD NEWS IS THE BAD NEWS IS NOT THE TRUTH… OPEN EYES? CLOSE EYES… TRUST GOD’S GOOD NEWS…
2 Kings 6:22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
DON’T LISTEN TO THE NEGATIVE DOOM SAYERS… IF WE DO NOTHING WE DIE! IF WE TRY SOMETHING WE DIE… WE ARE DOOMED… WHY SIT HERE AND DIE? MAYBE GOD WILL DO SOMETHING? NO WAY!!! LISTEN TO THE NEGATIVE STORIES?
2 Kings 7:2 Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
WHY SIT HERE AND EVALUATE THE PROBLEMS? WHY LISTEN TO THOSE WITH NO HOPE?
2 Kings 7:3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
WE DO NOT WELL SITITNG HERE?
2 Kings 7:9 Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
I STAND AMAZED AS HOW WE WILL BE REMEMBERED… BABE RUTH…
TO STRIKE OUT IS A DISGRACE… STRIKE 3, YOU ARE OUT…
Babe Ruth is known as the HOMERUN KING… he set the homerun record until Hank Aaron broke his record…
BABE RUTH are you a success? Ruth was walked 2,062 times.
There is another record Ruth held: He struck out 1,330 times…
UNDISCIPLINED AND IMMATURE ACTIONS AND WORDS CAN OVERWHELM OUR EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS WILL BE EXPRESSED BY YOUR MOUTH? EXPECTING A BAD DAY? WEEK? MONTH? YEAR?
Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Matthew 12:34 (B)… for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Matthew 12:34 (MSG) (B) How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It's your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words.
Matthew 12:34 (NLT2) (B) How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.
DO WE REALIZE WORDS, EMOTIONS AND FEELING HAVE CONSEQUENCES? THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART: ARE YOU EXPECTING A BAD DAY? YOUR MOUTH AND EMOTIONS RELEASE WHAT IS IN YOUR SPIRIT! YOUR MOUTH WILL ALWAYS EXPRESS YOUR INTERNAL ATTITUDES…
Matthew 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
We would often waste diamonds and pearls for pigs… Give a pig a bath? Sooner or later the pig will return to the mud… That is a pigs’ nature…
WHY ARE WE SURPRISED WHEN A SKUNK RAISES A STINK?
WHAT DO DUCKS DO DURING STORMS? DO WE REALIZE DUCKS QUACK? AS WATER ON A DUCKS BACK?
HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO TEACH A PIG TO SING? ALL YOU DO IS AGGREGATE THE PIG AND WASTE YOUR EFFORTS? PIGS IN THE MUD?
DO WE HABITUALLY ALLOW NEGATIVE ATTITUDES CAUSE US TO COMPLAIN, FUSS, BE DOWN IN THE DUMPS, GRUMBLE? ARGUE? COULD THIS NEGATIVE ATTITUDE DETERMINE THE ALTITUDE ARE WHICH WE FLY… WHY CAN’T WE ACCEPT EAGLES CAN SOAR ABOVE THE STORMS…THEY SENSE THE STORM COMING AND PREPARE TO FLY ABOVE IT ALL.
Blessed is he who expects nothing for he shall receive exactly what he expected… YOU WILL EAT THE FRUIT OF YOUR HEART? YOU WILL EAT THE EMOTIONS AND WORDS THAT YOU SPEAK…
CONCLUSION: The people that say it can’t be done will be passed by those doing it….
All of the neighbors in the neighborhood and the family saw a ruddy young man out in the field tending his dad’s flock…
DAVID’S FAMILY SAW A LITTLE RUDDY BROTHER THAT WAS NOTHING BUT A SHEPHERD BOY… Samuel, God’s man saw with God’s eyes the potential of the boy BECOMING THE SECOND KING OF ISRAEL.
GOLIATH SAW A UNTRAINED AND NOT EQUIPPED YOUNG MAN… GOLIATH SAW A DOG… GOD SAW THE POTENTIAL OF A LAD THAT HAD BEEN TRAINED BY A BEAR AND A LION… TO BUILD THE BOYS CONFIDENCE… GOD SAW A BRAVE, MIGHTY WARRIOR….
WE CAN NEVER ALLOW OTHERS TO DEFINE WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE MIGHT ATTAIN…. YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO…
WE ARE HABITUAL CREATURES… COMPLAINING BECOMES A DEATH TRAP… GOD CALLS US TO SEE OUR POTENTIAL AND DREAM BIG. WE OFTEN RUN OUR MOUTHS SO MUCH WE CAN’T HEAR OTHERS PLAINLY…DID YOU EXPECT A BAD DAY? HAVE YOU INVEST IN HOPE? WHO DID YOU GIVE HOPE TO TODAY? SOMEDAY?
SOMEDAY YOUR MOUTH WILL SPEAK WORDS FOR THE LAST TIME… YOUR LIPS WILL BE SILENT… WILL YOUR LAST WORDS BE KIND OR MEAN? WILL OTHERS WALK BY YOUR CASKET AND HAVE PRECIOUS FAITH MEMORIES? SOMEDAY ?
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes)
