Repent, the Kingdom of God is at Hand! ~ Part 3

Repent, The Kingdom of God is at Hand! ~ Part 3
Change The Way You Think, For The Kingdom of God Is Here Now!

By Pastor Gary Wayne

I have been using as a text Mat. 3:1-2, 4:17 where at the beginning of John’s ministry, then at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, they preached, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

The word Repent = To change your mind. Not merely an intellectual change, but a spiritual, supernatural change.

Repent – change your mind.

Text: John 5:2-9, Colossians 3:2

This man had been sick for a LONG TIME.
In ver.6, when Jesus asked him: "Do you want to be made well?"
Instead of saying an obvious “yes,” he answered Jesus out of his identity and disappointment.

This man explained why he couldn’t be healed.

His environment had shaped his outlook.
His environment had shaped his mindset.
This wasn’t a character flaw, it is just how it is.
He had taken on identity that had to do with his illness and surroundings.

Our environment usually shapes our thinking to be like minded.
Some of the hardest people to have faith in what God says are those of us who have been raised in church.

It’s the weirdest thing – people come to Christ, and as new Christians, they are winning people to Jesus, praying and seeing miracles happen, but the longer they blend into an church environment, the less passionate they seem to become.

Does God want my neighbor to be saved? Instead of saying yes, I explain why he is an impossible case.

Does God want to move in my city? Let me tell you how dark it is here.
Does God want to have revival in America? Let me tell you about how bad sin has gripped our nation.

Does God want to flow through me with signs and wonders? Let me tell you why it doesn’t happen.

Ask God to reveal to you what mindsets you need to REPENT – change the way you think about?

I believe our enemy does kind of dive-by drop off of different demonic harassments to see if any of them stick.
Sometimes the symptoms are so close to what we think is ours that we allow them to stay. “My family has always had fibromyalgia, so this is just the way life is for me. The Dr. said…”

We start to speak of it as “my carpal tunnel, my high blood pressure, my arthritis, my cancer, etc.”
It’s not mine, don’t claim it as mine. REPENT!

Similarly we do this with our emotions as well.
I feel so alone, I feel so hopeless, I feel so rejected.
These emotions can be projected on us from our enemy because he is alone, hopeless, rejected.

But they feel so close to how we feel we accept them as our own.

That’s the time to “repent – change the way you think.”
BUT HOW? Col 3:2 “Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.”

This is not mind over matter, - or a psychological method to deal with mental wellness.
I’m referring to a supernatural weapons God gives us to overcome strongholds.

2Cor.10:4-5 “The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
(YouTube: Faith Chapel Seeley Lake MT
This is a good place for a “Polar Bear Alert.” Issues of the heart part 3 1-30-22)
We don’t fight thought with thought. We fight thoughts with the Word of God.
Ps 119:11 “Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You!”
Memorize scripture so you have a pink elephant to replace the polar bears with.
Memorize any scripture – but for more affective warfare, memorize scripture for the topic you deal with.

Ro 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

“The Pause” app.
The One Minute Pause is a simple to reconnect with God in the midst of your very busy day. Created by John Eldredge’s Team, the app allows you to set up daily popup reminders to take a break and give your worries and essentially your heart over to God.
30 Days to Resilient – twice a day for about 10 min.