Does This Apply To Me?

​Love you all, praying for you.
 
I just love God’s Word.  It’s there if you want it.  And He sends you what you need.  Praying that PRISM will be a daily joy for you – those five things you can do in God’s Word.  That’s Logos, His written word. The ultimate filter for any information you encounter.  It’s either God’s way or man’s way.  One way seems right, the other is right.  God also speaks to you through His Holy Spirit into your spirit - if you’ve received Him.  And He can even use information you hear, or conversations with others to grow you in maturity, understanding, knowledge and success.   Never forget your New Information Filter – every time you hear something new.  #1 Is it True?  #2 Where’s the evidence?  #3 What’s in it for them? and #4 What Does God say?   In the information age we live in we are constantly inundated with an overload of information from a plethora of distributors – not all of which are honorable or honest.  Most push agendas and philosophies that they demand everyone agree with.  One thing to note: Anytime people are prevented from asking questions, that’s a BS indicator.  Shutting down questions or alternate viewpoints – is a sure sign that they or someone has something to hide, and something to gain; usually money and power.  Don’t let yourself be controlled by others.  Let the Holy Spirit control you, and you will easily see right through what completely deceives others.   Use your new information filter to let the Holy Spirit give you discernment between what is true and what is not.  Another thing I would encourage - in every conversation you have, or everything new that you hear.  Ask God, “Is this for me, or not?  Is this something you want me to learn from?  And specifically, what do you want me to learn from this?”  Sometimes it’s what to do, other times it’s what not to do.   God may have a needle in a haystack for you, or a gold nugget in a pile of dirt.  Ask Him, and He will show you – just don’t spend a lot of time in the dirt.  God promised the Holy Spirit will lead you in all truth.  God said He will teach you and instruct you.  Sometimes God brings truth in unexpected packages.  Donkeys for example.  “God is this for me?  What Do You want me to learn from this?” “What should I accept, and what should I reject?  What do you want me to search out further?”  Always compare what you hear, with God’s Word.  What does God say?  The more you stay in it - PRISM every day, the quicker you can filter and sift between things God may have for you, and foolishness not worth considering.  You can ask others for their counsel.  Listening to others honors them, and you can gain insight from people’s experience.  The best counselors are always obeyers.  Praying that you will cultivate mature counsel.  Praying that you will over time have a Daily Call with several different obeyers who seek God’s will and God’s way for their life.  You can grow together!  Sharpening will always bring growth.  Hebrews 3:13 - Daily Calls are God’s secret weapon for your overcoming!  Praying that you will welcome new information.  Know which information to ignore.  There are a lot of things that are a waste of your mental space and intellectual energy.  If you allow a steady diet of deception, you get stupid.   So be careful, consider the source.  And review your standard.  What sources do you trust, are they trustworthy?  The Source that exposes all others – is God’s Word!  Stay in PRISM daily, and your discernment will grow. Only listen to truth, don’t believe the fact checkers – they have agendas.  Remember your New Information Filter.  Ask the Holy Spirit to give you discernment.  And always be open for God to show you things that will increase your knowledge and understanding, that will impact your doing, so you honor Him with your thoughts, your words and your life.  God has good for you.  Don’t be overwhelmed by information.  Action is more significant than information.  Get busy with what God told you to do in this hour.  And He’ll lead you in all truth by His Spirit.  You’ll get what you need, He’ll tell you what applies to you, so you honor God, grow in wisdom, and bless others. 
 
Love you all,
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