The Tri. Chronicles

Morning Musings: The Power of Prayer

Do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and petition, WITH THANKSGIVING, present your requests to God and the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7)

A lot of us forget the thanksgiving part. But thanksgiving is important. Thanksgiving opens up doors and portals that we would not normally have access to. Psalm 100 says that we enter God’s gates with thanksgiving. The universal law of attraction says we attract that which we are. Therefore if we are thankful we attract more things to be thankful for. The attitude of gratitude is an essential part of life.

Ok so when we pray, when we petition God with our requests, he promises us peace. The amplified bible goes onto say ‘peace, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is. The message bible says ‘that peace God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good’ that peace that we might not understand but that God grants anyway…that’s crazy. A gift that is so great, so powerful yet we cannot understand it. A gift of peace in spite of how impossible our situations look. That peace activates the weapon of faith…yeah think about it. We know that faith can move mountains, we know that without faith we sin against God. Faith activates our desires in the spiritual and manifests them in the natural.

That peace, which passes all understanding will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. The fact that it guards us in Jesus alone is mindblowing. We know that at just the mention of Jesus’ name every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that he is Lord. But what really blew my mind was what the amplified bible said. It says ‘that peace…shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds’. Now I thought this was powerful just from reading it but once I analysed it, it BLEW my mind.

Garrison (verb) is defined as assigning or supplying troops to a military post. To occupy as or convert into a military post.

A troop is a group, military unit; a great many, a lot.

Soooooo when God gives you peace, he sends troops of angels, military/ war angels to marshal and protect your mind and your heart. I believe the mind is where the greatest of wars are fought. The bible says ONE angel can kill at least 185,000…do you understand therefore the damage that troops of angels can do?

What does your prayer life look like? Understand the power that it carries and move accordingly.

Morning Musings: Wisdom

Ok forgive the punctuation and the grammar, forgive the fact that it’s no longer morning….this is a good read and right off the top of my head

Wisdom is a tree of life according to Proverbs. Jesus said he came so that we might have life and have it more abundantly. When we gain wisdom we gain life skills not just survival skills. Cindy Trimm says that the what the world teaches us are survival skills and if we look closely at the cycles we abide by daily that we call ‘life’ we would see the majority of us are really just surviving. For example, you borrow money to go to school to get a job to pay back that money and then have to borrow more money so you can own land. THAT is not life that is survival. Few of us can enjoy life with the enormous debt known as mortgages or school loans hanging over our heads. Knowledge of them is always present in our minds keeping us from truly being happy. THAT is not life.

Solomon understood that life was one of the fruits of the tree of wisdom and so he asked God to grant it to him. He acted on the advice of his father before him, he saw the wise sages of Israel and how their knowledge gave them insight into activities and practices that were not available to the average person. He saw that people went to sages for advice and he wanted what they had. He wanted wisdom. He became a phenom because he was young and wise. Wisdom is usually attributed to older people, who gain it through experience. The bible instructs us to honour our parents, why? Not just so our days will be long but so that through them we can gain knowledge, wisdom and understanding. Solomon understood that with wisdom he had the power to gain riches and wealth, that with wisdom he would be blessed.  The bible says that with wisdom the Lord laid the earth’s foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place, by knowledge the deeps were divided and the clouds let the dew drop. So what is wisdom?

Wisdom is defined as the ability to discern what is true, right or lasting; insight; common sense; good judgement; the sum of learning through the ages; wise teachings of ancient sages; a wise outlook, plan or course of action. The ability or result of an ability to think or act utilizing knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense and insight; accumulated knowledge, erudition or enlightenment; a wise saying or teaching (Farlex Dictionary, its free and its on my iphone J)

What is understanding?

The quality, faculty or condition of one who understands; comprehension; intelligence; having comprehension, good sense or discernment (Farlex Dictionary)

What is knowledge?

The state or fact of knowing, familiarity, awareness or understanding gained through experience or study; the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered or learned; specific information about something.

Let’s just be clear, wisdom always has and always will be available to all. Wisdom is defined as a tree of life because wisdom never dies, it is passed down from age to age until it becomes matter of fact. Our physical body dies but the wisdom that we gained and shared does not. Notice that many of the proverbs Solomon wrote are common knowledge, it’s how we live, it’s even the basis of many of our laws and constitution.

Adam and Eve CHOSE to know good and evil over the tree of life. Supposing that the tree of life is wisdom, the same wisdom that God used to create the heavens and the earth, our possibilities as humans  would have been ENDLESS, after all God created us in his image. What we experience, the power of our words etc are but minor dots in what God originally purposed for us. Yes he created us to worship, but understand that worship isn’t just going to church, raising your hands etc. Worship is a lifestyle, it’s what you do, it’s working to the best of your ability, it’s becoming your authentic self…(I could go on and on) Satan saw the possibilities and he snatched our purpose from us. He offered them good instead when what they had was great but in ignorance they fell for it. Cindy Trimm says the enemy of great is good (yes I’m a HUGE fan lol) Think about it, when things are good we get comfortable we stop looking for and believing in better because they’re already good. That is the enemy at work.

Revelation 22 says that the tree of life produced 12 kinds of fruit every month. Here are some of the fruits of knowledge I discovered in the bible:

•         Riches
•         Honour
•         Insight
•         Victory
•         Exaltation
•         Peace
•         Discretion
•         Protection
•         Knowledge
•        A disciplined and prudent life
•       Guidance
•        Wealth
•        Long Life

It also says that the leaves of the tree are for the healing of nations. Leaves feed the tree. That means when you grow in knowledge and wisdom and you share what you learn/know with the world you are healing the world, you are feeding the tree, you are giving life to many generations after you.

AND to close, Proverbs says keep wisdom in your heart. It also says out of the abundance of his heart and man speaks and we know words create situations and circumstances. The heart is described in Proverbs as the wellspring of life. A wellspring is a source of a stream or a spring. That means that the contents of your heart create your life, THEREFORE if you store wisdom in your heart your life has to produce the fruits that I mentioned above….

HMMMM …food for thought.

My son,    but keep my commands in your heart, 
² for they will prolong your life many years 
   and bring you peace and prosperity.

³ Let love and faithfulness never leave you; 
   bind them around your neck, 
   write them on the tablet of your heart. 
⁴ Then you will win favor and a good name 
   in the sight of God and man.

⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart 
   and lean not on your own understanding; 
⁶ in all your ways submit to him, 
   and he will make your paths straight.^[a]

⁷ Do not be wise in your own eyes; 
   fear the LORD and shun evil. 
⁸ This will bring health to your body 
   and nourishment to your bones.

⁹ Honor the LORD with your wealth, 
   with the firstfruits of all your crops; 
¹⁰ then your barns will be filled to overflowing, 
   and your vats will brim over with new wine.

¹¹ My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline, 
   and do not resent his rebuke, 
¹² because the LORD disciplines those he loves, 
   as a father the son he delights in.^[b]

¹³ Blessed are those who find wisdom, 
   those who gain understanding, 
¹⁴ for she is more profitable than silver 
   and yields better returns than gold. 
¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies; 
   nothing you desire can compare with her. 
¹⁶ Long life is in her right hand; 
   in her left hand are riches and honor. 
¹⁷ Her ways are pleasant ways, 
   and all her paths are peace. 
¹⁸ She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; 
   those who hold her fast will be blessed.

¹⁹ By wisdom the LORD laid the earth’s foundations, 
   by understanding he set the heavens in place; 
²⁰ by his knowledge the watery depths were divided, 
   and the clouds let drop the dew.

²¹ My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, 
   preserve sound judgment and discretion; 
²² they will be life for you, 
   an ornament to grace your neck. 
²³ Then you will go on your way in safety, 
   and your foot will not stumble. 
²⁴ When you lie down, you will not be afraid; 
   when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. 
²⁵ Have no fear of sudden disaster 
   or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, 
²⁶ for the LORD will be at your side 
   and will keep your foot from being snared.

²⁷ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, 
   when it is in your power to act. 
²⁸ Do not say to your neighbor, 
   “Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”— 
   when you already have it with you. 
²⁹ Do not plot harm against your neighbor, 
   who lives trustfully near you. 
³⁰ Do not accuse anyone for no reason— 
   when they have done you no harm.

³¹ Do not envy the violent 
   or choose any of their ways.

³² For the LORD detests the perverse 
   but takes the upright into his confidence. 
³³ The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, 
   but he blesses the home of the righteous. 
³⁴ He mocks proud mockers 
   but shows favor to the humble and oppressed. 
³⁵ The wise inherit honor, 
   but fools get only shame.

Morning Musings #1

The law of attraction is very real. In both her books ‘The Secret’ and ‘The Power’ author Rhonda Byrne details how whatever we attract in our lives is solely due to our thoughts and our words. I agree and disagree. I believe that whatsoever we attract in life must be on the same frequency that we are on. I believe that on each frequency are ‘good’ and ‘bad’ experiences, and while some negative experiences are attracted to us through our thoughts, other so called negative experiences are meant to teach and elevate. Therefore what really is good and bad? Should something truly be labelled as bad because of its discomfort? At the end of the rain there is always a rainbow. As long as you acknowledge, face and go through your obstacles or trouble, you are assured of some measure of growth. But then we refer to good as comfortable situations that keep us stagnant. Is this really positive?