| From the Desk of Steve Shultz:  Like most of you...I, too, am ready for the next season!
Our friend John Belt gives us some amazing, heavenly insight into what God is doing in this time of preparation and what is next for His Church. Not only is this a very deep and powerful word, but it offers you and your family some very good practical insights you can all be doing together right now. Yes, family is the most important ministry we all have...and God is preparing His family to move together as well. Enjoy this word by John Belt! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.) Thank you for making the always-free Elijah List Ministries possible. To partner with us, click here. Your donations truly help us keep these emails free for you. Donate at: Please forward this word to your friends! Encourage them to subscribe to the Elijah List right here: https://elijahlist.com/subscribe. Enjoy! Steve Shultz, Founder and Publisher
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http://www.elijahlist.com ************************************* "Preparation and Reprogramming For the Next Season" John Belt, Oklahoma City, OK  Be Ready for the Next Season This is a season of preparation and reprogramming for the next season that God has for us. The book of Romans tells us to not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of our minds (see Romans 12:1-2). I encourage you to spend time with Him in this season so He can show you those things that He wants to do in and through you in the next. With everything that is going on right now it is easy to get distracted. Don't miss what God is trying to do in this moment. Remember that God is not shocked by any of the things that happen in this world. He's not taken by surprise. All things are a test to see how we're going to respond. Be encouraged to have the mind of Christ right now as you pursue Him. "For 'who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?' But we have the mind of Christ." (1 Corinthians 2:16) Receive the Fresh Wind of the Spirit  This is a great time to spend extra time with your families and to be re-established in God in a new, fresh way. I encourage you to take this time to cultivate intimacy with God. Let the Holy Spirit breathe on you a wind of refreshing in your life. We live from the inside out, not from the outside in. We don't live by rules, lists and the externals. God wants to develop that living relationship on the inside of you by His Spirit Who dwells in you. It's not just prayer to God but communion with His Spirit on the interior. (Photo via Unsplash)
God really wants us to get the mind of Christ. I would imagine you want to get the mind of God right now in this season. He has great plans for you. Have faith and expectation in all that He has in store. I believe that God sets up perfect storms in life to reprogram our thinking. There are many things that are being shaken in our world right now. He's going to shake all those things, even in our mindsets, that need to be changed for the opportunity of "reprogramming" our own thought processes. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 says, "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God..." We bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. The Mind of Christ: Authority & Power God uses circumstances to show us wrong mindsets so that we see the need to adjust. He says, "I want to reprogram you through My Word and Spirit." Understanding the mind of Christ is knowing how Jesus walked so that we can do the same. There are many facets in how the mind of Christ was expressed. One is how Jesus walked in authority and power. He did things with a command. We need to have that command in our lives. The Spirit has been impressing upon me that... (continue reading) Find us on:
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