Eagles are not bound to anything of this earth below.

They can launch into

the heavens anytime they wish!
Mike Murdock: "All men fall, the great ones get back up!"
Give the devil a black eye by taking God at nothing but his Word. Cause that
turkey to shutter in terror as you take your stand on your promise from the Holy
Writ!
Make your Heavenly Father's heart skip with delight as He sees you believe and
stand on His Word.
Make your Heavenly Father proud as He watches you wrap your faith around His
scripture concerning your situation.
God will move heaven and earth, governments and kingdoms, if necessary, just
to keep a promise to you. Your Father does not hesitate to do whatever it takes to
fulfil His Word to you. This being the case, don't allow yourself to budge off the
promise you have found in the Word. Boldly and steadfastly hang on to the
promise until you see the promised results.
Keep SPEAKING and CONFESSING God's Word to you. Sooner or later that
promise, that Word, will become FLESH... it's fulfillment will manifest out in the
open, where you can see, feel, taste, and enjoy it to the max!
You will no doubt be tempted to get off your stand on a scripture concerning your
predicament. But when you catch yourself DOUBTING and POUTING, simply readjust your attitude, crucify your doubts and fears by SHOUTING, and boldly
GET RIGHT BACK ON THAT PROMISE YOU FOUND IN THE WORD.
I am God-Qualified and so are you! Colossians 1:12 NIV - Giving thanks to the
Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the
kingdom of light.
Someone has rightly observed, "God doesn't call the qualified. God qualifies the
called!

Tragedy of Tragedies & Irony of Ironies: We become just like whomever we are
bitter towards.
Let Jesus help you get the bitterness out!
Forgive or Forget Happiness.
If you harbor bitterness towards someone who is a liar, you will eventually
become one too.
If you harbor bitterness towards someone who has abandoned you, someday
you'll become an abandoner too.
If you harbor bitterness towards an alcoholic who has wounded you, sooner or
later you will become an alcoholic or some sort of addict yourself.
ENJOY LIFE: Love someone today who doesn't deserve it.
ENJOY LIFE: Extend favor today to someone who doesn't expect it.
ENJOY LIFE: Compliment someone today who least expects it.
ENJOY LIFE: Show respect to someone today that doesn't even respect himself.
ENJOY LIFE: Encourage someone today who appears to be down.
ENJOY LIFE: Catch someone today doing something right and tell them so!
Life may be TOUGH. But God is TENDER. Where do you spend most of your
time in your mind and with your mouth?
I'd rather FAIL trying to obey Jesus than to SUCCEED at playing it safe.

I'd rather FAIL throwing myself into my calling than to SUCCEED at being
average.
You have never really allowed yourself to become a member of a local church
until you have been there three to seven years. Once the Lord has made it clear
to our heart that He wants to plant us in a certain church, we need to STAY
PLANTED unless He CLEARLY leads us otherwise. In the words of President
Kennedy, "Ask not what your local church can do for you, but what you can do for
your local church!" The problem is many Christians are LED BY OFFENSE, not
LED BY THE SPIRIT. The first time they are offended by something another
brother or sister in that church said or did, they are "OUT OF HERE!" This
smacks of extreme immaturity and instability!
Some "Charismatics" could better be labeled "Cruisamatics" because they are
rootless and won't commit to any local church. They are forever seeking a new
thrill and experience from God by skipping from one place to another in hopes of
seeing something more sensational. Yes, God is the God of miracles! Yes, God is
the God of Supernatural Manifestations. Yes, God wants to make His Presence
felt. Yes, there are supposed to be milestone moments with God. Yes, God is
NOT the God of Cold Formalism. BUT NEITHER IS HE THE GOD OF
EXTREME FANATICISM! Why many Spirit-Filled believers can't stick it out in a
local church is beyond me! Never are they satisfied with a local church. They are
ever looking for the SENSATIONAL when all along they could be enjoying the
SIGNIFICANT! Many so-called Charismatics don't want to work and labor and
make things happen in their local church; they just want another supernatural
experience handed to them on a silver platter with little or no commitment on
their own part.
Someone has noted, "The moment you walked inside the local church doors, that
church just became an imperfect place!"
Resurrection Life Now! Not just in the sweet by and by. Romans 8:11 NLT "The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as he
raised Christ from the dead, he will give life to your mortal body by this same
Spirit living within you." We can have the very life and nature of God coursing
through our minds, our bodies, and our attitudes right now. All we have to do is
exercise our faith that the Spirit is releasing that life into us while we pray and
read the Word. Say it aloud, "Father, the Spirit has made His home in me, and I
believe I receive Him quickening and injecting resurrection life into my mind and
attitudes this very second. Holy Spirit, rush my body with supernatural healing

virtue! Spirit of God, flood the deep recesses of my attitudes and motives with
glorifying life like You did when you flooded Jesus' tomb with life and light! Right
now I take an infusion of glory and divine nature into my soul that illuminates my
decisions and thought life, in Jesus name!"
Dr. Larry Stockstill says, "Any doctrine or belief that delays immediate obedience
to the Great Commission has its origin from the very pit of hell, regardless of how
spiritual it may sound."
One healthy friendship can be the uncommon connection to success in our life.
Likewise, one wrong friendship can lead to a lifetime of heartache and more bad
choices.
Sometimes I feel real saved; sometimes I don't. But it really doesn't matter which,
because I know so!
1 John is the "Know-So Book" of the Bible.
Someone has rightly said concerning local church attendance, "Those who Show
Up, Grow Up!" I agree! Those whose church attendance is sporadic, begin to feel
disconnected and excluded and naturally so, because they have missed many
things God has been saying and doing in that local body of believers. They are
now behind the power curve!
One's church attendance is a direct reflection of just how important Jesus is to
them. Jesus commands constant and committed fellowship to His church. To do
otherwise is to fly in His face! He commands this, not because He wants religious
ritual, but because He knows that the church is our only Noah's Ark in a world
flooded with many dangers, toils, and snares! Hebrews 10:25 - "Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one
another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."
Failure to Tithe makes one's guts to Writhe! It's difficult to Romance God and
Rob Him at the same time! Whatever you do, don't steal the tithe. Adam and Eve
stole from the single portion of the garden that God reserved for himself. Don't
commit this felony that will cause you to go to jail... spiritually and financially.
Enjoy the first and foremost reward for tithing... a clear conscience. Then enjoy
the second reward for tithing... the Abiding Protection and Abundant Provision of
God promised in Malachi Chapter 3.

"Lord I'm doing what you command in Proverbs 3:9, now I fully expect you to do
what you promised in Proverbs 3:10!"
Ronald Reagan said: The only sane purpose for empowerment is to, in turn,
empower others. The only sane purpose for wealth and prosperity is to, in turn,
prosper and help others.
Sin Promises a Cheap Thrill, but leaves a Cold Chill.
Sin Claims to Fulfill, but Aims for the Kill.
Sin tries to do the double whammy on ya! First it CONDONES the evil action.
Then after you give in, it CONDEMNS you for it. First it says, "Go ahead, its
alright!" Then after you succumb, it says, "If you were really a Christian, you
wouldn't have done that."
Someone said long ago, "Many Christians that claim to be Standing on the
Promises are merely Sitting on the Premises."
A Scripture-A-Day Makes God's Presence Stay.
A Praise-Party-A-Day Keeps the Devil Away.
"When tempted to get frustrated over something, CHILL and BE STILL in My
presence by taking a prayer-break, and just KNOW that I am God and that I am
in complete control." Psalm 46:10 DCV (What's the DCV? Oh, that's the D.an
C.heatham V.ersion paraphrase, ya know. Ha!)
REALITY-CHECK: A problem I have noticed among those of us Christians that
claim to be Spirit-Filled (Charismatics and/or Pentecostals) is that often we get
puffed up by all our knowledge and experiences with God. Being filled with the
Spirit with the accompanying manifestations seen throughout the book of Acts is
most definitely an added benefit to one's Christian walk. However, as someone
has said, UNGUARDED STRENGTH IS DOUBLE WEAKNESS! The Bible says,
"Knowledge puffeth up, but love edifieth." Jesus taught that "all men would know

that we are His disciples by our love for one another." He never said that people
would know we are His disciples by the number of revelations we have received
from God. But many Charismatic Christians today have advanced beyond King
David in their own estimation. King David said in Psalms 141:5, "Let the
righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an
excellent oil, which shall not break my head..." King David learned that a MARK
OF MATURITY is the attribute of CHERISHING CORRECTION. But many
believers today REFUSE to receive correction, even from a trusted leader or
beloved friend who has loved them for many years. Too many Charismatic
believers today receive too many so-called dreams, so-called "words" from the
Lord, too many so-called visions, and just too many spectacular experiences with
the Lord. Yes, God grants spectacular experiences from time to time, but some
believers have more dreams, words, visions, and revelations in ONE DAY... than
all the God-called pastors of a town, together combined, do in ONE YEAR. This
kind of super-spirituality puffs one up, insulating the person from needed
direction and correction, and takes the person over into a lifestyle where they are
"peeping" into the soulish realm and inadvertently dabbling into occultic activity.
The unwary saint who becomes this way, begins to wrap themselves with such
hyper-spirituality that they cloak every conversation, every issue with "deep"
spiritual jargon, and with all the spooky things they have "seen." This aire of
superspirituality then serves as a defense mechanism to keep others at a
distance and prevent anyone from really getting down to the issues in their heart.
And not to mention how many other people are turned off to the true things of the
Spirit because of the condescending attitude they pick up when around persons
like this. To be honest, I think God is more pleased with a Christian who is
humble, teachable, and walking in divine love that HASN'T received the Holy
Spirit Baptism experience; than He is with someone who HAS received this extra
measure of power, yet gets puffed up with superspirituality! This is by no means
to belittle the Holy Spirit Baptism. God forbid! Every Christian NEEDS more
power and the New Testament encourages every believer to receive this second
free gift from Heaven. In God's mind, The Gifts of the Spirit are not optional
packages or add-on accessories, but standard equipment necessary for optimum
performance. All I am saying here is that power DOESN'T come to puff us up or
make us superspiritual. Again, the Bible says, "Knowledge puffeth up, but love
edifieth!" Lets get real! "REALITY-CHECK!"
SOME THOUGHTS ON JOY BELOW:
Philippians 4:4 - "Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice."
Nehemiah 8:10d - "...the joy of the LORD is your strength."

Isaiah 61:3 - "To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty
for ashes, the OIL OF JOY for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness..."
Rejoice in the Lord = Re.lease J.oy in the Lord = Re.turn to J.oy = Do a Re.run of
J.oy = Re.tread your spiritual tires for more mileage... by exploding into joy!
Joy lubricates because God's Word calls it the OIL of joy. The "Oil of Joy" will
make you TOO SLICKERY for the devil to get his hands on you. Joy softens. Joy
preserves. Joy heals. Joy floats to the top. Joy saturates. Joy moistens. Joy
makes us to shine and reflect the Master. Joy fills the air around us with the
fragrance of Christ as we rejoice in His presence.
The Amplified Bible translates one of the verses that commands us to "Rejoice in
The Lord" as, "Rejoice that you are in the Lord." When you can't rejoice that you
are in a certain situation, at least you can "rejoice that you are in the Lord."
A believer can CHOOSE to stir up the oil of joy residing deep within him, even in
hard times. Nehemiah says that "The joy of the Lord is your strength." Lose your
joy and you lose your energy and zest for living. Stir up your joy, and your energy
will rebound! If we are exercising our joy, we automatically receive new strength.
A way to stir up one's joy is to start singing to God aloud. Another way is go
outside and start shouting praises to the Lord. Another means to release one's
joy is to listen to a Praise & Worship CD or Cassette. Crank it up on your stereo
and dance around your living room! Also talking to another Christian about the
goodness of God will rekindle your joy. Testifying to others about something God
has done for you in the recent or distant past will also make your joy bubble
again.