Morning Coffee Thoughts

Speak to his spirit within you
For those who have accepted Christ his spirit came into us.
All my life growing up I was surrounded with this truth, for example accept Jesus into your heart. But for some reason I just imagined him in outer space heaven,which wasn't all that bad he was still loving and cared for me.
Yet when I saw that he came to dwell within me and I recognized him in me, it made a difference, he was closer and involved in every where I went and all I did.

He hadn't changed, it was my new perspective that enlarged my relationship.
The co-relationship of doing life in real time together was heightened.
I delighted my self more in His companionship.
I sought out more time to be alone with him. I desired his friendship and love for me. I consulted him more on what I was doing. I saw that we did life together.
I found him to be peace and sense amidst all the clamor and noise of the world. My trust grew as I allowed him to have my life, and that he knew more than I did, what was best.
He has moved to the center of my life and realizing his spirit inside my chest inside my heart has been a precious discovery.
"The chief aim of man is to glorify GOD, by enjoying him."
I have a spirit and GOD has a spirit and when I move my spirit, my love, my heart into his spirit which is love and all that he is, there is the best relationship.
I am known and cherished and have the perfect Father that loves me.
Moving my spirit into him and coexisting with him in real time is what the bible means we should pray at all times. It doesn't require talking it requires only desire to be with GOD.
This sharing, one person described as quieting your mind so GOD can be a part of your life.

One day I was driving across a bridge to Bainbridge Island where I grew up. when GOD impressed on me that I wasn't obeying all the commandments. You know the 10 commandments, to which I thought, yeah that doesn't surprise me which one I asked?
To love me with all your mind. Ted from the moment you get up you run your own head. You self stimulate your mind nonstop, the radio in the car, your own problems , problems of others, striving always striving to fix things in your own strength and wanting me to bless it .
You are your own worst enemy, you never give yourself a break, no wonder your always frustrated.
Ted I give you permission right now not to have to think.
That's crazy I driving my car I thought. But for the first time I got to travel down the road with GOD and not think , he wasn't speaking I was just enjoying him.
I have since called it being an air head for Jesus.
Here is what I learned,
you can't hear the Lord if your mind is speaking.
You can't get a break from yourself unless you break off your mind from yourself.
Life is not all about you, you are not your own you are GODs child he is the father you need to be obedient and not perform his job on yourself. You do a lousy job.

Shared silence with GOD allows me to see him, to see what sees and feel what he feels.
Shared silence allows me to see what the glory of GOD is all about.
It brings to vivid life the verse," be still and know that I AM GOD."
And where can I go that GOD isn't there? All of life and creation every particle is held together by HIM.

The joy of the christian life is living with GOD.
The joy of the christian life is enjoying his spirit inside us.
Even when the christian is going through severe trials and GOD's presence seems to have disappeared they will still say, " at least I'm not alone. "Lord you have been faithful in loving me even when I wasn't faithful to you, you have never left me."
You can tell the Christians who seldom enjoy his presence there is little life of who he is in them.
My GOD is the GOD of brightness and life and light.
"For GOD who said 'Let light shine out of darkness' made his light shine out of our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of GOD in the face of Christ."

Love the Lord with all your mind.Don't spend the day without him!