Breakthrough 2015-Changing The Way We Think

Spiritual Breakthrough is not about learning; it’s about changing!

Do you sometimes feel like quitting and saying, "I can’t do it, it’s just too hard!"? Are you fighting an attitude of bitterness, anger, deep down resentment? Does life seem to be too difficult to bear? Are you easily discouraged? Well, to get a breakthrough in 2015 you have to change your thinking. It's not about learning something different, but about doing something different to break the devil's stranglehold on you.

Paul said, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" in Philippians 4:13. So can you! Read that again! Philippians 4:13: "I CAN DO ALL THINGS!!!!!"

The word for "do" in this verse is the Greek word ischuo (number 2480 in Strong's Concordance), which means "to have or exercise force," "be able, avail, can do, prevail, be of strength, be whole." It is derived from the word ischus which means, "force, forcefulness, ability, might, power, strength." Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon defines this word as "ability, force, strength, might, power." It defines ischuo as "to be strong," to be robust and in sound health, "to have power," to exert, wield power, evidenced in extraordinary deeds, "to have strength to overcome," "to be of force, avail."

Paul had a very positive, confident, powerful attitude. Do you believe you can accomplish, prevail, conquer, overcome, and do all these things through Christ, as Paul believed? If not, then change your way of thinking.

Galatians 2:20 says, "For I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."

If Christ really put new life in you and you are really a true Christian then you have been changed into a believer. And if Christ lives in you, through the Holy Spirit, then you can be an overcomer, even as He was an overcomer. Paul also warns us to "examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith" in 2 Corinthians 13:5. So if I understand this correctly, we as believers know who are source is and where our strength comes from. If we know that, then breakthrough doesn't come because we learn something new, but because we hold onto something we know has changed us and is changing us daily. Let God change your thinking and your breakthrough will be there waiting on you.