Morning Christian Words of Encouragement – “Are YOU 100% sure, that you are Saved and headed to Heaven when you die? Are you sure YOUR name IS written in the Heavenly “Book of Life?” Is there absolutely not a shadow of a doubt in your mind, that your Salvation is already secured and you’re just waiting on the good Lord to call you home to be with Him? If the answer is “No, Not Sure, I Think So, Maybe, or Probably, then you need to get busy right now working on fixing that. You need to be totally sure where your Soul will spend eternity!” And AMEN goes right here….
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The Third Eye Perspective:
By Carlos C. Brown
Thought For Today – “Fat Cows Vs Skinny Cows”
Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning Peeps! How are you doing this morning, good I hope? Are you having a good/great work week so far, I sure hope so? Well, we are at the pinnacle of the work week, so it should be all downhill from here right? Anyways, I was listening to a sermon this morning from Jentezen Franklin, and he was speaking on the subject of “Don’t Let The Bad, Destroy Your Good.” In his sermon, he talked about how we tend to focus way too much on the bad things that happen to us as opposed to the good. He also stated, that people allow a little bit of bad, to corrupt, place a dark shadow on or even destroy all the good that has happened in our lives. One thing he said stuck out to me, “some people don’t recognize the blessing and even answer to their prayers, because it didn’t or wasn’t wrapped in the outer wrapping that they thought it would be or expected it to be.” It is with this train of thought, or line of thinking, that it was placed on my heart this morning to talk about “Fat Cows vs Skinny Cows.” Now THAT will have to preach, because I know some people (especially women) are looking at me a little sideways “like a mule about to kick,” as my grandfather would say LOL! And AMEN goes right there! Easy, easy, easy now women, I know that the reference in the phrase above his been used by some to describe you, but “I” am NOT using it in that sense. So PLEASE, put your weapons away! LOL! Whew what was close!
Okay, now where I’m about to go with this, some of you who read your Bibles regularly, or are scholars of the Bible might already know where I’m going with it. Now when you talk about fat cows vs skinny cows, those of you who grew up on a farm, you know that every farmer or rancher prefers to have cows that are fat and healthy right? It is a sign that you are doing your job to produce good quality beef for the supermarkets and eventually the consumer. On the otherhand, “skinny” cows signify malnutrition, health issues, and a lack of good green grass and or grain right? One thing I always admired about my late Grandfather Lee Andrew Brown aka “Bo,” as he was known by all of his friends, is that he took such great pride in taking care of, and overseeing his cattle Santa Gertruda operation. Without ever writing anything down, he could tell you everything about each heifer in his herd, as well as the bulls that he had used over the years. Some of the most powerful men in our area would brag on how pretty and healthy my grandfather’s herd was. I remember former local Senator Stanley Russ would pride himself to mainly buy his young heifers to restock his herd of cows from my grandfather. That said a lot about how good of stock my Grandfather kept on the Circle B Ranch. Now, let me get back into my message for today. If you know the story about Pharaoh when he was having a recurring dream about “Skinny Cows eating Fat Cows,” he was bothered by this dream because he couldn’t understand what it meant.(Read Genesis chapter 41).
There just happened to be a person under Pharaoh’s rule, who was blessed with the gift of dream interpretation. That person’s name was Joseph, you should remember him? He was the person in the Bible who was thrown into a pit by his brothers after revealing to them a dream he had, then taken as a slave by a passing caravan. Then, while in slavery, he befriended two guys who went on to become servants of Pharaoh. Joseph had interpreted dreams for these two men, and upon their being freed, they promised they would remember Joseph, however when that time came, they forgot him. Joseph ended up becoming a servant, and his luck seemed to be consisting of one bad thing after another. He refused the sexual advances of, and was falsely accused by Potiphar’s wife and he spent 14 years in prison. But Joseph was a man who despite all that had happened to him, he never took his eyes off of worshipping God. His faithfulness of continuing to serve God despite all the bad things he experienced in his life, propelled him from slavery, prison, all the way up to the second highest position in Egypt. You see, once Pharaoh learned that Joseph could interpret dreams, he sent for him. And when Joseph told Pharaoh that his dream meant that Egypt would suffer 7 years of famine (Skinny Cows) and that he needed to prepare for the “Skinny Cow” days, and store up reserves during the good days/years (Fat Cows). Now to break this down to where you can understand it, as it relates to your current life and or situations. God doesn’t promise us that we are always going to experience just good days (Fat Cows), No He was pretty clear on that one after the fall in The Garden of Eden by Adam and Eve. It is because of that fall, that God said that we will have to experience some bad days (Skinny Cows), some heartaches, some pains, some bad health days, some death days, and some “nothing seems to be going right in my life days.” However, the message that God wants me to relay to you today, is that your attitude towards both the “Fat Cow” as well as the “Skinny Cow” days will dictate just how severe your times spent in each will be! Stop giving the “Skinny Cow” days so much of your attention, dwelling on them, constantly complaining about them to anyone who will listen, and keeping them fresh in your mind as a result. The Bible says, that we have the ability (God given) to speak LIFE or DEATH into every situation in our lives! (Proverbs 18:21 KJV). Stop speaking death into your life and choose to speak LIFE! Can I get an AMEN on that? Well even if you won’t give me one, AND AMEN GOES RIGHT HERE! Can I leave you with a question to ponder today if I may?????
“Are You Speaking “Skinny Cow – Death and Famine” or “Fat Cow – Good Health and Prosperity” Into Your Life?”
Let the “Fat Cow” Folks Say AMEN?????
“Today, choose to “Ride or Die” with Jesus Christ! Afterall, isn’t that exactly what He did for us on the Cross?”
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