We tend to be a people who forget the things that we need to remember and remember the things that we need to forget!  Way to often, we take for granted the goodness of God in our lives.  We fail to appreciate the simple blessings, because in our minds they are simple!  We grow cool to the things that we should be hot for.

The fires need to be rekindled!  It’s time to stir the ashes, find the hot coals and bring them together, so that we can get the fire deep within our souls reignited and burning bright.  We take way too much for granted in our marriages, families and careers!  We take for granted the most important relationship of all relationships – our relationship with our Creator!

Don’t allow your relationships to grow stale.  Instead make sure that you take the time to appreciate them.  Get enthusiastic about what could and should be.  When you decided to do something, so it with all that you’ve got and then some!

God did not create you to walk through this world discouraged, defeated and depressed!  God created you to walk with your head up high, a smile on your face and a spring in your step!  God created you to be encouraged, victorious and happy!

It does not matter what you have been though!  It does not matter whose fault it was!  You situation may look impossible, the good news is that you have a Creator, Who loves you and Who has an amazing plan for your life and He is in the business of “turnarounds!”

God wants to restore and give you more!  Grab hold of and hold onto the victory that God has for you.  Start living with expectation, looking to see how God is going to prove Himself faithful on your behalf!  Dare to declare that you are victorious over anyone and anything that might try to come against the plans of blessing that God has for you.  Don’t you dare settle for a life of mediocrity!

Faith activates the power of God.  If you have faith, then you have expectation and if you have expectation, then God is going to show up and do more than we can dream or imagine!  Get excited about the life that God has for you.  Ask God to enlarge your vision, to give you positive thoughts and use the strength He has given you to live a life that brings Him glory!

God’s Word says:   ¹⁸ “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD.  “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.  ¹⁹ If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land; ²⁰ but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.”  For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”  Isaiah 1:18-20

The mistakes we have made and the sins we have committed cannot push us down, nor hold us back.  If we will receive the precious gifts of God’s love, mercy, grace and forgiveness, then we should live willing and obedient lives, these lives allow us to live in blessing and enjoy the good things of the land!  Faith in God activates the power of God to flow into and through my life, so that my ordinary life accomplishes and experiences extraordinary things!

Most people would rather disagree than agree.  We just seem to like to be at odds in this world.  Sometimes we will even disagree just to be able to argue with someone.  As Believers, we need to grab hold of and guard this very precious gift of God.  That’s right!  I called it a gift!  Agreement is a gift!  A gift that has the potential to bring great power into our lives!

Jesus put it this way:  19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”  Matthew 18:19-20

Our authority and power over the enemy is increased when we are in agreement!  When you and I come together with Jesus, there is great power at work.  The power that brings us together and keeps us together grows in intensity and strength and allows us to accomplish supernatural things for God’s glory!

Deuteronomy 19:15 says:  “One witness is not enough to convict a man accused of any crime or offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.”  We see this same principle in the New Testament book of 1 Timothy 5:19, where it says “Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses.”

Ecclesiastes 4 puts it this way:   9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:  10 If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.  11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.  But how can one keep warm alone?
12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.  A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

We could look at different examples of agreement and it’s encouragement and practice in the Scriptures all day long.  The Bible is full of examples, illustrations and directions!  We need to accept agreement as a reality that the Spirit has for us and utilize it for God’s glory!

If we are divided the house will fall and the enemy will triumph!  This is not acceptable, even if his triumph is temporary!  You may be tempted to think that this only applies to the church, but if we are divided and the house falls, then our lives are wide open and vulnerable to attack!  This is why Jesus prayed for unity and why Paul said that we are to make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit!

Our mission and purpose in this life is to go into ALL the WORLD and SHARE the GOOD NEWS with ALL CREATION. When we are obedient and work in unity, what is the result? Jesus will work WITH US, IN US and THROUGH US to CONFIRM His Word with many signs and wonders.

We can’t have agreement without unity and we can’t have unity without love!  We must take seriously the Great Commandment:  “To love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul and mind.  And the second which is very close to it:  To love our neighbor as ourself!”

• Agreement increases the power of our prayers more than our minds can imagine.

• Agreement assures our success in victorious warfare against the enemy.

• Agreement insures the presence of the Lord in our lives and His blessings on our every endeavor.

• Agreement attracts the attention of our loving Heavenly Father, Who is waiting and wanting to work on our behalf!

• Agreement is a hindrance to the promotion of the devil’s kingdom and a discouragement to all of his plans.

And above all, Agreement is evidence to the world that Jesus was sent by God to be our Savior and this brings great glory to God when we get it!

Your attitude matters more than you realize!  It matters for you and it matters for others!  Attitude has the ability to lift up or to push down!  Attitude is what separates winners from losers.  Attitude makes the difference between the successful and unsuccessful.  What good is it to win and experience success, if you can’t or won’t enjoy it?

You need a good attitude and you need to surround yourself with people who have good attitudes!  When you get good attitudes together, the impossible becomes possible, because faith in God makes all things possible!  We tend to pick up on the mind-sets, beliefs and approaches of those around us.  If they are up, then we tend to be up and if they are down, then we tend to be down!

Bad attitudes can wreck you faster than anything!  Most of the world tends to lean negative now a days and if you are not careful, then you can get caught up in that negativity and before you know it you have joined a choir that loves to sing the blues!  Attitude spreads, so make sure that you do everything you can to keep a good one! Attitude also catches, so make sure that you avoid stinking attitudes whenever, wherever and however you can!

As Christians, we should have great big positive attitudes of expectation.  We should seek to always be positive because we have a God who loves us and who has created us for the very specific purpose of bringing Him glory.  It is impossible to give God the glory He is due with a negative attitude!

Guard and protect your attitude.  Make sure that you take on and take out anything that might cause you to have a less than positive attitude.  Get around positive people.  Listen to positive music and messages.  Read positive materials.  Think positive thoughts.  In every conversation – try to share at least three positive things with every person you talk to.  Before you know it, you will become a positive person that others look to have relationship with and you will experience a different and better way of living!