The Reflecting Pool

Reach beyond where you are... spend time with God every morning. Talk with Him, meditate on His Word and LISTEN.  Do your part and the Holy Spirit will do His. SET YOUR MIND and KEEP IT SET. Think about whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, excellent and praiseworthy.

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May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19 (NIV)

Declarations¹

1. I can do whatever I need to do in life through Christ.(SUSC1)(ADDITIONAL)
   
2. God loves me unconditionally!(SUSC2)
3. I will not live in fear.(SUSC3)  (ADDITIONAL)
4. I am difficult to offend.(SUSC4)
5. I love people and I enjoy helping them.(SUSC5)
6. I trust God completely: There is no need to worry!(SUSC6)
7. I am content and emotionally stable.(SUSC7)
8. God meets all my needs abundantly.(SUSC8)
9. I pursue peace with God, myself, and others.(SUSC9) (ADDITIONAL)
10. I live in the present and enjoy each moment.(SUSC10)
11. I am disciplined and self-controlled.(SUSC11)
12. I put God first in my life.(SUSC12)   (ADDITIONAL)
    

Supporting Scripture (SUSC 1-12)

 I CAN DO WHATEVER I NEED TO DO IN LIFE THROUGH CHRIST.

Key Verse

  I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me. [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency]. (Philippians 4:13)

Follow up Meditations

• Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us. (Romans 8:37)
  
  

• Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also it’s Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of God (Hebrews 12:2)
  
  

GOD LOVES ME UNCONDITIONALLY!

Key Verse

Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love. (Ephesians 1:4)

Follow up Meditations

• For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness]. (2nd Corinthians 5:21)

• Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come! (2nd Corinthians 5:17)
  
  
  

• Because you are precious in My sight and honored, and because I love you, I will give men in return for you and peoples in exchange for your life. (Isaiah 43:4)

I WILL NOT LIVE IN FEAR.

Key Verse

  For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control (2 Timothy 1:7)

Follow up Meditations

• For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)!Father! (Romans 8:15)
  
  
  

• What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?] (Romans 8:31)
  
  

• The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? (Psalm 118:6)
  
  

I AM DIFFICULT TO OFFEND.

Key Verse

  Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble. (Psalm 119:165)

Follow up Meditations

• For if you forgive people their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses. (Matthew 6:14, 15)
  
  

• Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. (1 Corinthians 13:7)
  
  

I LOVE PEOPLE AND I ENJOY HELPING THEM.

Key Verse

 I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you should love one another. (John 13:34)

Follow up Meditations

• Be mindful to be a blessing… (Galatians 6:10)
  
  
  

• If anyone intends to come after Me, let him deny himself [forget, ignore, disown and lose sight of himself and his own interest] and take up his cross and [joining Me as a disciple and siding with My party] follow with Me [continually, cleaving steadfastly to Me]. (Mark 8:34)
  
  
  

• Let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity). (1 John 3:18)
  
  
  

• We know that we have passed over out of death into Life by the fact that we love the brethren (our fellow Christians). He who does not love abides (remains, is held and kept continually) in [spiritual] death. (1 John 3:14)
  
  

I TRUST GOD COMPLETELY: THERE IS NO NEED TO WORRY!

Key Verse

  Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding (Proverbs 3:5)

Follow up Meditations

• Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.] (Matthew 11:28)
  
  

• But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God). (Galatians 5:16)
  
  

• Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you, casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. (1 Peter 5: 6,7)
  
  

• And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life? (Matthew 6:27)
  
  

I AM CONTENT AND EMOTIONALLY STABLE.

Key Verse

Godliness accompanied with contentment (that contentment which is a sense of inward sufficiency) is great and abundant gain. (1 Timothy 6:6)

Follow up Meditations

• [And it is, indeed, a source of immense profit, for] godliness accompanied with contentment (that contentment which is a sense of inward sufficiency) is great and abundant gain. (1 Timothy 6:6)
  
  

• I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or disquieted) in whatever state I am. (Philippians 4:11)
  
  

• Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will]. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
  
  

GOD MEETS ALL MY NEEDS ABUNDANTLY.

Key Verse

  Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers. (3 John 2)

Follow up Meditations

• And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19)
  
  

• Let the Lord be magnified, Who takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant. (Psalm 35:27)
  
  

• God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. (2 Corinthians 9:8)
  
  

• And I will make you are great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase in favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others]. (Genesis 12:2)
  
  

 I PURSUE PEACE WITH GOD, MYSELF, AND OTHERS.

Key Verse

  Seek, inquire for, and crave peace and pursue (go after) it! (Psalm 34:14)

• Depart from evil and do good, inquire for and crave peace and pursue (go after) it! (Psalm 34:14)
  
  

• I have told you these things, so that in Me you have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration: but be of good cheer [take courage, be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.] (John 16:33)
  
  

• If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. (Romans 12:18)
  
  
  
  

 I LIVE IN THE PRESENT AND ENJOY EACH MOMENT.

Key Verse

  This is the day which the Lord has brought about; we will rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)

Follow up Meditations

• I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows). (John 10:10)
  
  

• I have told you these things, that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing. (John 15:11)
  
  

 I AM DISCIPLINED AND SELF-CONTROLLED.

Key Verse

  For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems grievous and painful; but afterwards it yields a peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. (Hebrews 12: 11)

Follow up Meditations 

• Everything is permissible (allowable and lawful) for me; but not all things are helpful (good for me to do, expedient and profitable when considered with other things). Everything is lawful for me, but I will not become the slave of anything or be brought under its power.
  
  

• An in [exercising] knowledge [develop] self-control, and in [exercising] self control [develop] steadfastness (patience, endurance) and in [exercising] steadfastness [develop] …Christian love. (2 Peter 1:6,7)
  
  

• Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness. (1 Timothy 4:7) NASB
  
  

 I PUT GOD FIRST IN MY LIFE.

Key Verse

 You shall have no other gods before or besides Me. (Exodus 20:3)

Follow up Meditations

• Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me (as a vital necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13)
  
  

• You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). (Matthew 6:33)

 

• But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. (Matthew 6:33)

¹Notes: The above structure is patterned after strategies found in Joyce Meyer, Power Thoughts, 1st addition published by FaithWords in 2010.  The declarations are quotes from the 12 Stategies in Power Thoughts. 

* The scriptures are from the Amplified Bible (Lockman Foundation) unless otherwise indicated.