The Price of Grasshopper Mentality is to great

Deuteronomy 1:22, 23
Then all of you came to me and said, "Before we go into the land, let's send some men to explore it.  When they come back, they can tell us about the towns we will fing and what roads we should take to get there."

Moses said, "It seemed like a good idea, so I chose twelve men, one from each tribe"

Of course the rest is history now but the twelve spies came back with a huge bunch of fruit and a huge tale.

The grasshopper mentality kick in, and 10 of the spies began to discourage the tribes with their tall tails of giants and walled to the Heavens talk.

The ten spies were so good in what they said that the people began to refuse to obey the Lord our God

They stayed in their tents and grumbled, "The Lord must hate us--he brought us out of Egypt, just so he could hand us over to the Amorites and get rid of us

In his Book Wisdom for Winning, Mike Murdock states:
The grasshopper complex is destroying the power of the local church today

It is paralyzing the faith flow.

It is stopping the praise climate that God intended for us to create in the midst of our homes and our surroundings.

Grasshoppers justify their lack of victory

They always give excuses for not conquering the devil

In fact, they sometimes even put down others who are walking and living victoriously

Grasshppers constantly talk about their lack of finances

Giant-killers talk about their expectation of God's provision

Grasshoppers refer to their children's ages as the terrible twos

Giant-killers call that age the tremendous twos

I'm not saying it is easy.  But to unleash the uncommon life, you must transfer from the grasshopper complex to the giant-killer mentality

You must make up your mind t change.  You can change.  God has given you the power of choice:  the power t direct your thinking; your actions!
Make up your mind to destroy the grasshopper comlex today!

Reinforce the giant-killer mentality by choosing friendships that build the faith life in you.
You see, if you tolerate any other relationship it can be damaging to your spiritual growth.

Dare to become assertive in spiritual things

Dare to step out in faith

Dare to believe od for a new mentality

Dare to be positive about life, Dare to setp up..up..up..to a power life in God.

Enter the Winner's World?

Most thoughts from Chapter 6 The Grasshopper Complex, inthe Wisdom for Winning by Mike Murdock, Copyrighted in 1988 and publish by Wisdom International in Denton Texas, ISBN 1-562-398-6

 

 

 

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