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The Mind part 4

08/17/2017 18:13

I've been a little bit reluctant to go here, but hopefully I can get my point across without getting lost in some of the "religious" stuff. Romans 8:5-6 NLT, "Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things...

The Mind part 3

08/16/2017 20:49

The tricky part is that you can't USE what you've got unless you KNOW what you've got. Its LETTING the mind of Christ (that's already in you) BE in you. And you can only do that when you stop trying to get something you think you haven't got, and you start knowing and believing that you've got...

The Mind part 2

08/15/2017 19:19

The other day I was trying to decide whether or not to do something. And Amanda said, "You don't have to justify yourself. If you want to do it, go ahead." I replied by saying, "I'm actually just trying to convince myself to do it." And it turned out that I didn't need to do it at all, and it kind...

The Mind part 1

08/14/2017 18:54

Here's where I think we get into trouble sometimes: We get our thought life all messed up. I can't stress enough how important what you think, and what you believe, is. What you do flows from what you believe. I'm telling you, behavior modification doesn't work. Because it doesn't get to the root...

Worthy part 5

08/13/2017 19:06

The important thing to remember is that people are the important thing. And people, no matter how hard they try, make mistakes. So if we're going to start doling out things like forgiveness, mercy, grace, and love according to how somebody acts... then realistically we won't be giving much of...

Worthy part 4

08/12/2017 15:54

Love. Its the desire of our heart. Its the thing that we want--that we NEED--more than anything else in order to truly live. Because I understand we need food, and clothing, and shelter in order to "survive." But what have you got if you don't have love? The kind that you just want to give away?...

Worthy part 3

08/11/2017 19:52

Love is not something that can be earned. Because love doesn't keep a record of right and wrong. So its (He's) not weighing your "good" deeds against your "evil" deeds. That was the trouble that Adam got humanity into by eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil--he entered us into a...

Worthy part 2

08/10/2017 19:30

You are worthy of love. Not because of anything you've done, or anything you haven't done, or anything you're going to do, or not do. You are worthy of love because you are a human being. Period. And, according to Paul's writing in Romans, there is NOTHING that can separate you from the love of...

Worthy part 1

08/09/2017 18:51

This one is a little bit tricky for me, but only because I'm so far in one direction on it. Normally I have an almost Will Graham-esque kind of super empathy where I can almost immediately and fully see both sides of a given issue. Which is why I almost always side with PEOPLE rather than taking a...

Mountains part 5

08/08/2017 18:03

I'm not saying you'll never come upon any obstacles in your life. Life is messy. It rarely goes as we plan. What's that old saying, "If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plan." Now I don't think its as bad as all that. And I don't think you should go through life WITHOUT a plan, either....

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