Tag: thoughts
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The Captive Mind
5…and take every thought captive to obey Christ…–2 Corinthians 10 Paul was teaching the Corinthian church about the war the were all involved in. He would later famously teach the same truth to the Ephesian church (ch. 6) with the ‘armor of God’ passage. The war is fought not in the flesh as in armies…
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Self-Control and Discipline
24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.25Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable.26So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating…
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The Mind of Christ
14The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, 16for, “Who has…
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Bedtime Thoughts
3You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,you have tested me, and you will find nothing–Psalm 17 The Hebrew word for ‘tried’ has a meaning of ‘examined.’ The word for ‘tested’ is linked to a goldsmith’s method of refining precious metals. The metal is heated to a high degree and the impurities…
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Four Arrows for Your Self-Talk Quiver
Let’s take these line by line from Psalm 9:1-2. I used bold type for the verses. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart I need to respond to my situations with thanksgiving. Gratefulness is one of the best motivating attitudes. My whole inner person needs to be involved in this. This gratefulness influences…
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Life and Judgment
8So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity. 9Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your…
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Nursing Home Theology
29And do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, nor be worried. 30For all the nations of the world seek after these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.–Luke 12 I have the pleasure of visiting a…
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Two Teams
23Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.–Luke 11 Jesus had just cast out a demon. And some accused Him of having the power to drive out demons because he actually belonged to Team Satan. Jesus framed the matter with an either/or. Satan is driven out by…
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Abraham Laughed First
16I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” 17Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall…
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Jesus and the Inner Person
6Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7“Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?–Mark 2 Many of us…
Joel M Bradshaw 