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Episode Synopsis
What you think becomes a belief, and your belief drives your feelings and actions. These lead to behaviors. And eventually, influence your destiny. Joy, encouragement, and hope from God’s truths are superpowers for our souls and insulate us against the wear and tear from the hardships and darkness that are swirling around us. You can learn to access
How do we obtain this joy and hope and keep it when the arrows of darkness are flying around us? That’s what we are exploring today. Grab a friend and join in.
Scripture:
2 Corinthians 10:5; Romans 12:2; Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 1:18
10 Steps to help:
1. Think about what you are thinking about.
2. Be willing to seek the truth even if it clashes with your thoughts.
3. Decide if you will believe God's word or the other thoughts you are hearing/believing. Many of our beliefs come from childhood. Why am I still thinking this?
4. Remember that the temptation that got Adam and Eve kicked out of the garden (constant communion with God) was the 'tree of knowledge'. They wanted to know what God knew or thought they knew what was best. That is the root of original sin. Pride. “Pretensions that set themselves up against God”.
5. If what we think does not align with God's word/truth, are we willing to lay down our old thought and latch onto the new?
6. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Pray. Ponder.
7. Ask Holy Spirit to seal it in you.
8. Ask friends to help
9. Write it down.
10. Keep reading, singing, worshipping, praying, and remembering.
How do we obtain this joy and hope and keep it when the arrows of darkness are flying around us? That’s what we are exploring today. Grab a friend and join in.
Scripture:
2 Corinthians 10:5; Romans 12:2; Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 1:18
10 Steps to help:
1. Think about what you are thinking about.
2. Be willing to seek the truth even if it clashes with your thoughts.
3. Decide if you will believe God's word or the other thoughts you are hearing/believing. Many of our beliefs come from childhood. Why am I still thinking this?
4. Remember that the temptation that got Adam and Eve kicked out of the garden (constant communion with God) was the 'tree of knowledge'. They wanted to know what God knew or thought they knew what was best. That is the root of original sin. Pride. “Pretensions that set themselves up against God”.
5. If what we think does not align with God's word/truth, are we willing to lay down our old thought and latch onto the new?
6. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Pray. Ponder.
7. Ask Holy Spirit to seal it in you.
8. Ask friends to help
9. Write it down.
10. Keep reading, singing, worshipping, praying, and remembering.
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