In my previous post Self deception I covered a few ways that we may deceive ourselves and today I want to talk about another way that we often deceive ourselves that can have a detrimental affect on us. It is the topic of our sins. Lets take a closer look at what I mean. When …
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Get to know Yourself better (questionnaire)
Understanding ourselves is what I believe is the first step in any kind of growth or change that we need or want to make. Gaining that understanding can often be a challenge as we tend to place blame, fault, excuses, or reasoning behind our actions or ways. In order for us to understand ourselves and …
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Understanding ourselves
In order to understand who we are and why we do some of the things that we do, we have to understand exactly who it is that we are as a human being. We were all created as tri part beings. We are made up of our spirit, our soul, and our body. Each part …
Free from what?
John 8: 31-32 If you hold to my teachings then you are truly my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. This scripture speaks volumes of good wisdom that can help us in life. What does it mean to hold to His teachings? It could mean to memorize …
Your Identity in Christ
We get so focused on who we are because of what Adam and Eve did in the garden of Eden that we lose sight of who we are because of what Christ did on the cross. It is so easy for us to see ourselves as this poor miserable sinner that can't ever do anything …
Perfected by faith
In my walk with God I have found that it is easy to fall into the trap of self-condemnation and lose sight of faith in Jesus and grace. When we first accept Jesus we know and believe that our sins are forgiven and we are made right with God. But what about after that initial …
Who is influencing you?
When we think about the choices and decisions that we make we usually don't think about what or who is influencing them. When we have thoughts come to our mind, rather good or bad ones, we take them as just our thoughts. When we respond to our emotions or a situation, we look at it …
The Abundant Life 