Genesis 11:6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. The mind, emotions and the will of man are the three compartments in the human soul. The thoughts that are energised by emotions are ignited...
Author: Caroline Joseph (Caroline Joseph)
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06 April 2021 – Mind Over Matter – Part 5
John 10:27a “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them”. Our mind becomes the student of the voice it entertains. There are three voices that constantly converse with us. The voice of the Holy Spirit, the demonic noise and our own human voice. The struggle is to distinguish between the three and choose to...
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05 April 2021 – Mind Over Matter – Part 4
1 Thessalonians 5:8 Let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. The best recommended materials for helmets are polycarbonate plastic or fibreglass. The hard outer surface protects the head from head injury. Similarly, the “Hope of Salvation” is the best recommended headgear...
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04 April 2021 – Mind Over Matter – Part 3
James 1:8 “A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways”. Human mind is a very intelligent coherent cognitive device inbuilt in us. It can recognise words, feelings, logics, motives, voices, sounds, tones and temperaments. However, the coherence and cognitive functions of the minds can be messed up by erratic feelings, external circumstances, ecstasy, misery,...
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03 March 2021 – Mind Over Matter – Part 2
Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks within himself, so is he. Harvard University Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab has proved that more than 60% of the conversations we have are with “ourselves”. We are constantly in a dialogue with our mind as the human mind is a womb. Thoughts are seeds planted in the womb...
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02 April 2021 – Mind Over Matter – Part 1
Proverbs 23:7 As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. Modern translation of the above verse is “change your thoughts and you will change your world”. Disciplining our “mind over matter” will leverage our understanding on mind-centric doctrines, principles and theologies. It simply advocates that thoughts, perceptions, feelings, wills and reasoning will rule the...
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01 April 2021 – Outage – Part 7
Luke 23:44-45 It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two. The day on which Jesus stepped into the shoes of the sinful humanity and gave up His life as a sin...
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31 March 2021 – Outage – Part 6
Exodus 10:21 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt. The Lord struck Egypt with a darkness that could be felt. It was a demonic devouring presence of evil. The loss of livestock, livelihood and consuming locusts did not humble...
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30 March 2021 – Outage – Part 5
2 Kings 7:6-7 The Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!” 7 So they got up and fled in the dusk and abandoned...
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29 March 2021 – Outage – Part 4
Acts 12:7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Quick, get up!” he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists. Peter was arrested for preaching the Gospel. He was placed in a high security cell guarded by...