Romans 7:22-23 I love God’s law with all my heart. But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. The author and the leader of the Chinese Church (1903-1972) Pastor Watchman Nee, in his book “The Spiritual Man”...
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03 November 2023 – Messy Mind – Part 6
Deuteronomy 17:18 “Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites. As part of the crowning ceremony of a king, it was mandatory for the kings of Israel to...
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02 November 2023 – Messy Mind – Part 5
Matthew 26:41 Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” We are a tri-part being spirit, soul and body. In God’s original design our soul must get instructions from the spirit and the body would take instructions from the soul. Our innermost spirit...
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01 November 2023 – Messy Mind – Part 4
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. The focus of the mind is the driver that determines peace or misery. A mind that is anchored on the Lord will be in “perfect peace” but a mind that is attached to the fleeting pleasure of...
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31 October 2023 – Messy Mind – Part 3
Proverbs 23:7a For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he. Where the mind goes the man goes. Our words and actions are a result of our meditation. “Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today” – John Maxwell. Thoughts become words and...
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30 October 2023 – Messy Mind – Part 2
Genesis 6:5 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. There is a distinction between the thoughts of the mind and the thoughts of the heart. The thoughts of our mind/soul are driven by emotions, intellects and...
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29 October 2023 – Messy Mind – Part 1
Roman 1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Psychological and emotional problems such as depression, anxiety and panic attacks have risen by 13% over the past 10 years. The world’s leading disorder is depression and...
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28 October 2023 – Prayer – Part 7
Luke 23:34 And Jesus was saying, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you – C. S. Lewis Prayer of Jesus on the cross is the most powerful prayer in the Bible. It is...
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27 October 2023 – Prayer – Part 6
Exodus 34:29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD. ‘I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.’ — Martin Luther...
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26 October 2023 – Prayer – Part 5
2 Samuel 7:28-29 “Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign Lord, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will...