1 Peter 4:7b Therefore be clear-minded and self-controlled, so that you can pray. To have the mind of Christ simply means that we must think like Jesus. Before we talk and walk our thoughts must change. The sum of all your thoughts comprises your overall attitude – John C Maxwell. Attitude must transform before actions...
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25 July 2021 – Mastermind – Part 3
Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Mind controls our emotions. The brain is the physical place where the mind resides. Mind is the spiritual energy that generates thoughts and emotions which build physical structures in our brains. Dr Caroline Leaf, a cognitive neuroscientist, explains that...
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24 July 2021 – Mastermind – Part 2
1 Peter 1:13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ‘Abstract thinkers’ unlike ‘analytical thinkers’ glide on imaginations. They are normally criticised as “wishful thinkers” who cruise on empty space and fancy fallacies and fables....
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23 July 2021 – Mastermind – Part 1
Philippians 2:5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus A recent study has concluded that a normal person has from about 6,000 to 6,200 thoughts a day! The brain is the body’s most complex organ. The brain is the central processing unit and the rest of the nervous system...
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22 July 2021 – Small is Big – Part 7
Luke 16:10 “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.” Little is plenty in God’s appraisal. Faithfulness is the coal that accelerates momentum. The test of honesty will always be with the little that is entrusted...
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21 July 2021 – Small is Big – Part 6
Matthew 17:20 Jesus replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Small is not little in God’s economy. The mustard seed is around one-tenth of...
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20 July 2021 – Small is Big – Part 5
Judges 7:7 The Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the others go home.” Few is many in God’s military strategy. Gideon marched with 32,000 soldiers against the forces of the Midianites enemy but the Lord sent back...
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19 July 2021 – Small is Big – Part 4
1 Kings 19: That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. One is too many in God’s military brigade. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art of the First Cities lists the research from Dr. Ira Spar, the Research Assyriologist, which includes the Annals of Sennacherib, in...
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18 July 2021 – Small is Big – Part 3
Matthew 25:15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. A tiny branded Gucci purse will be four times the price of a big flashy handbag with sparkles and crystals. The intrinsic value and worth of the product is not in the size but it’s...
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17 July 2021 – Small is Big – Part 2
2 Kings 4:2 “Your servant has nothing there at all,” she said, “except a small jar of olive oil.”. In August of 1923, Walt Disney took a train to Hollywood from Kansas City with few drawing materials and $40 in his pocket. Today, the networth of “The Walt Disney Company” is $122.18 Billion. Snow White...