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Sunday, February 3, 2019

Time to change


ANY CHANGE I WANT IN MY LIFE starts in my mind. I CAN CHANGE how I feel by changing the way I think. EVERY BEHAVIOR IS BASED on a belief. ANYTIME I SIN, AT THAT MOMENT, I'm believing a lie.  




Rick Warren

Mind Control


 MY THOUGHTS control my life, BUT I CAN

control my thoughts.  Rick Warren

Temptation is an inside job.


It starts within you.  No fish bites a bare hook.  Satan baits the hook, and he knows your favorite flavor of bait. Ask, do I really want to think about this right now?   


Rick Warren 

Belief = Temptation


Change starts in your mind not in your life.  It starts with what you want to change. The way you feel is determined by how you think.  How you act is determined by how you feel. Behind everything that you do is a belief.  If I’m acting scared, I’m thinking scary thoughts.  What are the beliefs beneath your behavior?  Ask that question during times of temptation.   


Rick Warren

Resist = Persists


What you resist persists.  Change the channel of your mind. You’re feelings are resistant to your will.  You can’t force a feeling, but you can force a thought.  Your thoughts change your feelings.  


Rick Warren

Do you have an open mind?


Just because you have an open mind doesn’t mean that you should allow people to put stuff in it. Why are you allowing other people to control what you think? 



Rick Warren

Hurt?

Luke 17:1    (NKJV)  Then He (Jesus) said to the disciples,  “It is impossible that no   offenses should come, but   woe  to him  through...