Good News!

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From the Heart

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**It’s a matter of your heart…**

Have you ever had a situation where even though you are there, your heart’s not in it?

Perhaps it’s out of your immediate control and for the greater good you need to be there, but given your preferences, you would choose to be elsewhere.

I am sure we all have these times, and we manage to get through them just fine.

**What about your faith?**

***While it’s good to go to church and participate in worship,***

**it’s not so good if our hearts are not in it.**

God doesn’t care where we are physically at,

***but He does want our hearts to be open and full of faith.***

**Believing is a heart matter and our actions show our faith…**

Check your experience…

***“It was only a matter of being willing to believe in a Power greater than myself. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning.” Big Book pg. 12***

*Lord, let us keep our hearts open and filled with our belief in You and Your promises, AMEN.*

***“For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.” Romans 10:10***

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Daily Dose

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The Power of Choice

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Isolated Thoughts

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**We are not alone…**

There are all sorts of hi-tech headsets, earphones, and other apparatus that makes it very easy to isolate these days.

Heck, with headphones being so popular, it’s almost even cool to keep them on whenever possible.

This comfortable isolation is good for brief periods to allow for pause, meditation, rest, and or prayer, but when it happens often and for long periods of time, then it can be very dangerous.

***This type of isolation not only separates you from others but also closes your heart to the Holy Spirit.***

**Think about it, in times of stress or strain, do you find yourself desiring to be alone with your own thoughts?**

Again, for a brief moment, its fine, but when it becomes a constant preferred mechanism of escape then problems left inside our own head become issues that lead to all sorts of behaviors, actions, and ultimately consequences we do not need.

Sharing your life’s trials, twists, turns, and temptations with other believers will not only keep you from falling victim to the delusions of the isolated mind, but will also allow the Holy Spirit to show you the solution.

**Are you isolating?..**

Check your experience…

***“No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found in that bitter morass of self-pity.” Big Book pg. 8***

*Lord, let us know that You put others in our lives to for us to lean on in rough times, AMEN.*

***“That their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love.” Colossians 2:2***

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Are You Teachable?

Mark Farley October 28, 2024 0 Likes 29 Views

Becoming teachable…
Remember the last time you were able to lay aside your preconceived notions, expectations, and self-made opinions in order to truly learn something new?

Yeah, it’s been a while for me too! Part of having free will and becoming an adult is this magic magnifying mind that we have that likes to unconsciously grow and feed from our perceptions and experiences.
It tries to predict situations for us as well as attempts to harden our hearts through our own self-made assessments and judgements.

Until we stop this process and set aside the ability and power it has over us, we cease to truly grow spiritually.
Kids don’t have this.
They look to us with wide eyes and open minds thirsty to learn.

It’s only when we can open our minds willingly in this manner can God truly teach us and fill our hearts with His Spirit and wisdom.
Are you still willing and able to be teachable?..
Check your experience…

“But after a while we had to face the fact that we must find a spiritual basis of life-or else.” Big Book pg 44

Lord let us set aside our own thoughts and become teachable like a child for Your Word, AMEN.

“He said: I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3
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What’s the Cost?

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**What is the total cost?..**

Anyone who knows me understands my preference to avoid numbers in just about every situation that I can.

**What I have learned in life and in school is that everything has a cost.**

***Not only a numerical valued cost, but also the cost of time, effort, relationships, and growth.***

It’s pretty easy to count the numerical cost in most things.

My wallet and my bank account are a constant reminder that I am not made of money.

**Now maybe it’s different for you, but it’s those other costs that are the most expensive to me.**

***I have learned to ask myself what is the cost; to the relationship, time, as well as what value is to be gained.***

**Needless to say, whenever Miss Tami or my daughter needs me, that automatically wins, …**

***but what about the time I spend on other matters that may or may not be healthy for me or my relationships with my family, friends, and Jesus?…***

Check your experience…

***“Simple, but not easy; a price had to be paid.” Big Book pg. 14***

*Lord, let us include our loves, our priorities, and our relationship with You when we count the cost of our efforts, AMEN.*

***“But don’t begin until you count the cost.” Luke 14:2***8

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Staying Out of My Head

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**Stay outta yer head!…**

Perhaps it’s different for you, but for many folks, myself included at times, we tend to live in our heads and block our emotions and feelings.

**This causes us to make decisions based on self-will that affect us and others in not so good ways.**

Now, hopefully we know that making decisions based on emotions only is also not a healthy thing, but blocking off our emotions prevents us from seeing, hearing, feeling, and allowing our hearts to assist us in making decisions.

Why is this
so important?

***It’s in our hearts where the Holy Spirit lives and guides us WHEN we let Him!..***

Check your experience…

***“Much has already been said about receiving strength, inspiration, and direction from Him who has all knowledge and power.” Big Book pg 85***

*Lord, let us rely on the love in our hearts to guide us in our daily walk, AMEN.*

***“…knowledge puffs up while love builds up” 1 Corinthians 8:1***

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Fixing Broken Connections

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**Fixing those broken connections…**

Have you ever noticed the amount of stuff available that helps us to fix things?

From the self-help meccas of Home Depot and Lowes to the auto parts stores, hardware stores, deep discount big box stores, and even grocery stores, there are kits, tools, parts, and supplies that allow us to fix just about everything.

There are even YouTube videos available for non-mechanical folks like me that will show us how it’s done!

***What about the spiritual and relational connections in our lives that need repair?***

**Sure, there are self-help books, counseling, and therapists to help, but just like all the stuff in our homes we can fix, it requires willingness, effort, and honest hard work on our part.**

The good news is that when Jesus sees our efforts and willingness, HE uses the Holy Spirit living within each of us to guide us on the repair of the relationship with Him as well as others in our lives…

Check your experience…

***“The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous.” Big Book pg. 25***

*Lord let us open our hearts to let the Holy Spirit guide us in repairing and maintaining all of our relationships according to Your will and not ours, AMEN.*

“Jesus replied, You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22: 37-38

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What’s Your Power Source?

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