We Get What We Give

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Spiritual Food

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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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Trading the Truth for a Lie

Mark Farley November 3, 2024 0 Likes 33 Views

**Truth or consequences…**

Perhaps you have a better handle on this, but it can get confusing for me at times to know when I am getting the truth or a lie with respect to information.

Looking at information for just about anything these days takes a measure or patience mixed with persistence to sort through the word vomit and visual imagery to learn the truth needed to make a decision.

Trying to help Miss Tami find sunscreen for her face became a hunting expedition as we read ingredients and learned about all kinds of scary stuff that is part of the ingredients in some brands.

I am neither a scientist nor an expert, but it seems to me that putting various concoctions and mixtures of alcohol and mineral oils on one one’s face cannot be good in the long run, let alone make a good sunscreen for sensitive skin!

***Experience, trust, and faith are the anchors I depend on to get me through.***

We found the brand she likes and lo and behold, no alcohol or mineral based petroleum products are used!

This experience leads me to my thought for today,..

**How are we reading the ingredients that we are putting into our spiritual lives?**

***Are we getting the good soul food from God’s Word or….***

**Are we getting “junk food” and chemical substitutes that make us feel good for the moment but have no lasting spiritual nutritional value?…**

Check your experience…

***“We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again:” Big Book pg. 33***

*Lord, let us look for Your Truth in seeking Your will and learning from Your Word, AMEN.*

***“They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,” Romans 1:25***

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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 40 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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Fixing Broken Connections

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