Category Archives: Thoughts

Blogs speaking of renewing the mind.

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My Goal to Read/Listen to the Bible in a Year

Yearly Goals

Each year I have a long-standing goal to read/listen to the Bible in a year. This is the only goal that I make at the beginning of each year that I have been able to finish consistently by years end incidentally.

Goal to Read/Listen to the Bible in a Year.

There are others for example like, losing weight, eating healthy, getting active, that I don’t seem to do too well. Unfortunately, my weight fluctuates, my diet yo-yos between healthy and unhealthy, simultaneously with my activity level throughout the course of the year.

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Galatians – Overcoming Perverted Doctrines

Introduction:

Freedom from Slavery

When Adam and Eve caved to Satan’s deception, that action cast the whole human race into slavery to sin, the embodiment of the curse and suffering.

The spirit of fear entered the heart of man. Where Satan could reign through sin in his diabolical desired actions to kill, steal, and destroy.

Thank God for the Cross of Jesus Christ:

  • His purpose – for freedom He set us free
  • He set us free from the slavery of sin. Slavery from the baser spiritual elements of the world
  • He came to give us life, and that more abundantly
  • Not only that, but He sent us the mighty Holy Spirit to help and assist
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Is it OK to Give Money to Beggars?

Is it OK to give money to the homeless, pan handlers, and beggars? This is a question that I struggle with at times. The struggle comes with the thought that perhaps the beggars are drug addicts, or alcoholics and that by giving I will aid and abet their habit. Or, that they are lazy, and the scriptural admonition comes to mind “that if you don’t work you don’t eat.”

Recently we were back in the Pacific Northwest for vacation. My wife upset some of the family we were visiting with when we were touring an area near Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington. She had spoken kind words to a couple of youthful beggars and had given $20 out of compassion. I was called over and heard their expressed displeasure because of it.

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Restarting My Blog

Happy New Year 2018

In restarting the blog, a thought that has come across my mind is, if I write about my point of view, that God is a good God! That He loves us and cares for us. That ideally what is written in the Bible is how we should attempt to live. That we are to be not only hearers of the gospel, but also doers of what is written, I could have an effect on people for the better.

It’s been over a year since I’ve written a blog post. There for a bit I had tried to do some video editing for the Church I attend. It went OK for a while. But, I put so much time in a couple minute spot each week, that I found myself getting only a couple hours of sleep a night, which affected my health.

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Stop Milkshake-Multitasking

Chapter 6 of "Switch On Your Brain: The Key To Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health"

In today’s fast paced environment, it seems that our brains are switching between topics with increased rapidity. We are in danger of producing the equivalent of a neurochemical milkshake by switching between thoughts and tasks on a prolonged repeated basis.

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Entering Into Directed Rest

In today’s hyperactive socially connected world, people are over stimulated in just about every aspect of life. The Lord rested from His work when it was completed. But the trouble with many of us is, our minds never enter into that Sabbath rest that the Lord prescribes for us.

Default Mode Network

Our brain is wonderfully made. There are many systems and networks interconnected within the brain that work harmoniously with one another.

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Catch Those Thoughts (Part 2)

I was going to write on Chapter 5, “Entering into Directed Rest” as I work through Dr. Caroline Leaf’s book “Switch on Your Brain.” But, something wouldn’t allow me to move on just yet. There is a little more that needs to be explored in Chapter 4 entitled “Catch Those Thoughts.”

We all have the capability of capturing our thoughts and bringing them into obedience of Christ as called out in 2 Cor. 10:5. This is easier said than done at times.

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Catch Those Thoughts

Chapter 4 of "Switch On Your Brain: The Key To Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health"

Little League Fundamentals

I used to coach boys and girls little league baseball and softball. To take those little tykes and teach them the fundamentals of the game and to make it fun was enjoyable for me.  Their shortened attention spans, but eagerness to please was always evident.

One of the key fundamentals I always stressed was catching the ball. If we were going to have any success and a good time on the ball field, then we as a team needed to be able to do this.