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Gooood Morning, dear Disciple!

Ah! Isn’t it a bright, warm, and sunny morning today? Let us praise the Lord for giving us a NEW DAY!

I just THOUGHT of reminding us of this very POWERFUL scripture in the book of Psalms. It says in Psalm 103:9, “You don’t look at us only to find our faults, just so that You can hold a grudge against us.”

Our God does not LOOK AT US TO FIND OUR FAULTS OR HOLD A GRUDGE AGAINST US.
Oh, but how many times in a day do we look at others to find their faults, and hold grudges and unforgiveness, especially toward those who have failed us, hurt us, or don’t like us?

These THOUGHTS become HARD-WIRED inside our MIND over time. A PATTERN gets created in our BRAIN by REPEATED THINKING, and the whole episode inside us becomes AUTOMATED.

That means it becomes a HABIT of HATRED, ANGER, BITTERNESS, and UNFORGIVENESS towards others. The next time we see those people, all these negative emotions of anger and bitterness comes rushing through us like a ‘dragon’. And most times we have little or no control over it. Now you see how we need to be careful with our THOUGHT LIFE. We are unconsciously creating PATTERNS, GOOD or BAD.

SO WHAT SORT OF THOUGHTS THEN WE NEED TO ENTERTAIN, FOR OUR MIND AND BRAIN TO AUTOMATE, CREATE NEW PATTERNS AND REPLACE THE OLD? 

Here is a small list -

Philippians 4:8  - Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things..

LET US ENSURE TO WEAR ON THE 'PHILIPPIANS 4:8 SPECTACLES' EVERYDAY, AND LOOK AT PEOPLE ONLY THROUGH THEM AND THINK THOSE PRAISEWORTHY THOUGHTS ABOUT THEM. 

Life will be truly ENRICHING for us and others too.

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Shalom!

(Scripture References: 2 Cor 10, Romans 12, Philippians 4)



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