Rick Thomas | Your Daily Drive

Imagine the Apostle Paul coming to you with a thorn stuck in his flesh, metaphorically speaking, and wanting your help. What would be your primary goal as you try to serve Paul? Would you try to help him change his circumstances, or would you try to help him make personal heart changes in light of his unchanging problem?

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The animating center of your life should be a growing, adventurous, powerful, satisfying, and reciprocal relationship with God. If you are not incrementally and consistently heading in that direction, stop and turn around because you are going the wrong way. Let me explain how to do that.

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The noetic effect of sin means our thinking can be stinking at times. Humans, born in the image of God, fell into sin. Our fall broke the purity and clarity of the mind that God gave to us. We need a change of mind, which this mind map will help us do.

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Your emotions can be good or bad, but in either case, they reflect what is going on in your thought life. If the emotions are right, the person is thinking and responding biblically. If the emotions are not good, the person needs your compassionate and patient biblical care to help them change their thinking.

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Where you place your hope will determine how you finish your journey. You will either live well or die hard, depending on what makes up your hopefulness.

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Self-righteousness is a sense of moral superiority that appoints us a prosecutor of others people’s sinfulness. At times, we relate to hurtful individuals as though we’re incapable of the sins they commit, which is why governing your heart is your first call to action before you engage hurtful people.

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Trying to be perfect in an imperfect world to garner the good opinion of others will hurt your relationships with God, family, and friends. Let me illustrate how this works with my friend Mable.

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It is common for there to be other participants in any relational conflict. Whether they want to be involved or not, bystanders will have more than a passive role in the problem. How will you respond?

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Thinking like a victim is easy to do. Becoming a professional victim takes more work, but it can happen, especially if you've experienced repeated hurt for an extended period. And even though you're hurting, the Lord is calling you to a better life, a victorious one.

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The Lord and the Bible will not work well for you if those two wonderful things are all you have. There seems to be a consensus of affirmation among many Christians who believe the Lord and His Word are all you need. The Bible would not support this narrow claim on how sanctification happens. Let me tell you a story.

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