Ask yourself if you are learning things about Jesus, or are you learning things from him? Are you truly his student? Have you made him your primary teacher concerning the things that matter most in life? This is a simple yes or no question. If the answer is "no", do you want things to be different? How might you go about that?
Develop a discipline for "listening" to what you find when you look out and look up -- think on it, breathe on it, pray on it but incorporate the moment and don't just let it glance off you.
Develop a discipline for "listening" to what you find when you look out and look up -- think on it, breathe on it, pray on it but incorporate the moment and don't just let it glance off you.
Practicing the elimination of manipulation and rationalization requires that we let our “yes be a yes and our no be a no”. In order for this to work as it should, we will have to trust that God will care for us and others when conflicts arise.
Practicing the elimination of manipulation and rationalization requires that we let our "yes be a yes and our no be a no". In order for this to work as it should, we will have to trust that God will care for us and others when conflicts arise.