Real change is an inside job. You might alter things a day or two with money and systems, but the heart of the matter is, and always will be, the matter of the heart.
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[/align]Allow me to get specific. Our problem is sin. Not finances. Not budgets. Not overcrowded prisons or drug dealers. Our problem is sin. We are in rebellion against our Creator. We are separated from our Father. We are cut off from the source of life. A new president or policy won"™t fix that. It can only be solved by God.
[/align]That"™s why the Bible uses drastic terms like conversion, repentance, and lost and found. Society may renovate, but only God re-creates.
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[/align]Here is a practical exercise to put this truth into practice. The next time alarms go off in your world, ask yourself three questions.
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[/align]1. Is there any unconfessed sin in my life?"¦
[/align]2. Are there any unresolved conflicts in my world?"¦
[/align]3. Are there any unsurrendered worries in my heart?"¦
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[/align]Alarms serve a purpose. They signal a problem. Sometimes the problem is out there. More often it"™s in here. So before you peek outside, take a good look inside.
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Great post! Lucado has a very awesome talent. A very loving way to explainto pull the log out of your own eye before you point out the sliver in your brothers'. Have a Merry Christmas if I don't see you on before! I am praying for God's will in your life. Let me know if she says yes, and I am being a bit girly here but I want the details.
I watched the movie step-mom with Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts and this guy proposed to Julia by having the ring on a string that he tied to his finger and tied the other end to hers and talked about the connection and bond connecting them, ever since then how people propose has been interesting. I'm a dork I know
Great post! Lucado has a very awesome talent. A very loving way to explainto pull the log out of your own eye before you point out the sliver in your brothers'. Have a Merry Christmas if I don't see you on before! I am praying for God's will in your life. Let me know if she says yes, and I am being a bit girly here but I want the details.
I watched the movie step-mom with Susan Sarandon and Julia Roberts and this guy proposed to Julia by having the ring on a string that he tied to his finger and tied the other end to hers and talked about the connection and bond connecting them, ever since then how people propose has been interesting. I'm a dork I know
I REALLY appreciate all the prayers. Thank You! I still plan to ask her on Christmas evening and will (hope to get some video) tell you and show you how it goes. I am working out the details with the jeweler but it has been a process. And BTW.. arent we all a dork? Merry Christmas to you too if I dont talk to before hand. I do like a lot of Max Lucado's stuff too.
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Real change is an inside job....
