Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Crying is God's Cleansing
When we are hurt in some way, emotionally trashed, remember to cry real hard, let the design of God's cleansing work through tears, even feel free to talk about it, but don't let it control your attitudes or actions. Those must be kept safe through knowing truth.
Feelings are Stimuli Beware
I am convinced that "feelings" are fleshly responses to stimuli rather than evidence of any truth. We can "feel" good about things that bring us pleasure that are in fact bad for us.
We can "feel" bad about having to do things that are good for us.
When psychology focuses on feelings, they are catering to the basest level of man kind.
When a dog is given a piece of meat laced with poison, they feel excited to get it, they enjoy it vigorously, only to end up dead from it's consumption.
Many things that make us feel temporarily good, are ultimately harmful in the long run. Notice how liberals camp regularly on feelings, demanding that everyone be allowed to "express themselves."
The foolishness of living on the plane of feelings is disastrous and deadly. We have feelings it is good to own what we feel, but they must be evaluated in terms of truth.
If the dog who ate the poison could have been able to rationally ignore his instinct, he would have seen that the person who gave him the meat was evil, he was a stranger who had been contending with the dog in the past. He would have been able to evaluate all the clues to be able to know that the meat might not be safe.
This is how we need to be when given a dose of doctrine in these modern times. We need to ask who is promoting it, what is their reputation and most of all, how does it measure up to the Word of God.
Did you know it is possible to "feel" nothing at all when we are in danger, because we don't know we are in danger, we have no feelings about it. However when we have discernment, we pass from feelings to promptings from the Holy Spirit that tell us to beware. Believe it or not, the sensing of danger often is without feelings, it's deeper than that.
Psychology tends to camp more on feelings that reality. Feelings are not reality, they are nothing more than fleshly responses to stimuli, I know this because I have cried at a very sad movie, when nothing was happening to me nor was anything happening to the actors in the movie, it was all contrived and yet it made me cry. At a scary movie I was fearful, at at happy movie I laughed.
I once heard it said that our brain cannot always discern between truth and fiction, it reacts to the stimuli of what is going into our eyes or our others senses.
Proverbs 4:23 "Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life."
Matthew 6:22 ""The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light."
I believe that we have so much media being infused into our being through television, radio and internet that our brain is lacking the ability to sort out truth from fiction, the reason so many believers have many ungodly ideas floating in their brains.
Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things."
Psychology wants us to be caught up in the morass of feelings, it affords them the ability to manipulate and control us.
Liberals hate it when we are strong thinkers, they have lost control over us when we can look beyond feelings to rational conclusions.
1 Corinthians 2:16 "For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ."
The moral of the story is this; don't allow anyone else to intimidate you into thinking in ways that are contrary to the Word of God. Also, do not allow anyone to manipulate you into dropping the wisdom God has given you to be accepted by the group, whatever group that happens to be.
Jeremiah 10:2 "Thus says the LORD, "Do not learn the way of the nations (pagans), And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens Although the nations are terrified by them;"
We can "feel" bad about having to do things that are good for us.
When psychology focuses on feelings, they are catering to the basest level of man kind.
When a dog is given a piece of meat laced with poison, they feel excited to get it, they enjoy it vigorously, only to end up dead from it's consumption.
Many things that make us feel temporarily good, are ultimately harmful in the long run. Notice how liberals camp regularly on feelings, demanding that everyone be allowed to "express themselves."
The foolishness of living on the plane of feelings is disastrous and deadly. We have feelings it is good to own what we feel, but they must be evaluated in terms of truth.
If the dog who ate the poison could have been able to rationally ignore his instinct, he would have seen that the person who gave him the meat was evil, he was a stranger who had been contending with the dog in the past. He would have been able to evaluate all the clues to be able to know that the meat might not be safe.
This is how we need to be when given a dose of doctrine in these modern times. We need to ask who is promoting it, what is their reputation and most of all, how does it measure up to the Word of God.
Did you know it is possible to "feel" nothing at all when we are in danger, because we don't know we are in danger, we have no feelings about it. However when we have discernment, we pass from feelings to promptings from the Holy Spirit that tell us to beware. Believe it or not, the sensing of danger often is without feelings, it's deeper than that.
Psychology tends to camp more on feelings that reality. Feelings are not reality, they are nothing more than fleshly responses to stimuli, I know this because I have cried at a very sad movie, when nothing was happening to me nor was anything happening to the actors in the movie, it was all contrived and yet it made me cry. At a scary movie I was fearful, at at happy movie I laughed.
I once heard it said that our brain cannot always discern between truth and fiction, it reacts to the stimuli of what is going into our eyes or our others senses.
Proverbs 4:23 "Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life."
Matthew 6:22 ""The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light."
I believe that we have so much media being infused into our being through television, radio and internet that our brain is lacking the ability to sort out truth from fiction, the reason so many believers have many ungodly ideas floating in their brains.
Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things."
Psychology wants us to be caught up in the morass of feelings, it affords them the ability to manipulate and control us.
Liberals hate it when we are strong thinkers, they have lost control over us when we can look beyond feelings to rational conclusions.
1 Corinthians 2:16 "For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ."
The moral of the story is this; don't allow anyone else to intimidate you into thinking in ways that are contrary to the Word of God. Also, do not allow anyone to manipulate you into dropping the wisdom God has given you to be accepted by the group, whatever group that happens to be.
Jeremiah 10:2 "Thus says the LORD, "Do not learn the way of the nations (pagans), And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens Although the nations are terrified by them;"
Kent Hovind Goes Rogue
If I hear one more time the silly phrase "eat the meat and spit out the bones", I think I will go out to the trees and scream. When a book is full of blasphemy, we are to reject that book, warn others and throw the whole thing out.
Something was just not right about Kent Hovind,, even though he has some good information about creationism. But his arrogance about paying taxes was of concern for me and his comment that the law that put him away for law breaking, "was a stupid law", tells me he was not repentant. This response tells me he is still arrogant, still stubborn and his delivery is prideful. I see the same attitude of superiority that I see in many narcissists. He truly acts as though he considers himself "special."
He told jokes about women, that could have been shrugged off, but subtly taught disrespect for women through joking. Now he is defending the book "The Shack" as though it is something wonderful to compliment the Bible. I see a lot of pride in this man and his response to criticism about "The Shack", is nothing less than smugness and vanity.
Thank the Lord he will never be king!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPdEvidq6ec
Something was just not right about Kent Hovind,, even though he has some good information about creationism. But his arrogance about paying taxes was of concern for me and his comment that the law that put him away for law breaking, "was a stupid law", tells me he was not repentant. This response tells me he is still arrogant, still stubborn and his delivery is prideful. I see the same attitude of superiority that I see in many narcissists. He truly acts as though he considers himself "special."
He told jokes about women, that could have been shrugged off, but subtly taught disrespect for women through joking. Now he is defending the book "The Shack" as though it is something wonderful to compliment the Bible. I see a lot of pride in this man and his response to criticism about "The Shack", is nothing less than smugness and vanity.
Thank the Lord he will never be king!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPdEvidq6ec
Discipline God's Way is Love
In the matter of the teaching of self esteem and the belief that all human beings are basically good; sadly many Christians live as though they seriously believe these things but claim they don't. If we want to know what someone really believes, watch their life to see how it fleshes out. The words are easy, but the proof is in the living.
When we see a family who says they believe in discipline but do it sparingly, while attempting to reason with a small child, ending up giving in to the child, we have witnessed someone who has allowed the child to be in control. That same child will grow up lacking respect and honor for the parent who does this, but also for any other authority in their life. The parent who disciplines will be disdained by the children when the other parent negates that discipline.
It is human nature for children and people in general to take the easy route, aligning themselves with those who allow them to be disobedient, rude and disrespectful. No matter how many others are obeying God in discipline, the child who is pampered by one parent, will take the side of the lenient parent.
All we have to do to prove this point is watch our culture all around us while most parents treat their children as equals and undermine anyone around them that would require obedience.
The liberal parents of today in the United States, are the norm. Children show little honor and respect to those that are their elders. In our day, all adults were allowed to chastise anyone's child. Now we are told to mind our own business, or the parent of the disorderly child comforts the child when another adult corrects them. In these cases it is the lenient parents who are disobedient and disorderly. They are more concerned about the child adoring them, than they are about the future results of coddling a child.
Proverbs 13:24 "He who withholds his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently."
So many parents these days don't realize they are fostering an independent rebellious attitude in their child when they comfort them after they have been corrected by another adult. Not to mention they are teaching the child to disrespect that particular adult.
It is my hope that there are Christian young people raising children who are seeking God through His Word for their life perspective, caring more about the spiritual well being of their child than they do about being accepted by the culture or liked by their children. Children do not enjoy discipline but they know when they deserve it and they know that it is love. They might not be able to express it, but they still know it.
I have heard the testimonies of adults who say they didn't think their parent loved them because they never place any restrictions or rules on them, and they never remember being disciplined by them.
When we pay little or no attention to what our children are doing, they perceive it for what it is, lack of love or caring, even though these adult children know it was not loving or caring they remain in their rebellion because it was how they were trained.
Children know when we are frantically doing what is expedient to get the child out of our hair. They also know when we take the time to discipline and speak often with them, that we care deeply about them.
When we allow rebellion and even coddling when they are naughty, we are training them to operate in continual resistance to teaching and correction. They will carry this burden through their entire lives, even destroying relationships because of their resistance to compliance.
Children who have been raised liberally on independence from authority, will not recognize love when it is shown them. Because they have been ignored and coddles, they will grow up thinking that love is merely giving someone whatever they want, never chastising, teaching or correcting. These people are at risk of being sucked into the liberal world, easily influence by anyone who accepts everything they do without challenge. They tend to destroy real relationships in favor of those who don't care one wit about them.
The most successful adults have been those who were trained to obey authority, follow the rules and respect the opinion of their elders. These adults are hard workers, possess ingenuity while being productive at whatever they do in life.
Do you love your child God's way, or is your love superficial and selfish?
1 Peter 4:8 "Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins."
God loves so deeply that He disciplines His children to bring them to a place of obedience that they might prosper in life and spiritually. He is our example to follow in raising our children.
Hebrews 12:6 "FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."
When we see a family who says they believe in discipline but do it sparingly, while attempting to reason with a small child, ending up giving in to the child, we have witnessed someone who has allowed the child to be in control. That same child will grow up lacking respect and honor for the parent who does this, but also for any other authority in their life. The parent who disciplines will be disdained by the children when the other parent negates that discipline.
It is human nature for children and people in general to take the easy route, aligning themselves with those who allow them to be disobedient, rude and disrespectful. No matter how many others are obeying God in discipline, the child who is pampered by one parent, will take the side of the lenient parent.
All we have to do to prove this point is watch our culture all around us while most parents treat their children as equals and undermine anyone around them that would require obedience.
The liberal parents of today in the United States, are the norm. Children show little honor and respect to those that are their elders. In our day, all adults were allowed to chastise anyone's child. Now we are told to mind our own business, or the parent of the disorderly child comforts the child when another adult corrects them. In these cases it is the lenient parents who are disobedient and disorderly. They are more concerned about the child adoring them, than they are about the future results of coddling a child.
Proverbs 13:24 "He who withholds his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently."
So many parents these days don't realize they are fostering an independent rebellious attitude in their child when they comfort them after they have been corrected by another adult. Not to mention they are teaching the child to disrespect that particular adult.
It is my hope that there are Christian young people raising children who are seeking God through His Word for their life perspective, caring more about the spiritual well being of their child than they do about being accepted by the culture or liked by their children. Children do not enjoy discipline but they know when they deserve it and they know that it is love. They might not be able to express it, but they still know it.
I have heard the testimonies of adults who say they didn't think their parent loved them because they never place any restrictions or rules on them, and they never remember being disciplined by them.
When we pay little or no attention to what our children are doing, they perceive it for what it is, lack of love or caring, even though these adult children know it was not loving or caring they remain in their rebellion because it was how they were trained.
Children know when we are frantically doing what is expedient to get the child out of our hair. They also know when we take the time to discipline and speak often with them, that we care deeply about them.
When we allow rebellion and even coddling when they are naughty, we are training them to operate in continual resistance to teaching and correction. They will carry this burden through their entire lives, even destroying relationships because of their resistance to compliance.
Children who have been raised liberally on independence from authority, will not recognize love when it is shown them. Because they have been ignored and coddles, they will grow up thinking that love is merely giving someone whatever they want, never chastising, teaching or correcting. These people are at risk of being sucked into the liberal world, easily influence by anyone who accepts everything they do without challenge. They tend to destroy real relationships in favor of those who don't care one wit about them.
The most successful adults have been those who were trained to obey authority, follow the rules and respect the opinion of their elders. These adults are hard workers, possess ingenuity while being productive at whatever they do in life.
Do you love your child God's way, or is your love superficial and selfish?
1 Peter 4:8 "Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins."
God loves so deeply that He disciplines His children to bring them to a place of obedience that they might prosper in life and spiritually. He is our example to follow in raising our children.
Hebrews 12:6 "FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."
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