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Treating Symptoms, or the Problem?
When you see a doctor for uncomfortable symptoms, the point is to find out the problem that's causing them. If you have pain, you might take some pain medicine for a while so you can function, but that doesn't actually fix the problem, it just minimizes your awareness...
Just Say So
Sometimes we go about life feeling miserable because someone didn't do or say something we wanted or needed. But sometimes that's because they didn't know we wanted or needed it. Sometimes a lot of complications in life can be cleared up by simply telling someone how...
When God Moves the Furniture
Sometimes God needs to rearrange your life. Sometimes He puts things in different places to better optimize how things are done, or gets rid of things to make room for something else, or does both to make it easier for you to move around. Sometimes God needs to move...
The Consequences of Doing God’s Will
As Charles Stanley put it, "Obey God and leave the consequences to Him." Obeying God is sometimes going to be scary, sometimes downright terrifying. But remember that God is the one calling you to action, so He knows what the results will be. God has called you, so He...
Letting and Keeping
A while back my pastor talked about keeping your life pure. God will give you all the help you need, but if you aren't putting in the work, it won't happen. You can't let your life be clean, you must keep it clean. He gave the example of a bathtub. You can't let a...
Instructions and Relationship
A while back while talking with some friends at church, we got on the topic of how sometimes God doesn't lay out hard and fast rules in the Bible, sometimes He lays out guidelines and principles so that we'll actually have to go to Him for clarification, and so that...