So today in church, Pastor Casey just came out and said it's time to read our Bibles every day. (Hebrews 4:12)
And, not only that, but he suggested that we are to "reflect on it deeply" (Psalm 119:15) and "respond to it obediently." (James 1:25)
The three Rs of a spiritual breakthrough. Read your Bible, reflect and respond.
At some point during the sermon though, he made another point that really resonated well with me. He was talking about change. He suggests that we are all quite capable of controlling our impulses to do certain things. We might be able to quit cussing, stop hitting or even eating on our own accord, but only GOD can CHANGE our hearts about anything.
Talk about battling uphill in the wind. Using our own energy to mask a behavior that is still taking over our hearts does not seem to be a very productive process.
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