Passion

What does the military and the passion of Jesus have in common?  The military has a standing rule to not leave anyone behind, to collect the wounded and bring them to safety. To stand as a united force.

Jesus sacrifice on the cross has the same principals, to not leave anyone behind, to collect the wounded and bring them to the safety of God.

The injuries may be different but the principal remains the same as the military fights visible forces and the gospel fights the unseen forces of demons and principalities.

We all have our own visible and unseen battles that test us to the limit.  Darkness may rule for a short time but our passion to believe in an ever loving God helps us win in the end.

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Action

We all have thoughts about doing righteous things and getting closer to God.  It could be doing something nice for someone, starting a new routine, or even changing our life around, like stopping a bad habit.  Either way all it takes is to simply start or stop something.  We start doing good things to get closer to God or we stop doing bad things to break away from harmful behaviors. 

Did you notice that either way takes us in one direction?  So really, the only thing lacking in our life is action or the gumption to make a change. Sometimes we need a motivator;

1 Corinthians 15:33 says: "Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”  If we love being with people who allow or encourage us to sin openly, then the top half of this message probably irritates you.  This message is for those who are tired and want to change.

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Realization

It's a time when our past and present have collided with our future.  When all the self-centered actions and emotions of the past have created a roadblock in the present, that then stops our progression into our perceived future.  Basically our past has caught up with us and it's time to face the truth.

It's much worse when we are blindsided and don't see it coming. These are the times when our very foundations are rocked, a surreal world emerges out of the chaos, and over time our vision becomes crystal clear as to the reasons.

This is the time when we can very easily adopt an addiction...you know...something to help us get through the tough times!  Or maybe we had the addiction all along and others finally got fed up with it and us! If we do adopt an addiction or compulsion, then we have replaced God.

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Communication

Have you watched someones conversation with others when they don't know you are watching and wondered what they were talking about?  Might seem weird but it is enlightening.  You can actually tell quite a bit about the conversation by way of mannerism, stance, if they are looking at each other, or only one to another.  Some people have no hearing and they hone this ability to silently read conversations to somewhat amazing accuracy.  They can describe the basis of the story, feelings, and the thoughts of the people.

Our mannerisms as Christians speak volumes to those who do not yet believe in a higher power.  Half-hearted attempts at playing Christian only leave bad results.  Truth is the only element that rubs out all negative attributes, because you can't be truthful and sin at the same time.  Jesus said that if we follow His words then, in John 8:32, " Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free".

In order to be set free we need to communicate with others by acting more like Jesus and all good things will flood in...as long as we believe it in our heart.

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perception

3 people witness a hit and run accident. All 3 have valuable details, but all argue on the color of the car, license plate, and direction of travel.  Probably the most important facts.

Trauma distorts our thinking and perception of things. What we daily carry around with us emotionally shades what we actually see.  Our brain is busy sorting the garbage we feel is important and when new unexpected information comes in it's jumbled, not unlike a computer when the hard drive is full.  Our brain is so full with problems, then a constant bombarment of info we can't handle and we crash.

That's when addictions seep in.  It's easier to block out the world than it is to deal with the info.  If we could only learn that talking with someone and releasing our burdens helps free up our mind to handle other info, other than just our own dilemas. It's called freedom.

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Deserving

Maybe you have been told that you deserve what you get! This is mostly taken in a negative context; if we do bad things then we deserve it when bad things happen to us.  Someone taking revenge on us because we made a mistake is something we don't deserve.  If we have followed God's plan and taken all steps to rectify our mistake then we deserve respect, compassion, and most of all, Grace. 

The problem is we can't really expect to receive it because most people have never received it either.  The world has it's own mold of justice and it is a mirror opposite of what God offers through Jesus Christ.  The Bible says we are forgiven through Christ giving His life for us.  So that means revenge is someone elses sickness, not ours.  They give us revenge, but we can give Grace. (if we choose to)

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Time Sensitive

When is the best time to do something about the thoughts we have in our head.  About the way we have treated others: have we been rude, insensitive, mean, vendictive, gossiped, cheated, lied, hurt them physically, emotionally, or sexually?  Have we been distant, uncaring, avoiding, slandering, plotting against them, hoping for their downfall, stolen from them, or gotten even, etc? 

We may feel justified based on what they did to us as well, having a sense of accomplishment through revenge or just desserts served.  Careful...the Bible says that we can't be forgiven if we can't forgive.

 What we vengefully do to others may anger God more than what they did to us and God may choose their side to further punish us!!  God says forgive and that judgement is His business, not ours.  So the time to correct this thinking is now, before we get into it so deep that we can't get out!!

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