Grumbling

^{Ecc 7:21} Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you—
²² for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

Grumbling leads to discord and separation.  Our demeanor changes when we have something on our mind.  It removes trust and irritates acquaintances.  It purses peoples lips and hardens their hearts.  They seek revenge and find joy in the destruction of others.

The better side of this is to not pay attention to those who grumble and spread rumors, because we do not know the condition of that persons heart, nor do we know the truth.  One thing we can be sure of is that the story will stop simply by us not repeating it, if we allow it.  Of course that means forgiving all transgressions!!  Remember: "what you release on earth, will be released in Heaven".

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People Pleasing

When you try to make everyone around you happy, then you have no time for yourself.  Don't mix this up with your employer or government services, because making those people happy can create incredible benefits for you, but that usually includes "just following the rules".

This version is when someone is angry with us, or we crave something or someone more than we care about ourself.  It's when we put ourself in danger, lie, cheat, have an eating or sexual disorder, put ourself down, to say "YES" when we don't mean it, or are cruel to others, all this just to make someone else happy with us. We crave their accolades, and we feel bad because we can't get them from anyone else.  We don't mind being manipulated through evil intent, lowering our own standards!!  This opens us up to addictive behaviors.

Self-help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices teach us that it's okay to fail, to disappoint people, to say "NO", and if we focus on the Lord we will receive the power and acceptance from Him, so necessary to be free.

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Repertoire

A complete list of skills, dramas, or devices, the dictionary says.  We all have a repertoire, some of it good, some of it bad.  We rely on it to get by and we are continually updating it.  It gets us wonderful opportunities, gives us satisfaction of a job well done, helps build confidence in us.  That is only if our motives are clean and our thinking is clear and honest.

Sometimes it gets us out of trouble and we "whew" past a close call when we've been a little bit dishonest.  Other times it leads us down dark paths when we can't say no to bad thoughts, avoid troublesome people, or see other better ways to live life.  It can be very bleak and dishonest as well! 

The Bible talks about repertoire clearly; "out of your mouth comes what's in your heart".

Self-help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices give us views of other peoples repertoires and shows us how to imitate them.

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Disbelief

There is a time in our life when we think that the past is better than today, when we yearn for things the way they used to be.  That might be true but only because we haven't completely explored the possibilities of the future.  There are times ahead that would dwarf the wonderful events of the past if we strive for that.  However, if we continue to mourn and hunger for past people, places, and things, then we cannot focus on the pleasant things of the future.  Or the present for that matter.

That means changing our thinking from defeat, destruction, hurt, decay, and emotional prisons, to things like growth, peace, confidence, abundance, and joy.  Instead of deprevation and stuffy old problems, think of fresh new people, places, and things, but most importantly seek God with all your heart and all these new things will be given to you.

Self-help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices help us to get rid of our old thinking and replacing it with ways of encouraging growth.

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Cause

We can stand for a cause, we can be the cause, or be hurt because.  3 very different motivations to radically different ends.  If we stand for nothing then we are the cause of our own hurt.  On the flip side, if we're not careful when we are hurt, then we can be the cause of us falling into harmful thinking, which can cause others to stumble.

Individually they are understandable, but looking how they inter-twine makes sense.   Basically, everyone of us is the cause of something, but it's how we handle it that causes us to think differently.

Self-help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices cause us to think on the side of good for ourselves and others.

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Temperament

Probably the most difficult thing to do when you have an addiction in your life is to have an even temperament.  You can only be happy when you are in the midst of it, and angry when you are not.  Or happy most of the time and angry after you've done it.  Or short tempered because we can't handle the stress of life and the addiction takes the sting off of things we can't control.

Short term thinking is the viscious cycle that keeps us trapped in immediate relief.  We don't give ourselves time to process the damaging behaviors of ourself and others, because we are trapped in "me" thinking.  Surrendering all of this to Christ's care and control is the one and only step we need to take to break out of it.

Self-help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices put all the tools we need in front of us to stop the damaging things we do...but only if we want to!!

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Conscience

Interesting word!  When we don't follow it, we learn the "science" behind it and "con" ourself into thinking what we are doing is acceptable and truthful.  It's very easy to con our own thinking, because there is usually a pleasure behind the motive.  Do it once and your options expand.

So we do things that are morally deplorable, justify our actions, tell others that it is someone elses fault, and paint a pretty good picture of ourselves.  But to someone who knows; our picture looks like the painting of a child, full of gramatical impracticalities, glaring holes in our story, and they can see the dirt on us that we can't see.  Plus the most startling thing is that "cons" eventually crack because the story morphs into something uncontrollable.

Self-help groups like Celebrate Recovery & Life's Healing Choices teach us that we may not be in charge of anything at all: but we sure think we are fooling everyone, including God!!

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