Anytime we switch from adhering to God’s truth to clinging to an alternate fluid reality, we can expect a process of “soul degradation.” Paul was talking about a group of people who knew God, but for reasons that are not entirely clear, they decided to walk away from Him, choosing instead to worship and serve the creature more than the Creator.
From that point of departure from God, things became progressively worse for them. Their lives became a slow march of deterioration of body and soul. We know why: God is pressing down His wrath on them, a dangerous warning for any of us who choose to believe and follow lies. https://lifeovercoffee.com/mind-person-exchanges-the-truth-of-god-for-a-lie/
The shocking and inspiring story of Sophie Ottaway.
Watch the full interview here: https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-490-sophie-ottaway-engineered-at-birth-to-be-a-girl/
Focus on the Cause, not the Effect, so you can remove the cause and not be affected by the effect.
A local church’s worship value is not primarily about the music but the lifestyle because you never ask, “Are you worshiping?” The reason is that we worship all the time. God made us for worship—wired us for worship, you could say.
Worship is part of what it means to be image-bearers. Who could do otherwise? The better question is, “What or whom do we worship?” https://lifeovercoffee.com/three-characteristics-of-a-fantastic-local-church/
Whenever a person chooses sinful anger, he is, in effect, giving the other person control over him. It’s counterintuitive. In his anger, he is like a marionette, a puppet on a string.
Anger toward someone is the total submission of their thoughts, attitudes, emotions, and behaviors to the other person. It is not self-control, as governed by the Spirit of God, but someone out of control or under the control of another spirit. https://lifeovercoffee.com/podcast/ep-110-help-for-the-angry-person/
