Five Ways to Spot a Victim who has yet to learn how to cast what happened to them on Christ:
#1 – Bitterness – Sinful anger turned outward is easy to spot. When you turn it inwardly, it becomes bitter to the victim's soul. After the root takes hold, it starts defiling their relationships. This type of victim has an ever-weakening optimism.
They lose hope and become cynical, which is the onset of the bitter spirit. Those around them will easily succumb to the temptation to give up because they will feel the defiling effect of their vicarious friend. https://lifeovercoffee.com/thinking-of-yourself-as-victim-is-one-of-the-worst-things-you-can-do/
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/
