The nature of the jar of clay implies imperfection. The proud heart and the discontented soul will have difficulty accepting this truth. I saw a bumper sticker recently that said, “My kid belongs to the no cavity club.” Really? I immediately thought about making a bumper sticker that said, “My kid is a B student with three cavities.”
The craving heart will always be on the prowl for significance, even if it’s in his bicuspid. (I’m not knocking healthy teeth but saying the unguarded door of pride always seeks to devour the high-minded.)
If you think this is not a major problem, I recommend spending time with abortion advocates or euthanasia proponents. There is an innate, insidious Adamic reason they want to kill people. Weakness and deformity are contrary to the self-reliant spirit of our age. https://lifeovercoffee.com/what-does-it-mean-to-boast-in-your-weaknesses/
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/
