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Cherish Only the Good Memories

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Our memories are one of the greatest blessings from our Creator. It is a tremendous blessing to learn many beautiful things and store that information in our memories. It is a miracle to recall most of this information in perfect sequential order for the remainder of our lives. God has also given us the unique ability to memorize vast amounts of information to perform our jobs, to create, and to remember various tasks that are essential for our survival. Memories are also crucial for our social interactions with others and for building personal relationships. We were given commandments to memorize for the building of a community with others and a proper relationship with our God. We were given memories to cherish all that our Creator has done for us in the past and all that He plans to do for us in the future. Without memories, we would be lost in a cave of despair and robbed of the very essence of what life means. Without memories, we could never cherish the many good memories from times past. Without memories, we would grow stagnant, unable to learn and retain needed information from our Creator. Without memories, it would only be a tragic existence forgetting immediately the joy and peace just encountered. Continue reading Cherish Only the Good Memories

The Sins of the Mind

In my last two articles, we discussed rising above the white noise and the darkness covering the entire planet. Today we will go much deeper by examining the sins of the mind that no one can see. They are so well hidden in the mind, if they are not properly dealt with, then they will become your undoing as Satan leads you through the gates of hell without you ever noticing it. As God’s children, we must recognize the sins of the mind so that we can overcome them. Most every true believer in Christ recognizes the outward sins of what we do and what we say. However, very few recognize the sins of the mind, which encompasses every thought and every imagination. The Bible makes it abundantly clear that every unrighteous thought and vain imagination can be seen as committing the trespass in our hearts. We will be held accountable for every unrighteous thought and every vain imagination not dealt with properly. That is, they must be cast out of our minds immediately, less than a nanosecond. This will take a lot of hard work observing every thought or imagination, deciding instantly if it’s evil, and then successfully casting it out, if necessary, again and again. The good news is that we can trust in God’s grace to be with us every step of the way, ready to forgive every trespass after we have cried out to Him in true repentance. Now, let’s look closely at the sins of the mind most often overlooked to our own detriment. Continue reading The Sins of the Mind