So, I am into posts that help me to change, not so much proving my point, or having to be right - Laura-Charlotte made me post again
So As I have been posting about thinking differently, the series I have been watching and gleaning from, the last installment was on Getting rid of Double-mindedness
That's when you want 2 things that cannot coexist
good marriage - selfishness
secret sin - a growing relationship with God
For me it is
Relationships - Negative thinking
Purity - not having pure motives
I say purity - yes I want to keep my self pure, avoid sexual immorality, but I also want to have the right motives for why I want to change.
For a long time I was seeking change for a woman, and I found that no matter how I changed, it was never good enough
Sure God is faithful, and those are changes that need to happen, but why am I doing them? Is it for Jesus' Glory or my own Glory?
This one is hard: Am I fleecing God where if I change, He will give me what I really want?
If we are to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.... My motive should be to honor Christ, to show thanksgiving for what He has done for me, and because sin is death.
Doesn't Double-mindedness make you unstable in all your ways as James says?
So it doesn't' just effect one area of your life but others as well -
I am trying to learn, it has to be for God's glory first, then the good of people - Love God, Love people right?
So As I have been posting about thinking differently, the series I have been watching and gleaning from, the last installment was on Getting rid of Double-mindedness
That's when you want 2 things that cannot coexist
good marriage - selfishness
secret sin - a growing relationship with God
For me it is
Relationships - Negative thinking
Purity - not having pure motives
I say purity - yes I want to keep my self pure, avoid sexual immorality, but I also want to have the right motives for why I want to change.
For a long time I was seeking change for a woman, and I found that no matter how I changed, it was never good enough
Sure God is faithful, and those are changes that need to happen, but why am I doing them? Is it for Jesus' Glory or my own Glory?
This one is hard: Am I fleecing God where if I change, He will give me what I really want?
If we are to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.... My motive should be to honor Christ, to show thanksgiving for what He has done for me, and because sin is death.
Doesn't Double-mindedness make you unstable in all your ways as James says?
So it doesn't' just effect one area of your life but others as well -
I am trying to learn, it has to be for God's glory first, then the good of people - Love God, Love people right?