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Notice I said Sin is a mental illness, NOT that mental illness is a sin.
there is a BIG difference.
I was driving to drop my daughter off for her preschool a few days ago and had this wonderful discourse in my head about it, but now that I sit down to write it all out, my mind draws a blank.
I guess I'll ramble and pray and perhaps it will come back......
Dear Heavenly Father:
You sent Jesus to be the Light of the world and told us to be children of the day and not the night. Help shine your light upon our lives and our minds and our hearts. Words can only convey so much, what we need is YOUR Holy Spirit to work among us. Please God chase away the misunderstanding, the hurt feelings, the impatience, the anger, the bitterness, the unforgiveness and the inability to Listen and See the heart of Your Words Lord. Help us to see the Love and mercy of your eternal plan, revealed to us in Your Holy Bible. Give us a heart that is humble and contrite and not bitter and judgmental and unforgiving. Lord give us wisdom from above and take from us all the worldly knowledge the does nothing but build up pride and idols and strongholds that war against You Lord. God help us to remove the sin in our lives and realize the Sin is not an action but a Mental disease the cause people to turn away from YOU and Your light.
Lord I still don't know what to say. So I guess I'll just post some scriptures. Please bless us and may the meditation of our hearts and the words and our actions be pleasing in your sight. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
2 Corinthians 10
1 Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you. 2 But I beg you that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
anyway what are your thoughts on the subject?
oh I remember now some of it.
I was reading a post on here about how some people had mental illness and there was a mention of the messiah complex, etc and it got me to thinking and praying because a lot of people close to me have mental or physical illnesses and I have considered a job in the field of special education so I wondered what the Bible and God had to say about the subject and the thought that "Sin is mental illness that all of humanity is infected with" entered my mind.
"How can people intentionally do things to put themselves farther away from God? how can they indulge in activities that injure themselves and those around them? how can they truly love others as God does when they don't truly love themselves. it is like cutting themselves over and over again to see if God's mercy will allow the cut to heal or if God will allow them to Die this time instead. Or a drug addict with the heroin needle. Sin is addictive and people don't go cold turkey without have physical withdrawal symptoms. its insanity but it is the state of an unregenerated person to be addicted to sin. research addicts and you will see the pattern amplified but it is the same. in the beginning they think they can conquer the world and can quit at any time, and then when they try, they can't they don't control the drug the drug controls their life. sin is the same it is a bondage. it is awful. God please help us overcome sin and tear down any strongholds that war against YOUR Truth and knowledge. Jesus we need YOU!!!"
anyway that is my ramble.
lol this is one of the places I feel like its ok to ramble and people might actually listen. thanks.
Why are we waiting for TOMMORROW? Let us repent and walk in the Spirit TODAY while Today is still here.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plFHiSWeOHI[/video]
Hebrews 3
12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said:
“ Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”[c]
there is a BIG difference.
I was driving to drop my daughter off for her preschool a few days ago and had this wonderful discourse in my head about it, but now that I sit down to write it all out, my mind draws a blank.
I guess I'll ramble and pray and perhaps it will come back......
Dear Heavenly Father:
You sent Jesus to be the Light of the world and told us to be children of the day and not the night. Help shine your light upon our lives and our minds and our hearts. Words can only convey so much, what we need is YOUR Holy Spirit to work among us. Please God chase away the misunderstanding, the hurt feelings, the impatience, the anger, the bitterness, the unforgiveness and the inability to Listen and See the heart of Your Words Lord. Help us to see the Love and mercy of your eternal plan, revealed to us in Your Holy Bible. Give us a heart that is humble and contrite and not bitter and judgmental and unforgiving. Lord give us wisdom from above and take from us all the worldly knowledge the does nothing but build up pride and idols and strongholds that war against You Lord. God help us to remove the sin in our lives and realize the Sin is not an action but a Mental disease the cause people to turn away from YOU and Your light.
Lord I still don't know what to say. So I guess I'll just post some scriptures. Please bless us and may the meditation of our hearts and the words and our actions be pleasing in your sight. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
2 Corinthians 10
1 Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you. 2 But I beg you that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, 6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
anyway what are your thoughts on the subject?
oh I remember now some of it.
I was reading a post on here about how some people had mental illness and there was a mention of the messiah complex, etc and it got me to thinking and praying because a lot of people close to me have mental or physical illnesses and I have considered a job in the field of special education so I wondered what the Bible and God had to say about the subject and the thought that "Sin is mental illness that all of humanity is infected with" entered my mind.
"How can people intentionally do things to put themselves farther away from God? how can they indulge in activities that injure themselves and those around them? how can they truly love others as God does when they don't truly love themselves. it is like cutting themselves over and over again to see if God's mercy will allow the cut to heal or if God will allow them to Die this time instead. Or a drug addict with the heroin needle. Sin is addictive and people don't go cold turkey without have physical withdrawal symptoms. its insanity but it is the state of an unregenerated person to be addicted to sin. research addicts and you will see the pattern amplified but it is the same. in the beginning they think they can conquer the world and can quit at any time, and then when they try, they can't they don't control the drug the drug controls their life. sin is the same it is a bondage. it is awful. God please help us overcome sin and tear down any strongholds that war against YOUR Truth and knowledge. Jesus we need YOU!!!"
anyway that is my ramble.
lol this is one of the places I feel like its ok to ramble and people might actually listen. thanks.
Why are we waiting for TOMMORROW? Let us repent and walk in the Spirit TODAY while Today is still here.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plFHiSWeOHI[/video]
Hebrews 3
12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said:
“ Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”[c]