I guess I got a little behind last Friday and thought I had written on chapter 10 already. I guess it was because I actually referenced chapter 10 while writing about chapter 9. For a refresher, here it was:
"Time after time I’ve heard others say that Christians just don’t seem happy. What a sad reality. And if that’s their perception, it’s their reality. We should take the advice of Paul from the next chapter, “we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” Not just to capture every thought for obedience to avoid sin, but we should apply this to our mindset as well… each moment we have a choice, do we see the glass half full or half empty. We have so much to gain from this effort. Hopefully it’s more than just a forced discipline."
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Not long ago I was in line at a downtown Wendy's when a homeless guy cut in
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Taking every thought captive is really a lifestyle shaking idea. When we are upset at work or a little short tempered with our family, when we are constantly looking at the world's view of beauty, when we laugh at an inappropriate joke or movie or watch that TV show, every thought is to be taking captive. What would our lives look like if we really put that into practice? I am willing to go out on a limb and say they would look radically different then they look now. Jesus wants us to be either hot or cold not lukewarm. If we say we are Christians, we need to be red hot on fire for God. We can not do that if we have thoughts that are not taken captive for Jesus.
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