Toxicity In The Church

The Message In The Spit

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2593259/fan_mail/new] Mark 8:22-26 has always been a peculiar record to me.  There are many things to unpack here, and you can listen to my thoughts. But I do encourage you to study this on your own and see what the Holy Spirit would say to you. 22 And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”24 And he looked up and said, “I see people, but they look like trees, walking.” 25 Then Jesus[a [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%208%3A22-26&version=ESV#fen-ESV-24521a]]laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26 And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

Conqueror or Victim

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2593259/fan_mail/new] Romans 8:37 KJV Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. The victim mentality is a powerful tool satan uses to try and make us forget our true identity in Christ. Many psychologists agree that the victim mentality is a learned mental state but if it’s learned that means it can be unlearned.  God is not blind to our problems nor is He numb to the emotions that accompany those problems.Just like Jesus asked the crippled man if he wanted to be healed, we too must decide whether or not we really want the help God provides and be mature enough to accept the responsibility and the accountability that comes with it.

Did You Really Say That?!

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2593259/fan_mail/new] Psalm 141:3 says, "Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.” God spoke the universe and everything in it into existence. Words have the power to bless and to curse, to bring life and death. The words we speak to others, even about ourselves can also bring blessings and curses. So it’s no surprise Jesus warned His disciples they will be held accountable for every idle word spoken.

Second That Emotion

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2593259/fan_mail/new] Typically, we don’t have emotions about something unless we have a thought about it first.  We are bombarded by thoughts positive and negative every waking hour. If our thoughts are out of control, so will our emotions be out of control.  2 Corinthians 10:5 can save a lot of heartache if we just do what it says.

Breakthrough of Change

Text Me! I’d love to hear from you! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2593259/fan_mail/new] What does new wine, new wineskins, Prince  and change, prayer blockage, and God waiting have in common? Maybe more than you think. Take a listen.