| Your Leader Is? #15 Christians Need Motivation Too |
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8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Quotation: “Keep a watchful eye over yourself as if you were your own enemy; for you cannot learn to govern yourself, unless you first learn to govern your own passions and obey the dictates of your conscience.” –Kahil Gibran
Thoughts For A Motivated Life: As human beings we all have a tendency to think, say, and do things that cause us harm. Sometimes, we let our mind run away with itself. At other times, we put our foot in our mouth. And we sometimes pull the chair out from under ourself. Why?
Rather than learning to direct what we think, say, and do rationally and logically, we tend to think, say, and do whatever feels good at the moment. But feelings are fickle — frequently false. Still we fall for feelings, over and over, even thought they frequently fake us out and lead us into pain.
As long as we allow our feelings to flop us around, we will never have real hope in life. Only by learning to govern our passions (our feelings) can we gain the ability to turn our thoughts, words, and behaviors away from self-inflicted pain and toward self-improvement.
Until the voice of our conscience is stronger than the voice of our negative feelings, we will struggle to live an emotionally fulfilling life. And guilt will stalk us in the shadows.
So what is leading your life? Are you led by feelings, led by your mind, led by your conscience, or led by the Holy Spirit? |
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