WHY DOES YOUR MIND MATTER?

Mindlessness – ‘blow your mind,’ is a popular expression to take drugs, get high, etc.

In contrast Think about what you are contemplating – The thing that you are considering to act upon have consequences. Love, peace, and concord, verse hate, violence, and discord are two path that are set out before us as individuals.

So, what’s it to be? While others may influence you to choose their preferred path, ultimately, we are the one’s that must decide which way to go!

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 English Standard Version:

¹⁵“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. ¹⁶If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God^[a] that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules,^[b] then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. ¹⁷But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, ¹⁸I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. ¹⁹I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, ²⁰loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

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A way forward, and a way back! I Have Decided to Follow Jesus

I have decided to follow Yeshua – Jesus – It is probably one of the most important decisions that you can make in your life.

I have decided to follow Jesus;

I have decided to follow Jesus;
I have decided to follow Jesus;
No turning back, no turning back.

2. Tho’ none go with me, I still will follow,
Tho’ none go with me I still will follow,
Tho’ none go with me, I still will follow;
No turning back, no turning back.

3. My cross I’ll carry, till I see Jesus;
My cross I’ll carry till I see Jesus,
My cross I’ll carry till I see Jesus;
No turning back, No turning back.

4. The world behind me, the cross before me,
The world behind me, the cross before me;
The world behind me, the cross before me;
No turning back, no turning back.

A way back…What do I mean when I speak of a way back? If we have misgivings, doubts, second-thoughts, or regrets about a decision that you have made, then you don’t have to accept that you made a wrong choice. You can attempt to find a way back. In biblical terms, we refer to this as ‘repentance.’ Repentance is multifaceted – it has many dimensions to it, and also it potentially carries deep implication, that will not only have a personal outcome, but may well influence the live of many others.

The big one, and the smaller ones…What do I mean by saying that there is a big one, and there are small ones? The big one – is when we recognise that our relationship with our Heavenly Father is broken, and we make the decision to repent!

Repentance involves…Confession – admitting that we are wrong, and have done wrong. Turning back, or turning around are part of the vital process. Having regret is only the beginning of the process, and many get stuck at first base and never progress to make a home run to use a baseball metaphor.

We began by saying, ‘Your mind matter!’ The philosopher Rene Descartes said, cogito ergo sum literally mean?

‘I think, therefore I am‘ – cogito ergo sum

The Latin cogito, ergo sum, usually translated into English as “I think, therefore I am“, is the “first principle” of René Descartes’s philosophy. While his viewpoint is quite profound, it does not contain the whole truth! His is a purely human response to ur being, or existence. He has missed our God’s point of view – God say something substantially different about our existence – he created us to not only be, but supremely to love him, worship, and adore him – in other words, that our live may glorify him always!

Cogito, ergo sum, dictum coined by the French mathematician and philosopher René Descartes in his Discourse on Method (1637) as a first step in demonstrating the attainability of certain knowledge. It is the only statement to survive the test of his methodic doubt. The statement is indubitable, as Descartes argued in the second of his six Meditations on First Philosophy (1641), because even if an all-powerful demon were to try to deceive him into thinking that he exists when he does not, he would have to exist in order for the demon to deceive him. Therefore, whenever he thinks, he exists. Furthermore, as he argued in his replies to critics in the second edition (1642) of the Meditations, the statement “I am” (sum) expresses an immediate intuition, not the conclusion of a piece of reasoning (regarding the steps of which he could be deceived), and is thus indubitable. However, in a later work, the Principles of Philosophy (1644), Descartes suggested that the cogito is indeed the conclusion of a syllogism whose premises include the propositions that he is thinking and that whatever thinks must exist.

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This book is a guide for those beginning a lifetime of cross-cultural ministry and for anyone wanting to spend some time in a cross cultural situation such as a short term mission. It includes some Social Anthroplogy background as well as an understanding of cross-cultural communication and approaching ministry in a new cultual setting. It will help the reader to understand world view and how to overcome the negative effects of adjusting to a new culture and come to an understanding of the customs and outlook on life of a new community of people. Included are insights into understanding the Jewish community as well as several other cultural groups.The Biblical feasts are included as well as an order of service for a Messianic Jewish Passover. Personal anecdotes are included of the author’s experience of cross-cultural ministry and life experiences in ministry.