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HER FAITH INSPIRES 61 : Is there power in positive thinking?
HER FAITH INSPIRES 060 : Challenges in parenting with Lisa Hamel
HER FAITH INSPIRES 059 : Freewill vs Predestination with Albert Leon
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What does it mean to love God with all of your min

What does it mean to love God with all of your mind?⁣
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The natural default of the mind is negative. It’s drawn to worry, anxiety, fear. ⁣
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It literally takes work to transform the mind. I know because I’ve had to do it. ⁣
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To love God with all of your mind is to get the thoughts of God into your head.⁣
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Here’s a truth that’s hard to digest ...⁣
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God won’t take away your anxieties or fears.⁣
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Why? Because He already told you how to think and what to think on (Phil 4:8).⁣
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If God took away today’s negative thought, He would have to do it again tomorrow. The answer: transform your mind so you don’t repeat the cycle of negative thinking. ⁣
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To love God with your mind is to place your thoughts on the things above the ideologies of culture (Isa 26:3). ⁣
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God leaves it in your hands to guard your own mind and take every thought captive and measure it up to the knowledge of Christ (2 Cor 10:5).⁣
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As a result, right thinking will lead to right living (Phil 4:9). ⁣
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To hear more, check out “Is there power in positive thinking?” on Her Faith Inspires podcast. ⁣
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Is there power in positive thinking?⁣ ⁣ That d

Is there power in positive thinking?⁣
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That depends. ⁣
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The short answer is yes. But it’s complicated. ⁣
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In reality, we’re asking the wrong question.⁣
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The question we should be asking is what’s the philosophy behind the positivity?⁣
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Do self-affirmations affect your outlook? ⁣
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Probably. ⁣
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Do self help books motivate you to make different decisions? ⁣
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Sometimes. ⁣
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But can they transform your mind? ⁣
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Buddhism claims to transform your thoughts but it takes an 8-fold path to do it. ⁣
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The self-love movement claims that you can think positively just by focusing on loving yourself. ⁣
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So what’s the key to unlock the power of positive thinking in our lives? ⁣
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Check out this week’s episodes: “Is there owner in positive thinking” on Her Faith Inspires podcast.

Some of the worst answers for the evidence for God

Some of the worst answers for the evidence for God are ...⁣
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1. You just gotta have faith ⁣
2. I just know that He exists ⁣
3. I was raised in church ⁣
4. The Bible says so⁣
5. I experienced God so I know He’s real ⁣
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While these may be sincere and true, they aren’t compelling evidence and most likely won’t convince anyone. ⁣
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Heb 11:1 is one of the most well known verses in the church environment. ⁣
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But it confused me. ⁣
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What does it mean that faith is “the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for; the EVIDENCE of things unseen”?⁣
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Well, it means faith isn’t blind. ⁣
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He has provided the SUBSTANCE and the EVIDENCE for His existence (what is unseen) through the things that are seen (creation). ⁣
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If you don’t know the evidence for God outside of your experience, you will never convince anyone that He exists. ⁣
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God is the ...⁣
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1. Uncaused first cause (Gen 1)⁣
2. Unmoved mover (Job 38, 39)⁣
3. Outside time, space and matter (Rev 3)⁣
4. Intelligent designer (Psalm 139)⁣
5. Moral law giver (Rom 1, 2)⁣
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For those of us who appeal to the authority of the Word, this makes sense. ⁣
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For those who do not, you’re not off the hook. ⁣
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Besides the revelation of God’s WORD there is the revelation of God’s WORLD. ⁣
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Together, they are the substance and the evidence of the unseen God, thus proving our faith is not blind. ⁣
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What are artificial means to connect? ⁣ ⁣ Prob

What are artificial means to connect? ⁣
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Probably ways most of us consider normal nowadays:⁣
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Texting⁣
FaceTime ⁣
Social media ⁣
Online gaming ⁣
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Social and emotional behavioral issues are on the rise due in large part to artificial means of connecting. ⁣
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These have become the cultural norm, and our kids are feeling the results that accompany superficial relationships. ⁣
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For that reason, parenting in the digital culture takes a different kind of intentionality than in times past. ⁣
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Lisa shares some ways to cultivate true and lasting depth in our relationships. ⁣
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Some of them are as easy as:⁣
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Eye contact ⁣
Tone of voice ⁣
Face to face time together ⁣
Laughter and game playing ⁣
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To listen for more tips from Lisa and why you are the right parent for the job, check it episode 60. ⁣
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I once made an unpopular statement about parenting

I once made an unpopular statement about parenting in an interview for a teaching position ...⁣
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“Parents are the most influential people in a child’s life.”⁣
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The principal didn’t like it, but the statistics back it up. ⁣
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Parenting is hard, and parenting children with behavior issues, autism and special needs is all the more challenging. ⁣
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Lisa Hamel and I talk about challenges in parenting during: ⁣
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* a pandemic ⁣
* situations where kids grow up with artificial relationships through technology ⁣
* moments of stress and emotional fatigue ⁣
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Lisa is an expert on the brain, emotions and how to trust God when parenting takes its toll. ⁣
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To listen, check out “Challenges in parenting with Lisa Hamel” on Her Faith Inspires podcast anywhere podcasts are found. ⁣
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🔥 Breaking 🔥 ⁣ ⁣ “For such a time as t

🔥 Breaking 🔥 ⁣
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“For such a time as this” should not be the most highlighted verse in Esther. ⁣
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Everyone quotes it ... especially lately. ⁣
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It implies that everyone will arrive at a defining, God ordained moment in time where we leave our mark on history. ⁣
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And while that may be true at some point, this is not the most imperative verse in the book.⁣
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The defining verse is Esther’s response to her “For such a time as this” moment. ⁣
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The lives of millions of Jews was in jeopardy and she was the only one in that moment who could stand in for them. ⁣
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But ... she didn’t know if she would live or die. ⁣
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And that’s why, as she faced a defining moment that would determine her fate and the fate of her people, she said, “If I perish, I perish.” ⁣
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Esther struggled in her moment. She wrestled with her “For such a time as this”.⁣
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The things God calls us to are scary and in a lot of ways they require we risk something. ⁣
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But if we do not answer with “If I perish, I perish”, the moment will pass and all we’ll be left with is a missed opportunity to rise to the occasion. ⁣
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If someone tells you God brought you here “for such a time as this”, but they do not tell you the cost ... they’re not telling you the whole story. ⁣
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Your “For such a time as this” can only be accomplished if you’re willing to do hard things and say, “If I perish, I perish.” ⁣
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It’s not about you. ⁣
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It’s not about leaving YOUR mark on history. ⁣
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It’s about bringing glory to God as you stand up in the moment of uncertainty because the cause is too great to allow the moment to pass you by. ⁣
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You can do whatever God calls you to if you’re willing to lay it all down, knowing He is in control of the outcome. ⁣
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“If I perish, I perish” ... the most powerful words in Esther. ⁣
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