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Working Hard to Be In Control – by Greg Albrecht
I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. – Isaiah 46:4
A rich young ruler came to Jesus asking him, “…what good thing MUST I DO TO GET eternal life?” – Matthew 19:16
It’s Christ-less religion in a nutshell: What do I have to do to make God happy so he will give me what I want? This rich young man was used to getting what he wanted. He was used to being a success and making a profit. He was a winner. Author Robert Farrar Capon says the rich young ruler was a successful liver of a lawful life.
The rich young ruler was addicted to his own abilities to control life – he assumed that ...
November 2022
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Articles:
Generosity Without Expectations – pg. 1
The Peace of Thanksgiving – pg. 2
Count Your Blessings – pg. 5
Infernal Interruptions! – pg. 6
In Plane Site – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
September 2022
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Articles:
Walking With Jesus – pg. 1
Our Daily Walk – pg. 2
Living in the Way – pg. 5
God Surrenders to Us in Love – pg. 6
Donkey Rescue – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
Will it Hurt Less if I Can Control it? by Mike Peterson
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Over the past 25 years I have taught a graduate course entitled “Human Responses to Stress,” which more aptly should be called, as I tell my students, “Human Responses to Life” because it is life events and circumstances that cause us distress. Of all the many ways we respond to stress two themes emerge as having preeminence: predictability and control.
We go to great lengths to control our lives and make them predictable. In fact, an unpredictable life is a life that is very stressful, and potentially harmful. When we drive, we like other driver’s behavior to be predictable—we want them to predictably stay on their ...
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