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How do we make a way forward is the question for today. There is an ideal and something short of ideal. Our lives represent a certain percentage of either of those in our day. The ideal being a mode of love, joy and peace and the less ideal being things that lead away from theContinue reading “Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Chapter 32”

There are some days where in an attempt to write a good synopsis of the chapter, I feel like the best course of action would be to simply invite you to reread the chapter!! At its heart is that joy and peace are rooted in faith. To step outside of faith is an invitation toContinue reading “Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Chapter 31”

I appreciate this chapter as it gets us looking forward, where are we headed? In the world of feelings that can go wrong, what does it look like for the redeemed version of this to shine through? The book takes a look at love with a bit of a definition: will-to-good. We love others whenContinue reading “Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Chapter 30”

Today’s chapter starts with a shot over the bow of our life with a profound truth that animates the day in which we live. “In modern times, feelings exercise almost total mastery over the individual. When people must decide what they want to do, feelings are all they have to go on… people are overwhelmedContinue reading “Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Chapter 29”

Is it the feelings or the conditions that lie beneath the feelings? Interesting question. The writer points us to James 4: 1-2 “4 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions[a] are at war within you? 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, soContinue reading “Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Chapter 28”

Today we move from thoughts to feelings. They are an undeniable part of who we are. Much like our thoughts, they must be mastered as well. However, some balance is important here. For years Christianity has been too much about rationale thought, which begins to create a pretty sterile if not uninteresting world. It remindsContinue reading “Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Chapter 27”

I apologize for being a day late. Sickness has caught up with me. I did want to address this chapter though and maybe it will be ever so brief. Scripture memory may or may not be a thing that inspires you. But the verse, “I have hidden your word in my heart that I mightContinue reading “Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Chapter 26”

The theme for the week has centered on our thought life. Today’s chapter speaks to the importance of good thinking. When I watch small children play and think through their process of thought, often it becomes humorous to listen to their conclusions. I always say to myself “it makes sense to them!” Bad thinking isContinue reading “Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Chapter 25”

I’m Terry White and I have a thinking problem (instead of a drinking problem). Confessions!! God has given us this incredible ability to connect things in our mind, it’s this capacity to gather, sort, collect information and figure out ways to use that information. As a football coach, I love tendency analysis. Watching tape ofContinue reading “Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Chapter 24”

Continuing the theme of our thoughts, this chapter addresses the way in which the images we hold in our mind can impact us. Oftentimes that is positive and it could be negative as well. At one point I was pastor in a church with a series of stain glass windows that told the story ofContinue reading “Renovation of the Heart in Daily Practice: Chapter 23”