Luke 6:8 - "But He was aware all along of their thoughts..."

God always knows all of your thoughts. Your blessings and your problems are rooted in either right or wrong thinking -- you reap what you sow. Thoughts are seeds that produce a harvest in your life.

If you want to have more peace or be more joyful you cannot stay trapped in a secular consciousness thinking and meditating on problems, on what you cannot do, and how weak you are.

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I love you, Lord God, and you make me strong. (Psalm 18:1)

Jesus is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety. (Psalm 18:2)

I call upon you Lord Jesus, You are worthy to be praised, you are my salvation. (Psalm 18:3)

He reached down from heaven and rescued me; he drew me out of deep waters. (Psalm 18:16)

He led me to a place of safety;...

You shouldn't say things about yourself that God says are not true. eg. "I am a work in Progress" (false humility) Colossians 2:18 - "Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement." v.2:13 ..."having forgiven us all our transgressions."

You are giving yourself an excuse to sin occasionally and live short of God's full will for you. By wet-nursing this mindset you disengage yourself from living up to your full potential...

The Spirit of God provokes our conscience into remembrance of what He has told us to do. He stirs our spirits through conviction by His logos or rhema word bringing us to realize there is something deep inside of us that knows we are called to greatness.

There is a drying up of our satisfaction in lesser things; a determination to move out of distractions; an effectual grace to step out from under the weight and rise above in overcoming power.

The writer of the book...