Pastor's Devotional...
July 25, 2019
“Be transformed by the renewal of your mind.” (Romans 12:2) Rational therapy (a change of beliefs/attitudes leads to a change of feelings and leads to a changed life) is applying this truth to bring emotional healing to many. The premise is that our underlying beliefs about self, life in general, others and God unconsciously causes our reactions and feelings just as much as a precipitating event does. For example, someone pauses and fails to speak. A core belief that I’m not an attractive person would lead to an overreaction of depression and even withdrawal from other relationships, which in turn, causes people to withdraw from me, thus reinforcing the initial core belief. A core belief that I’m a child of God, loved and valued, leads to a follow up contact verifying the snub was accidental or indicative of a problem that can be addressed and resolved.
The feeling of rejection/depression though is as much a result of an attitude or core belief as it is of the precipitating event. This therapy involves examining and replacing the negative (I’m undesirable; the world is a bad place; people are basically mean; life’s a xxxxx and then you die) with the positive (God loves me; people respond to love; life is filled with more positive than negative; I’m blessed beyond belief; my future will be better than my past.)
The key is identifying and changing those often unconsciously held core beliefs. Ask the Wonderful Counselor to help identify them. What does Scripture offer as core beliefs? Do the ones you consciously use align with Scripture?
(Come learn a lot more from the message this weekend!)
Holy Spirit, I’m a child of God and His love flows to as well as through me. Any assumptions I have, conscious or otherwise, to the contrary, please remove. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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Prayers for Healing
Cari Dee
Chesta Hembrooke
Cliff Murphy (pending surgery)
Vanessa Robinson (pending surgery)
Laura Starich's father Jim Whipple
Daniel Ramsaywack Sr.
Paul Osborne (Angie’s husband)
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The Quest Mission Team will be hosting their annual Bake Sale THIS Saturday & Sunday July 27th & 28th!
All proceeds will benefit the Salvation Army Jamaican School for the Blind.
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Thank you Quest and friends for your outpouring support of Palmetto Elementary School by providing backpacks and school supplies which were delivered this week
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