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It’s So Hard-Transformation! by Mary Grady Nov. 1-Nov. 8, 2009

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Dear Saints, This anointed message was sent to me a few days ago by Mary Grady. I have no idea who the author is, but he or she sure can speak the Truth. Gene

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It’s so hard!

———Transformation

 

EVERY MUSCLE, TISSUE, and cell in your body today is different than it was seven years ago.  Every strand of hair you have today is different.  Every toenail and fingernail you have today are not the same ones you had just a few months ago.  Today, you are totally different in every physiological sense than you were three, five, or seven short years ago.  The question is, how different is your mind?

Each moment, your physical body changes without any input on your part.  Your mind, however, is a completely different issue.  You must work to change your mind.  You must be willing to release past pains, past regrets, and ancient resentments.  You must be willing to let go of hostility, anger, and judgments about experiences and people.  The people in your past, like you, have also changed. They have new hair, new tissues, new cells, new toenails and fingernails!  It is up to you, however, to see them in a new light . . . even when it looks like they are doing the same thing.  The only thing that will keep you stuck in the past with old experiences, useless emotions, and worn-out habits is your mind.  Fortunately, you have the ability to change your mind to match everything else that is new about you.

You are renewed!  Now change your mind!

POST SCRIPT: The author didn’t say it directly in his message, but you and I both know that our minds are renewed by the Word of God. By the way, if I don’t respond to your E-mails in a timely manner Monday it is because I have decided to take Mondays off. I won’t go online until 6 p.m. each Monday.

Gene

Ignoring The Wrongs by Gene McGuire Nov. 1-Nov. 8, 2009

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“[Love] is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].” (1 Cor.13:5b Amplified Bible)
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COMMENT: I am still in the process of getting things rearranged in my house after the renovation. I’m very fortunate to have a young man named John who has been giving me a helping hand. He’s been available on his days off from his job and has always been punctual. A few weeks ago he really let me down. He had promised to come by at 9 a.m. to cut my grass while I worked on the “mess” in the house. I called him twice, at 10 and 11 a.m, but his cell phone was turned off. Around 5:30 p.m. I received a call from him telling me that he was having a great time at a picnic. I have learned not to speak when I am upset, so I made an excuse to cut that conversation short. I was fuming, thinking of how I could express my dissatisfaction short of fisticuffs.(You see I’m chicken!)
Seriously, I went to bed very upset. When I woke up in the morning the Holy Spirit had changed my mind. I was reminded of The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant where his master forgave him of a huge debt, but that forgiven servant had a fellow servant put in jail because of a meager amount owed to him. (Matthew 18:23) I thought about all the sins my Heavenly Father has forgiven me; how can I hold this minor infraction against my brother in the Lord? I immediately called John and let him know that I forgave him. I then told him that I would appreciate it if he would just give me notice if he can’t make any assignment.

SCRIPTURE STUDY:Matthew 6:12, Luke 6:37, 17:3
WISE SAYING:THINK DEEP BEFORE YOU LEAP.
Sincerely Yours, Gene McGuire
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