On The Inside
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Character Tests
New Job, Spouse, How to Parent etc etc…
Situations – How We will respond.
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As humans we are diverse…
Different upbringing, race, political affiliations, sexual orientation, geographic and cultural differences.
Some things every human being has in common.
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Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
Desire to be loved
Desire to belong and have a purpose
Set of questions we all have in common.
We express the answers very differently.
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Wrong and Right
We have been wired for good.
Baby is born with good.
Sometimes the goodness strutgles to find its way out.
Situations
People
Circumstance
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As we distance ourselves from the good that is on the inside, we slowly start to believe that it does not exist.
But we know our intentions…
And thats what causes the hurt.
We get caught in a spiral of bad when we have every good intention. No matter how hard we try the good things we desire, the life we long for , the goodness inside of us always seems to get squashed.
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Paul said it like this:
I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate. Romans 7:15
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No matter the situation, the anger, the addiction, the hurt and the pain, I want to tel you today that there is goodness on the inside of you.
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Placed there by God himself.
Evolution may explain my ape like appearance but it can not explain the goodness on the inside of. It can not explain my passions and my dreams, it can not explain my desire to love my children and be loved by them…
We have been made with those elements inside us.
God is good.
God is love.
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Just for a moment think about this: While God was constructing and making the human psyche. While he was wiring us and putting us together, he left his fingerprints all over the inside of us. Love and Goodness in you. Traces of those good intents and dreams that you have.
Psalm 139:13
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
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But then why do I see addiction and anger, hate and fear?
Have the intentions been corrupted? YES
Other people are the best at destroying the goodness on the inside of you.
We judge ourselves by our intentions while others judge us by our actions…
“You are NO GOOD.”
Circumstances come a close second in ruling our intentions.
Finally we have to admit that we don’t do a bad job in ruining it for ourselves.
BUT IT IS NOT GOD
He wants to see all that he put inside you come on out.
The goodness thrive
The love abound
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The gap between you intentions and your circumstance is what causes the hurt the addictions the anger the frustration.
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What have you used to close the gap?
The only thing the closes the gap is when we turn towards the one who gave us those good intentions – who put them on the inside of us…
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What you think is weakness. What the world tells you is weaknesss is actually your strength.
Paul again: That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10
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Here is how you let it come out…
God had to remind mankind of the intentions the good he placed inside of us.
Things got so dark that he sent Jesus who was tuned in to letting the goodness of God come on out. There was no gap in him.
Titus 3:4 – But–“When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love,
There is good inside of you. Qualities of Him and when we admit that He is on the inside of us, we unlock all that strength and peace.
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Look like my dad. If you have never seen my dad you wouldn’t know.
In the room… The source of my features become evident.
Now I can identify with where I belong. I have a source and I know and understand who I am.
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