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If you don’t have the right outlook, you better “look out,” because trouble’s coming.
Everybody knows that.
But sometimes we think we can maintain a bad attitude and still expect good results.
Or we believe it’s not necessary for us to do any more than we’ve already done. God, Nature and people should just be happy we showed up.
Jesus doesn’t mingle well with other religions.
For instance, there’s no such thing as a Christian Buddhist. Jesus taught us to feel; Buddha suggested it was completely unnecessary. Never the twain shall meet.
There is no such thing as Judeo-Christian. Moses espoused an “eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,” and Jesus required that we creatively find ways to love our enemies.
And there is certainly no spiritual common ground between Christianity and the Muslim faith. Whereas the Muslims are the children of Abraham and the followers of Mohammed, Jesus was quite insistent that He existed long before either of them.
Christianity is not a temperamental faith, but it is a faith that addresses our temperament. And if you’re going to assist human beings in achieving their goals and becoming better citizens, you must first and foremost teach them to open their hearts.
Yes. We are all emotional people.
It doesn’t matter what culture you come from–any attempt to disguise or dampen the emotions will leave the individual imbalanced.
So if we try to have church without giving everybody an emotional experience, what we’re really advertising is a study group with hymn singing.
No wonder we’re having some trouble with attendance.
- People need to connect.
- They need to feel.
- They need to realize that someone else in the room cares about them.
The Bible needs a face. Yours will do.
But right now, we spend too much time spiritualizing, meditating and promoting Zumba classes. All these things can be wonderful, if they undergird an emotional experience.
Our outlook comes from our feelings, maturing in our spirit, renewing our mind and affecting our life choices.
The good news is that Jesus said “out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”
The better news is that when we plump up the abundance of our heart with feelings of goodness, we just talk better.
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