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Many today know of GOD; but do not have any relationship with HIM! " But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him, and he can not understand them, because they are spiritually apprised!" I Cor. 2:14 KJV. a True-ism The term " Knowledge " in the western world especially is just a collection of data. Some of the negative emotions people experience due to the lack of a fuller understanding and better relationship with GOD are: 1) Fear of almost everything... We are living in a period of great anxiety. 2) Shame and guilt, when dominated by these emotions, people tend to cover their inner self thus self disclosure is not likely to happen. One of the main contributions of these feelings is the wave of depression which doubled between 1985 to 1995 and has shown a tenfold increase in the twentieth century in the USA... Much of this is based on the fact that we have too many choices today... With so much information available in the past hundred years, people tend to become befuddled or over whelmed by the sheer mass of data... We get advice from almost everywhere, do this, or go here, or buy this, or say that, then all the government regulations and laws... It has become a place where you can know a lot but not be available to respond because you do not know which is the right or correct path for you! The transitional effects of mankind's key attributes; Innocence, Dominion and Acceptance, have become three almost continuous needs in our lives today... 1) Innocence has been replaced for the most part by guilt and shame; which causes the need for a sense of true self worth needs to be restored! 2) Dominion has been replaced by weakness ans a sense of total helplessness; we therefore have a need for strength and self-control evident in the world today. 3) Acceptance was replaced by various forms of rejection; Which makes us want to belong to something, even if it is wrong. Apart from the Holy Spirit in your life, the greatest power you possess is your ability to choose! Our sense of worth is not a question of our giftedness, talents, intelligence, strength or beauty; it is your sense of personal worth as a child of God! The human soul was not designed to function as a sovereign master. We are not masters of our fates or even Captains of our souls! Every temptation to live your life independent of God's plan is a one way path toward destruction and loss. Even our best efforts at self control, beyond our personal choice; without the Grace of God, leads only to some type of self perfectionism or a form of legalism which will result in self destruction! "Start to seek God in your life and find out who you really are, not who the world wants you to be!" a True-ism  |