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: The Third Eye Perspective Christian Thoughts
: For Today:
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: Good Morning Saints! How are you doing this
: morning, good I hope? Did you have a good
: weekend, I sure hope so? Mine was pretty
: good I would have to say myself! I hope that
: you have a good and very Blessed Monday and
: start to your work week! May God Bless You
: and Yours in 2018 and beyond! - “Are YOU
: 100% sure, that you are Saved and headed to
: Heaven when you die? Are you sure YOUR name
: IS written in the Heavenly “Book of Life?”
: Is there absolutely not a shadow of a doubt
: in your mind, that your Salvation is already
: secured and you’re just waiting on the good
: Lord to call you home to be with Him? If the
: answer is “No, Not Sure, I Think So, Maybe,
: or Probably, then you need to get busy right
: now working on fixing that. You need to be
: totally sure where your Soul will spend
: eternity!” And AMEN goes right here….
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: #SalvationIsOnlyThruJesusChrist
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: The Third Eye Perspective:
: By Carlos C. Brown
:
: Thought For Today – “A Selfish Spirit…..It’s
: All About Me/I”
:
: You know, today’s message came to me over
: the weekend while I was observing my son
: Dawson spending time with his little brother
: Derek. On this past Friday, Dawson called me
: at work and asked me if his little brother
: could come spend the night with us. Being
: that I think the world of that little kid
: who ironically isn’t my biological son just
: for the record to clear up any confusion, I
: of course agreed to it. What had me in awe
: of my son Dawson, is how he seemingly felt
: the need to justify “why” to me he really
: wanted Derek to come say with us, “Dad, he
: and I really don’t get to see each other
: that much now that I’m in college and
: staying in the dorm on campus. He really
: likes hanging out with me and I miss that
: little fella too dad.” Although I allowed
: him to plead his case, I had already told
: him the minute he first asked that it was
: okay. The excitement I saw in both their
: eyes when I picked them up from their
: grandmother’s house Friday evening, really
: warmed my heart. Now I know Derek loves
: coming to my new house, I overheard him call
: it on his first visit to it, “the coolest
: house ever!” LOL! Of course I treat him like
: he’s family when he’s there (and when he’s
: not also) insisting that he make himself at
: home. It took him a while, but he finally
: did and it is a real blessing to see that he
: does feel that comfortable there. It is with
: this train of thought, or line of thinking,
: that it was placed on my heart this morning
: to talk about “A Selfish Spirit……..It’s All
: About Me/I.” And AMEN goes right here!
: Father God in Heaven, I come to you with a
: bowed down head, and a very humbled heart,
: trying to humble myself before your throne
: of mercy the best way that I know how.
: Asking first and foremost that you forgive
: me for all of my sins, trespasses, and
: especially any of Your commandments I’ve
: broken, and then Lord, asking that you allow
: me to be back in Your good graces right now.
: Lastly dear Lord, I ask that You Bless me to
: relay this message to my family, friends,
: acquaintances, and even total strangers as
: clearly and effectively as you would have me
: to, in the mighty awesome name of Jesus
: Christ, Your sweet darling Son, and the
: Christian folks said AMEN!
:
: Now in finishing my story, I got to witness
: probably the most unselfish acts a big
: brother could ever exhibit to his younger
: brother! The way that Dawson treated him
: when he didn’t even realize I was paying
: attention to it, just really blew me away.
: They laughed and talked like they were best
: friends the entire time he was there. They
: played X-Box and you could hear them all the
: way in my living room really getting into
: the game they were playing. When it was time
: to eat supper, Dawson fixed his plate and
: they said Grace over their food. Then, I
: took them to a game exchange type of store
: where they just looked around at different
: Xbox games, books, and movies and Derek just
: followed him around like they were best
: friends. It really caused me to have a proud
: Daddy moment that I might just be doing
: something right with Dawson, as he always
: seem to impress me more and more just when I
: think he couldn’t do anything more than he
: has already, recently making the
: Presidential Scholar’s list his first
: semester in College. Okay now I’m going to
: throw you that notorious curveball that I am
: famous for in my devotionals! I have already
: set the stage to have you totally confused
: when you try to apply my subject heading to
: my story about my son Dawson and his brother
: Derek. What got me to thinking about my
: subject heading, “A Selfish Spirit…..It’s
: All About Me/I” was just seeing how
: UN-selfish my son Dawson was with his little
: brother, and then how so many people are
: just the opposite. I immediately started to
: have Biblical examples flashing in and out
: of my mind of those people who fit the
: description of being “Selfish” and having a
: “It’s all about me/I” mentality. The first
: that comes to mind if you would turn in
: your Bibles with me to the Book of Genesis,
: you’ll read about God creating all the
: angles but one powerful one in particular,
: Lucifer aka Satan on earth. He is probably
: this best example of “A Selfish Spirit,”
: because it is the pride that resulted from
: his “ME/I” mentality that got him kicked out
: of Heaven. The next example in the Bible,
: will be that of, are you ready for this,
: “Adam and Eve.” Staying in the same Book of
: Genesis you’ll read where God created Adam,
: then Eve and gave them E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-M-G
: they would ever need to survive and also
: thrive on earth. God also gave them dominion
: over every living creature on land (ummm
: that would also include Lucifer because at
: this point he has been kicked out of Heaven
: for rebelling and made to live on earth now)
: and all of those animals of the sea, and the
: fowls of the air as well! And that still
: wasn’t good enough, because they got caught
: slipping and ate of the forbidden fruit tree
: after Eve had an encounter with the serpent
: aka Satan also formerly known as Lucifer.
: Can you see where all of this is going?????
:
: Okay, I have a few more Biblical examples of
: “A Selfish Spirit,” before I make my final
: point…..turn with me on further into the
: Book of Genesis, ohhhhh say to about the
: 19th chapter. There you’ll read about a man
: named Lot the nephew of Abraham, who had a
: wife that to my knowledge name is never
: mentioned in the Bible. Lot’s wife is famous
: for being turned into a pillar of salt
: because she disobeyed God’s warning “not to
: look back” while He was destroying the
: cities of Sodom and Gomorrah due to their
: sinful nature being so far out of hand. Many
: Biblical scholars have pondered the question
: of “why” she looked back, concluding that it
: might have been because she was going to
: miss that old lifestyle of sin? Pause……that
: is a Devotional message all by itself right
: there, “Don’t look back at the sin you have
: conquered or broken the chains that were
: keeping you attached to them, if you don’t
: want to experience God’s wrath and
: punishment?” Hmmmmmnnnnnnnnn, think I’ll
: save that for future reference. The next
: example would be the Prodigal’s Son, so
: please turn with me to the Book of Luke the
: 15th chapter starting with the 11th verse to
: about the 32nd verse. Here we have a young
: man whose father is described as a very well
: off man with two sons and a wife. He is a
: man of means and substance if you will, in
: other words as they say in the hip hop
: community, “he making that paper,” aka lots
: of money! This young man wakes up one
: morning after the spirit of “selfishness”
: took hold of him for whatever reason, and
: decided he wanted “his share” of his
: father’s estate to go off into the world to
: explore it. I see a hand up in my virtual
: audience, which is not a normal occurrence
: so let me see what this man’s question is?
: Ummmm Brother Carlos, I think I missed part
: of your story here, because I don’t recall
: hearing you say that father had died?” Ha!
: You are very observant, because he hadn’t!
: That is what is so arrogant about the
: younger son’s actions, in asking for it
: while his father was still alive! Talk about
: an epic case of entitlement! Okay hurrying
: this on to a close, the father agree to give
: his son his portion of his estate and the
: son left hurriedly so see the world. It
: wasn’t long before he was broke destitute
: and realized his mistake, and at that point
: had to swallow his pride and go back to his
: father’s house, apologize, and be full
: willing to live as a servant in his own
: father’s house. Yet his father did not see
: it that way, and those of you who does not
: understand this, that is called true love,
: and complete humility on his father’s part.
: How many of you could have forgiven your
: child for such a foolish and very selfish
: act? Don’t raise your hands, you are sitting
: in a Church (virtual or not) I wouldn’t want
: a lightning bolt to hit you right now for
: fibbing!! The moral of these stories above,
: was to indicate how having “A Selfish
: Spirit” will never, I repeat NEVER generate
: anything positive in your life if you suffer
: from this condition. I am very glad that I
: was raised by two of the most Unselfish
: people you could ever meet, my mother Gladys
: aka “Momma G.” and my Grandmother “Dorothy
: May.” They were not perfect, and I won’t act
: like they were, but in MY book and I’m sure
: quite a lot of other’s they were pretty darn
: close to it! They were the most freehearted
: two women I have ever met in my entire life
: to this day. Jesus could have easily been a
: “Selfish” person, think about what it was he
: was deemed to have to do? He was tasked with
: coming down into a mean and very selfish
: world and live among us for thirty-three
: long years, just so that He could be
: crucified on a Cross for OUR sins, not His!
: And if that wasn’t bad enough, to not have a
: lot of people even appreciate it and or
: benefit (as far as Salvation goes) from it.
: Can I leave you with a question to ponder
: today if I may?
:
: “Find a big mirror to look in. Then look in
: that mirror and ask the question, Do I
: Suffer From A Selfish Spirit? If you are
: honest with yourself and the answer is YES,
: make the decision right then to first ask
: for forgiveness from the Lord God in Heaven
: for having it in the first place, but then
: make a honest and concerted effort to kill
: that “Selfish Spirit” right then and there!
: Here’s a hint, if you ask the Lord to kill
: that spirit, He will do just that!”
:
: Can I get an AMEN?
:
: “Today, choose to “Ride or Die” with Jesus
: Christ! Afterall, isn’t that exactly what He
: did for us on the Cross and Calvary’s Mt?”
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