Determining to make significant changes can be impulsive, with little consideration given for what’s required to make change successful. Changing behaviors or thought patterns demands concentration as well as an effective strategy. People know when their life is out of balance and headed for trouble.
The Hollywood director John Huston knew his tobacco addiction would culminate in emphysema and eventually the inability to do the work he loved. Yet he refused to stop smoking, believing that pleasure now is worth the pain and suffering to be experienced later. Toward the end of his life, an oxygen tank and a wheelchair became his constant companions.
Resolving to change can be painful and inconvenient but will build a bridge to a better life. Listen carefully to the warning signals conveyed to you from God himself. “Be still and quiet and know He is God Almighty and personally loves you.” The Holy Spirit is always at work to help you know and do what is best.
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Let the Spirit change your way of thinking and make you into
a new person. You were created to be like God, and so you must please him and be
truly holy.
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