What Is Possible with Christ Residing in You?

Experiencing the cutting edge of stress is due to being human. Scientists theorize that restorative sleep is one way to rid the mind and body of low-level stress and pressure. Repetitive thinking about problems inhibits sleep and rest as the mind searches for solutions.

It’s impossible not to take stress to bed when issues with finances, relationships, and health cannot be resolved. Self-defeating behaviors like negative thinking are a prime source for stress. Negative attitudes will perpetuate stress for the possessor and for all listening.

God in his wisdom designed you with the potential for change, to see problems from his perspective where solutions abound. God created you in his image with the ability to think and be creative and solve life’s problems. With Christ in you, you can do good things with the insight he will supply. 

So be receptive to what God will do.              

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God’s plan it to make known his secret to his people, this rich and glorious secret which he has for all peoples. And the secret is that Christ is in you, which means that you will share in the glory of God.

~Colossians 1:27 Good News Bible

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Why Is It So Difficult to Love Others?

Each person eventually comes up against the cutting edge of adversity. I recently read these provoking words: “The problems of living are always centered on reconciling opposites.” Problems surface as a result of personality clashes or differences in experiences, values, or opinions.

Reinhold Niebuhr presents this truth: “The real problem…lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but we do not.” Loving one another demands that we look deep into ourselves and to the Lord God to find solutions to problems each person can appreciate and accept.

Problems unaddressed are like a splinter broken off under the skin. The constant throbbing torments the body, mind, and spirit. Perhaps it’s time to ask the Lord Jesus Christ, “What do I need to address within myself that prevents me from loving others?” Jesus said, “A new commandment I give to you, ‘Love one another as much as I have loved you.’” Being closer to God requires submitting to Jesus’ command. 

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But it really is a new commandment, and you know its true meaning, just as Christ does. You can see the darkness fading away and the true light already shining. If we claim to be  in the light and hate someone, we are still in the dark. But if we love others, we are in the light, and we don’t cause problems for them.

~1 John 2:8-10 Contemporary English Version

 

The righteous call to the Lord, and he listens; he rescues them, from all their troubles. 

~Psalm 34:17 Good News Bible

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