What are you centered on?
Asks C.J. Mahaney
He states that on a daily basis we’re faced with two simple choices. We can either listen to ourselves and our constantly changing feelings about our circumstances, or we can talk to ourselves about the unchanging truth of who God is and what He’s accomplished for us at the cross.
Far too often we choose to passively listen to ourselves. We sit back and let our view of God and life be shaped by our constantly shifting feelings about our ever-changing circumstances. Life is busy. Often hard. Full of distractions. And before a morning cup of coffee, our passive listening can take us on a roller-coaster ride as we review a hundred different topics and experience a dozen varied emotions.
Is it any wonder we’re so often unhappy? We’re listening to ourselves. We need to start talking to ourselves instead.
The cross centered life starts with biblical thinking.
Are you going to build your life on what you feel or what is real?
The above is taken directly from The Cross Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney.
I remember our pastor, Kyle, talking about and recommending a similar thing ‘Preaching the Gospel’ to ourselves daily. Also a book by the same (or similar) name, don’t remember the author. Actually, I just looked it up and it’s called A Gospel Primer for Christians: Learning to See the Glories of God’s Love (I was close, right?) by Milton Vincent. The premise of the book is that we should renew the Gospel everyday, not just one and done at salvation. We should experience the Cross daily, for living life and godliness—to preach the gospel to ourselves daily to strengthen our faith and define what we believe and why.
This is my prayer for us.
The Journey 