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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: Hatshepsut Ordered by Date |
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1 | What does it mean to be double minded? | James | Hatshepsut | 86874 | ||
James, chapter one, says that a double minded man is unstable in all his ways. He/she can't make up his/her mind about anything. Instead they vascillate either because they are unsure, lacking in faith, lacking in self esteem, don't have all the facts, or abounding in fear. Double minded means to be of two minds. It's like a two headed creature with one body and both the heads trying to go a different way. God wants that man or woman to make up his/her mind. How can we petition the father for something if we don't know what we want? It's the same when choosing career paths or life paths. We have to make a choice. I was faced with a difficult choice at one point in my life. I vascillated for two years and for two years I remained confused. I was of two minds. My thoughts were continually juxtaposed. (This kind of thinking, in its extreme form, can shattered a person' psyche.) When I made a firm choice, I received immediate clarity and a way was made for me to do what I decided to do. That's how the simple verse, "ask and ye shall receive" works. A person who is double minded, for one reason or another, cannot make up his or her mind and is unstable and confused about many things. But there is hope for that person. That hope is wisdom from God. James chapter one says that God gives it liberally (freely, in abundance) to all those who ask. Proverbs has always been one of my favorite books because it is the book of wisdom. When I get confused, that's where I go to first. It helps me to stabilze my mind. God can't do much of anything for us until we make up our minds. |
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2 | what does John 15:15 and "friend" mean? | John 15:15 | Hatshepsut | 86527 | ||
It means the same as it does with a human friend. I can take to him about everything and anything and he doesn't judge me. He loves me in my rotten moods and even when I'm disgusted with him. When I don't talk to him for hours, even days, months, years - when I speak with him again he is still there and he is still the same. I don't ever have to worry about him telling my secrets, yet he reveals his to me. I love him and I love spending time in his presence just because. That's what it means to be a friend. That's what Jesus is to me. | ||||||