6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
We can learn a lot from a heroin addict. After 6 years of self-indulgence, their life has changed. It’s harder to keep friends. It’s harder to enjoy a simple TV show or ballgame. Work loses value and interest in their minds. Wait… everything is starting to lose value and interest in their minds. Everything except their addiction.
If you are around hard-core addicts they are sometimes almost zombie-like. Completely empty.
________ is a bit more subtle. Sometimes anyways. But even when it is more subtle in how it steals more and more things from you. If you sit down and think about it, it will be pretty obvious.
Satan says that there are disadvantages to being only Spiritually minded. He says you will miss out on the fun. But, when he tells you that, read the verse again. Which part of death is fun.
Life is always more fun when we do things God’s way. But in order for that to be true we need to strive to follow God’s ways. I will repeat an earlier thread: Jeremiah 29:11 ESV
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Pray one million times: “Father, show me the plans You have for me.”
Consider memorizing: To be spiritually minded is life and peace.
If our goal is to follow God’s plan… life will always be, way more fun.
When we set a goal to be spiritually minded, we find life, peace, and a future.
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