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#RightMind

Friday, May 3rd, 2019

Last week I encouraged the folks to lose their minds. This week I plan to encourage them to be in their right mind. And now you are wondering about mine!  🙂

Most of us use some type of debit or credit card. I only have a debit card. I followed Dave Ramsey and the only thing I owed on was my house, but then life hit. Jo’s SUV we bought and she had for several years blew up with 230,000 miles on it. Then the SUV I had for 115,000 miles was going to cost an arm and a leg to fix and since I didn’t have one to spare I took out a loan on a truck. The replacement vehicle we bought for Jo looked like a golf ball from the hail but we bought it at a good price and made some minor repairs and paid it off. But we had a friend who needed a car badly so we gave it to her, signed title and all. Then the Cube we bought with 110,000 miles on it got hit in the side then started doing weird things engine-wise. There goes no loan. So now we have a house loan and 2 vehicle loans.

Not all debt is bad though. For example, the Bible says, “Owe no man nothing, except to love.” Debts of gratitude are good to have. If someone does something for you that quite literally might have saved your life, you will feel you owe a debt of gratitude. Living life as a Christ-follower should follow that line of thinking. I do because I want to, not because I have to or feel forced to.

Last week I talked about losing our minds, i.e will I have the mind of the flesh or the mind of the Spirit? This week I want to take that thought a bit further. What does it mean to have the mind of the Spirit. Better yet, how can I have the mindset of a Spirit-controlled person? I will be in Romans 8 for 5 weeks. (I added a week this week while studying). This week is verses 12-17. The emphasis will be sanctification. Your prayers would be much appreciated.