Session Notes

Shovel Writings: Faith:

“Friend: what about taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ?
Shovel: consider it thru
Friend: yes, I realize that in the war, we fight ‘from’ victory and not ‘for’ victory
Shovel: how could ANY thought be taken CAPTIVE? … and then consider it says, EVERY thought
Friend: only Christ by controlling our minds can do this job … I want Him to do so!!!
Shovel: yes … it is as we go thru our stuff we are walking by faith … that means having your eyes on something that sounds stupid, foolish to our logical mind
Friend: I know that in Romans 6 that we are to continually reckon ourselves to be dead to sin and alive to God, (resting in what is true)
Shovel: yes … doesn’t that sound ethereal
Friend: many legalist believe that this is a ‘work’ to make it true and that is of course a lie from hell ”

It is difficult to comprehend that even our beliefs can be “works”or legalism. This is an excellent point form article showing how spiritual words can be viewed in a fleshy way. “Jesus allow me to see only in the Spirit.”

Shovel Writings: Intro:

“It’s amazing what you hear when you really listen.  It’s not easy because you and I are so used to hearing others from our own perspective — and not from theirs.  Why do you think people pay psychologists so much money to sit back and listen to them answer their own questions?  What if we were to do this with each other, but our questions were driven by the desire ”to know nothing among you except Christ and Him crucified (1 Cor2:2)“?  ”

This is the key to the Good News. I pray our focus as sin for believers is not the real issue. When we surrender our self-protective feelings there is no need to avoid/defend. Pray our eyes remain seeing Jesus took the offense feared away.