Another Type of Book Learning

Another type of "Book Learnin'"... 

We go to school for 12 or more years to get our education. 

Most of us get some sort of on-the-job training from our employers. 

A lot of us get many educational lessons from the school of hard knocks. 

And a few of us get ongoing education from our Big Book and its daily 12 Step practices. 

But what about Spiritual learning? 

I have yet to see it on any applications in the working world. 

The lessons I am finally learning in life come from the Bible and being in God's will and Word daily. 

Maybe it's different for you, but my wisdom comes from applying the words in God's Book to my life. 

... Check your experience. ... 

"There had been a humble willingness to have Him with me and He came. But soon the sense of His presence had been blotted out by worldly clamors, mostly those within myself. And so it has been ever since. How blind I had been." Big Book pg. 12&13 

Lord let us walk daily in Your Will and Word to gain the wisdom we need, AMEN. 

"But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure and full of quiet gentleness.  Then it is peace-loving and courteous. It allows discussion and is willing to yield to others; it is full of mercy and good deeds. It is wholehearted and straightforward and sincere." James 3:17 

 Have a blessed day y’all! 

Join me in looking at the things we face daily with passages from both the Big Book and Bible! 

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pastor+mark+farley&ref=nb_sb_noss 

 How about a daily dose of hope and inspired thought? 

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Blame Game

The blame game… 

 It’s because of them, or they made this happen, which leads to the famous, ‘it’s not MY FAULT’. 

Think about it, we all tend to have these feelings from time to time and it’s very easy to garner support from others when we share this thinking. 

Now while it is true we cannot control what other people, places, situations, or things do or say,..

 we CAN control how we allow it to affect us in our actions and attitudes. 

This is why God allows us to keep our free will even after we turn it over to Him. 

He wants us to have the ability to use our gifts and grace to not become “sheeple” getting caught up in the emotions of the moment blaming them and they. 

Rather, He wants us to look inside ourselves and choose how we respond… 

Check your experience… 

“That is how we react so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition.” Big Book pg. 85 

Lord, let us control how we react and respond using the grace You have given us, AMEN. 

 “There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.” Mark 7:15 

Have a blessed day Y’all! 

Join me in looking at the things we face daily with passages from both the Big Book and Bible! 

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=pastor+mark+farley&ref=nb_sb_noss 

 How about a daily dose of hope and inspired thought?