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Day 4 The Ambivalent Mind Part 2

Healing Starts With a Choice


The question Jesus asked the impotent man was "Wilt thou be made whole? (John 5:6)." Your decision activates the response. The common mistake we make as believers is to assume that we can't move unless God moves.  The battle may not be ours but the choice is!! God is waiting for you to move first in your mind. In Joshua 24:15 the statement is CHOOSE for yourselves today whom you will serve. Ambivalence can not draw near to Christ. When I was 15 the pastor asked me if I would accept Christ as my personal savior. That choice changed my life forever. What makes my life remarkable however are the choices I make daily. The story of the impotent man by the pool shows us some important facts about choices. Lets look at them; 1) choices propel change. Before God could command the man to pick up his bed and walk the choice had to be made. 2) Acceptance can  be a hindrance to choices. If that man accepted his condition with no desire to change he would have stayed laying there in that state forever.  So today choose to fight the ambivalence by adopting an assertive mind.
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