Peace Taker #15- Double-Mindedness, Part 1 (TMF:702)

Tuesday, August 01, 2017
Peace to Live By: Peace Taker #15- Double-Mindedness, Part 1 (TMF:702) - Daniel Litton
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       Number fifteen: Not making up our minds about what we want. “For the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (James 1:6-8, ESV). Double-mindedness is probably one of the greatest peace thieves that exist. All of us have been double-minded about one thing or another in our lives. A great danger for us, though, is when we cultivate a double-minded attitude in minds, becoming indecisive about most things. It’s so easy to go from thinking one way about something, and then later in the day to thinking another way about the same matter. The way we overcome this type of thinking is by making decisions in our minds, and not shifting from that decision once we’ve made it based on our emotions. Unless we later find out externally we are wrong in our thinking, we have to continue to believe in our decision. This produces peaceful minds.