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Man was originally created in the image of God and was furnished in his mind with a true and salutary knowledge of his Creator and things spiritual, in his will and heart with righteousness, and in all his emotions with purity; indeed, the whole man was holy. However, rebelling against God at the devil’s instigation and by his own free will, he deprived himself of these outstanding gifts. Rather, in their place he brought upon himself blindness, terrible darkness, futility, and distortion of judgment in his mind; perversity, defiance, and hardness in his heart and will; and finally impurity in all his emotions.
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What is motivating you or another? 1. What do you love? Hate (Matt. 22:37-39; 2 Tim. 3:2-4)? 2. What do you want, desire, crave, lust, and wish for? What desires do you serve and obey (Psm. 17:14-15; Pro. 10:3; 11:6-7; 1 Pet. 1:14; 2:11; 4:2; 2 Pet. 1:4; 2:10; Jas. 1:14-15; 4:1-3)? 3. What do you seek, aim for, and pursue? What are your goals and expectations (Mt. 6:32-33; 2 Tim. 2:22)? 4. Where do you bank your hopes (1 Pet. 1:13; 1 Tim. 6:17)? 5. What do you fear? What do you want? What do you tend to worry about (Mt. 6:25-32; 13:22)? 6. What do you feel like doing (Psm. 17:14-15; 73:23-28; Pro. 10:3; 10:28; 11:6-7)? 7. What do you think you need? What are your “felt needs” (Mt. 6:8-15; 6:25-31; 1 Ki. 3:5-14)? 8. What are you plans, agendas, strategies, and intentions designed to accomplish (Matt. 6:32-33; 2 Tim. 2:22)? 9. What makes you tick (Isa. 1:29-30; 50:10-11; Jer. 2:13; 17:13; Matt. 4:4; 5:6; Jn. 4:32-34; 6:25-69)? 10. Where do you find refuge, safety, comfort, escape, pleasure, security (Psm. 23; 27; 31; 46)? 11. What or whom do you trust (Psm. 23; 103; 131; Pr. 3:5; 11:28; 12:15)? 12. Whose performance matters? On whose shoulders does the well-being of your world rest (Psm. 49:13; Jer. 17:1-14; Phil. 1:6; 2:13; 3:3-11; 4:13)? 13. Whom must you please? Whose opinion of you counts (Pr. 1:7; 9:10; 29:25; Jn. 12:43; 2 Cor. 10:18)? 14. Who are your role models (Rom. 8:29; Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10)? 15. On your deathbed, what would sum up your life as worthwhile (see all of Ecclesiastes)? 16. How do you define and weigh success or failure, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable, in any particular situation (Jud. 21:25; Pro. 3:5; 1 Cor. 10:24-27? 17. What would make you feel rich, secure, prosperous (Pr. 3:13-18; 8:10, 17-21; Matt. 6:19-21; 13:45-46; 1 Pet. 1:2-7)? 18. What would bring you the greatest pleasure, happiness, and delight? The greatest pain and misery (Matt. 5:3-11; Psm. 1; 35; Jer. 17:7-8; Lk. 6:27-42)? 19. Whose coming into political power would make everything better (Matt. 6:10)? 20. Whose victory or success would make your life happy? How do you define victory or success (Rom. 8:37-39; Rev. 2:7; Psm. 96-99)? 21. What do you see as your rights? What do you feel entitled to (1 Cor. 9; Rom. 5:6-10; Psm. 103:10)? 22. In what situations do you feel pressured or tense? Confident and relaxed (see the Psalms or refuge)? 23. What do you want to get out of life (Prov. 3:13-18; Matt. 6:1-5, 16-18)? 24. What do you pray for (Jas. 4:3; Matt. 6:5-1; Lk. 18:9-14)? 25. What do you think about most often? What preoccupies or obsesses you (Col. 3:1-5; Phil. 3:19; Rom. 8:5-16)? 26. What do you talk about? What is important to you? What attitudes do you communicate (Lk. 6:45; Pro. 10:10; Eph. 4:29)? 27. How do you spend your time? What are your priorities (Pro. 1:16; 10:4; 23:19-21; 24:33)? 28. What are you characteristic fantasies, either pleasurable or fearful? Daydreams? What do your night dreams revolve around (Psm. 17:14-15; 73:23-28; Ecc. 5:3-7; Gal. 5:16-25; Eph. 2:3; 4:22; 2 Tim. 2:22; Tit. 3:3). 29. What are your functional beliefs that control how you interpret your life and determine how you act (Heb. 4:12)? 30. What are your idols or false gods? In what do you place your trust? Or set your hopes (Jer. 17:5; Eze. 14:1-8; Ac. 26:18; Col. 3:5; 1 Jn. 5:21). 31. How do you live for yourself (Lk. 9:23-25; 2 Cor. 5:14-15)? 32. How do you life as a slave of the devil (Jn. 8:44; Ac. 26:18; Eph. 2:2-3:2; 1 Tim. 2:26; Jas. 3:14-16)? 33. How do you implicitly say, “If only…” (to get what you want, avoid what you don’t want, keep what you have) (1 Ki. 21:1-7; Heb. 11:25; Phil. 3:4-11)? 34. What instinctively seems and feels right to you? What are you opinions, the things you feel are true (Jud. 21:25; Pro. 3:5, 7; 12:15; 14:12; 18:2; Isa. 53:6; Phil. 3:19; Rom. 16:18)? 35. Where do you find your identity? How do you define who you are?
David Powlison

    • Pickled Onions

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    Mexican Mexican, Salads/slaw 1 servings

    INGREDIENTS

    2 c Apple cider vinegar
    1/2 c Sugar
    2 ts Salt
    1 Whole clove
    3 Whole allspice
    3 lg Red onion; very thinly sliced

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Put vinegar, sugar, salt, clove, and allspice in a large nonreactive
saucepan. Place over high heat and bring to boil. Put the onions in a
large, nonreactive bowl and pour the boiling pickling liquid over them.
Toss well. Allow to sit, tossing occasionally, until cool. Onions will wilt
and turn pink. Let sit for 3-4 hours before using or refrigerate for up to
5 days.
NOTES : Serve at room temperature
Recipe by: La Parilla - Reed Heron
Posted to bbq-digest by Bill Ackerman <ackerman@cordless.com> on Dec 27,
1998, converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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