President's Blog - "Fighting Forward!"

What you “fuel” your bodies or cars with really pales in comparison with what you feed … your minds. ... Thinking, the thinking that shapes our lives and behaviors, takes maturity and discipline. Throughout Scripture, God invites us to understand that His blessing in our life comes through time with Him, a relationship with Him, fostered through the reading of His Word. Romans 12:2: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Philippians 4:8, 9: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” Proverbs 23:7: “For as he thinks within himself, so he is.” Fighting Forward

Matthew 15:29-39 ... For these healed people to glorify “the God of Israel” was to offer praise for, to be thankful for, to acknowledge the attributes of the God that they now knew, and to recognize the healings and other blessings they had received as prompted by and stemming from His attributes: His love, mercy, care, kindness, compassion, omniscience, omnipotence, and the like. John 4:23-24 ... “Omit the spirit, and though you have the truth, the worship becomes formalism, mere ritual observance. Omit the truth, and though the whole soul is thrown into the worship, it becomes and abomination. Thus “spirit and truth” form a unit, two halves that belong together in every act of worship.” - R. C. H. Lenski Fighting Forward