[Discoveries] 05-14-08 Getting real -- Matthew 5:29-30

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. 
It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole 
body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, 
cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of 
your body than for your whole body to go into hell. -- Matthew 5:29-30*/

First of all, do hands and eyes really cause people to sin? No. Your 
hand and your eye is a servant to your mind and your heart. Jesus 
doesn't want all his children to be blind amputees. He wants us to wake 
up and get real about what is in our hearts.

Getting real doesn't mean "Straighten up." We can't straighten up. We 
don't have the ability to do so.

Getting real doesn't mean "Try harder." We've been trying harder all our 
lives. It doesn't work.

Getting real means we all need to admit that there are places in our 
hearts where Jesus needs to do surgery. Getting real means waking up and 
realizing that you can't perform open heart surgery on yourself, you 
need Jesus to do it for you.

Things that cause us to sin are buried inside each of us. There is no 
such thing as a person who doesn't have issues in his or her life that 
need a touch from Jesus.

We can be offended or we can be comforted. Our deepest, darkest secrets 
are safe with Jesus. We can open our soul to Him.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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