Tag: Mind
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When the mind is blind! – By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha
The eyes are useless when the mind is blind; so say the prophets and sages of old. How can a mind be blind? Does the mind have eyes to see? See what? To the uninitiated this sounds like a conundrum, an impossible and abstract journey in philosophical musings.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: It starts in the mind
If you are on a surface and need to be pulled up by someone to a higher ground, the person pulling you up must be on that higher level. You cannot be pulled up by someone on the same level as you; you can only be dragged sideways. In much the same way, for us…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: When your mind lies to you [2]
Cognitive distortions are very unhealthy and can lead to mental health conditions like depression or anxiety. It can affect your sense of self-worth, relationships, health, and general wellbeing.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: When your mind lies to you [1]
Your mind is the element in you that enables you to be aware of the world and your experiences, to think, and to feel; It is the faculty of consciousness and thought. It is your ability to think and reason: the intellect.
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Is your mind lying to you (2)
By Oke Chinye Read: PHILIPPIANS 4:8 Meditation verse: “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:23) Here are some more examples of how your mind can distort your reasoning: Blaming / Denying: When you hold other people responsible for your situation in life. For instance, your…
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[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Is your mind lying to you?
By Oke Chinye Read: PROVERBS 4:23 Meditation verse: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). The human mind is powerful: It is the seat of affect (emotions), mood, thoughts, belief, perception, and memory. Your mind can be your…
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Does God change his mind? Femi Aribisala
One of the seemingly difficult questions arising from the scriptures is whether God ever changes his mind. On the one hand, it is clear that God is omniscient and immutable. Peter said to Jesus: “We understand that you know everything.” (John 16:30). God declares “the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that…
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Wanted: A restructuring of minds, by Femi Adesina
Hearing some Nigerians speak (whether based at home or in the Diaspora) you discern that they are “in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.” They spew out things that give them away as “whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones.” What happened to…
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Religion of the heart – Femi Aribisala
By Femi Aribisala Imagine a scenario where God appears to you and declares that your thoughts would be broadcast on Radio Nigeria for everyone to listen to for just two days. How would you react? Would you accept the challenge or would you beg for mercy? What if he were to tell you the two…
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The mind of Donald Trump
By Gavin Hewitt No modern president has been so analysed. Other leaders don’t know him and can’t read him. He leaves a trail, but it is strewn with contradictions. He craves popularity but revels in being demonised. He trusts his gut instincts and embraces unpredictability as a virtue. Diplomats, foreign leaders, business chiefs are all…