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    Cognitive dissonance

    A critical point to remember about beliefs is that while we may begin with healthy beliefs but if we fail to live up to them, we will experience cognitive dissonance; that is, mental disharmony that is caused by guilt. Because of this discomfort, the danger is that we may change our beliefs to match our lifestyle. And then, instead of living the life we believe, we end up unhappily believing the life we live—a dangerous and self-destructive path to follow.

    The good news about beliefs is that we get to choose them. In so doing we choose the direction and destiny of our life. Thus we need to choose our beliefs carefully and base them on reality and not on that which is convenient, or on false teaching or faulty perceptions from the past. We need to base them on God's Word and his principles for successful daily living.

    For some in difficult circumstances it may be difficult to believe in God and that he has a specific purpose for your life. Nevertheless, we still believe in God by choice as exemplified by a World War II prisoner of war who wrote on a cellar wall in Cologne, Germany: "I believe in the sun, even when it is not shining; I believe in love, even when I feel it not; I believe in God even when he is silent."

    Another powerful thing about beliefs is that they determine not only the destiny of our present life, but also our relationship to God and our destiny for the life to come. God's Word, the Bible, says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son [Jesus Christ], that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."2 Also, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved [for the life to come]."3 And again, "To all who received him [Christ], to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God."4

    Remember, too, that beliefs are only wishes until we act on them!

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    When we choose what to believe, that is our reality regardless of whether it is real or not. That's why our beliefs must be in line with God's Word. He is true reality and His Word is true reality. If one chooses not to believe that, and chooses the lie, then that lie will be their reality.

    One person said something along the lines of if in any area of your life you don't have abounding hope, then you are believing a lie in that area. God's Word will produce abounding hope in any are of your life that you choose to believe His Word.

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    One person said something along the lines of if in any area of your life you don't have abounding hope, then you are believing a lie in that area. God's Word will produce abounding hope in any are of your life that you choose to believe His Word.
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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
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    Krys, speaking of 'cognitive dissonance', have you turned geemajudy onto Dr Carolyn Leaf?

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    Krys, speaking of 'cognitive dissonance', have you turned geemajudy onto Dr Carolyn Leaf?
    We have a few threads on Dr Leaf, this one has some video links:

    http://livingfaithforum.com/forum/sh...fix-your-brain

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    I don't know why I have not heard of this woman. I watch Jim and Betty a lot. She is right on. Renew the mind.and you change your life. Romans 12:1,2,3. A dead sacrifice can do nothing for God, but a living sacrifice can do wonders, but only by renewing your mind to the word of God.,Read it, meditate on it, memorize it. If you don't have it in you, you will never be able to speak it forth. Much like a computer. A computer must have things programmed in, in order to give it out. Same way with our minds. We can't give out what is not programmed in.

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