August-October 2024

Mindset: Spirit-Free

God is the creator of endless beauty. His handiwork, like a thick bed of flowers, goes beyond what our mind can imagine. As the Bible says, “Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It’s way over our heads. We’ll never figure it out.”

Happy Birthday! Once each year, all of us have that day. Some, like the children’s story character, Eeyore have a mindset that is pessimistic even dark: “Go and enjoy yourself. We can’t all and some of us don’t. I’ll stay here and be miserable.”

The world is eager to tell you: It’s too difficult – you can’t afford the cost – come back to earth – it’s impossible. How do you overcome? Planning for success, positivity, determination, hard work, and mindfulness are buzzwords for having a self-directed (and thus self-limited) mindset.

The routines of life can be a ball and chain. Nobody wants, “same thing – different day” to become, “my whole life has been filled with disappointments, meaningless … a lie”. But, until God is at the center of your lifestyle, everything you believe, value and do – everything you are falls short.

For all of us tired of the mundane, who want to see beyond this world’s myopic best, grab hold of Spirit-free. God is munificent, generously giving you grace, love, joy, vision and resources. God’s spirit defies definition. Only God can build you stronger than your fitness, take you further than your travels, grow you deeper than your purpose and get you spiritually out beyond the limits of limitless.

Explore all 4 of the autumn 2024 magazines from Lifestyle Media Group and let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus – That energy is God’s energy, an energy deep within you!

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