Be Intentional

Don't be swept along by your circumstance. Be Intentional.

Truth separated from God becomes deception.

There is one truth with a multitude of facets. Together each facet is valid.

As a simple example., take responsibility. Separate it from accountability and you get independance. Highly valued in western society. "I am my own man", "I am self sufficient" we say. This idea that I don't need anyone to be a success is a lie.

By Grace, through Faith...

It's not where you are at, it's how far you've come. It's not what you've been given, it's what you do with it.

Our Conception of Perception is a Deception.

"Our Conception of Perception is a Deception"...

How to get past the deception? Checkout a site I highly recommend...

Https://www.onlinecounseling.org/perception.htm

But there is a better way...

Prov. 3:5-6 (HCSB)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own understanding; 6. Think about Him in all your ways,
and He will guide you on the right paths.^[a]

"in all your getting, get understanding"

Prov. 4:7. Wisdom is the principal thing;
Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.

So wisely understand this...

Proverbs 3:5-6 (HCSB) Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding;  6. Think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.

Stupify. It's a great word!

I think much of what we do (chose/decide) stupifies God.

Not that He didn't know that it was possible for us to do such a "stupid" thing.

More about a sense of disappointment that we fell short of what He had planned for us

Prayer?

I don't understand intercessory prayer. Isn't God already doing all that He can do?

Then it hit me. Jesus said "I have come to destroy the works of the devil". Intercessory prayer should not be to ask God to do something. It should be to come against the enemy that tries to thwart God's will.

He has given "us" authority to do something. Intercessory prayer is needed to get our marching orders.

What does God want "us" to do?