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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:
When the perceived ownership of a grace gift shifts from God to you, you lose the greater blessing of a life filled with gratitude. You also suffer greater sorrow when the blessing is removed.
To reject God’s grace is to reject His very essence. To do so is to assume the responsibility of receiving / experiencing good things in your life naturally falls back on mankind (starting with YOU).
There is no peace for a person who rejects grace and therefore God, Himself.
Control is an illusion.
Putting Out of Your Mind – by Dr. Bob Rotella
Everyone’s got to hear “no” sometimes…The good putter thinks similarly. If he misses a putt, he reviews his performance. Did he clear his mind of all thoughts but the target? Did he make a free, confident stroke? If he did, he did all he could do. If he still missed, he just mentally shrugs his shoulders.
– Chapter, Gaining Control By Giving Up Control
God’s Word states that to find peace (a life no longer “out of control”) we are to surrender control of outcomes to the Lord, our Master. Specifically, we are to focus on our duties (ala Ecc 12:13).