Making unhealthy comparisons between your life and the life of others is a common mistake we as people seem to often make, and those comparisons can lead you to end up in one of two different places depending on the nature of your comparison.  You will either end up in a state of pride or a state of despair when you compare yourself to others. 

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Making unhealthy comparisons between your life and the life of others is a common mistake we as people seem to often make, and those comparisons can lead you to end up in one of two different places depending on the nature of your comparison.  You will either end up in a state of pride or a state of despair when you compare yourself to others. 
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What does it look like to live out Philippians 4:8? "Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise—dwell on these things." Talk to yourself like God talks to you! In Dwell on These Things, pastor and author John Stange shows how, instead of living at the mercy of whatever thought pops into your mind, you can choose to

🙏 Replace feelings of discouragement with a sense of God’s goodness
🙏 Practice seeing yourself in the loving way God sees you
🙏 Exchange negative self-talk for positive biblical messages
🙏 Learn to face the day with hope in your heart

There’s no need to remain stuck thinking unhelpful thoughts. Learn how you can fill your mind with encouraging, life-enriching truths through a gospel-saturated, thirty-one-day challenge that can help you replace a destructive mindset with a positive, empowering, and godly one.

Listen to Pastor John Stange's other podcasts:

Chapter-A-Day Audio Bible
Daily Devotions with Pastor John

To read more from John, visit https://www.biblestudyheadquarters.com/.

What does it look like to live out Philippians 4:8? "Finally brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any moral excellence and if there is any praise—dwell on these things." Talk to yourself like God talks to you! In Dwell on These Things, pastor and author John Stange shows how, instead of living at the mercy of whatever thought pops into your mind, you can choose to 🙏 Replace feelings of discouragement with a sense of God’s goodness 🙏 Practice seeing yourself in the loving way God sees you 🙏 Exchange negative self-talk for positive biblical messages 🙏 Learn to face the day with hope in your heart There’s no need to remain stuck thinking unhelpful thoughts. Learn how you can fill your mind with encouraging, life-enriching truths through a gospel-saturated, thirty-one-day challenge that can help you replace a destructive mindset with a positive, empowering, and godly one.
Listen to Pastor John Stange's other podcasts:
<a href="https://www.lifeaudio.com/chapter-a-day-audio-bible/">Chapter-A-Day Audio Bible</a> <a href="https://www.lifeaudio.com/daily-devotions-with-pastor-john/">Daily Devotions with Pastor John</a>
To read more from John, visit <a href="https://www.biblestudyheadquarters.com/">https://www.biblestudyheadquarters.com/.</a>

In Dwell on These Things, pastor and author John Stange shows how, instead of living at the mercy of whatever thought pops into your mind, you can choose to replace feelings of discouragement with a sense of God’s goodness.

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Dwell on These Things

The real risk of comparing yourself to others

Following the Passover meal, Jesus took His disciples to Gethsemane where there was a garden.  Already, this had been an eventful night for the group.  They had been told that there was a betrayer among them.  They were also told that they were about to scatter and leave Jesus.  Jesus had also repeatedly made it clear to these men that the time was coming when He was going to be arrested and killed before rising from death.  This was a lot of information to process, and I imagine that the heightened emotional state of the disciples, the walking they had just done, and the lateness of the hour contributed to them feeling very tired.

Jesus knew the hour had come for Him to be betrayed, arrested, tortured, and crucified.  The long-promised atonement for the sin of humanity was about to be completed by Him at the cross, but His soul was filled with sorrow at the horrifying thought of what He was about to experience.

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Following the Passover meal, Jesus took His disciples to Gethsemane where there was a garden.  Already, this had been an eventful night for the group.  They had been told that there was a betrayer among them.  They were also told that they were about to scatter and leave Jesus.  Jesus had also repeatedly made it clear to these men that the time was coming when He was going to be arrested and killed before rising from death.  This was a lot of information to process, and I imagine that the heightened emotional state of the disciples, the walking they had just done, and the lateness of the hour contributed to them feeling very tired.
Jesus knew the hour had come for Him to be betrayed, arrested, tortured, and crucified.  The long-promised atonement for the sin of humanity was about to be completed by Him at the cross, but His soul was filled with sorrow at the horrifying thought of what He was about to experience.
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Please visit <a href="https://www.biblestudyheadquarters.com/">https://www.biblestudyheadquarters.com/</a> for more tools and resources to help you grow in faith.
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If you enjoy the show and want to buy John a coffee, please click here: <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/johnstange">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/johnstange</a>
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The "Desire Jesus One Year Devotional" can be found here: <a href="https://amzn.to/41v1DKh"> https://amzn.to/41v1DKh</a>
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To email John Stange directly, please send your message to <a href="mailto:biblestudyheadquarters@gmail.com">biblestudyheadquarters@gmail.com</a>.

How can we trust God when we're feeling distressed?

 It's one of my primary life priorities to encourage others to trust in Christ and follow Him.  Every Sunday, I stand up in front of our church family and try to persuade people to give their lives to Christ.  I write books about this.  I record podcasts about this.  I post on social media with regularity with this as the chief aim of my posts.  Many of you do the very same things and even more.  But how persuasive can a messenger of God be if they don't personally fear the Lord?  What about their life would persuade another person to consider following Christ if that's not the dominant pattern of the messenger?

 Paul wanted the Corinthians and all people to know Christ deeply, but he also knew that Christ's ambassadors need to carry themselves in this world in such a way that the fear of the Lord is a dominant motivation behind their perspectives and actions.

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It's one of my primary life priorities to encourage others to trust in Christ and follow Him.  Every Sunday, I stand up in front of our church family and try to persuade people to give their lives to Christ.  I write books about this.  I record podcasts about this.  I post on social media with regularity with this as the chief aim of my posts.  Many of you do the very same things and even more.  But how persuasive can a messenger of God be if they don't personally fear the Lord?  What about their life would persuade another person to consider following Christ if that's not the dominant pattern of the messenger?
 Paul wanted the Corinthians and all people to know Christ deeply, but he also knew that Christ's ambassadors need to carry themselves in this world in such a way that the fear of the Lord is a dominant motivation behind their perspectives and actions.
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Please visit <a href="https://www.biblestudyheadquarters.com/">https://www.biblestudyheadquarters.com/</a> for more tools and resources to help you grow in faith.
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If you enjoy the show and want to buy John a coffee, please click here: <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/johnstange">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/johnstange</a>
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The "Desire Jesus One Year Devotional" can be found here: <a href="https://amzn.to/41v1DKh"> https://amzn.to/41v1DKh</a>
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To email John Stange directly, please send your message to <a href="mailto:biblestudyheadquarters@gmail.com">biblestudyheadquarters@gmail.com</a>.

Best Of Episode:  "How can a Christian persuade others to follow Christ?"

Jesus is both a leader and a friend to those who trust in Him, but would we have been willing to trust Him at all if we didn’t believe what He said?  If we weren’t absolutely convinced that He will do what He said He will do, would we be willing to entrust our hope and eternal aspirations to His care and protection?  Jesus can be trusted, and in Mark 14:12-25, He demonstrated that His words are true and that He has done or will do everything He said He would.

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Please visit https://www.biblestudyheadquarters.com/ for more tools and resources to help you grow in faith.

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If you enjoy the show and want to buy John a coffee, please click here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/johnstange

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The "Desire Jesus One Year Devotional" can be found here:  https://amzn.to/41v1DKh

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Jesus is both a leader and a friend to those who trust in Him, but would we have been willing to trust Him at all if we didn’t believe what He said?  If we weren’t absolutely convinced that He will do what He said He will do, would we be willing to entrust our hope and eternal aspirations to His care and protection?  Jesus can be trusted, and in Mark 14:12-25, He demonstrated that His words are true and that He has done or will do everything He said He would.
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Please visit <a href="https://www.biblestudyheadquarters.com/">https://www.biblestudyheadquarters.com/</a> for more tools and resources to help you grow in faith.
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If you enjoy the show and want to buy John a coffee, please click here: <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/johnstange">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/johnstange</a>
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The "Desire Jesus One Year Devotional" can be found here: <a href="https://amzn.to/41v1DKh"> https://amzn.to/41v1DKh</a>
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To email John Stange directly, please send your message to <a href="mailto:biblestudyheadquarters@gmail.com">biblestudyheadquarters@gmail.com</a>.

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