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Prodigal: Life is full of choices!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me: Amen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is from Imaginations by James P. Gills,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Life is full of choices. The greatest choice of all is choosing what we will think. We choose how we control our minds. We are responsible for what we think and what we do with our thoughts. And we are responsible for the results of our thoughts. When we decide what we will allow to motivate us, we decide what kind of people we will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We choose whether to be positive or negative, angry, violent, depressed, or worried. We choose to either be constructive, using emotions that build us up, or to be negative, using emotions that damage us and and those around us. We choose to be satisfied in God’s promise or to be selfish, filled with worldly desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. Matthew 6:24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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