3.12- These two ladies, Sheila Wishard and Peggy Arnwine are in heaven now but in 1976

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These two ladies, Sheila Wishard and Peggy Arnwine are in heaven now but in 1976 they were women of faith helping their husband's, Jerry Arnwine and me help the church reach out to spread the love of God to Mesquite, Texas.(Thanks to Ray and Sandy Wallace for this pic.)

Self talk.

My family are those who love God and love people and love me.

I think this because I choose be thoughtful and discerning about who I refer to as family. If someone does evil to me I will think of them as a danger to my mental, spiritual and emotional well being. "They" not "we."

My words shape my destiny. If I think of strangers as dangers instead of potential helpers or future business partners this shapes my choices, consequences and outcomes.

Jesus said, "I will judge you by your own words." If you say your master is harsh, unfair and reaping where he has not sown then life will go that way for you. If you say my life involves my boss and ultimately even God as empowering me for success then fruitfulness and success will be brought into your life on a daily basis.

I think we should be careful about how we think about people, life, work and God the maker of the universe. It sets the path of our lives.

Luke 19.

11 Now while they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. 12 So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then to return. 13 And he called ten of his own slaves and gave them ten [e]minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with this money [f]until I come back.’ 14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’ 15 When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be summoned to him so that he would learn how much they had made by the business they had done. 16 The first slave appeared, saying, ‘[g]Master, your [h]mina has made ten minas more.’ 17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good slave; since you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to have authority over ten cities.’ 18 The second one came, saying, ‘Your [i]mina, [j]master, has made five minas.’ 19 And he said to him also, ‘And you are to be over five cities.’ 20 And then another came, saying, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I kept tucked away in a handkerchief; 21 for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding man; you take up what you did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.’ 22 He *said to him, ‘[k]From your own lips I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am a demanding man, taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow? 23 And so why did you not put my money in the bank, and when I came back, I would have collected it with interest?’ 24 And then he said to the other slaves who were present, ‘Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.’ 25 And they said to him, ‘Master, he already has ten minas.’ 26 ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. 27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’”