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Tetelestai Recovery

Cognitive Distortions

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Examine the magnified photo of a scratched vinyl record (see visual aid 1).  Imagine the circular grooves in the album as healthy neuropathways of the brain.  The impact of living in an imperfect world inflicts wounds and distorts our thought processes; much like a scratch in the album distorts the quality of sound it produces. 

A scratched record will not produce the same quality of sound as the non-scratched original.  A vinyl album is fragile and can be easily scarred. If mishandled, it will become lined with grooves which go against the grain of its original design. Once this happens, the needle will frequently slip into the scratch-lines rather than gliding smoothly along the original sound wave channels. This creates audible effects and creates chaos for the listener.

  • Visual Aid 1: Scratched record album; magnified.
  • Visual Aid 2: A coin placed on the headshell above the needle. The purpose is to provide extra weight on the needle, so it doesn’t bounce out of the sound wave channel and follow the groove created from a scratch.
  • Visual Aid 3: Sound wave grooves magnified 1000 times.

The Takeaway

 By placing the weight of the Word on our cognitive distortions, the electrical impulses in our brains began to follow the original pathways designed by our Creator. The Word guides our thought processes and helps us stop jumping from distortion to distortion.

Tetelestai Recovery Volume 2 – Our New Normal; Chapter 3, Brainwashed

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A Date With Destiny

Merciful

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Micah 7:19

Lord, you will have mercy on us again. You will throw away all our sins into the deepest sea.

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Mercy is an attribute which comes easily for you. You have been blessed by both giving and receiving mercy.

You understand the mercy of God because you have received it abundantly.

While you may sometimes fail to make the right choices, your decision to accept God’s mercy for the wrong ones, is always the best choice you can make.

You are grateful for the opportunities you see to offer mercy to others.

While it is human nature to be concerned about the risks of being merciful, you believe there is a much greater risk to the human soul when one opts to become merciless.

You are grateful for the mercy of God which provides healing and restoration. Not only does He show mercy to the offender, He offers forgiveness for the wrong and cancelation of the debt. You find relief in the God’s promise that the entire ordeal is dropped into the depths of the sea. 

Like your Creator, you do not keep score. The mercy and forgiveness you learned from Him, enables you to wipe the slate clean and give everyone a fresh start.

Your appreciation for the mercy you have received is best displayed by your willingness to show it to others.

It is your gift of mercy that creates a firm  foundation for successful relationships.  It is also the defining force of your Christian walk, for only those who give and receive mercy can ever truly know the heart of God. 

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