How Do You Deal with Thoughts? (Doug for JLP) | Church 7/30/23

Doug's thoughts went crazy ahead of leading today's service, yet he slept like a baby! James 1: 2, Count it all joy when you face trials.

Church at BOND, Sunday, July 30, 2023 — Doug sits-in to run the meeting for JLP, who's out-of-town.

0:00:00 Pre-service small talk (Doug filling in)
0:01:33 Welcome! Doug's story…anticipating today
0:05:16 Doug: Thoughts trying to stop me
0:10:44 Doug: Teaching people, learning about yourself
0:19:25 Story: Work dinner with doctors ("I'm an alcoholic")
0:24:13 Q: How to deal with thoughts of outcome/ego?
0:27:35 Hake: Hesitation thoughts, then going overboard
0:30:53 Raymond / Doug: None of it’s real
0:32:32 Nick: Leave it to God
0:37:45 Doug: Took a week figuring what to talk about: Thoughts
0:41:59 Wanting the outcome is being controlled. Fatal mistakes.
0:45:44 Lady: Thoughts kill you. They create your world.
0:47:02 Doug: It wasn't bad, despite thoughts: Slept like a baby!
0:51:13 Hake: Negative feedback, being confronted
0:57:05 Troy: Pray without ceasing; Listening, No plan
1:00:16 Doug: How my day goes: In and out of thoughts (mostly in them)
1:01:36 James 1: 2 Count it all joy when you fall into various trials
1:08:50 Doug not always trusting: if I think it’s bad, I ruin the situation
1:13:40 Lijie: Positive thinking, placebo, God's will is good for us
1:16:00 Lady: I want to be kind. Overcoming ego reaction: Sweet.
1:21:02 Sina: Count it all joy? It stains my day.
1:26:28 Doug: If it stains your day, I don't know if it's joy
1:35:19 Real trials vs petty trials: People claim to be "stronger"
1:42:07 (Rochelle: Gonna have your own show on JLP network?)
1:42:38 DOUG: Closing, Men's Forum, Jesse's back Tuesday

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