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Do you prefer to associate with people who are like you? Yet even within the common faith there are people of good conscience and character who disagree with positions held by your closest friends.

Question: I have been working through 7 Prayers that Heal the Heart and God has revealed that Masonry is a spirit that is part of my history from my Dad and grandfather who were both Masons.  Do you have any specific things that I need to consider as I work through this issue towards deliverance? 

Journaling from Colin Tucker:

Lord, when is “priming the pump” acceptable and unacceptable?

Are you familiar with the concept of delayed gratification? This is usually presented as the desirable alternative to instant gratification.

You admire those who are generous, who give freely from their abundance. Does this describe you? For money and possessions are valuable, and what you give away no longer belongs to you. 

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3-6-12 6:18pm Isaiah 57:1 and 2 records: "The righteous perish and no man lays it to heart and men of loving kindness are taken away, no one considering that the righteous one is taken away from the evil to come.  He shall enter into peace;they should rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness." 

Can two walk together except they be agreed? Two people who meet on the way to the same destination have this in common and that makes them fellow travelers.

By Steve Beukema, Ph.D., Worship Director - Pathfinder Church, Portage, MI

I’m a left-brained person.  I make my career as a scientist, and I’m also a musician and worship director at my church.  A couple weeks ago Dr. Mark Virkler came to my church to teach a weekend seminar on Hearing God’s Voice. 

Do you think of intelligence as something highly rated? Your culture recognizes and rewards intellectual achievement. Many who excel in this area regard it as a substitute for me. Yet even your ability to reason is a gift from me.