David Maas - A Time To Throw Away

David Maas, suggesting that many of us have acquired the pack-rat habit, affirms that t he difficulty we have in freeing ourselves from physical clutter metaphorically parallels our difficulties getting rid of spiritual clutter. Sin we could describe as spiritual clutter, spiritual obesity, or spiritual encumbrances threatening our spiritual welfare.( Hebrews 12:1) . We are admonished to get rid of our carnal nature or the “old man” that hinders our spiritual growth. The motivation for sin emanates from the deep recesses of the cerebral cortex, in the heart or mind of an individual. Amputating an evil thought or impulse is far more difficult than amputating a limb or excising a malignant tumor. We must put to death the “old man” (our carnal human nature) in order to conform to Christ's image. Christ taught us to forgive those who sin against us, letting go of encumbering grudges.

Communication and Organizational Behavior * Dragging our traps * Ecclesiastes 3:1-6 * Ephesians 4;22; 5:21 * I Peter 5:5 * Hebrews 12:1 * Henry David Thoreau * Home Burial * John 15:2 * Philippians 2:3 * John Goddard * Luke 11:4 * Jude 23 * Matthew 5:24, 18:8-9; 29-30 ; 6:12; 18:22-24; 15:18-19 * Mark 9:43 * Maxwell Maltz * Pride * Pruning for Growth * Purge evil behaviors * Psycho-Cybernetics * Robert Frost * Romans 6:6-13 * Self Image * Spiritual clutter * Spiritual obesity * Stuart Wilde :: Weight Loss for the Mind * tapeworm * William Haney