Keep their minds weak

There’s a scene from the true-story movie “The Great Debaters” where professor Melvin Tolson, played by the amazing Denzel Washington, educates his students about a slave owner’s method of controlling his slaves. His strategy was to “keep the slave physically strong but psychologically weak and dependent on the slave owner.” Watch this 44-second scene now:



I was telling people at SiLC last Friday that we have to watch out for negative words attacking us every day. Sometimes they come at us from people around us. It’s not that they’re bad people, but negativity is so rampant that sometimes people can’t help it. It’s like this beautiful young lady who heard from her mom recently: “Your looks would be perfect if it weren’t for your nose…” And that’s from her mother!

It’s not that the mom is a bad person — I know her. It’s just that sometimes people don’t realize how evil works, and they let it get to them and even use them to destroy others.

Sometimes it comes at us from within. Negative self-talk — that little voice you hear at very inconvenient times telling you why something won’t work, or why you can’t do this or that, or why so-and-so is much more capable than you.

The devil wants to enslave you. His favorite method is to weaken your mind. And in case you didn’t know, words are the structure of your thoughts. Watch out for them.


PS. Do yourself a favor and rent “The Great Debaters” and watch it with your family this weekend, if you haven’t seen it yet.

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Why people lie (4)

The biggest, realest, "worstest" root of all lies... And the cure at the end. Watch till the end!




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Henry P. Crowell: "If you let me make money..."

Henry P. Crowell, affectionately called “The autocrat of the Breakfast Table,” contracted tuberculosis when a boy and couldn’t go to school. After hearing a sermon by Dwight L. Moody, young Crowell prayed, “I can’t be a preacher, but I can be a good businessman. God, if You will let me make money, I will use it in Your service.”

Under the doctor’s advice Crowell worked outdoors for seven years and regained his health. He then bought the little run-down Quaker Mill at Ravanna, Ohio. Within ten years Quaker Oats was a household word to millions. Crowell also operated the huge Perfection Stove Company.

For over forty years Henry P. Crowell faithfully gave 60 to 70 percent of his income to God’s causes, having advanced from an initial tithe of 10%. Still today, since 1901, Quaker Oats is a market leader. The company makes more than $10 billion dollars a year.

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In London this Friday

Quick note:

Chris and I will be in London this Friday (April 15th) for a stopover en route to Jerusalem. We'll have the privilege to be at the Humbleness Night at the Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park at 10pm.

It will be great to see old friends again, and even better to do it in such an important meeting.

I'm looking forward to it. If you're in London, I hope you can join us.

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Some liars want help... So here we go.




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‪Why people lie (2)‬

If you know the reason why people lie, you can cut evil by the root.




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