Trashy Thinking - Ministry Videos

Every one of us must throw out the trash. You know- stuff that's no longer useful. Things like empty milk jugs, old magazines, and broken tools. In fact, we need to spend a lot of time just getting rid of junk. If we don't do it daily, we'll eventually have a major cleanup project. Let me tell you about one painful experience that I had to overcome. During one of my first speaking engagements, I almost had a fight break out. I had been asked to speak for the Street Ministry at my home church. As I spoke, a man on the back row started yelling again and again at the top of his lungs. "Lord, have mercy on me!" After my every sentence, he yelled again "Lord, have mercy on me!" I motioned for one of the councilors to help him, but the man pushed him away. During the commotion, I almost forgot everything that I was going to say. I abruptly ended the message after speaking only 5 to 10 minutes. If I had held on to this painful experience, I would have never spoken in public again. The reason that a lot of us fail is we treat our minds like a trash bin. Instead of holding on to our good experiences we are throwing them away. We must purposely remember the good things that God has given us and treasure them (see Psalms 103:2). Some of us hold on to every painful experience. Making our minds so cluttered, we can't find the things of real value-our treasures. If we don't throw out the trash daily, we are actually valuing our trash. In reality, the trash has become our treasure. We'll even hang out with people, which hang on to bad experiences. Have you ever wondered why people who have the same weaknesses hang out together? You'd think that they'd seek out someone who's successful in their area of weakness, and ask for help. Instead, they feel more comfortable with the people who have the same problem. They are treasuring the same thing, which is their common problem. Let's start throwing the trash out about our own selves. Af