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A man who had come  to promote the welfare (2)     [Nehemiah 2:6-10]     In the book “Rut, Rot, or Revival” written by Pastor A. W. Tozer, he talks about “the greatest enemy of Christians” (Ch. 1). He describes it as three progressive stages of religious decay:   (1)     The first step is the mechanical state .     This is a repetition of a religious activity without any feeling.   Without meaning, without admiration, without any happy surprise or anticipation, just repeating the religious activity.   (2)    The second stage is the habitual state.   If we go one step further from the mechanical state, we arrive at what we will call the habitual state.   This is a state of enslavement to mechanical conditions.   Spiritually speaking, the habitual state is the bondage of the mechanical state.   But the greatest danger of the habitual state is that we are incapable of...

A man who had come  to promote the welfare (1)       [Nehemiah 2:1-5]     In his book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People,” Stephen Covey says this about “creating a ‘pause button’: There is ‘freedom of choice’ between ‘stimulus’ and ‘response’, but too many people often act reactively.   Rather, hit the ‘pause button’ and give yourself time to think.   During the ‘freedom of choice’ time, think ‘How will I respond to this stimulus?’, act according to principles and values rather than depending on feelings and circumstances.   That is the first habit of the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”: “Be Proactive” [Definition: ‘The ability to act on principles and values rather than reacting on emotions and circumstances’ (Covey).   However, it seems that we are more likely to be ‘reactive’ than proactive.   In other words, when we are stimulated, we often act based on situations and emotions.   Of course, even ...