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OUR DAILY BREAD
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Read:  Romans 7:14-25

                        DOUBLE-MINDED SKINK


                     He is a double-minded man,
                      unstable in all his ways. 

                            - James 1:8

The smooth, shiny lizard known as a skink doesn't ordinarily draw
crowds at the zoo. But the little critter discovered by a
homeowner in Jacksonville, Florida, created quite a stir because
it had two heads, one at each end of its body. What an unusual
spectacle! And what an illustration of absolute frustration! When
it tried to run, its legs actually moved in opposite directions.

As I studied its picture in a newspaper, I thought, How
incredible! Yet how typical of many believers in christ! We all
have an innate tendency to sin; but when we are born again by
faith in the Lord Jesus, we receive a wonderful new nature. This
often creates an intense struggle. We experience a continual
conflict between the mind of Christ and our old ways of thinking.
If we do not submit ourselves completely to the Savior but try to
serve self as well, we resemble the two-headed skink who attempts
to go in opposite directions at the same time. Jesus said, "No
one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and
love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise
the other" (Matt. 6:24).

Let's yield completely to Christ. It's the only way to avoid the
frustration of the double-minded skink. --MRDII

Two laws compete within my breast, The one is bad, the other
blest, The new I love, the old I hate; The one I serve will
dominate. --HGB

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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Two heads may be better than one, but 
a double-minded person is no good at all. 

The Bible In One Year: Hosea 11-14


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