30 Jul How Do You Deal with Thoughts? (Doug for JLP) | Church 7/30/23

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Doug’s thoughts went crazy ahead of sitting in for JLP today, yet he slept like a baby! James 1: 2, Count it all joy when you face trials.

Church at BOND, Sunday, July 30, 2023 — Doug sits-in to run the meeting for JLP, who’s out-of-town until Tuesday or so…

|| See links, clips, and notes below.

TIME STAMPS

0:00:00 Pre-service small talk (Doug filling in)
0:01:33 Welcome! Doug’s story…anticipating today
0:05:16 Doug: Thoughts trying to stop me
0:10:44 Doug: Teaching people, learning about yourself
0:19:25 Story: Work dinner with doctors (“I’m an alcoholic”)
0:24:13 Q: How to deal with thoughts of outcome/ego?
0:27:35 Hake: Hesitation thoughts, then going overboard
0:30:53 Raymond / Doug: None of it’s real
0:32:32 Nick: Leave it to God
0:37:45 Doug: Took a week figuring what to talk about: Thoughts
0:41:59 Wanting the outcome is being controlled. Fatal mistakes.
0:45:44 Lady: Thoughts kill you. They create your world.
0:47:02 Doug: It wasn’t bad, despite thoughts: Slept like a baby!
0:51:13 Hake: Negative feedback, being confronted
0:57:05 Troy: Pray without ceasing; Listening, No plan
1:00:16 Doug: How my day goes: In and out of thoughts (mostly in them)
1:01:36 James 1: 2 Count it all joy when you fall into various trials
1:08:50 Doug not always trusting: if I think it’s bad, I ruin the situation
1:13:40 Lijie: Positive thinking, placebo, God’s will is good for us
1:16:00 Lady: I want to be kind. Overcoming ego reaction: Sweet.
1:21:02 Sina: Count it all joy? It stains my day.
1:26:28 Doug: If it stains your day, I don’t know if it’s joy
1:35:19 Real trials vs petty trials: People claim to be “stronger”
1:42:07 (Rochelle: Gonna have your own show on JLP network?)
1:42:38 DOUG: Closing, Men’s Forum, Jesse’s back Tuesday

CLIPS

Doug’s Story: Finding Forgiveness, Recognizing Thoughts as Lies

WATCH CLIP (10-min) YouTube | BitChute | Doug fills-in for JLP — he’s been with BOND about 25 years. He forgave his mother, which was life-changing, but has gone through a lot since. When Jesse asked him to lead the Church service, his first thought was, “NO! What am I gonna talk about?” He asks the people what the thoughts tell them in anticipation of an event that’s big in their minds.

See clips from recent services as well as older services (on YouTube).

LINKS

BLOG https://rebuildingtheman.com/church/#podcast

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Church Notes

Doug is filling in for JLP to lead the Sunday service today, July 30, 2023. (Last week, July 23, Joel did, of Joel Friday TV on Jesse’s radio/podcast network. Doug is the computer guy for BOND, as Jesse describes him!)

(10:59 AM US PDT We start streaming a minute or so before the hour.)

Doug: Thoughts tried to stop me from doing this. You?

Doug opens by telling his story at BOND, then talks about the thoughts talking to him in anticipation of leading Church today.

Many people respond to the question: What do thoughts tell you? How do you deal with them?

Do you count it all joy when in trials?

(12:02) Lijie answers after Doug asks about James 1: 2 — Count it all joy when you fall into various trials. Do you count it all joy?

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Men’s Forum first Thursday, this Thursday! JLP is out-of-town through Monday, but should be back Tuesday.

TIME STAMPS (Extensive)

0:00:00 Pre-service small talk (Doug filling in)
0:01:33 Welcome! Doug’s story…filling in today
0:05:16 Doug: Thoughts trying to stop me
0:08:27 Rachel: Ego, doing it
0:10:44 DOUG: Teaching people, learning about yourself
0:11:28 Man: What do feelings have to do with what needs to get done?
0:14:44 Donyale: Feel free? Powerful. Can do anything
0:17:07 Lady: Thoughts pressure, how people feel
0:19:25 DOUG story: Work dinner with doctors (“I’m an alcoholic”)
0:21:08 Troy: Performer, defending an image
0:24:13 Q: How to deal with thoughts of outcome/ego?
0:27:35 Hake: Hesitation thoughts, going overboard
0:30:53 Raymond / Doug: None of it’s real
0:31:30 (Example: Firearms training, thoughts, tension)
0:32:32 Nick: Thoughts, not dealing with life, leave it to God
0:33:36 Doug: I’m okay not knowing
0:34:32 Rachel: Not having a plan, only practical (“whole new world”)
0:37:45 DOUG: Took a week figuring what to talk about: Thoughts
0:38:52 Donyale: Thoughts vs presence can be fatal. Wanting the outcome
0:41:59 DOUG: Wanting the outcome is being controlled. Fatal mistakes.
0:43:20 Kamran: Shy/Timid bassist, derailing
0:45:44 FOREIGN LADY: Thoughts kill you. They create your world.
0:47:02 DOUG: Hasn’t been bad, despite thoughts. Slept like a baby.
0:47:57 Foreign lady: This is your world, when influenced by negative people
0:49:32 Man: 2A supporter; panic or freezing kills you.
0:51:13 HAKE: Negative feedback, being confronted
0:52:50 Kamran addresses chat
0:54:11 Doug: They’re doing what they’re supposed to do. It’s about you.
0:54:32 Rochelle: Stay present, practice watching thoughts; Funeral talk
0:57:05 Troy: Pray without ceasing; Listening, No plan
1:00:16 DOUG: How my day goes: In and out of thoughts (mostly in them)
1:01:36 BIBLE: James 1: 2 Count it all joy when you fall into various trials
1:04:00 Lijie on dealing with negative situations: Do you count it joy?
1:05:43 Alexis: “Thank you for showing me that”
1:06:38 YOUNG LADY: Sometimes remembers thankfulness
1:07:20 (Doug’s default is defensiveness)
1:08:50 DOUG not always trusting; if I think it’s bad, I ruin the situation
1:12:00 Doug to Young Lady: Don’t say, “I don’t have trust.” Firearms nervousness
1:13:40 Lijie on positive thinking, placebo, God’s will is good for us
1:16:00 Foreign lady (Kali): I want to be kind. I overcame my ego reaction. Sweet.
1:20:05 Troy: Happy to see evil people
1:21:02 First-timer Cina (sp) on counting it all joy, it stains my day
1:23:33 Kamran: Identifying with the emotion, stain on the day; firearms
1:25:36 Raymond: Praying displaces the ego, bad memories; moment
1:26:28 DOUG to Cina (sp) If it stains your day, I don’t know if it’s joy
1:27:29 Sean: Joy could mean contentment
1:28:28 Rachel: We think we have to fight things we don’t have to
1:33:34 Doug to Rachel: Soon as it’s over, you stop thinking about it
1:35:19 Lady: Acknowledging real trials; people claim to be stronger now (Doug agrees)
1:38:02 Donyale grateful: Tripped after mother died; Dealing with people
1:41:13 Troy: “Count” translated means evaluate
1:42:07 Rochelle: Gonna have your own show on JLP network?
1:42:38 DOUG: Closing, Men’s Forum, Jesse back Tuesday

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