"The art of life is to live in the present moment and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God himself.” Emmet Fox (The Sermon on the Mount)"
If I have one foot in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow, I am wasting today.
If I spend all my time in prayer with God and I am discussing yesterday and tomorrow with him, I am still wasting today. I can not be of two minds. I can not focus on yesterday or tomorrow and live in today.
If I petition God in prayer about today and spend my time discussing yesterday, tomorrow and the worries of today with my brothers, this shows God where my heart is. This cancels out the petitions I had in prayer. You can not be of two minds.
I must have a singleness of purpose to be effective in prayer. No matter how much I struggle with not discussing with my brothers my tales of woe, I am still focused on the singleness of purpose and will ultimately demonstrate living in the moment.
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I read Emmet Fox's 365 daily devotional every day. After reading this I thought of the verse from the bible, "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways." I'm trying to practice this principle but I still struggle." I had a thought earlier but I'm not sure if it's important or how to do it. My thought was, " subconscious contact with God." Thanks for the share.
I do not use word try. I am practicing being single-minded. When I let down my guard, I pay the price and return to being single-minded.
Subconscious is where are habits are. When you talk to God at the same time every day. When you read spiritual books at the same time, you are developing subconscious contact.