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Chris Seidman
Part of Second Nature
February 27, 2025

Second Nature

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March 2, 2025
Chris Seidman, Teaching Minister, The Branch

The Seventh Principle
Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.

Mark 3:13-15 (NIV)
Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons.

John 15:5 (NIV)
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”

Psalm 119:45, 56 (NIV)
I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts. (v.56) This has been my practice … .

Max Depree Quote
Forgive me for letting love die when it demands action in order to live.

Spotting Entropy

  • A tendency towards superficiality about the relationship with the person, object, or task.
  • Unresolved tension in key relationships.
  • No longer having time for celebration or ritual (which has to do with gratitude and appreciating what you have).
  • A loss of gratitude.
  • A vague, chronic sense of guilt.

The Seventh Principle
Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.

Three Stages of Relapse

  • It begins with complacency.

Galatians 3:3 (NIV)
After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?

  • It evolves into compromise.

  • Eventually, it leads to catastrophe.

2 Samuel 11:1-2 (NIV)
In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war … David remained in Jerusalem.

Ephesians 5:15-18 (NIV)
Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit … .

Ephesians 5:15-18 (NIV)
Be very careful, then, how you live (what does he mean?) – not as unwise but as wise (what does that mean?), making the most of every opportunity (what does that mean?), because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Do not get drunk on wine (it puts you “out of position”), which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit … .

5 Blessings From Daily Time With God

  • A Heart Scan

Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

H - Am I hurting?
E - Am I exhausted?
A - Am I feeling alone?
R - Am I resenting anybody? Am I angry?
T - Am I tense? Anxious? Fearful?

  • Peace

Isaiah 26:3 (ESV)
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you … .

  • Hope

Romans 15:4 (NIV)
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

  • Wisdom

2 Timothy 3:15 (NIV)
… the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise … .

Old Saying
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.

  • Power

2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV)
All Scripture is God-breathed … .