You're Not the Boss of Me
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Not the Boss of Me
Not the Boss of Me
How to say “no” to the emotions that compete for control.
How to say “no” to the emotions that compete for control.
Autonomy
Autonomy
Once I can call my own shots, I’ll call all the right shots.
Once I can call my own shots, I’ll call all the right shots.
Our need of supervision may someday come to an end if we silence the toxic voices that come from within.
Our need of supervision may someday come to an end if we silence the toxic voices that come from within.
Our need of supervision will never come to an end until we silence the toxic voices that come from within.
Our need of supervision will never come to an end until we silence the toxic voices that come from within.
How to say “no” to the emotions that compete for control.
How to say “no” to the emotions that compete for control.
If what Jesus says is true, you may have some work to do!
If what Jesus says is true, you may have some work to do!
1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and asked,
2 “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”
MAtthew 15.
Oral Torah
Oral Torah
3 Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
Matthew 15
6 they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
7 You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:
Matthew 15.
8 “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
13 He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.
14 Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
10 Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand.
11 What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”
God is not most concerned with how our behavior affects him.
God is not most concerned with how our behavior affects him.
15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
12 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”
15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
17 “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body?
matthew 15.
14 Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
18 But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them.
15 Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”
What comes out of our mouths can put us at odds with people which puts us at odds with God.
What comes out of our mouths can put us at odds with people which puts us at odds with God.
16 “Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them.
atthew 15.15
“Sometimes I say things I don’t mean!”
“Sometimes I say things I don’t mean!”
Sometimes you say things you don’t mean…to say...
Sometimes you say things you don’t mean…to say...
Sometimes you say things you don’t mean to say out loud.
Sometimes you say things you don’t mean to say out loud.
19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
22 adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly.
20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
You’re not the boss of me!
You’re not the boss of me!
We already have a boss of us.
We already have a boss of us.
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.