Brett Cassidy, Man Among Men

Brett Cassidy guest writes with some nuggets:

1. My small group met tonight. We were unsure about "denial", and how to root it out in our lives. Was it in place for specific events, how do we find that out, etc? We surmised that Jesus called us to "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." (Matt 4:17), and for us to be doing anything but this was in fact denial. So, all the "I don't really have a problem with Unloving, my thing is Bitterness", or "I'm good with this", "blah, blah, blah". The enemy has hoodwinked our class to think we are not being assaulted with each and everyone of these on a daily basis.

2. Soul Ties...we took some creative liberty with this. Someone in our group mentioned that he thought of his wife for this because she was the only woman he had ever been with. This included pre-marital sex, a time of separation, and then eventually getting together and getting married. Through listening to him, he had a soul tie to her former self, the sinful flesh she had before she received Jesus and became a new creation. His image of her continued to be tarnished by not seeing his wife with God's eyes, but still being connected to her "former self".