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ALAYS “AL TSO TOSs. DURING HIS LIFE HE WAS CONSTANTLY ACCUSED OF EATING AND
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WITH SOCIALLY UNDESIRAPLES. NOW HE @AN BE ACCUSED OB DYING WITH THESE SAME PEOPLE.

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"THIS IS JSMS THE KANG OF THE JEWS," NO LONGER SEHMM@D TO THe THIEF A HOLLOW JOKE.
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HAD VIOLATED. ii THESE

ANXIOUS AND PAINMJL MOMENTS HE MADE A REAPPRAISAL OF HIS Lens, AND AS HE LOOKED) BACK

— ————
Hi SAW THS TRUE NATURE OF HIS LIFE OF CRIME. HE KNEW THATIHE HAD BROKEN GOD'S

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COMMANDMMNTS, THAT HE DESERVED PUNISIMENT AND THAT WIS LIFE ST000 IN DESP CONTRAST
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TO THE ONE TH: MIODLE CR .

AS BOT F THEM HUNG ON THEIR CROSSES IN UNSPEAKABLE TORTURE OF DEATH BY CHC! FIXION,
DISMAS TURNED TO JESUS AND SAID, "JESUS, REMMiDR ME WHAN FOU COME IN YOUR KINGLY

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Possh." IO NOTE--THS IS Ts { RECORDED INSTANCE 1N THE BIBLE OF ANYONE
CALI i LORD BY HIS FIRST ! eo PERHAPS LIT IS ONLY FIPTING THAT HE SPOKE WITH
SETWEIN CROSS “TRULY, I SAY YOU, TODAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE." IT
WAS THE es INTERCHANGE OUR LORD HAD £ ; HLS DEATH AN ir REMAINS AS THE MOST
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NO MAN

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NEED Js SPAIRE BUT ONLY ONE THAT NO

OF THE MODERN WORLD.

DO WELL TO DO SOME NNGATIVE THINKING. IN

WHAT WE HAVE TO PRESENT, WHAT WE HAVE

B

INVITING THE PREBSICE OF GO TO LIFT

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IN A TIME THAT HAS AS ITS PASS=WORD "THINK POSITIVELY"| IT WILL BE HELPFUL IF WE TURN TO

SOME OF THE EXPERISICES IN THE SLBLE WHICH SiOW THE POWER PF NeSGATIVE THINKING.

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BETWEEN PETER AND JESUS, PESTER WITH SOME OF HIS COMPANIONS HAD SPENT THE ENTIRE

NIGHT LABORING WITH THEIR NETS IN THES SHA OF GALILES AND HAD CAUGHT NOTHING. IT

WAS A TIRED AND DISGUSTED FISHEVMAN THAT JESUS TOLD TO i mi THIS TIMs IN

DEEPER WATER. T IS AMUSING TO IMAGINE PE&TER'S RESENT AT PHILS STRANGER'S A! iT
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PRESUMP TIOUS. VY CRAFTSMAN WHO HAS EXPERI BICED TIE WELL MEANT BUT UNLNVITED

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ADVICE OF A BYSTANDER KNOWS HOW PSTER MUST HAVE FELT. BUT] THIS TIMS THE BYSTANDRR

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IT WAS IN THES VERY CMUDE AND EARTHY WAY THAT P&TE 5 PROMPTED TO NEGATIVE THINKING,

A MOMENT OF TRUTH RESULTED AND PETER REALIZED THAT THIS WAB NOT JUST A CURLOUS QOY«
gtd th dak a =

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LOOKER AND HE CRIED OUT hose FROM ME, FOR I AM A SENFULI MAN, O LORD.*/ ALL THAT

an
WITH THE CHRIST HIS THOUGHTS «ERE SO NEGATIVE THAT HE GOULD NOT BEAK Coma FROM
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iS MAN WHO WAS SO CONSCIOUS OF HIS SEN, WHAT HE COoUID BE. IT IS

NEGATIVE THINKING THAT ALLOWS US TO SES OURSELVES AS WE ARE, IN THE FACE OF DLVINS PER-™

FECTION: IT IS NSGATIVE THINKING THAT INVITES THE CHRIST TD REVEAL :2MSELF TO US.

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6.

THE POWER OF NNGATIVE THINKING ta Gea ELS PICTURED IN JHE WORDS OF THE PRODIGAL

WHEN HE RETURVED HOME("FATHER, I HAVE SINNED AGAINST HEAVEY AND BEFORE YOU. I AM

NO LONGER WIO THY TO BE CALLED YOUR SOM." [THIS IS ArOUT

-_

A&SINSGATIVE AS A PERSON CAN

AWARINESS THAT WAS HE GATEWAY TO A NGv LIFE A LIFE WITH|PAR MORE MEANING THAN
—_—— —--—-

ANY HE HAD EXPERIENCED BEFORE,

THE FIRST OF J&SUS' BEATITUDES WHICH HATTHEW RECORDS I$ "BLESSED ARE THE POOR

—_— —S>

FROM WHICH TRUE BLESSEDINESS IS GROWN. THE BLESSED ARS THOSE WHO RIMBIBER THETR
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DEP ENDENCE AND ENTER LIFE THROUGH THE DOOR OF HUMLLITY. THE KINGDOM ALWAYS CGMS
—_—_———

TO THOSE WHO FSSL SOMES SPIRITUAL NEED, NEVI TO THOSE WHO FEEL THAT THEY HAVE

ARRIVED. THIS IS THE NSGATIVE THINKING THAT IS THE PRELUDE TO FRUITFUL LIVING.
—_ —e"-—_ —

I THINK WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS POINT ENOUGH TO BE ASBLE|TO MAKE THE UNQONDITIONAL

SELI ASSERTION, BUT IN VERY NEGATIVE SH. RMCOGNITION. BY|ADMITTING HIS EMPTINESS OF

SOUL, DISMAS CALIED ON CHRIST TO SAVE HI? i. {t 115. MUST ALWAYS BE

THE BIBLE TELIS US TO THINK ABOUT OURSELVES IN TwO WAY$ FOR THIS IS THE WAY GOD
Ss

THINKS OF US. IT TELLS US THAT WE ARE GOD'S CHILDREN, CataTeD IN HIS LMAGE AS IN A

LIKENESS OF A CHILD TO A FATHSR. IT TELLS US THAT WE MATTE: TO GOD AM ANE OF

—_ ——

INIFITE WORTH TO HIM. BUT THS BIBIE ALS

CHILDREN, VERY Fak FROM HIS IMAGE IN US.

WHEN A MAN THINKS OF HIMSELF AS BEIN

LOOSE THE PHI OBFUL ELEM" HIMSELF

PLACE WHERE HS SE WHET HE DISCOV

CHRIST WHICH HUMPuUSS Hil, WHICH FILLS HI}

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ON ACCEPT THE MRGIVING PRESHICE OF GOD. SSLF DISGUST IS

IT MAK S THE DEATH OF PRIDE.

THERE IS NOT ; OF US HERE, OR ANYWHERE, THAT CAN CL

OF US HARBOURS A CERTAIN RESENT OR DISLIKE FOR ANOTH: WE
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DEGREE. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IS PROW AND SELF-CENTBRED

MEABER THINGS €K'VE DONE

OR WIFE, BEMN A LITTLE IRRITABLS WITH OUR CHILURIN, OR UNAM
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TO A Cush OF PAPER BOY. PBRISFLY AND: mis ARE NOT Pa

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WHICH CAN DESTROY H!
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WITH SELF DISGUS

TO) AY THAT WERE NOT RIGHT, SPOKEN
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ARG OFTEN GOD'S DISOBEDIENT

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IRS SOME ASPECT OF
5 HE IS THEN READY TO CALL

PHE BNGINNING OF CONVERSION /

IF WE TRY EVEN

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SHARPLY TO HUSBAND

WIN 3 iL f 2 IGN ON Wi BBISH

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LRISITAN MEANS BY SIN. SIN ¢4

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IF SMERE THIS IS OUR ATTITUDE TH

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IT WAS BY ADMITTING THE EMPTINESS OF HIS SOUL THAT THE|TIZEF FOUND Niw LIFE. THE

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SAME IS IMPORTANT FOR US WHEN A MAN'S FEVER CLIMBS TO A POINT OF DELIRIOUSNESS,
ecssenessroincattte sa

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HE UNDERSTANDS HIS SICKNESS LESS ANDO LESS. HE MAY SVEN THINK HIMSELF SO HEALTHY Hes

WANTS TO GO TO WORK. WE NSVER KNOW WES HAVE BEEN ASLEEP UNTIL WE AWAKE. WHEN, THEREFOR ,
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\ISING OURSELVES AND BASKING IN OUR Owl GOODNESS

AND BEGIY TO SAY TO OURSELY! 3 (up_2o-con)mian WE ARE SIN tS; WE ARE a cd ONLY

oo

“al

THEN, ON THE PATHWAY TO A NEW LIFE. SO LONG AS WE THINK WE] ARS ¢ J, OR EVEN GOOD

ENOUGI, WE WILL NSVER FIND GOD AND HIS NEW CREATION,
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THE BEGINNING OF THE CHRISTIAN EXEPRIENCE 1S NOT IN CONFIDENT SELF ASSERTLON BUT

OUT OF SUCH A SPIRIT OF SELF RECOGNITION COMES THE PROMISE OF CHRIST'S PRESINCE.

WHEN THE THISF CALLED OUT "JESUS, REMEMBER MS" ETSRNAL LOVE, SVEN THOUGH INCARNATE
ameeiiaii Pi

IN A BODY TORTURED AND DYING, RESPONDED AND SAID(MTODAY Yop WILi, BE W With } ME IN

am 54 4 i
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PARADISE.# IN THIS,GOD SHOWS THAT WE MAY BECOMES GiZATNOT BECAUSE OF WHAT WS ARG”
—

OR DO, BUT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE GIVES.

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WE CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS PENITENT SOUL HAD ANYT ING LESS THAN A DEGP SENSE OF

DELIVERANCE. HEXSMUKE 2Q€ IN ANSWER TO THE PRAYMR OF FALTH AND PENETENCE JESUS

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GOD. <A WHOL’ LIMB OF CHLME AND CDRRUPTION WAS COVERED IN
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SPOKE THE FORGIVENESS OF GO

ONE WORD OF PARUON. A COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP WAS MADE WITH JESUS IN A MINUTE OF
a iia!

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9.

TIVE THINKING AND THS THIEF DI@ BESIDE AND WITH HLS LORD. FOR HIM THE TASK

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WAW ee a US ot af s

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IF GOD'S TENDER MERCY EXTSIDED TO THIS THIEF WE CAN BE] SUR THAT IT EXTENDS TO
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US ALSO. THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL IS THAT GOD LOVES AND CARES FOR SVRY HAN, WQUAN
— ——— os — —

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AND CHILD AND TO EXPRESS OURNSED FOF HIM A 15 Uy WHO WILL FROM THE
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SARES FOR EVERYONE. WE KNOW THAT GOD 1S WAITING
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CROSS LOVE DIGMAS,MEANS A GOD WHO CA
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LEOR-US TO THINK NEGATIVELY

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THE TH DED FO TH UNTNG INSYLTS OF /THE CROWD BY SA THE CHRIST?

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F AND US" PERHAPS HE HOPED ONLY TO ReLlkvi HLS (

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OF EVIL MISTAK OF MOCKING GOD IN THIS CRUCIAL 4

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RNAL LIFE. DISMAS HAD FOLLOWED THE WRONG ROYD SIGNS ALL HIS TIPE AND

THESE SWDBILY, ON THE CgBsS, HE SAW THE RIGHT SIGN AND FORLOJED IT, IT IS SAD
—_—_—_—_

THAT HE FOUND THE WAL To it NEAR TO HIS DEATH. HOW S4QD IT IS TO SE& SOMEONE
ee — —

IT TO FIND THAT THERE IS (OTHING THERE, LATE IN THE DAY H# MUST PICK UP HIS BAGGAGE

THINKING. HE ASKS FOR A RESPONSE THAT RSCOGNIZES HOW EMPTY WE ARE, A NSSPONSE THAT
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BIW LOS PUSAL LVL ve JE I RI Jie

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AS WE MOVE CLOSE TO saa? LST US, LIKE DISMA y LOOK INTOITHE MRBPF OF A DYING