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Thoughts are coordinates

June 24, 2025June 23, 2025 / Matthew Ruttan / 2 Comments

Thoughts are coordinates.Huh?Coordinates get you somewhere. They’re about helping you end up at the right destination. Perhaps you type them into your phone or G.P.S. If you don’t input the right data, you end up at the wrong place.Or picture Han Solo and Chewbacca in the Millennium Falcon. Before they make the jump to hyperspace … Continue reading Thoughts are coordinates

Yield your thoughts

April 8, 2022April 7, 2022 / Matthew Ruttan / Leave a comment

“You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:22-24). I … Continue reading Yield your thoughts

A toxic thought life

December 14, 2018December 13, 2018 / Matthew Ruttan / 2 Comments

Whenever I write about our inner ‘thought life’ I get more responses than usual. People say things like, ‘How did you know?’ and ‘This is what I needed to hear.’ It’s not because I’m a mind-reader. I’m not. It’s because most of us have an active ‘thought life’—these are the non-stop thoughts we have throughout … Continue reading A toxic thought life

Thought-life springboard

April 17, 2018April 16, 2018 / Matthew Ruttan / Leave a comment

In Matthew 5:8 Jesus says, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” This line has always captured me. I sometimes say it to myself quietly as I go about my day, usually when I feel like I’m mentally wandering or unsure. Not only is it a goal to achieve (purity of … Continue reading Thought-life springboard

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