“It is imperative that you begin identifying those things in your battery of beliefs that are not true.”

A thought by Andy Stanley, (2009-01-21) from his book, Louder Than Words: The Power of Uncompromised Living (Kindle Locations 1248-1249). The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Andy uses as an example of a false belief that was controlling the world at the time of Christopher Columbus that the world was flat. That was a false belief that Columbus rejected and by that found the New World. And there are many false beliefs that we need to identify and deal with before we can step out into our new world.

As Andy says, “Every single facet of our behavior is somehow tied back to something we believe. When you and I believe the wrong thing, it works its way out in the form of wrong behavior.”

Here are a couple of these he gives, “If you believe happiness is found in the accumulation of possessions, you’re not going to be very generous. If you believe that people cannot be trusted, you’re not going to have many close friends.” But you have your own false beliefs that control your behavior.

So many of us have a distorted view of marriage. What is a wife to do? What is a husband’s role? We set our beliefs on the false views that TV and the movies gives us and wonder why our marriage isn’t successful. We need to do away with our false views. And we do that with a renewal of our mind.

Here is a false assumption that even some Christian men have and that is that God has called you to fix your wife. Now do you see how that belief can damage a relationship? God has not called us to fix our wives but to love them.

Andy says, “What we believe determines how we behave.”

So what are some false beliefs that are controlling your behavior?

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