FILTERS: Sermon Notes

Our perceptions are not always accurate Our feelings are not always fact

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-What you look out from, determines your outcome.

"You can't depend on your eyes, When your imagination is out of focus" - Mark Twain

Living Life without filters leads to great offense
        We don't live life just by our brain
          We need out heart as well

Balance

"We live in a culture where creating image is more important than building character" [Romans 12:18]

<--Make an effort to live in peace with everyone-->

<We all intentionally look through filters>

We have to see things in context in order to fully understand it.

"We don't see things as they are, We see them as we are" - Bishop Bronner

Arrogance is a dangerous filter. We needs God's wisdom to truly succeed. Don't be wise in your own eyes [ Proverbs 3:7]

We see things through our own:

• Expectations
• Beliefs
• Concerns
• Needs

Inside of out filters are :

• Past experiences
• View of the World
• Concept of right and wrong
• Behavioral preferences
• Values

"If you change the way you look at things, The thing you look at will change"

Filters prevent new information from coming through.