Our Own Minds Can Deceive Us... People Do Too

By Tanya Carpenter

When the earth was dark God said, “Let there be light.” Man was created in His own image, and to rule the earth. “ But what happened”. It was blamed all on a woman that we shall live but die. While we have life God said, “live life more abundantly on this earth. Some people do not know how to, or will never try due to straying away from the Father who created us. He has all of our needs to live in peace, joy and happiness. Love one another as He loves us. Each day that is given to us is a better chance at growing in wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Beware of the enemy who comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But if you know God you know the enemy is already defeated.. So let’s live our best lives receiving all that God has for us. No need of living our lives with a smile upside down.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9781665503266

Tanya Carpenter

Tanya Carpenter was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, and now resides in the State of Georgia. She has always had the passion and the drive to be an amazing Author long before she wrote her first novel in 1999, and her second book came not too long after that. Taking notes throughout her grade school years, she has gained the desire to write and illustrate short stories. With that, comes her love for writing nonfictional/fictional stories, songs, and poems. Adding on to that her great achievement of completing a screenplay class, while writing her first screenplay script. In May 2020 has her first client as a Ghost Writer. My oh my, does Tanya have a strong personality that everyone loves, while being a people person at heart and a Motivational Speaker. Along with Tanya's passion brings her creativity, ambition, and the heart and mind to want to help others. She thrives to make a changed for her family and those around her. Already being an Entrepreneur and Professional Life Coach to encourage, up lift others amongst other things, she surely will not let that stop her there. "There are stories to be told, so let's stop holding on to them!!" Time to Level Up!!!!

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Published by AuthorHouse 10/12/2020

ISBN: 978-1-6655-0327-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6655-0326-6 (e)

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CONTENTS

Part I

Chapter 1 Our Own Minds Can Deceive Us

Chapter 2 The Mind

Chapter 3 Let’s See Some Ways of a Selfish Mindset

Chapter 4 A Mindset of Pride

Chapter 5 Worry Mindset

Chapter 6 Fear Mindset

Chapter 7 Mindset of Unforgiveness

Chapter 8 Mindset of the Flesh

Chapter 9 Self-Discipline

Chapter 10 Why Should We Pray?

Chapter 11 Walk in Faith

Part II

Chapter 12 Deceived by People

Chapter 13 Deceived in Marriage

Chapter 14 Deceived by Religion / the Church

Chapter 15 Deceived by Loved Ones / Friends

Chapter 16 Conclusion

PART I

CHAPTER 1

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Our Own Minds

Can Deceive Us

John 3:16 says, That for God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.

Wow! How wonderful it is to know that we have a God who loves us this much. His Son’s name is Jesus—the one who came down here to walk on this earth in the flesh, who was seated next to his father on the right side of him in spirit and glory, and who came and gave himself to be sacrificed so by his blood we could be saved from our sins. Now that’s a deep situation. Can you even imagine giving up your son to save someone else? Truthfully, I can say I could not. That shows how much God really loves his people.

The sad part is how many of us on this earth do not know how much he loves us and that he created us and is the reason we wake up each day. There are a lot of people on this earth with their own theory of formulation, certain phenomena or principles of science as to why they exist and how they function each day. They are okay with this and not trying to seek the truth. Some go on each day knowing there is a God but not concerned about getting to know God. They know that God wakes them up every day and watches over them, and they are okay with that, not seeking to know that he is the same God who loves them unconditionally.

When we don’t come to know God and his Son, Jesus Christ, we are in darkness, which means we are ignorant, without wisdom, knowledge, joy, peace, happiness, and strength—an easy target for Satan, who comes to kill, steal, and destroy us. The main thing he attacks is our minds by manipulating us with things that look good, but he just sets us up for failure. He tries to keep us from knowing God because once we do, he knows he is in trouble. He tries to make it like you’ve got it going on in your life with things like money, fashion, and cars, doing whatever you want to do with your life. Then come drugs, alcohol, prostitution, murder, rape, robbery, and many other things that only lead to destruction or death.

There is nothing better than knowing God; he never lies or misleads you. He is the only one who can save us. That is why he sent his Son, Jesus Christ—to save us from our sins and ourselves. We must go through his Son, Jesus, to get to God because Jesus knows what it is like to live here on earth. He walked here on earth for thirty-three years. He witnessed our pains, sorrows, weaknesses, and sins. Jesus speaks to his father for us