{"id":255,"date":"2024-01-17T04:37:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T04:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/as-a-man-thinketh\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T04:37:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T04:37:41","slug":"as-a-man-thinketh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/as-a-man-thinketh\/","title":{"rendered":"As A Man Thinketh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"As A Man Thinketh\" width=\"1104\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lfYUsNw0a64?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Bible and Jesus never taught that thoughts alone can shape reality. The widely accepted idea of &#8220;as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he&#8221; is seen as a misinterpretation influenced by a 1903 self-help book. When I examine the original biblical context in Proverbs 23:1-8, it cautions against blindly accepting generosity and emphasizes that true nature is reflected in one&#8217;s thoughts. Contrary to popular belief, the scripture doesn&#8217;t endorse the notion that thinking like a millionaire will make me one. Taking scripture out of context is likened to telling a partial story, leading to misunderstandings. I&#8217;m reminded of instances where people believe in abilities that don&#8217;t align with reality, such as thinking they are great cooks or singers. I&#8217;m urged to critically evaluate teachings and question the source: &#8220;If it didn&#8217;t come from God, the Bible, or Heaven, who taught you that?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible and Jesus never taught that thoughts alone can shape reality. The widely accepted idea of &#8220;as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he&#8221; is seen as a misinterpretation influenced by a 1903 self-help book. When I examine the original biblical context in Proverbs 23:1-8, it cautions against blindly accepting generosity and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-teachings","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marcus.izfly.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}