EA

One of the things that I internalized at EA is that my peace is directly proportional to my communion or my relationship with God. When I start to get off kilter the first thing I look at is how much time I am spending with God each day. Most of the time it is clear that I have cut down on my one on one time with God. One of the hardest things about leaving an environment like EA is that you have to become self-disciplined and make time each day to spend with God. Another lesson that I have taken to heart from EA is the message of dying to self. It basically explains to me how to live a life as a Christian. It’s not about what I want anymore. It’s about others, it’s about what I can do for God and how I can expand His kingdom here on earth. The root of addiction is selfishness. Selfishness can creep in subtlety and it is extremely important for me to think less of myself and more of others. To walk through each day with a prayerful attitude is one way to keep myself in check. The Word tells us that He is always with us. If I become aware of that and acknowledge God in everything I do then I stay in communion with him throughout my day. Another important lesson that I learned at EA was to keep a humble and grateful attitude. This is another way to guard against selfishness. If I stay humble and grateful it is very hard to be angry, irritated, restless, selfish, arrogant, prideful, or full of self pity. Those two attitudes keep me centered and help me keep my eyes upon the cross.

Anyways, just a post about EA. Maybe I'm just writing to remind myself the valuable lessons I took from EA.
God Bless,
Shawn