Are there powers other than God? A recent experience proved to me the importance of knowing the spiritual truth that God alone influences our experience.
She couldn’t have been working harder on her giant final paper, but that was just the problem. The harder she worked, the more she struggled. Fortunately, she was about to discover a different approach, based on Jesus’ example, that turned the whole project around.
One thought that occurred to me was how often I felt tempted to eat almost automatically, without thinking, sometimes when I wasn’t even hungry. I realized that my appetite had become like another god to me, controlling my behavior in ways I didn’t like.
I continue to learn more about how Jesus healed by discerning the thought of individuals, and seeing beneath the surface of physical symptoms to the critical issue at hand.