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“If” sets up what we call “conditional statements”

lf … If bread is square, why is sandwich meat round?

lf … If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?

lf … If olive oil comes from squeezing olives, then baby oil …

lf … If sponges did not grow in the ocean, how much deeper would it be?

lf … If the bus station is where the bus stops, and the train station is where the train stops, then the work station on my desk at the office…

lf … If vegetarians eat vegetables, then humanitarians…

lf … If you put a chameleon in a room full of mirrors, what color would it turn?

lf … If all the world’s a stage, as Shakespeare said, where is the audience sitting?

lf … If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done?

lf … If you had everything, where would you put it?

lf … “If” sets up what we call “conditional statements” Like this: Given a certain scenario, another logical dependent scenario follows If A, then B

lf … I can use conditional to statements to prove things logically. Who’s taller? I can use conditional statements to reach a desired outcome Can I have dessert? Can Cinderella go to the ball?

lf … Wait, what was that last thing? I can use conditional statements to reach a desired outcome Now think Path Principle

lf … I like to be first (respected) Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.” Mark 9:35

lf … I want to be known as a man of God “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:35

lf … I want to love the Lord “If you love me, you will obey what I command.” John 14:15

lf … I want to be forgiven “And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” Mark 11:25

lf … I want to live like Jesus Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” Matt 16:24

lf … I want insight and discernment “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” Matt 6:22-23

lf … I want courage If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Romans 8:31-32

lf … I want assurance Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 2 Cor. 5.17

lf … I want an effective prayer life If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. Psalm 66:18-19

lf … Elpicnirp Htap Look at where you want to be… and work backwards.

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