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What are vows?

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  What is a Vow?  We aren't talking wedding vows, but what is a vow, do you know?  I am using the "Green Book- Wellspring School of Ministry, the Wellspring model.  How to Minister Workbook.  By Art and Patti Mathias Have you ever said:  "I will never let a man (or woman) ever hurt me again?" Or, "I will never put myself in that position again." "I can't trust anybody." "Nobody can do it right but me." "I will never be like my mother (or father)." "I will never be like that." "I will never share what I really feel, it is not safe." Many men say this ab out their mothers, and then it transfers to their wives.  "Men (women) never do it right." "Don't share", etc. Proverbs teaches us that as we think in our hearts, so we become (Proverbs 23:7a).  If we make these "vows", or statements, they are waiting to be fulfilled, and Satan will make sure they happen.  M