there is a way out if you trust…

what is your most vulnerable area?  what is your weak spot?  GOD knows it.  have you ever figured it out?

if you haven’t, you need to because once you’ve figured out where you are weak you will then know when and where you’re most likely to fall and you can avoid it. 

it is stupid to put yourself in situations that will automatically tempt your weakest area.  where are you vulnerable?  be realistic about the problem.  where do i have a lack of self control? 

is it my temper?  is it my appetite?  that is my weak area.  is it my spending?  is it my words – i’m continually talking all the time and say things i later regret.  is it drinking?  is it cocaine?  drugs?  is it lustful thoughts? 

what is the area that satan knows is my hot button and he’s always baiting me in that area?  figure it out and then admit it to GOD?  say, “GOD, you know the areas i’ve fallen in.  i’ve stumbled.  i want a clean slate.  i want to start over.  get free from my past.  get forgiveness.”  that’s available.  salvation is the first step in victory over temptation.  ask CHRIST to come into your life and give you the power.

1 corinthians 10.13 (niv), GOD is faithful.  HE will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.  but when you are tempted, HE will also provide a way out so you can stand up under it.

what a great promise.  GOD never puts more on you – HE never allows more on you – than HE puts in you to bear it up.

you say, “i just can’t help myself!”  wanna bet?  “it was too strong a temptation, i just couldn’t help myself!”  GOD says that is not true.  you’re just depending on yourself instead of depending on HIM.

GOD says, “I will make a way out if you trust ME.”  the fact is there is hope and you can change if you want to and if you’ll let CHRIST change you from the inside out.  there is a way out if you trust in HIM.

just a thought from the front porch…