Showing posts with label weak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weak. Show all posts

Friday, September 23, 2011

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…

Thursday, April 22, 2010

a weak or wise person?...

ecclesiastes 5.4 (ncv), if you make a promise to GOD don’t be slow to keep it. GOD is not happy with fools, so give GOD what you promised.

what commitments have you made to GOD that you have failed to follow through on? read your bible every day? tithe? join a church? get involved in small group? find a ministry? share with your neighbors about CHRIST?

what commitments have you made to CHRIST (GOD) that you’ve let slack off. this is a test of your character and your faith.

ecclesiastes 8.5 (lb), the wise man will find a time and a way to do what he says.

the wise person figures out a way to keep his or her commitments. the weak person cops out. the weak person says, “i made that commitment but i’m going to blow it off. i made that commitment back then but i’m not going to follow through on that one. i didn’t really mean it. times/circumstances have changed.”

weak people give excuses. wise people find the time and way to do what they say they will do. do you want to be a weak person or do you want to be a wise person? this is a test. it’s a test of the kind of character you’re going to develop.

this is one of the major faults in our society today. people give up in the test before hanging in there to make it through. they give up too soon.

people have one little marriage problem: “i can’t handle this. i don’t deserve this. i’ve got to get out of this relationship.” and they walk just because they have a tough time. “i can’t afford to tithe. i’m in financial pressure.” so they walk out on that commitment. “i can’t afford to do the right thing in the business because if i do the right thing i will lose my job.” this is a test. it’s a test of your character and a test of your faith.

the bible says in psalm 15 that GOD blesses the person who keeps his vows even when it hurts. that’s the kind of person GOD blesses and it’s a test.

just a thought from the front porch…