DID YOU EVER NOTICE THAT ITS WHEN YOU ARE DOING YOUR BEST THAT TEMPTATION COMES KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR? HAVE YOU EVER MADE UP YOUR MIND TO DO SOMETHING OR NOT DO SOMETHING, ONLY TO HAVE YOUR THOUGHTS CHANGE IN AN INSTANT? DO YOU FIND YOURSELF SAYING, "I DIDNT MEAN TO DO THAT" OR "HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? THAT WASNT MY PLAN." NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, I FEEL SURE YOU CAN IDENTIFY WITH AT LEAST A FEW OF THE WORDS I HAVE WRITTEN THUS FAR. MY VERY BEST FRIEND POSTED THE WORDS TO A SONG AS HER FACEBOOK STATUS YESTERDAY. IT SIMPLY SAID, "IT IS YOUR FAVORITE SINS THAT DO YOU IN." I KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHAT I WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT TODAY. THANKS ROBIN! I LOVE YOU.
WHEN I SAY "FAVORITE" SINS, I AM IN NO WAY GLORIFYING THE THINGS I ONCE FOUND SO EASY TO DO. I AM SIMPLY DESCRIBING THE VERY "THINGS" THAT ONCE HAD ME TOTALLY ENSLAVED. IT WAS THESE FAVORITE SINS, WHICH I HATED TO DO, THAT HAD ME TIED UP, CHAINED AND CAPTIVE. NO MATTER HOW OFTEN I PROMISED TO CHANGE, NOR HOW OFTEN I SAID,"I QUIT", A SIMPLE THOUGHT OR COMPULSION SET ME OFF ON MY VERY OWN PATH OF DESTRUCTION. I WAS CAUGHT UP IN AN ENDLESS CYCLE OF DEFEAT. I WAS INTENT ON SELF DESTRUCTION. IT WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE SINS THAT DID ME IN.
IN NO WAY AM I GLORIFYING SATAN, BUT HE IS A MASTER OF DECEIT. HE IS THE FATHER OF ALL LIES. HE KNOWS OUR WEAKNESSES AND KNOWS WHEN WE HAVE REACHED OUR WEAKEST POINT. IT IS THROUGH OUR MISERY THAT HE FINDS AMUSEMENT. HE WALKS AROUND AS A ROARING LION, SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR. THE DEVIL SEES OUR FAVORITE SINS FOR EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE... DIRTY LITTLE TRICKS PULLED OUT OF HIS NASTY LITTLE BAG. OUR FAVORITE SINS ARE ONLY ILLUSIONS WHICH BRING ABOUT FALSE HAPPINESS. EACH ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SINS EVENTUALLY CAUSE UNHAPPINESS, AGGRAVATION AND DIMINISHED SELF WORTH. THROUGH THESE THINGS, SATAN GETS HIS GLORY.
GOD, ON THE OTHER HAND HATES OUR FAVORITE SINS. HE TELLS US THIS THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE. HIS WORD DIRECTS US TO A LIFE OF PEACE, HAPPINESS AND LOVE. I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT HE SAW FIT TO REMOVE THE SCALES WHICH COVERED BOTH OF MY EYES. I WAS BLINDED BY MY FAVORITE SINS. THROUGH HIS GENTLE DIRECTION, I HAVE LEARNED THAT WITHOUT HIM, I AM NOTHING. OF COURSE, AT TIMES I FEEL TEMPTATION, BUT THATS WHEN I NOW CALL UPON HIS NAME. HIS STILL, SMALL VOICE HAS NEVER FAILED ME. THAT QUIET LITTLE VOICE WILL NEVER LEAD ME WRONG. I HAVE FINALLY LEARNED TO LEAN NOT ON MY OWN UNDERSTANDING. HIS WAY WORKS SO MUCH BETTER THAN MINE. I ALWAYS HEARD PEOPLE SAY, "TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD." HE MOST DEFINITELY IS. GOD LOVES US!
JAMES 4:7 THEREFORE, SUBMIT TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU
WHEN I SAY "FAVORITE" SINS, I AM IN NO WAY GLORIFYING THE THINGS I ONCE FOUND SO EASY TO DO. I AM SIMPLY DESCRIBING THE VERY "THINGS" THAT ONCE HAD ME TOTALLY ENSLAVED. IT WAS THESE FAVORITE SINS, WHICH I HATED TO DO, THAT HAD ME TIED UP, CHAINED AND CAPTIVE. NO MATTER HOW OFTEN I PROMISED TO CHANGE, NOR HOW OFTEN I SAID,"I QUIT", A SIMPLE THOUGHT OR COMPULSION SET ME OFF ON MY VERY OWN PATH OF DESTRUCTION. I WAS CAUGHT UP IN AN ENDLESS CYCLE OF DEFEAT. I WAS INTENT ON SELF DESTRUCTION. IT WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE SINS THAT DID ME IN.
IN NO WAY AM I GLORIFYING SATAN, BUT HE IS A MASTER OF DECEIT. HE IS THE FATHER OF ALL LIES. HE KNOWS OUR WEAKNESSES AND KNOWS WHEN WE HAVE REACHED OUR WEAKEST POINT. IT IS THROUGH OUR MISERY THAT HE FINDS AMUSEMENT. HE WALKS AROUND AS A ROARING LION, SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR. THE DEVIL SEES OUR FAVORITE SINS FOR EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE... DIRTY LITTLE TRICKS PULLED OUT OF HIS NASTY LITTLE BAG. OUR FAVORITE SINS ARE ONLY ILLUSIONS WHICH BRING ABOUT FALSE HAPPINESS. EACH ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SINS EVENTUALLY CAUSE UNHAPPINESS, AGGRAVATION AND DIMINISHED SELF WORTH. THROUGH THESE THINGS, SATAN GETS HIS GLORY.
GOD, ON THE OTHER HAND HATES OUR FAVORITE SINS. HE TELLS US THIS THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE. HIS WORD DIRECTS US TO A LIFE OF PEACE, HAPPINESS AND LOVE. I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT HE SAW FIT TO REMOVE THE SCALES WHICH COVERED BOTH OF MY EYES. I WAS BLINDED BY MY FAVORITE SINS. THROUGH HIS GENTLE DIRECTION, I HAVE LEARNED THAT WITHOUT HIM, I AM NOTHING. OF COURSE, AT TIMES I FEEL TEMPTATION, BUT THATS WHEN I NOW CALL UPON HIS NAME. HIS STILL, SMALL VOICE HAS NEVER FAILED ME. THAT QUIET LITTLE VOICE WILL NEVER LEAD ME WRONG. I HAVE FINALLY LEARNED TO LEAN NOT ON MY OWN UNDERSTANDING. HIS WAY WORKS SO MUCH BETTER THAN MINE. I ALWAYS HEARD PEOPLE SAY, "TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD." HE MOST DEFINITELY IS. GOD LOVES US!
JAMES 4:7 THEREFORE, SUBMIT TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU
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