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Every day I pray and battle with my mission to start pleasing God and stop satisfying myself and appeasing others. Defeats in this battle have cost me a lot, where prayers, praise and God’s Word have brought some miraculous victories. It is not because my daddy is a preacher or because I was always in church, that I see God not as a casualty but a necessity. However, at 23 my experiences and understanding that IT MAY NOT BE EASY TO DO THE RIGHT THING BUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF DOING THE WRONG THINGS ARE TOO HARD TO DEAL WITH, have brought the Sunday school lessons, the sermons, and the prayers into perspective. Being perfect is unpractical but being young and saved is not! I've done a whole lot of something for nothing. But after meeting Jesus Christ I decided I would give anything to have Him as my Everything!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Self Control vs Self Indulgence

BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY!!!

James 1:12 - 14 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. 13When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.


We all are tempted, but by what we are tempted varies person to person.  For one it could be alcohol an drugs, another people and words, another food and money, another clothes and cars, another fame, etc. No matter what it is, know that we will never be tempted by something we didn't want in the first place.  More importantly, understand that the enemy knows what you desire after. Therefore, it is crucial to harbor a great deal of self-control and take the ways of escape offered to us by God.


God knows and will not give you more than you can bear, but we certainly place ourselves in situations and around people that we know  creates an issue of self-control for us.


In the Name of Jesus Christ, I pray against the strongman in and over our lives and demand our joy, peace, blessings, freedom and every material and spiritual possession that has been taken from us back.  I loose the strongman's influence over every part of our body, soul and spirit.  May every old, wrong, ungodly pattern of thinking, attitude, idea, desire, belief, motivation,habit and stronghold attached to these things be destroyed and not curse us anymore.  Let us walk in our authority and be powerful and not powerless.  Amen

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