10 Lies About Sin:
Sin is no big deal
A little sin won’t hurt
Taking radical action against sin isn’t necessary
God won’t mind a little compromise
It’s my body I can do what I want with it
I can control my desires
I won’t experience any consequences for my sin
God is keeping something good from me
The pleasure sin promises is better and more real than God’s
pleasure
Fulfilling myself through sin will satisfy me
Joshua Harris – “Not Even a Hint”
If You Bypass Virtue
It will not make you happy in the long haul
It will not make you happy in the long haul
It hurts you
It forces you to lie to yourself and others
It models bad behavior
It demonstrates immaturity
It blocks personal growth
It undermines your character
It damages your reputation
It plants future problems
It makes it easier to repeat a mistake
It sabotages your mental health
It hardens your heart
It callouses your conscience
It builds a wall between you and God
It corrodes spiritual insight and perspective
It creates health difficulties
It twists and confuses your thinking
It disappoints those you love
It establishes negative patterns for your children
It plays into Satan’s hands and promotes his ways
It smears God’s reputation
It discourages other Christians
It slows God’s work in the world
It saddens God
It leads to death
From: Dr. Steve Stephens
Five Qualities That Change Your Heart
Conviction – the recognition that worldly and selfish motives
have robbed our homes and our souls of our spiritual destiny
Repentance – the determination to change direction and to pursue
the life of the kingdom
Humility – the willingness to seek out new paradigms and new
patterns for life priorities
Perseverance – the commitment to press toward freedom in the
face of disappointments and failures
Passion – the desire for intimacy with God that fuels our
pursuit of His presence as the central focus of our lives
From: Jerome Dailey “Soul Space”
More on Repentance: HERE and HERE and HERE
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