quit smoking support @ woofmang.com people helping people beat the addiction to nicotine
|
View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
Seabrez
Quit Date: -
Posts: 4458 Location: Gulf Coast
|
Posted: November 29, 2007 10:02 AM Post subject: Your Best Defense...A devotion |
|
|
Morning Quit Friends,
Well, what do you know...one of my favorite verses I used to quit smoking is the focus of Greg Laurie's devotion this morning. Would like to share it with all of you....for during those tough moments...this verse I would repeat and stand my ground.
Big Hugs!
http://www.harvest.org
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Your Best Defense
Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
— James 4:7
When the Bible tells us to "submit to God," and to "resist the devil" (James 4:7), it doesn't mean we are to go out and attack the devil. The devil will do the attacking. The word "resist" is essentially a defensive word meaning "to withstand an attack."
Nor does the Bible say to "converse with the devil and he will flee from us" or to "consider all of the temptations the devil offers, then resist him, and he will flee from us." Once you start messing with sin and with the devil, it is only a matter of time before you get hooked. It is like the free samples you're offered when you walk though the store or the mall. You are given just enough to whet your appetite, but not enough to satisfy it.
The devil has been at this for a long time. He is no idiot; he will not necessarily present his full agenda. Instead, he will say, "Take just a little nibble. Just have a taste for the fun of it. It won't hurt you. Just this one little time." And you know the rest of that story. This is why the Bible tells us to resist the devil. Keep as much distance from him as possible. Flee from temptation and don't leave a forwarding address.
So where do we find the resolve and strength to resist? We need to submit to God as we resist the devil. "Submit" is a word used to describe a soldier under the authority of a commander and speaks of a willing, conscious submission to God's authority. It means to completely surrender yourself to the Word and will of God. That is your best defense. _________________
Living in Freedom
Deb
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corn 5:17 NASB |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
daggy12
Quit Date: -
Posts: 678 Location: Palm Bay, FL
|
Posted: November 29, 2007 2:06 PM Post subject: |
|
|
Someone once told me that you dont even have to have a converstion with the devil. Because he has been watching us for so long all he has to is watch our habits to figure out where to put the temptations. Now thats scary!!!! I do think about that so I try to change things up..... _________________
Life can only be "understood" by looking backward, but must be "lived" by looking forward.
Patty |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
|