Nuclear Torment
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12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.
14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.
15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.
Everyone experiences tormenting thoughts in a different way.
I believe everyone struggles with one of these 3 tormenting thoughts:
Depression
Anxiety
Anger
Depression
despair & hopelessness. Suicidal.
Anxiety
crippling fear. often unexplainable. nervous sensation in your chest.
Anger
can’t let things go. extreme madness.
All of these thoughts are super-powerful.
All of these thoughts lie to you that you should think about them.
Dwelling on these thoughts is the last thing you should do.
These thoughts are the fiery darts.
BECAUSE:
All of these thoughts build.
No tormenting thought can possibly be from God.
IT. IS. NOT. POSSIBLE.
That means the thought is either:
the flesh
the devil
THEREFORE, it is a lie!!!
Every time you experience a tormenting thought, you are thinking a lie!
SEEK FAITH!
What is the truth the devil is hiding from you about the lie?
You extinguish fiery darts with faith! Get the truth and stand on it by faith!!!
Nuclear Fission!
the neutron is either a tormenting thought or faith!
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
like the neutron, faith has to be injected! You don’t have faith in your mind!
Take Action Fast or go Nuclear!!!
The temptation is to go to the flesh. Porn. Drugs. Inappropriate attention. Pity parties.
1) Listen to the Word!
You need faith injected!!!! A neutron of Faith!
2) You. Are. Not. Weak!!!!
32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:
33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
3) There. Is. A. Lie. Find it.
4) Ask “what would my heavenly Father say about this thought”?
5) Ask, “what would someone of faith say about this thought?”
I was having a battle in my mind this week!
I thought:
I don’t mean very much to our people!
They don’t care about what I’m doing
You’ve failed at creating connection with anyone
No other pastor would have no one do anything for them
What’s the lie?
1,2 - YOU GUYS COME HERE! You could be anywhere!
3 - that’s just ridiculous.
4 - that’s comparison and is ALWAYS wrong.
The neutron is either a tormenting thought, or faith.
Which one are you going to allow it to be?
Sow to the flesh, reap corruption.
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
Corruption: decomposition (destruction) n. — the separation of something into its constituent elements or parts until it no longer exists anymore.