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*MAINTAINING YOUR SPIRITUAL STRENGTH*
*How in the World Will We Live - Part 5*
*Ephesians 6:10-11*
*Feb.16
‘03*
/"Your strength must come from the Lord's mighty power within you.
Put on all of God's armor so that you'll be able to stand against all the strategies and tricks of Satan."/
Ephesians 6:10-11 (LB)
*THREE THINGS THAT WILL WEAKEN YOUR LIFE*
*1.
Self-indulgence weakens your life.*
(Judges 14:1-20)
Excuse: "Just this once."
/ "Don't be misled; remember that you can't ignore God and get away with it; a man will always reap just the kind of crop he sows!
If he sows to please his own wrong desires, he will be planting seeds of evil and will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death."/
Gal.
6:7-8 (LB)
To maintain spiritual strength, I must discipline my desires.
/ "Strengthen yourselves with (Christ's) way of thinking... Live your lives controlled by God's will, not by human desires."/ 1 Peter 4:1-2 (GN)
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*2.
Resentment weakens your life.*
(Judges 15:1-17
Excuse: "They hurt me first."
/ "To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do."/ Job 5:2
/ "You are only hurting yourself with your anger!"/ Job 18:4
/ "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control."/
Prov.
29:11
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Carelessness weakens your life.*
(Judges 16:1-20)
Excuse: "It will be different for me."
/ "You will have to live with the consequences of everything you say."/
Prov.
18:20 (GN)
To maintain spiritual strength, I must maintain my commitments.
/ "He always does what he promises, no matter how much it may cost."/
Psalm 15:4
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*What is the weak link in your life?*
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*When are you going to do something about it?*
\\ *MAINTAINING YOUR SPIRITUAL STRENGTH*
*How in the World Will We Live - Part 5*
*Ephesians 6:10-11*
*Feb.16
‘03*
Judges 14.
If you've ever watched a marathon you know a lot of people start out but don't finish at the end.
I think that's a parallel to the Christian life.
Many people start out good in the Christian life but somewhere along the line they get waylaid, sidetracked, they run out of energy.
How do you maintain spiritual strength so you make it to the end of the race?
That's what we want to look at today.
Life can be draining.
It can wear you down.
How do you keep the strength to keep doing what you know you ought to be doing so that you finish the race.
Ephesians 6:10-11 (Living Bible) /"Your strength must come from the Lord's mighty power within you.
Put on all of God's armor so that you'll be able to stand against all the strategies and tricks of Satan."/
Satan has a strategy and plan to sap your spiritual strength.
We're going to look at it in this series.
Today I want us to look at three things that weaken your life.
If you want an example, we have the life of Samson.
Judges 13‑ 16. Samson was the Rambo of the Bible, physically.
Spiritually, he was the Pee Wee Herman.
He was a moral wimp.
He had everything going for him -- good looks, talent, beauty, ability, strength, God's blessing on his life, good family home life.
He had some early successes.
Things went real good for Samson early in life.
But somewhere along the line, he started losing his strength.
He got sidetracked.
He ends up life a failure, a loser, a broken man.
I want us to look at three things that wrecked his life that we can avoid.
If you'll learn to deal with these three things, you can make it to the end of the race.
Since our society puts so much emphasis on the first one, let's look at it this morning.
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SELF INDULGENCE WEAKENS YOUR LIFE.*
I'm talking about an undisciplined life style, living only by your feelings.
Does our culture encourage or discourage self indulgence?
No question.
Ice cream commercial -- "You owe it to yourself."
"I ate the whole thing", "If it feels good, do it".
Even good things can become harmful if they're not controlled -- food, money, sex, sleep.
All these things that are gifts of God can be misused and if they're out of control they can damage our life.
Samson's weakness was women.
No doubt about it.
Three chapters, three different women.
He's continually running out on relationships.
He's scared to make a commitment.
Have you ever met anybody like that? We've got a society full of people like that.
Judges 14. /"Samson went down to Timnah.
He saw a young Philistine woman and when he returned he said to his father and mother, "I've seen a Philistine women in Timnah.
Now get her for me as my wife."
His father and mother replied, "Isn't there an acceptable woman among your own people?
Must you go to the Philistines to get a wife?"
But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me.
She's the right one.'"
/"Right one" literally in Hebrew -- King James version says "she pleases me".
She's pleasurable.
He saw her and says, "I've got to have her!" New International Version says, "She looks good to me." Kirk translation, "She lites my fire!"
Here's Samson's first mistake.
Don't make decisions on pleasure rather than on principles.
We must learn to make decisions based on principles rather than pleasure.
If we don't, we'll fall into self indulgence.
We do the fun thing, the convenient thing, the pleasurable thing, not necessarily the right thing.
The fact is, God had said "Don't do it!",
his parents had warned him, he had made a vow himself not to marry an unbeliever.
But when he sees this woman his convictions go out the door.
He ignores his plans, he follows his glands.
He says, "I've got to have her!" His excuse is, "Just this once.
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