During Greg Laurie's lecture on temptation, he listed some verses that he repeats to himself when negativity enters his mind about what he is doing. He didn't give the books or verses that he was quoting, just the words. I looked them up on http://www.biblegateway.com/ and I believe these are the verses he was referring to:
"The Lord is my light and my salvation -- whom shall I fear? The Lord is my life -- of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you or forsake you." Deuteronomy 31:6
"Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Jesus Christ." Philippians 1:6
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Dealing with Temptation
Just a quick note because I want to get this info on today so you can listen while it's still free. Tomorrow it'll cost you 99 cents, which is still a great bargain.
One of my favorite pastors to listen to is Greg Laurie, http://www.harvest.org/radio/a-new-beginning-radio/broadcast-schedule.html. This morning was his last installment on temptation called "Going on a Diet Tomorrow." In today's lecture he discusses the use of scripture to avoid temptation. He used some great passages that really lifted me.
This whole series was quite interesting and I'd recommend it to everyone. After I get a moment to research the scriptures I noted, I'll post them. If you have an opportunity to listen today, use this link http://www.harvest.org/radio/ and click on "Listen Now" underneath the "A New Beginning Today" title.
Have a wonderful day!
One of my favorite pastors to listen to is Greg Laurie, http://www.harvest.org/radio/a-new-beginning-radio/broadcast-schedule.html. This morning was his last installment on temptation called "Going on a Diet Tomorrow." In today's lecture he discusses the use of scripture to avoid temptation. He used some great passages that really lifted me.
This whole series was quite interesting and I'd recommend it to everyone. After I get a moment to research the scriptures I noted, I'll post them. If you have an opportunity to listen today, use this link http://www.harvest.org/radio/ and click on "Listen Now" underneath the "A New Beginning Today" title.
Have a wonderful day!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
15 Months of TV
Coming into work this morning, I was listening to Greg Laurie's (http://www.harvest.org/) sermon about what it takes to get to heaven. He mentioned a statistic that stunned me. The average person watches 15 months of TV during their lifetime.
This time of year, when it's already cold and dark by the time I get home from work, it's way too easy to immediately sit on the couch and veg in front of the TV for the evening. Prying myself away to cook dinner is excruciating, much less doing anything else. All of the sudden I have lead in my rear-end -- and the inactivity actually leads to me looking like I have lead there. Anyway, by the time I know it, bed time rolls around and I have just watched 3 hours of TV and done little else. At 5 days a week, that's 15 hours of TV.
Pastor Laurie's sermon started me thinking what else I could be doing during that time. I could read the Bible, write a blog that might inspire someone to turn to Jesus, work on a Bible study to increase my knowledge and grow my relationship with God, play a board game with my child, knit a scarf to give to the homeless shelter, start a home business... The list goes on. 15 hours is a lot of time to get something accomplished.
But now spread that over my life time. 15 months is the statistic Pastor Greg presented. What good can I accomplish in 15 months? What would I do if someone told me I have 15 months to do whatever I want?
Pastor Greg just made me realize I have 15 months to do something special and all I have to do is stay off the couch and turn off the TV when I get home from work today, tomorrow and the day after.
I'm challenging myself and everyone out there to turn off the TV and do something to make a difference out there instead. Good luck!
This time of year, when it's already cold and dark by the time I get home from work, it's way too easy to immediately sit on the couch and veg in front of the TV for the evening. Prying myself away to cook dinner is excruciating, much less doing anything else. All of the sudden I have lead in my rear-end -- and the inactivity actually leads to me looking like I have lead there. Anyway, by the time I know it, bed time rolls around and I have just watched 3 hours of TV and done little else. At 5 days a week, that's 15 hours of TV.
Pastor Laurie's sermon started me thinking what else I could be doing during that time. I could read the Bible, write a blog that might inspire someone to turn to Jesus, work on a Bible study to increase my knowledge and grow my relationship with God, play a board game with my child, knit a scarf to give to the homeless shelter, start a home business... The list goes on. 15 hours is a lot of time to get something accomplished.
But now spread that over my life time. 15 months is the statistic Pastor Greg presented. What good can I accomplish in 15 months? What would I do if someone told me I have 15 months to do whatever I want?
Pastor Greg just made me realize I have 15 months to do something special and all I have to do is stay off the couch and turn off the TV when I get home from work today, tomorrow and the day after.
I'm challenging myself and everyone out there to turn off the TV and do something to make a difference out there instead. Good luck!
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