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When you enter a realm of temptation like TV, the beach, or many other places, be aware that satan will whisper to you, encouraging disobedience. When this happens, you have two choices. Firstly, be confused and let whatever happens happen. Or secondly, fight back. Example one: You are at the...

6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. We can learn a lot from a heroin addict. After 6 years of self-indulgence, their life has changed. It's harder to keep friends. It's harder to enjoy a simple TV show or ballgame. Work loses value and interest...

Our personal relationship with Jesus is the most important thing. I talked to a lady this week who said; “I was taught that a Christian doesn't drink, smoke, and dance.” Here is the thing. Satan is listening to your Christian rules and he may very well sink you with something they never talk...

If someone said: Satan does not mind it that much if you pray. The church would have a cow. But what if they say: Satan does not mind it much if we pray and then still continue in habitual sin. Oh... now it makes a bit more sense. On quitting addiction sites it is easy to find many people who...

Ephesians 4:27 ESV And give no opportunity to the devil.” When tempted consider praying: Lord, help me slam the door to this thought. I will think new thoughts.” Second, replacing bad habits with good habits takes away some of the devil's opportunity. That is good. We have control over how we...

Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” They don’t tell us at church that a great cloud of witnesses are...

Satan was kicked out of heaven for wanting to be in charge. Many of us do similar things to some extent. Some are depressed because: #1 Your job stinks, your boss stinks, your schooling stinks. Solution – Fight back by learning the habits of praising the Lord often, and giving thanks for all...

The Bible says to think about things that are of good report. Every minute of every day we get to choose... Think about bad things, job problems, school problems, money problems, or, we can go out of our way to find something good to think about. This is a great exercise for quitting addictions...

Smart-phones will shape our thoughts, emotions, and our faith if we allow them to. They sometimes cause relationships to suffer. When we search on our phones, YouTube, and computers, we either choose to go up as Christians, or go down as Christians. I personally worked endlessly, and continue...

2 Peter 2:20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.” This verse is saying that if we keep going back, our life will keep getting...

Joy is found when we do things exactly God's way. If you struggle with lust, constantly pray prayers about what the Bible says “To do.” The Bible says to run from lust. Pray constantly about running, think constantly about running from lust. The Bible says to be content. To be content with clean...

We have things that we do “in excess” that may be connections to addiction. Things like drinking, gambling, risky TV/movies, friends that are a bad influence, and 100 other things. If I picked something you do that upsets you. Please forgive me. Things that I do are similar to what you do...

A daily encounter with God will change you more than anything else. When God led the children of Israel out of the wilderness, where His Presence went, His power went. Where God's Presence goes, His power flows. God wants to have a personal relationship with you. Next, daily encounters with...

A couple of days ago I was tempted to watch a high-risk movie. I had seen it years ago and enjoyed it. I chose not to go to war with this thought. Instead, I thought: “I think I can handle this.” Now it is a couple of days later, I did turn from sinful scenes in the movie, but life has been blah...

Psychology recommends charting what you do every hour of your week. This article is loosely based on information from Psychologytools. Simply use something like a Google calendar and write in what activity you do during every free hour. Then, at the end of the week review how each activity made...

1 Corinthians 9:27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.” We aggressively train our bodies. Example: We turn on the TV and the program is incessantly glorifying the thing we are trying to quit. We...

Satan advertises lust and porn as something spectacular that you have to have. God tells you in His Word that something dies or partially dies when we give in. When I was a kid I was told repeatedly that sex before marriage was a sin... a horrible sin. I believed my parents. Avoiding that sin...

1 Corinthians 3:12 ESV “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.” We all underestimate how great life could be if we do things God’s way. But… until we stop being dominated by habits, it will continue...

Many have read verses about lust to fight lust. But only a few fight lust exactly the way Jesus did. When Jesus was tempted, He fought every temptation with a Bible verse. But… Jesus did not have any sin strongholds in his life, so satan bounced from one temptation to the next. But that is not...

To stop bad habits, it is wise to form habits of thinking about new things. Philippians commands us to think toward love. First, think about things that attract, please, and win other people's admiration and attention. Everybody likes a person who does this because then they speak in a way that...