Controlling Your Weaknesses

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You 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:38.680 wouldn't be watching today or you wouldn't have taken time 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:41.200 to come out. But thank you so much, and we're 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:42.920 just believing two thousand and seven, it's going to be 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:43.920 a great year in your life. 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:44.279 Amen. 0:01:44.880 --> 0:01:46.760 I like to start with something funny each week. And 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:49.520 I heard about this college professor. He was going to 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:52.400 prove to his class that God wasn't real. And so 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:54.880 he said, God, if you're real, knock me off of 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:57.760 this platform, and I'll give you fifteen minutes to do it. 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:00.840 With every minute that went by and said God, I'm 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:03.680 still waiting here. I am the last minute. A three 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:07.080 hundred pound football player walking down the hall heard what 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:09.880 he was saying. He came charging into the room, lowered 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:12.720 his shoulder with full force. He hit the professor and 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.920 he went flying off the platform. The professor got up, 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:17.679 kind of dazed and confused. That what in the word 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.600 you do that for? The football player replied, God said 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:21.520 he was busy, so he. 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:26.040 Sent me, all right, hold up your bible. 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.160 Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.120 I am what it says. I am. I have what 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:34.760 it says I have. I can do what it says 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:37.600 I can do. Today I will be taught the word 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:42.080 of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert, my 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:45.840 heart is receptive. I will never be the same. I 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:51.639 am about to receive the incorruptible, indestructible, ever living seed 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:56.280 of the Word of God. I'll never be the same, never, never, never, 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:57.680 I'll never. 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.960 Be the same. In Jesus' name, God bless you. 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:03.880 I want to talk to you today about how to 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:07.800 deal with your weaknesses. Every one of us has areas 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:10.679 that we struggle in. There may be a lot right 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.560 with us, but we all have things that are trying 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:14.520 to hold us back. 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:17.280 Things in our character, things in our. 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:21.280 Behavior that just won't go away. It's a weakness. You 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:25.160 could even call it a persistent temptation. It's something that 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:28.639 just keeps coming back. And it's different with every person. 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:33.880 It may be something seemingly small, being impatient, being jealous, 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:37.040 having to control everything, a lack of focus. 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:38.680 Or maybe it's. 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:42.720 A weakness with your temper, a weakness with alcohol, a 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:46.520 weakness with the opposite sex, a weakness with what you watch. 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:50.320 We all have things that just won't go away. You 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:53.160 can't defeat a weakness one time and then you're done. 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:56.080 It keeps coming back again and again. And this is 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.720 where so many people just give in and say, well, 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:01.120 I've tried, I've failed so many times. This is just 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:04.080 who I am. No, we just have to learn to 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:07.440 deal with our weaknesses in the correct way. And I 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:10.200 don't know so much that we even overcome a weakness 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:13.360 as much as we learn to control them. I know 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:17.200 one of my weaknesses is being impatient. I've dealt with 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.280 this practically my whole lifetime, and I'm pretty good at 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:23.920 controlling it now, but I still have the temptation. I 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:27.000 still have a tendency to want to be impatient. In fact, 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:30.200 last week, two lanes of the freeway were closed, and 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:33.280 what normally would take me five minutes took me thirty minutes. 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.520 I must have had a thousand negative thoughts come to 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:40.479 my mind, telling me get upset. This isn't right, You're 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.440 going to be late, this is ruining your day. See, 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:47.240 the temptation to be impatient still comes, and I've learned 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:49.720 that's an area where I have to stay on guard 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:53.400 and with prayer, with discipline, with the right attitude. I 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:56.240 know I can control it and not let it control me. 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:58.880 But what I want you to see is it's not 0:04:59.040 --> 0:05:01.479 realistic to think I'm going to get rid of this 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:03.599 once and for all and never have to deal with 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:07.520 it again. No, most of the time, a weakness doesn't 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:11.400 totally go away. You may still have the desire, the 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:15.320 temptation may come your whole lifetime, But our attitude should 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:18.880 be I know I can control this weakness and not 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.599 let it control me. Now, I would encourage you to 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:26.080 know what your weaknesses are. You cannot conquer something that 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:30.080 you don't confront. You need to examine your life, know 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:33.320 the areas that you struggle in. What are the things 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:36.400 that are consistently trying to hold you back? Do you 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:40.960 have persistent temptation in a particular area. Could be with 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:44.680 your temper you're constantly tempted to lose your coup, could 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:48.800 be in your morals you're consistently tempted to be unfaithful, 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:52.200 to compromise, or maybe even in your self image. You 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:55.760 have to consistently deal with thoughts of low self esteem 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:57.359 and inferiority. 0:05:57.480 --> 0:05:59.160 Well, get to know yourself. 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:03.520 Be for me with your weaknesses, not in a condemning way, 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:06.360 but so you can be aware of what you need 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:09.200 to work on. I mean, too many people today live 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:12.360 in denial. One of the main reasons why a person 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.640 with a drug or alcohol addiction never gets any help 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:19.040 is because they don't think they really have a problem, 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:23.039 and we tend to overlook the obvious and to downplay things. 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:25.960 But if you really want to be your best, you 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:29.080 need to know the areas that you struggle in. Take 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:31.560 an honest look at your life and just call it 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:35.160 like it is. For instance, if every time I see 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:39.040 someone that's more successful than me, instead of being happy 0:06:39.080 --> 0:06:42.000 for them, I start to find fault and to be critical, 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.159 then I need to be honest enough to say, you 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:45.839 know what, I'm just jealous. 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:47.880 That's a weakness. I need to work on it. 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:51.720 If I'm always giving into pure pressure and just doing 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:53.839 what my friends want me to do, I need to 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:56.760 be honest enough to say I'm a people pleaser. I've 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.560 got to work on that. I know people that have 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.320 a weakness when it comes to sweets. If they eat 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:04.920 one chocolate, they got to eat the whole box. A 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:08.000 lady told me, Joe, I'm so undisciplined in my spending. 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:10.960 If I go to the mall and see something on sale, 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:11.800 I can't help it. 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:12.600 I just buy it. 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:16.720 We have to recognize those are all weaknesses. That's an 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:19.400 area you have to stay on guard and really fight 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:22.680 the good fight of faith and understand you are not 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:25.400 a bad person just because you struggle with something. 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:27.880 We all have things to deal with. 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:30.960 Don't sit there feeling condemned, thinking, man, if they only 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:33.720 knew what I struggled with. No, I don't know of 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:39.640 too many perfect people, just myself and Johnny, and lately. 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:40.840 I've been having my doubts about him. 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:45.120 But when I say, know what your weaknesses are, it's 0:07:45.160 --> 0:07:47.920 not so you'll feel bad about yourself, but rather this 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.000 is an area I know I need to work on. 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:52.559 This is an area where I have to stay on guard. 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.560 One of the main keys to controlling a weakness, a 0:07:56.680 --> 0:08:00.200 key to overcoming temptation is you have to learn to 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.720 pray ahead of time to not give in to that temptation. 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:07.080 That's what the scripture says here Matthew twenty six forty one. 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:12.080 The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Pray 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:16.520 that you don't come into the temptation. Notice the spirit 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.920 is willing. That means we all have good intentions. 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:21.320 I have no doubt. 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:24.240 If you could, you'd give up that addiction, you give 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.040 up a bad attitude, you'd give. 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:26.920 Up being impatient. 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:29.480 We all want to do what's right down in here. 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:33.160 But it's not enough to just have the desire. It's 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:36.960 saying you have to pray so that your spirit man 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:40.280 will become strong in that area. You have to get 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:43.440 your inner man stronger than your outer man. And the 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:46.360 only way that's going to happen is through prayer. It's 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:49.880 through asking God to help you. This means if you 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:52.360 have a weakness with your temper, then you need to 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:56.040 pray every morning before you leave the house. God, I'm 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:59.680 asking you to help me not get upset, help me 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:03.760 to not give in to the temptation to lose my coup. See, 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:07.360 don't wait until you're already in the situation. Your emotions 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:11.080 are running high, everything's out of control. The key is 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:13.679 to pray ahead of time. You've got to get your 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:17.560 inner man built up. Maybe you struggle with depression discouragement 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:20.280 where you can't wait till you've been depressed three days 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:23.079 before you decide to ask God to help you. Now 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:26.360 stay on the offensive on your good days, when you're happy, 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:29.240 when you're encouraged. You need to be praying God, help 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:32.800 me to control my thought life, help me to resist 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:36.880 the temptation to dwell on negative, discouraging thoughts. When you 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:40.640 do that, you're building your inner man up. For instance, 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:43.920 if you know every Monday tends to be a more 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:47.080 difficult day for you at the office, You've got more 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:50.200 to do and your traffic is worse, and normally you 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:53.320 come home more stressed out, you tend to be short 0:09:53.320 --> 0:09:56.200 with your family, then you need to pray ahead of 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:59.960 time on Thursday, on Friday, on Saturday. God, I know 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:03.400 on monday's about to roll around, and that same temptation 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.720 to be stressed and uptight is going to come. So 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:08.240 I'm asking you right now in advance, to give me 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:10.800 the grace to resist it, give me the strength to 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:16.080 stay in peace. What's happening. You're strengthening your spirit man. Remember, 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.240 the spirit is willing, the flesh is weak. If you 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:22.199 can get your spirit man built up to where it's 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:25.640 stronger than that temptation, then you will be much more 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:29.320 likely to overcome. Now, I'm not saying the temptation won't come, 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:33.520 but because you took time to pray, because you acknowledge God, 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:36.880 he will give you the strength to not give into it. 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:40.000 This is just what Jesus did when he was about 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:40.959 to be crucified. 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:44.080 He knew what was up ahead. He knew there were. 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:47.360 Difficult days, how he was going to be mocked and ridiculed. 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:48.480 So what did he do. 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:52.200 He took time to pray. He said, Father, if you 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:55.880 will take this cup away from me, but not my will, 0:10:56.320 --> 0:11:00.360 you will be done. Notice he was asking his author 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:03.600 for his help. Here he was the son of God. 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.680 Yet he was saying, God, I can't do this on 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:10.040 my own. I'm tempted to give in. I'm tempted to 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:12.959 not go through with it. God, I need your strength. 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:18.080 The scripture says after he prayed, an angel came and 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:22.120 strengthened him. In other words, God heard his prayer and 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:25.439 gave him the strength and the power he needed to 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:28.080 not give in to that temptation. God will do the 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:30.760 same thing for each one of us. If you'll pray 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:34.680 ahead of time, God will give you supernatural strength to overcome. 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:37.880 But too often we try to do things in. 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:38.880 Our own ability. 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:41.520 I've had people tell me, Jege, I'm trying to break 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:44.679 this bad habit. I'm determined, I'm persistent, but I just 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:49.559 keep giving in no will. Power and determination alone are 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:50.120 not enough. 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:51.560 If desire was. 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:54.520 All we needed, we would all be free. You got 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:57.959 to start asking God for his help every day. Pray 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.920 about the areas you struggle in May about that temper, 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:04.640 Pray about a negative attitude, Pray about a critical spirit. 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:08.160 Ask God to help you not give in to that temptation. 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:11.440 Last week I was talking to a high school student. 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:15.000 She told how she does very well in school all 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:17.880 through the year. It's very smart, she makes good grades. 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:21.440 But she said, Joel, every time finals come around, it 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:24.360 seems like I just panic. I get all up tight, 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:27.400 and I can't remember the things I've studied. It's just 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:30.679 pulling my grades down. I told her what I'm telling 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.760 you today. You need to start praying right now, a 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:37.040 couple of months in advance. God, I'm asking you to 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:40.880 help me resist that temptation to panic, to get up tight. God, 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.880 I'm asking you to bring back to my memory everything 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.959 that I've studied, give me clarity of thought. See, you've 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.120 got to learn to pray ahead of time, get your 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:52.080 inner man built up. I know an area that I 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:55.240 struggle in is it's easy for me to get up. 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:57.080 Tight and to feel pressured. 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:01.360 This is a persistent temptation, especially toward the end of 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:03.200 the week when I'm going to be preparing my sermon. 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:04.920 Of course, I want it to be good. I want 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:05.800 it to be helpful. 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:09.280 And so every week when Thursday or Friday rose around, 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:13.120 I can feel this same temptation to be pressured, to 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:15.800 be stressed, to not have the joy and peace that 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.640 I should have. And I didn't really realize it was 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:22.320 happening just the way it was. One day, Victoria said 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.880 something out of the blue. She said, boy Joel, toward 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:27.000 the end of the week, you sure do bring a 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.800 lot of pressure into the house. And that day it 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:32.560 was like a light turned on. I thought, she is 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:36.520 exactly right. I'm allowing myself to get up tight and stressed, 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:38.800 and I'm not going to live this way. And so 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:42.160 I started praying ahead of time early in the week. 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:45.760 God help me resist that temptation. Help me to not 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:49.840 get stressed and uptight. I started making plans on Monday, 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:53.439 on Tuesday, on Wednesday to enjoy the rest of the week, to. 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:54.960 Be calm, to be relaxed. 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:58.520 Every morning, Father, thank you that your yoke is easy 0:13:58.600 --> 0:13:59.040 and your. 0:13:58.920 --> 0:13:59.720 Burden is light. 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:03.520 Thank you that I have a calm and relax easygoing attitude. 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:06.640 Do you know today I hardly ever get stressed. I 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:10.000 don't even worry about it, and sure the temptation still comes. 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.000 This is something I've got to do on a regular basis. 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:18.000 I found some weaknesses will not go away. I believe 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:21.360 God even leaves us with certain things, so we'll always 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:23.960 have to depend on him. So I can't just say, 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:25.400 well I beat it one time, that's it. 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:25.680 No. 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.400 I know still every day in the morning, God helped 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:31.800 me to resist that temptation to be stressed. Something we 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:34.400 have to do on a regular basis needs to be 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:35.800 an ongoing process. 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:37.280 We've all heard the same. 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:41.600 We're only as strong as our weakest link. Normally that's 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:45.320 talking about a team, but it's also true even individually. 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:49.160 You can be a kind, loving person. You can control 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:53.920 your temper, be disciplined, be focused, and yet you struggle 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.680 with being jealous, or you struggle with low self esteem. 0:14:58.240 --> 0:14:59.560 That's a weak link. 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:02.920 And I found most of the times it's not the 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.520 big things that keep people back in life, it's just 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:09.600 the small things. I would encourage you to find your 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:13.680 weakest links and start really praying and asking God to 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:17.200 help you come up higher in those areas. Many times, 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:21.640 if you'll make a small adjustment, correct a wrong attitude, 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:25.800 not hang out with a bad influence, develop better eating 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:29.200 or spending habits. Very often, if you'll make a minor 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:33.960 adjustment and correct your weak link, you'll see a major improvement. 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:37.200 Your whole life will come up higher, and some of 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:39.520 you are so close to go into a new level. 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:43.320 If you'll really get serious and start being diligent to 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:47.240 control these weaknesses and to overcome that temptation, you'll begin 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:50.800 to see great things in your life and understand we're 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:55.400 always tempted in the area of our greatest weakness. I'm 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:58.960 not tempted to be lazy. I'm not tempted with drugs 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:01.920 and alcohol. That's not a weakness for me. But I 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.880 am tempted to be impatient. I am tempted to live 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:09.640 stressed out. It's because that weakness is an open door 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:13.120 to the enemy. It's what the Scripture calls a foothold 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:16.680 that indicates it may not be something big, just something 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.960 small that we haven't been diligent to deal with and 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:21.040 get under control. 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:25.040 You need to be aware of your weak links. Any 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:26.000 area where you're. 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:30.200 Having persistent temptation, that's a weakness, that's a possible foothold. 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:33.520 And again I would encourage you to really concentrate on 0:16:33.680 --> 0:16:36.400 those areas because that's what's going to hold you back. 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:39.400 I know people they're very faithful. 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:42.520 In their marriage, they're excellent in their career, they're patient, 0:16:42.600 --> 0:16:46.000 they're giving, They've got all these great qualities, yet they 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:49.680 can't control their mouth. They go around say negative, critical, 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:50.720 hurtful things. 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:52.119 That's the weakness. 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:55.479 They really need to focus on all these great qualities. 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:58.240 Yet we're only as strong as our weakest link. 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:01.480 The mistake we make many times is we just keep 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:06.040 strengthening our strengths and we ignore our weaknesses. We overlook 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:09.359 the problem areas, but where in fact those are the 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:11.119 things that are going to try to take us back. 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:13.920 I know in my life I don't have any problem 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:16.200 being focused, being disciplined. 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:17.240 That's easy. 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:19.720 And if I'm not careful, I'll pour all my energy 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.840 into improving in those areas, which is fine. But the 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:26.160 problem is if I have this weak link that I'm 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:28.840 not dealing with. All these good qualities are trying to 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:32.360 take me higher. But this weak link could be jealousy, 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:37.320 could be impatience, how I treat people, compromise, a negative attitude. 0:17:37.480 --> 0:17:38.760 That weak link. 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:41.639 Is always going to hold us back. So important that 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:44.760 we deal with our weaknesses. This is what David did 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:48.280 twice in the Book of Psalms. He prayed that God 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:50.240 would help him control his mouth. 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:51.280 I don't know. 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.639 He must have had a problem with saying the wrong things. 0:17:54.000 --> 0:17:58.080 And here David was a great leader. He was disciplined, focused, wise, 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:02.040 yet he knew this simple secret that we're only as 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:05.360 strong as our weakest link. So he prayed in Psaw 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:10.280 one one, God set a guard over my mouth. Notice 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:13.159 he was doing just what we're talking about, praying ahead 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:16.800 of time. He was basically saying, God, I'm not going 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:19.399 to allow this weakness to keep me from your best 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:20.760 I'm asking you. 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:22.240 To help me control my tongue. 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:25.119 Help me to speak words that are loving and kind, 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:27.720 words that build up, not words. 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:30.600 That tear down. See, don't ignore your weaknesses. 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:34.680 Stay on the offensive, and every day ask God to 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.400 help you not give in in those areas. Remember we're 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:41.639 only as strong as our weakest link. Maybe you have 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:44.920 a problem with your weight and you have a weakness 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:48.159 when it comes to overeating. You want to stop, You 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:50.160 know you should, but normally you just give in. 0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:52.160 Then you feel guilty. 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:54.760 Go around condemned for three days. Think of well, I've 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:57.480 already blown it, might as well eat everything in sight. No, 0:18:58.119 --> 0:19:00.160 start asking God to help you. 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:02.080 You got to get your inner man built up. 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:05.639 If you know Friday afternoon they're having a big party 0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:08.200 at the office with cake and ice cream, all kinds 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:11.359 of desserts. You cannot wait until you're standing in front 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:14.080 of that feast with your mouth watering to pray, God 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:14.520 help me. 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:17.480 That's too late. You better start Monday morning. 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:21.520 God, do you know what's coming Friday afternoon. I'm asking 0:19:21.560 --> 0:19:23.800 you to help me stand strong. I'm asking you to 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:27.000 help me resist that temptation. When you pray, what happens. 0:19:27.200 --> 0:19:29.640 Here comes the angel with the strength that you need. 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:33.119 Sometimes when the food really looks good, you better pray. 0:19:33.440 --> 0:19:36.600 God send me a big angel. This is gonna be serious. 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:40.720 This may take Gabriel. The way you keep your inner 0:19:40.760 --> 0:19:43.840 man strong after you pray is all through the day. 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:48.280 Meditate on God's word. Don't go around thinking I can't 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:52.200 do it thoughts. Learn to think power thoughts. In other words, God, 0:19:52.240 --> 0:19:54.399 I pray, God, I ask you for your help. Now 0:19:54.480 --> 0:19:56.680 I just want to declare I can do all things 0:19:56.760 --> 0:19:59.560 through Christ. I am more than a conquer I am 0:19:59.600 --> 0:20:02.639 a vict tour. Nothing's too hard for me. When you 0:20:02.720 --> 0:20:05.960 do that, your inner man is getting stronger. You're preparing 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:09.160 for victory. I found a lot of times we'll take 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:11.960 a minute to pray to overcome, but then we'll spend 0:20:12.000 --> 0:20:12.480 the next. 0:20:12.320 --> 0:20:13.280 Three days negative. 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:15.760 Well, I can't do this. I know I'll give in 0:20:15.840 --> 0:20:19.199 on Friday. Just can't control my appetite. No, that's just 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:23.399 draining all your strength. That's weakening your inner man. Stay 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:27.240 in an atmosphere of faith and victory. Keep that inside 0:20:27.280 --> 0:20:30.960 man strong. I think about Peter. He had weaknesses. 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:33.160 He was kind of hot headed, and from. 0:20:33.000 --> 0:20:35.280 Time to time he would say things that he shouldn't. 0:20:35.800 --> 0:20:39.040 And one day Jesus was talking to his disciples about 0:20:39.240 --> 0:20:41.040 what was going to happen in the days ahead and 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:43.720 how he's going to be crucified, and he said, you're 0:20:43.760 --> 0:20:46.359 going to be tempted to deny me and tempted to 0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:47.280 go the wrong way. 0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:50.040 So here's what you need to do. Pray that you 0:20:50.080 --> 0:20:51.400 don't give into this temptation. 0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:55.040 And you would think Peter, since he had some weaknesses, 0:20:55.400 --> 0:20:57.359 would be the first one to say, you're right, Jesus, 0:20:57.680 --> 0:21:00.439 I'm going to take a few extra minutes to pray. 0:21:00.520 --> 0:21:02.240 But no, Peter was proud. 0:21:02.760 --> 0:21:05.520 He thought he could overcome in his own strength, and 0:21:05.560 --> 0:21:08.240 he said, in effect, Jesus, what are you talking about. 0:21:08.480 --> 0:21:11.280 I don't need to pray. I'm not gonna deny you. 0:21:11.359 --> 0:21:14.639 I know better than that. Jesus looked at him and said, Peter, 0:21:15.080 --> 0:21:18.160 before the rooster crows, you'll deny me three times. 0:21:18.640 --> 0:21:19.359 You know the story. 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:22.159 He did just that, He not only denied Christ, but 0:21:22.240 --> 0:21:23.840 he started cursing, having a fit. 0:21:24.359 --> 0:21:27.040 Had to lead there all guilty and condemned, and. 0:21:27.040 --> 0:21:30.680 I don't know, maybe this could have been avoided if 0:21:30.680 --> 0:21:33.880 Peter would have just had a more humble attitude and said, 0:21:33.920 --> 0:21:36.480 you know what, Jesus, You're right, this is going to 0:21:36.560 --> 0:21:39.159 be difficult. I can't do this in my own strength. 0:21:39.200 --> 0:21:41.720 I'm gonna take your advice and ask God to help me. 0:21:41.960 --> 0:21:44.359 I'm gonna spend an extra few minutes in prayer. 0:21:44.920 --> 0:21:45.560 Think about it. 0:21:45.800 --> 0:21:49.000 If Jesus prayed for what he was facing, if he 0:21:49.080 --> 0:21:51.680 encouraged us to pray that we don't give into temptation. 0:21:52.160 --> 0:21:54.560 That lets me know this should be a part of 0:21:54.600 --> 0:21:58.320 our everyday life, especially in the areas that we struggle in. 0:21:58.640 --> 0:22:02.320 If you struggle with the negative attitude every morning before 0:22:02.359 --> 0:22:05.120 you leave the house, God help me to not dwell 0:22:05.200 --> 0:22:08.359 on these negative thoughts today. Maybe somebody at works not 0:22:08.440 --> 0:22:11.680 treating you right. You're getting all upset and offended well 0:22:11.720 --> 0:22:14.480 before you leave the house each morning, God help me 0:22:14.960 --> 0:22:16.960 resist the temptation to be offended. 0:22:17.160 --> 0:22:18.840 God help me to keep my cool today. 0:22:19.359 --> 0:22:22.520 When you pray, just imagine, here comes the angel with 0:22:22.600 --> 0:22:23.440 the strength you need. 0:22:24.240 --> 0:22:25.400 Some of you today are not. 0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:28.680 Seeing the victory that you should simply because like Peter, 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:32.119 you're not taking time to ask God for his health. 0:22:32.520 --> 0:22:34.159 I know in my life when. 0:22:34.040 --> 0:22:36.479 I consistently give in to things that I know are 0:22:36.520 --> 0:22:39.119 not God's best and just lets me know I'm not 0:22:39.200 --> 0:22:40.120 staying prayed up. 0:22:40.520 --> 0:22:42.720 I'm not keeping my inner man strong enough. 0:22:43.160 --> 0:22:46.200 Because God has promised there's not a temptation that will 0:22:46.200 --> 0:22:49.760 come to us that we cannot overcome. I was talking 0:22:49.760 --> 0:22:52.119 to a gentleman last week. He had been addicted to 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:56.159 cocaine for eleven years, and today he has been cleaned 0:22:56.240 --> 0:22:59.440 for ninety two days. This is as long as he's 0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:01.520 ever stopped during this eleven year period. 0:23:03.680 --> 0:23:06.040 Now, I was kind of curious. I asked him how 0:23:06.080 --> 0:23:06.560 he did it. 0:23:06.800 --> 0:23:09.640 He said, Your first thing is I quit telling myself 0:23:09.640 --> 0:23:11.600 that I couldn't and I started. 0:23:11.280 --> 0:23:14.000 Saying I can do all things through Christ. 0:23:14.480 --> 0:23:17.119 Second thing is I've got a group of friends to 0:23:17.200 --> 0:23:17.760 support me. 0:23:18.200 --> 0:23:19.560 They call me and encourage me. 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:23.440 And the third thing is every day I started praying God, 0:23:23.480 --> 0:23:24.359 I need your help. 0:23:24.720 --> 0:23:24.920 God. 0:23:24.960 --> 0:23:28.199 I'm asking for your strength. God, give me the grace 0:23:28.280 --> 0:23:32.199 to resist this temptation. He said, I've been amazed at 0:23:32.240 --> 0:23:34.880 how I've been able to resist things that I could 0:23:34.960 --> 0:23:38.800 not resist before. I started praying what he couldn't do 0:23:38.920 --> 0:23:41.280 in his own strength for years. Now, all of a 0:23:41.359 --> 0:23:44.520 sudden he's able to do. That's what happens when you 0:23:44.560 --> 0:23:47.440 go to God with your weaknesses. That's what happens when 0:23:47.480 --> 0:23:50.400 you take time to pray. Now, I'm not saying that 0:23:50.400 --> 0:23:53.119 that temptation won't come back to him. He may have 0:23:53.160 --> 0:23:55.520 to face it his whole lifetime. But I know this, 0:23:55.720 --> 0:23:58.439 if he stays prayed up, if he stays on guard, 0:23:58.680 --> 0:24:00.600 he will be able to resist it and live a 0:24:00.640 --> 0:24:03.119 life of victory. You can too, but you've got to 0:24:03.200 --> 0:24:06.439 keep your inner man strong, and I would encourage you 0:24:06.920 --> 0:24:10.520 don't leave the house every morning without at least spending 0:24:10.600 --> 0:24:11.680 a few minutes. 0:24:11.359 --> 0:24:12.840 Of quiet time with God. 0:24:13.720 --> 0:24:17.919 Read the scriptures, meditate on his promises, thank him for 0:24:17.960 --> 0:24:20.840 his goodness in your life, and then ask him for 0:24:20.920 --> 0:24:21.920 the help that you need. 0:24:22.320 --> 0:24:25.000 You got to keep that inside man built up. 0:24:25.560 --> 0:24:28.399 Do you know your inner man is more important than 0:24:28.440 --> 0:24:32.320 your outer man. Sometimes we feed our outer man three 0:24:32.359 --> 0:24:36.040 hot meals a day, we only feed our inner man one. 0:24:35.840 --> 0:24:36.760 Cold snack a week. 0:24:37.600 --> 0:24:40.919 You're not going to defeat persistent temptation. We're not going 0:24:41.000 --> 0:24:44.480 to control our weaknesses if we're not taking steps to 0:24:44.600 --> 0:24:49.200 actively keep our inner man strong. That means drive into work, 0:24:49.400 --> 0:24:52.320 put on a good praise CD all through the day. 0:24:52.640 --> 0:24:54.880 Keep your mind filled with thoughts of hope. 0:24:55.320 --> 0:24:58.520 Don't go around worried, go around thinking about how God 0:24:58.560 --> 0:25:00.520 has you in the palm of his hand, and how 0:25:00.560 --> 0:25:04.480 He has great things in store. When you're positive and hopeful, 0:25:04.760 --> 0:25:08.560 your inner man is getting stronger. Then when that temptation comes, 0:25:08.800 --> 0:25:12.040 you'll be much more likely to resist it. Why because 0:25:12.080 --> 0:25:15.040 you're preyed up because you took time to honor God. 0:25:15.560 --> 0:25:19.080 The scripture says when you acknowledge God, he will crown 0:25:19.280 --> 0:25:23.160 your efforts with success. Keeping our inner man strong should 0:25:23.240 --> 0:25:26.080 be a priority. That's the only way we will defeat 0:25:26.160 --> 0:25:31.560 persistent temptation. Another important key is don't focus on the temptation. 0:25:32.359 --> 0:25:35.600 Don't let it dominate your thoughts. What you think about 0:25:35.720 --> 0:25:38.919 you're drawn toward. If you've ever been standing at the 0:25:39.040 --> 0:25:42.159 edge of a cliff overlooking it, it's almost like a 0:25:42.200 --> 0:25:44.960 force is wanting to pull you over. Makes me want 0:25:45.000 --> 0:25:48.160 to back up, and that's not unusual. That's a law 0:25:48.240 --> 0:25:51.520 in human psychology. It says we move toward what we 0:25:51.600 --> 0:25:55.160 focus on. The Other day, I was out running way 0:25:55.200 --> 0:25:57.280 off in the distance. I could see a stop sign 0:25:57.520 --> 0:26:00.159 must have been about five hundred yards away. But at 0:26:00.160 --> 0:26:02.600 this time I wasn't even tired. I still had another 0:26:02.640 --> 0:26:05.919 mile to go. But for some reason, I started really 0:26:06.160 --> 0:26:09.080 focusing on the stop sign, and that word stop just 0:26:09.200 --> 0:26:11.080 jumped out at me in my mind like a blinking 0:26:11.119 --> 0:26:12.000 red light saying. 0:26:11.880 --> 0:26:14.800 Stop, stop, stop. And it's funny. 0:26:15.080 --> 0:26:17.000 The more I focused on it, the more I begin 0:26:17.119 --> 0:26:19.719 to think, I'm tired. I don't know if I can 0:26:19.800 --> 0:26:20.200 keep going. 0:26:20.240 --> 0:26:20.639 I'm win it. 0:26:20.680 --> 0:26:23.280 I need to stop. I was drawn toward what I 0:26:23.359 --> 0:26:25.920 was thinking about. Finally I realized I have to change 0:26:25.920 --> 0:26:28.879 my focus. You cannot run forward with the word stop 0:26:29.040 --> 0:26:30.080 blinking in your mind. 0:26:30.760 --> 0:26:32.040 I heard somebody say. 0:26:32.280 --> 0:26:36.639 What gets your attention will eventually get you. That means 0:26:36.640 --> 0:26:40.440 you can't control a weakness by going around saying I'm 0:26:40.480 --> 0:26:42.840 not gonna eat these donuts. God, please help me not 0:26:42.880 --> 0:26:43.720 eat these donuts. 0:26:43.760 --> 0:26:45.560 I confess I will not eat these donuts. 0:26:46.320 --> 0:26:48.720 So if you have donuts on your mind all day long, 0:26:48.880 --> 0:26:50.640 you'll probably down about a dozen of them. 0:26:51.960 --> 0:26:53.000 Change your focus. 0:26:53.520 --> 0:26:57.040 You won't control the weakness if it's dominating your thought life. Yes, 0:26:57.160 --> 0:26:59.200 pray about it, ask God to help you, but then 0:26:59.280 --> 0:27:01.920 go out and positive hopeful thoughts. 0:27:02.560 --> 0:27:05.080 Friends, you can control your weaknesses. You don't have to 0:27:05.160 --> 0:27:05.840 let them control. 0:27:05.920 --> 0:27:08.920 You know the areas that you struggle in, and then 0:27:09.000 --> 0:27:11.399 learn to pray ahead of time for God to help you, 0:27:11.840 --> 0:27:14.600 especially when you know something difficult coming out. 0:27:14.960 --> 0:27:16.600 Remember we're only. 0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:19.600 As strong as our weakest link. Don't ignore your weaknesses. 0:27:19.920 --> 0:27:22.879 Be diligent to come up higher in those areas. And 0:27:22.880 --> 0:27:25.600 if you'll do your part and keep your inner man 0:27:25.720 --> 0:27:28.520 strong and keep asking God for his help, then I 0:27:28.600 --> 0:27:31.000 know God will do his part. He'll not only help 0:27:31.040 --> 0:27:33.960 you resist the temptation. He'll not only send the angel 0:27:34.000 --> 0:27:36.240 with the strength you need, but God will pour out 0:27:36.280 --> 0:27:39.480 his blessings his favor. 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