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Are you looking for an insightful way to grasp the complexities of dementia care? In an innovative approach, this episode introduces the airplane analogy to demystify dementia care. Imagine dementia care as an airplane journey, where every part of the plane represents a different aspect of the condition and care strategies. This analogy serves as a unique tool to break down and understand the multifaceted nature of dementia. 0:01:12 Recap of the airplane analogy for understanding dementia 0:02:35 Exploring the engines and developmental processes related to dementia 0:03:14 Understanding the wings and creating lift in dementia care 0:03:31 Occupational Therapy and Slats: Understanding Dementia 0:04:17 Introducing Elevators: Spiritual Care and Self-Care 0:06:42 Importance of Spiritual Care and Self-Care Strategies 0:10:08 Prioritizing Self-Care in the Dementia Journey 0:11:12 Using the Airplane Analogy for Self-Care Strategies 0:12:27 Nurturing and Educating in the Think Different Dementia Group Understanding Dementia Through Different Components Just like an airplane, dementia care involves various components that work together. The body of the plane symbolizes the physical aspects of dementia, including the medical and day-to-day care needs. The cockpit represents the control center, akin to the cognitive challenges faced by individuals with dementia. Engines are the driving force, much like the support systems and resources essential in dementia care. Elevators of Care: Balancing Spiritual and Self-Care The podcast highlights spiritual care and self-care as crucial elements in managing dementia. Likened to the elevators of an airplane, these aspects provide balance and stability in the caregiving journey, ensuring the well-being of both the caregiver and the person with dementia. Nurturing a Supportive Community Creating a supportive community is emphasized as a key factor in enhancing dementia care. This involves sharing experiences, resources, and strategies, much like passengers and crew on an airplane sharing a common journey. This collaborative approach fosters a sense of solidarity and shared purpose among caregivers and families. The Power of Education and Empathy Educating oneself about dementia is vital. The podcast encourages listeners to learn and empathize, enhancing their ability to provide effective and compassionate care. Understanding the unique challenges and experiences of those living with dementia is essential for providing support that truly makes a difference. Conclusion This episode, with its unique airplane analogy, offers a new perspective on dementia care. It encourages caregivers and families to view dementia care as a journey that, while challenging, can be navigated successfully with the right understanding, tools, and community support. By embracing this innovative approach, caregivers and families can better manage the intricacies of dementia care, ensuring a more positive and effective caregiving experience. Enjoy our podcast? Please take a moment to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify —it really supports our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dementia-caregiving-for-families/id1716187550 Are you helping someone you love with dementia? The First Thing You Need To Know Is... You Are Not Alone! Join our workshop here: https://dementiacaregivingmadeeasy.com/wsl Join our Facebook Group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1301886810018410
La Porta | Renungan Harian Katolik - Daily Meditation according to Catholic Church liturgy
Delivered Alberta Christina Pertiwi from Saint Herkulanus Church in Diocese of Bogor, Indonesia. Romans 8: 18-25; Rs psalm 126: 1-2ab.2cd-3.4-5.6; Luke 13: 18-21 THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS LIKENED TO A SMALL OBJECT The theme for our meditation today is: The Kingdom of God is Likened to a Small Object. God is the almighty, all-powerful Being and all kinds of superiority attached to Him, but why does the explanation of His kingdom always use small objects? Obviously this is incompatible. This is like thinking about a big elephant eating peanut porridge. Small ants pass through a large and good road that is full with traffic rules. Indeed, the God we believe in is full of miracles and surprises. One of them is when Jesus utters the kingdom of God is like a mustard seed that has grown to become a tree and birds perch on its branches. Or the Kingdom of God is like a speck or two yeast that develops the bread ready to be consumed. What does it mean using small objects? The first reason is that God is in favour of what is natural. This indicates the generosity and humility of our Lord. He is the Almighty and dwells in a very sacred paradise, willing to use our natural standard of human beings embedded in nature. His only son must go through the process of a new helpless baby and then became an adult to be a Man Jesus from Nazareth. Likewise the beginning of our lives as Christians was small, simple, joyful, innocent and less significant. The natural process always starts from a small and simple beginning, then it becomes something else according to what God wants and our ideals as humans. The second reason is that small always symbolizes to have opportunities and possibility to become big and advanced. On the contrary, something already big and great does not have opportunity or possibility to become anything neither. Natural law allows small or young to grow and to become big and mature which is more acceptable to our common sense. Because when it becomes big and mature, its productivity and contribution are more important or bigger. Whereas when the big and mature becoming small and insignificant it will be a painful setback. The third reason is that small thing normally becomes the key factor that gives solution necessarily for a growth or development in the future. Just imagine, if without the determining factor which is just a key word or a password, you certainly cannot enter into the reality. As followers of Christ, we hold the password, the gift of the Holy Spirit which is our appointment as children of the Father. This password is not seen and held, but embedded in each of our hearts and maybe the size is very small. But it really makes us deserve to be part of the kingdom of God. So, a small objects in parables about the kingdom of God is a way that suits our understanding. Let's pray. In the name of the Father ... Almighty Father, I offer my life and my body to You as an offering that directs me to my salvation. Hail Mary full of grace ... In the name of the Father ... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/media-la-porta/message
Bonjour! Stephanie here. I just had the most fun and delightful, enthusiastic, encouraging conversation with my dear friend Jenny Cote. She has been on Gospel Spice before, but that was over 3 years ago, and I thought it was high time to invite her back because I believe she creates some of the very top resources we can use in our Christian walk – us, and kids of all ages! Jenny write historical fiction with a touch of delightful fantasy. I never have time to read fiction, which is one of the great sadness of my life! But I want to always make time for Jenny's books. Her writing is deeply Biblical, and she will make you fall in love with Jesus more. And even though she writes for kids of all ages, I think I want to include myself in that bracket of kids of all ages – all of us grown ups have much to enjoy in her books. Like so many of her readers, I initially picked up her book for my son. But then I started reading… and I was hooked! You will be too. it's still early to talk about Christmas, but I think this should make your list for your kids, grandkids, cousins, nieces and nephews – just don't forget to read it for yourself first. MORE ABOUT "THE MARQUIS, THE ESCAPE AND THE FOX" Escape through a maze of deception, betrayal, and death is the key to survival for thirteen rebellious colonies that dare to fight against tyranny and win their independence. Powerful forces seek to cut off the head of their Don't Tread on Me snake by assassinating General George Washington as the unstoppable British fleet sails into New York Harbor. The Epic Order of the Seven must identify and stop the assassin, or the epic Battle of New York will be over before it even begins. The Declaration of Independence rallies patriots to tear down the statue of King George III, but will its words be worth dying for? The Howe Brothers chase Washington and his dwindling Continental Army across New Jersey until he learns how to outfox them and lives to fight another day at Trenton and Princeton. The animal team knows those small victories won't be enough to win a war and must convince France to covertly join the fight. They must help France's wealthy Marquis de Lafayette sail for America to fight alongside Washington, but first he must escape King Louis XVI who has other plans for the reluctant courtier. The third installment in the Epic Revolutionary saga, The Marquis, the Escape, and the Fox covers events from April 1776 to April 1777. MORE ABOUT JENNY COTE Award-winning author and speaker Jenny L. Cote, who developed an early passion for God, history, and young people, beautifully blends these three passions in her two fantasy fiction series, The Amazing Tales of Max and Liz® and Epic Order of the Seven®. Likened to C. S. Lewis by readers and book reviewers alike, she speaks on creative writing to schools, universities and conferences around the world. Jenny has a passion for making history fun for kids of all ages, instilling in them a desire to discover their part in HIStory. Her love for research has taken her to most Revolutionary sites in the U.S., to London (with unprecedented access to Handel House Museum to write in Handel's composing room), Oxford (to stay in the home of C. S. Lewis, ‘the Kilns', and interview Lewis' secretary, Walter Hooper at the Inklings' famed The Eagle and Child Pub), Paris, Normandy, Rome, Israel, and Egypt. She partnered with the National Park Service to produce Epic Patriot Camp, a summer writing camp at Revolutionary parks to excite kids about history, research and writing. Jenny's books are available online and in stores around the world, as well as in multiple e-book formats. Jenny holds two marketing degrees from the University of Georgia and Georgia State University. A Virginia native, Jenny now lives with her husband, Jock and Liz in Roswell, Georgia. Find more at https://www.epicorderoftheseven.net/ MORE ABOUT MAX AND LIZ The Amazing Tales of Max and Liz® is a two-book prequel series that begins the adventures of brave Scottie dog Max and brilliant French cat Liz. Book One: The Ark, the Reed, and the Fire Cloud introduces Max and Liz, who meet on the way to the Ark and foil a plot by a stowaway who is out to kill Noah and stop his mission. Book Two: The Dreamer, the Schemer, and the Robe brings Max, Liz, and friends to work behind the scenes in the life of Joseph in the land of Egypt. The Epic Order of the Seven® series picks up where the Max and Liz series left off. Book One: The Prophet, the Shepherd, and the Star gives Max, Liz, and the gang their most important mission yet: preparing for the birth of the promised Messiah. Their seven-hundred–year mission takes them to the lives of Isaiah, Daniel, and those in the Christmas story. Book Two: The Roman, the Twelve, and the King unfolds the childhood, ministry and passion of Jesus Christ with a twist – his story is told within the story of George F. Handel composing Messiah. Book Three: The Wind, the Road, and the Way covers Acts 1-18 and Paul's first two missionary journeys. Book Four: The Fire, the Revelation, and the Fall concludes the story of Acts to the fall of Rome, showing the miraculous birth of the church amidst persecution by the Roman Empire. Book Five: The Voice, the Revolution, and the Key begins a five book Revolutionary War saga featuring Patrick Henry and the Marquis de Lafayette. Her latest release is The Declaration, the Sword, and the Spy (April 2020), covering events from Lexington and Concord through the Declaration of Independence. Future books will feature C.S. Lewis and WWII. Jenny's books have been developed into audiobooks (The Ark and The Voice) and VBS curriculum (Heroes of HIStory) with animation by Magnetic Dreams in Nashville, TN, and original music by Marco Randazzo. DISCOVER THE GOSPEL SPICE MINISTRIES The Gospel Spice Podcast is part of a larger range of tools given to you by Gospel Spice Ministries. In a nutshell, we exist to inspire Christ-followers to delight in God. In more details: we provide resources to empower Christian leaders across generational, social, ethnic and geographical boundaries towards more intimacy with Jesus Christ and discipleship effectiveness through a Biblical Christocentric foundation. The Gospel-Spice Ministries provide a safe environment for spiritual and community growth empowering people to know Christ more intimately, serve one another more powerfully, and reach the world for Jesus. PLAY IT FORWARD by SHARING the link with friends and family. PRAY IT FORWARD by praying for us and those you share it with! PAY IT FORWARD!! Would you consider supporting this show today to help others enjoy it for free? It comes to you completely free, but is labor-intensive to produce, and we want to keep putting it in the ears of people! Gospel Spice Ministries is a non-profit organization registered under the tax-exempt 501c3 status. Your donations are tax-deductible under IRS Section 170. We want to be the best possible stewards of your financial support. All donations above our minimal operating costs go to Christian organizations fighting human trafficking. (*ListenNotes ranking, 2023) The perfect gift for everyone - apparel, drinkware, stickers and more for all the women, men and kids in your life! https://www.gospelspice.com/merch Experience the peace and presence of Jesus like never before, by walking in His footsteps on this virtual, highly personable tour of first-century Israel! Sign up today at gospelspice.com/footsteps for all the details. DATES | October 5 to November 16, 2023 (registration closes on October 10, so register now!) LOCATION | Online! Life is busy, and full of worry, anxiety, and stress. What if what we needed was a solid reminder of Jesus' very real presence in our lives? What if walking in His footsteps for a few weeks might prove the cure to our endless challenges, so that we may view our life as He does? It's said that a visit to Israel will forever change your experience of Scripture. That statement is right. But more than that, it will forever change your experience of Jesus. Here at Gospel Spice, our goal is to know Jesus more. It means deepening our theology, for sure, but what about discovering the little things Jesus enjoyed? Think of your best friends, or deeply loved ones. You know their favorite color, food, and scent. Not because it's life-changing, but because it is about intimacy, and knowing one another well. So, how about discovering one of Jesus' favorite childhood smells, or the Galilee skyline He woke up to every morning? It may not alter your theology, but it will help you know Him more. Do you need a full measure of His peace and comfort? Do you need to be reminded of His love for you? Do you need His guidance to navigate your life right now? Stephanie just returned from the Holy Land and invites you to walk in the footsteps of Jesus on this virtual tour of first-century Israel from the comfort of your own home. We will be journeying through Scripture together to meet Jesus where He walked, taught, and fellowshipped with His friends in Galilee. We will encounter Him on the Passion walk, from the Upper Room to Golgotha. We will meet Him in the Garden Tomb. So, pack your virtual sandals, along with a very real Bible and pen, to journey through Scripture in the footsteps of Jesus! Sign up today at gospelspice.com/footsteps for all the details. Support us on Other, PayPal and Other!
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'Emes - Not speaking Emes is likened to avoda zara'
OUR going home to Heaven is nearer then when we began our race, it is not time to give up but to continue to persevere through daily repenting and weekly fasting believing God's word, please join us every Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in our Corporate Fasting, servant of the Lord Jesus,,, Tonight Elvi Zapata will share with you what God has been showing him through dreams and visions regarding the end time, what is about to happen in Israel and around World The Lord Jesus showed me in a vision that when people support this program, The Lords Hour'' He would bless them abundantly, he showed me blessings coming to people's lives from different directions, it was amazing to see what our God can do for his sons and daughters. by supporting this program, you also support, the Poor of Israel Matthew 6:20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. Malachi 3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground, neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field,” saith the Lord of hosts. To Support IsraelPoor &Our Ministry www.thelordshour.org Donate@Treasures in Heaven, For Zelle Support Email; zapa999@msn also zapa9999@gmail.com shalom all NEW P.O BOX ,,,,,,THE LORDSHOUR P.O BOX 6283 ASHEVILLE NC 28816 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,BASIC INSTRUCTION BEFORE LEAVING THE EARTH
Ben Thornley was considered one of the most talented players of his generation - and that's coming from the likes of David Beckham, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and others. But a horror challenge changed his career and ended dreams of success at Manchester United. The winger spoke to FSD about his life in the game and his post-playing career as a TV commentator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ger, Shane & Adrian discuss the top stories first thing this morning on #OTBAM, as details emerge of scathing comments about women's rugby at an Irish rugby function. Catch OTB's sports breakfast show LIVE weekday mornings from 7:30am or just search for OTB AM and get the podcast on the OTB Sports app or wherever you listen to yours. SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW the OTB AM podcast. #OTBAM is live weekday mornings from 7:30am across Off The Ball, in association with Gillette | #EffortlessFlow
In today's episode we discuss the roots of idolatry. Likkutei Amarim, End of Chapter 22. Music by Shoshannah. Follow us on: Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: itistaught@gmail.com Support the show
Audio Bible New Testament Matthew to Apocalypse King James Version
église AB Lausanne ; KJV Matthew 25 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. ...
Sometimes homeschoolers struggle with teaching history, but it *can* be made fun for kids of all ages through field trips, projects, even historical fiction! Have you considered that we can instill a love of history in our children as well as provide opportunities for them to discover their part in the bigger "HIStory" of God?In today's episode, Erin and Amanda speak with award-winning author and speaker Jenny L. Cote, who developed an early passion for God, history, and young people, and beautifully blends these three passions in her two fantasy fiction series, The Amazing Tales of Max and Liz® and Epic Order of the Seven®. Likened to C. S. Lewis by readers and book reviewers alike, she speaks on creative writing to schools, universities and conferences around the world. Resources & LinksFind Jenny L. Cote onHer website: www.epicorderoftheseven.comLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-l-coteInterview on Fox & FriendsFacebook: @jennylcote Instagram: @jennyl.cote Be sure to subscribe to GOAT Homeschooling with Erin and Amanda wherever you listen to podcasts, and join us in continuing the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, or via email.Website: www.goathomeschoolingpodcast.comFacebook: @G.O.A.T.HomeschoolingInstagram: @goat_homeschooling_podcastPinterest: @goathomeschoolingpodcastEmail: goathomeschoolingpodcast@gmail.com
Earning the Halal is likened to Jihaad and martyrdom. The first morsal one eats from his halal earnings ones all sins are forgiven. The people who don't pay their Zakat will be the first ones to enter the hell fire.
Rathkeale has been likened to a warzone after violence erupted in the town last night. A number of vehicles were written off after being rammed, and it’s alleged that machetes were produced by members of rival groups. Jerry speaks to local Fine Gael councillor Adam Teskey who’s also chair of the Joint Policing Committee for Limerick City and County. Rathkeale has been likened to a warzone after violence erupted in the town last night. A number of vehicles were written off after being rammed, and it’s alleged that machetes were produced by members of rival groups. Jerry speaks to local Fine Gael councillor Adam Teskey who’s also chair of the Joint Policing Committee for Limerick City and County.
Click here to learn about Embodied Ascension Training and Conscious Life Creation with Waxela Sananda https://waxelasananda.com/ascension-training/ Join Waxela's email list for Ascension conversations, event invites, and more: https://waxelasananda.com/join/ https://www.instagram.com/pinealactivationlight/ Jerry Sargeant known as ‘The Facilitator', is the founder of Star Magic Healing and is world renowned for his healing abilities. Likened to some of the most influential healers in history, Jerry accesses deep into people's energetic and holographic blueprint to help facilitate healing. Jerry can achieve results on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual planes. Since Star Magic's birth in 2016, thousands of people from all walks of life have been trained in more than forty countries. Jerry is the Author of Healing With Light Frequencies, Into the Light and his new book Be Super-Human is releasing this year.
Unjustified interference Cops, paramedics in Vax mandate courtroom showdown. Queensland Police Officer Senior Constable Dena Miller,46, has stated in a court affidavit "I have been suffering repeated flashbacks and reliving my rape, as I have had someone do something to my body against my will, once again." Senior Constable Miller said. This is just my opinion. PS: If you enjoy my content, I will think of you while drinking my coffee. – Buy Me a Coffee The Slippery Slope Spotify J Fallon Apple Music J Fallon Spotify J Fallon YouTube The Slippery Slope Apple Podcasts The Slippery Slope YouTube The Slippery Slope Stitcher --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jason-fallon/message
"Likened unto... the general basis of who GOD is and how GOD works... everything in the book screams of the character of GOD. Good, bad and ugly, whether you agree, like it, don't like it, whatever... Listen, with not an already knowing, what you think you know... Take this day and create something that you need to move your life forward, and be happy with yourself at the end of the day, that's all I want you to think about... Genesis had answers for me that I couldn't even see before... Everything's in everything... Everything about who GOD is, what GOD is, who Jesus is, is in every part of the entire book. Every scripture" Original Broadcast on the Love & Unity TV Network. https://fb.watch/gHYpl3bymK/ Please watch and listen to this PLAYLIST, uploaded to YouTube, over and over again. "Still Telling It Like It Is" Apostle Bacer J. Baker who is a Doctor in Psychology with Apostle Dr. Barry Cook. The Blessing is in the Cluster. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPc1-VNXUtVM_X-NUEAGKTqTTCvNgKYM_ To learn about Love & Unity https://www.love-unity.org To send questions to Apostle Dr. Barry Cook please visit https://www.drbarrycook.com To send questions to Apostle Bacer J. Baker More Than Enough Ministries and Astounding Love! A Global Church Fellowship and Training Center Email: ContactUs@MTEMinc.org Website: https://mteminc.org Call: (408) 945-4439: O Or Write: P.O. Box 4400 Manteca, CA 95337 To Give. Online. https://mteminc.org/index.php/online-donations/ By using Zelle. Offerings@MTEMinc.org By using the Cash App. $MtemincOfferings We thank you --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/communion5779/support
Tim, Ian, & Lydia are joined by Matt Kibbe to discuss the Babylon Bee criticizing Joe Biden's speech at Independence Hall, MSNBC saying we are already engaged in a civil war, lawsuits filed over Big Tech's collusion with the White House, and Americans taking out loans for groceries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Hutchy and Damo for S7 Ep 29 - Damo Joins in the ChorusThis podcast is proudly supported by Drinkwise - if you're choosing to drink, choose to Drinkwise. 0.0 – Damo's back in the tent at North Melbourne. The patch-up coffee has worked miracles. Celebrations at the Roos after the appointment of Clarkson.6.30 – The Glass Jaw award. Three nominations this week. Sonja Hood, Kane Cornes and Martin Pakula.9.30 – Where do we start with Essendon?12.30 – History doesn't bode well for ex-players who become Presidents.14.30 – David Barham struggles in front of the camera.22.00 – Damo's comments on the AFL Coaches Association not standing up for coaches. Are there parallels with the Sam McClure and Damo's AFLMA role?26.00 – Discussion of Dayne Zorko's comments. Should the players association get involved.28.00 – Building a brand in media. It's hard.30.45 – Mark Robinson's comments on Caro – was the tone and content disturbing?33.30 – Hutchy's critique of Mitch Cleary's doorstop of Kevin Sheedy. Is Mitch getting his doorstop attire sponsored? Likened to Dan Andrews and the North Face jacket during COVID.45.00 – Follow up from last week on Sco-Mo's multiple cabinet appointments. Simon Benson holding back the story to keep for a book.42.00 – Scott Morrison's radio interview last week was very similar to Hutchy's Spin City.42.30 – The Partying PM in Finland. Should she be allowed to party without the media having a go? The optics are questionable.45.30 – Question of the Week from Matt from Yarrawonga who asks“Just on Sonja Hoods appointment of Alistair Clarkson do you think we will see a shift in ways that clubs appoint coaches or talent? By basically having just one person doing all the negotiations it eliminated chances of leaks from the board or a panel to the media? Your thoughts?”The Sounding Board is produced, engineered and edited by Jane Nield for SEN.
Salah and Congregational prayer The rows of Salah have been likened to the rows during campaigns. Allah SWT Loves those who offer prayer in congregation whilst reciting Amen. The 3 Salams to terminate the prayer, to the right, to the left and a silent salam to the Imam (Abo Dawood). The head during the bowing should neither be up or down but between the extremes. The most virtuous time to offer the Salah is better than all your family and wealth.
“If we chase perfection… we'll lose.” Amongst the 455 (and some) eco labels and sparkling greenwash, how's a person to figure out which products and brands they can truly have confidence in when wanting to make more sustainable and ethical choices in their shopping trolleys? What can we trust? What can we understand? When rushing round the supermarket aisles are we realistically going to scan QR codes and visit websites for the latest carbon calculations? Unlikely… In this podcast we find out more about the innovative tech start-up ‘Wherefrom' - where Adam Williams, Founder, tells us about their mission to ensure every product and company in the world has a ‘Wherefrom Score'. They're the world's first crowd-sourced sustainability review platform, comparing any company or product on a single scale. Likened to Trip Advisor, the platform enables people to score and review products and connect directly with brands – it also enables brands to claim their profile and provides opportunity for them to share sustainability credentials and respond and engage with reviewers directly and transparently. As a by-product, the platform provides useful data and insights for brands around consumer opinion which can help to inform the development of sustainability strategies. Adam shares the back story of how Wherefrom came to be and how what started as a passion project has quickly transitioned into a scalable and useful resource that is adding value at the point of purchase for people. We talk about the practicalities of how the Wherefrom score works, the rigour and the responsibility. What's important for Wherefrom is ‘cross-over' appeal – because to effect scale and wider impact, we need to extend far beyond the sustainability minded echo-chambers to help reach the majority of shoppers – to educate, get them rethinking and making better more informed choices. As we discussed with Helen Hepworth in a previous pod, the supermarkets, as gatekeepers, also have a significant role to play in influencing better choices – and we discuss again, the need for the need for them to be more selective and responsible about what they stock. We also cover the important role of finance and investment – and how investors need to move away from outmoded ways of assessing where to invest – and to invest more widely in the small, innovative, impact driven start-ups – to enable a sea-change in the number of social impact businesses moving from start-up to scale-up – and making a real difference to what business looks like and what it gives back to society. Visit https://wherefrom.org/ (Wherefrom.org) – and you'll be hit at every level with their ethos of, as Adam puts it… ‘doing sustainability with a big fat smile'. We found Wherefrom the day they ‘broke the internet' with people sharing their hilarious (and brain worm inducing), ‘Stop the Wash' music video – singing out the plethora of greenwash taglines, advising brands that given those lines were now part of their ‘song', if used they would sue for copyright! ;) [https://youtu.be/sQrFulewf94 (if you missed it – it's here)]. And whilst there's a lot of humour, fun, and mockery to be had to keep things light, interesting and of course, to aide mass appeal – the fun doesn't detract from the serious mission they're on, bringing the customer back into sustainability strategy and progress the behaviour change they're pursuing and the heartfelt reminder to us all of the role we play and the choices we make. Tune in… and listen to Adam's answer to our final ‘quick round' question – and you'll know what we're talking about. For more information about Wherefrom visit https://wherefrom.org/ Our podcasts are recorded purely via online conferencing platforms, we apologise for any minor sound quality issues.
with Pastor William Shifflett - https://williams-good-word.org/ What is faith? “Faith is a great biblical word, but it's currency has been taken over by religious language in general.” Do you think the word faith has lost it's true meaning in our culture? “Other religions are described as other faiths.” Why is this wrong to do? To help us understand faith Dr. Ferguson breaks it down into 3 parts. 1 Faith is Knowledge. “Faith is dependent on what can be known about God.” John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. Matthew 11:27 All things have been handed over to Me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. “Knowledge involves fellowship.” Likened to Husband/wife. (relationship) How is this true? “It's not just knowledge, but a knowledge that brings us into immediate contact with God Himself” 2 Faith is Assent -(approval or agreement) “Faith involves recognizing certain things are true.” “We may believe against our wishes (Saul of Tarsus)” Of course this is possible, do we see it often? BB Warfield quote, pp 60-61 “Faith is more than assent, but it is never less than assent.” What does he mean? John 20:27-29 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” 3 Faith is Trust in Christ “This is the heart of faith.” John 2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man. Would you help us understand what it means that Jesus did not entrust Himself to them? Is belief and faith the same? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biblebulldog/message
Jesus knew by personal observation what was going on in the seven churches he wrote to in Revelation. Rick talks about these “report cards” today.
Jesus knew by personal observation what was going on in the seven churches he wrote to in Revelation. Rick talks about these “report cards” today.
Jerry Sargeant known as ‘The Facilitator', is world regarded for his healing abilities. Likened to some of the most influential healers in history, Jerry accesses deep into people's energetic and holographic blueprint to help facilitate healing. Jerry can achieve results on the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual planes. Using his frequency, Jerry can balance and facilitate the body's own healing mechanisms. His book Healing with Light Frequencies teaches how to harness light frequencies to energise, uplift and empower your life and the lives of others. In August of this year he will publish, Activate Your Super-Human Potential the only workbook to explore how to prepare the mind, body, and spirit for 5D. Star Magic is the most potent healing modality on earth. Discovered by Jerry Sargeant and based in science, Star Magic derives power from merging principles of quantum physics with subtle energies, active imagination, and laser-focused intent. Star Magic produces verifiable effects transforming the lives of others on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual planes. https://www.starmagichealing.com ------------------------------- As of this moment, we have over 80 hours of premium videos available at path11tv.com, with new videos added regularly. Watch Path 11 TV wherever you want, on the iPhone, AppleTV, Android, Amazon Fire, and Roku Apps.
To watch on youtube, click here https://youtu.be/WWCni5pf19sThis Episode features Insta @cmpenados @pensionplanpapiAt the TopWe go through Will Smith Memes, which are our top 3?Jada's love for Tupac & Jada and Will's relationshipNewsPres. Zelensky addresses Russion soldiers and their mothers for their war crimes.We view the images in Ukraine (must see link on youtube)Could we have done more?BuzzWhy is the Game coming after Eminem?Can Eminem take him?TechDo we ever get tired of Insta, TikTok?What is BeReal?The Deep EndIs this sculptured tied to the End Times Beast?
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Vancouver sportscaster, Scott Rintoul joined for his regular Thursday hit. Talked about Rachel Doerrie. She is a very smart, young woman who has worked in the NHL before. Has done plenty of research in the game. She has worked on projects that quantify hockey IQ. Scotty thinks she disrupts the space, which some people will find uncomfortable. This is a diverse hire but doesn’t think it’s the last one. Checkmark for the organization. Thinks that one of the three AGM spots will be a female. It’s about time, we need more of this. PK woes are personal related. Even with new coach bump. Talked about EP40. Beyond the goals, he looks more dangerous. Talked about Boudreau comments on Höglander. Bruce likes to make jokes but he is a realist. Scotty doesn’t have an issue with Bruce’s description of Nils. Scotty says NH came flying out of the gate. Talked about who will start in goal for the Canucks vs the Panthers. Would love to see MDP but odds are that it is Spencer Martin. Talked about Crepeau leaving the Whitecaps. Likened it to Ousted leaving. It’s a stunning move for the organization at this time. Talked about his 49ers. Saw some problems with Dallas. Jack Fraser, JFresh Hockey, joined Matt and Jeff to talk about analytics. Talked about what most sticks out analytics wise this season. Still a very flawed team but there are much brighter spots under the hood than compared to the last few seasons. The team struggles to carry the puck into the offensive zone and create chances. Thinks that was very intentional by Travis Green. When you have a team that struggles to create shots of the rush, you will be in trouble. 4th in shots off the cycle. 31st in zone entries, leading to a chance. Talked about league interest for JT Miller. Without a doubt he would fill a lot of boxes for a lot of team. He has a good track record of production. There are warts that can be pointed out in his game. The extra year will make it more desirable. Miller fits the category of Rutherford wanting to make a big change. Talked about Elias Pettersson. This has been a season with a little bit of turmoil for the Canucks. We all know the player he is and it’s a little too early to ring the panic button. Second half of the season will be finding a rhythm and getting into more dangerous spots around the ice. Talked about Rachel Doerrie. She has a strong hockey background. She is trying to find new ways to quantify the game. Has very little doubt that the Canucks will not regret the hire.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Vancouver sportscaster, Scott Rintoul joined for his regular Thursday hit. Talked about Rachel Doerrie. She is a very smart, young woman who has worked in the NHL before. Has done plenty of research in the game. She has worked on projects that quantify hockey IQ. Scotty thinks she disrupts the space, which some people will find uncomfortable. This is a diverse hire but doesn't think it's the last one. Checkmark for the organization. Thinks that one of the three AGM spots will be a female. It's about time, we need more of this. PK woes are personal related. Even with new coach bump. Talked about EP40. Beyond the goals, he looks more dangerous. Talked about Boudreau comments on Höglander. Bruce likes to make jokes but he is a realist. Scotty doesn't have an issue with Bruce's description of Nils. Scotty says NH came flying out of the gate. Talked about who will start in goal for the Canucks vs the Panthers. Would love to see MDP but odds are that it is Spencer Martin. Talked about Crepeau leaving the Whitecaps. Likened it to Ousted leaving. It's a stunning move for the organization at this time. Talked about his 49ers. Saw some problems with Dallas. Jack Fraser, JFresh Hockey, joined Matt and Jeff to talk about analytics. Talked about what most sticks out analytics wise this season. Still a very flawed team but there are much brighter spots under the hood than compared to the last few seasons. The team struggles to carry the puck into the offensive zone and create chances. Thinks that was very intentional by Travis Green. When you have a team that struggles to create shots of the rush, you will be in trouble. 4th in shots off the cycle. 31st in zone entries, leading to a chance. Talked about league interest for JT Miller. Without a doubt he would fill a lot of boxes for a lot of team. He has a good track record of production. There are warts that can be pointed out in his game. The extra year will make it more desirable. Miller fits the category of Rutherford wanting to make a big change. Talked about Elias Pettersson. This has been a season with a little bit of turmoil for the Canucks. We all know the player he is and it's a little too early to ring the panic button. Second half of the season will be finding a rhythm and getting into more dangerous spots around the ice. Talked about Rachel Doerrie. She has a strong hockey background. She is trying to find new ways to quantify the game. Has very little doubt that the Canucks will not regret the hire. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Another special edition of Sekeres and Price today as we head to the holiday season. Gregg Bell joined Matt and Blake to talk about the Seahawks. Gregg doesn’t think the owner will want to clean house there. She is too occupied with the the Trail Blazers in Portland. There is no doubt RW3 isn’t the same player. He has the most 4th quarter comeback wins since 2012. If it’s not an issue of health, it’s an issue of quality. They could seriously consider making their OC a fall guy. Thinks that RW3 not wanting to get hit by these lineman anymore is affecting his performance. Likened it to crashing your call into a brick wall 15 times a day. After 10 plus years, you just won’t want to do that anymore. Talked about Covid and how it has affected the team. Talked about a number of plays vs the Rams. Darren Dreger, NHL Insider and Host of Ray and Dregs Podcast joined Matt and Blake. Started off about talking about his Quaker campaign and how it came to be. Talked about looking forward to the World Juniors. This is the one time he allows himself to be a fan and enjoy a few beers in the garage. It’s a good year for Canada but the US will have a good team as well. As long as they can pull off the event without any major Covid outbreak will be good. Talked about the Olympics and other major international championships. Thinks that any player available will embrace a chance at the World Championship tournament. Talked about what he knows about Canadian players in Europe filling in the Olympic void. Specifically brought up Landon Ferraro who Ray says would “fly the plane to China” in order to play. Talked about the path forward for all parties when it comes to the Olympics. This tournament matters. We might not get another chance to see the mega stars of previous tournaments and mega stars of today like McDavid. Talked about GM candidates for the Canucks. There are so many on the list and Rutherford isn’t ready to give names yet. Brought up Patrik. Allvin. He certainly has the history with Rutherford and the main background that fits into the whole piece of the pie. Talked about the level of depth inside an NHL franchise. Players are now getting packages with over 200 questions. Talked about Jennifer Botterill. Doesn’t know if it’s fair to call her the leader in the clubhouse. It’s very clear that she is increibly smart. Dregs brought up. Cheryl Pounder and names like Cami Granato. It’s all about making your organization as deep as possible. Talked about how long it’ll take to see ‘Trader Jim’ in action. Would say that chances are slim that we will see one in the immediate future. Five percent or less that we see a trade before the turn of the calendar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pierre LeBrun joined Matt and Blake and talked about how he got connected with Francesco Aquilini at the Board of Governors meeting. Talked about how the 3 TSN Insiders sat down and chatted with him for a pretty long time. He was really still on a high about the hiring of Jim Rutherford and walked them how it happened. They didn’t get into the blame game. Said that FA reached out to JR to bounce some names off of. Likened it to the Brian Burke situation in PIT. Says it’s fascinating how it all played out and why Boudreau came in before JR. Talked about FA hearing from other GM’s that his team is in good shape. Talked about the two-person approach. It’s so much different now than in the 70’s. Talked about potential AGM’s around the league. Doesn’t think JR has shortened his list. Pierre thinks JR is looking for someone he can mould and be apart of the Canucks family for a long time. Patrick Johnston of Province Sports joined Matt and Blake in his regular Tuesday slot. After talking about his Covid immunity, he talked about the goal song. Not surprisingly people are feeling very nervous at the rink. Once players started realizing what was going on around the league, there were some that were eager to get out of the building. Having gone through it, he knows exactly how it feels. Talked about the recent run of form by the Canucks. Thinks this will all come back to earth. Can understand why fans are thinking “why now” with Covid running rampant through the league. Talked about Petey and him using a different stick and how it happened. Talked about Rutherford and what he makes of him. Came across as advertised. Open to ideas, no matter where they come from. Put the terminations of Gear and Wall, because of leaking to the media, to bed. Aquilini was blatantly honest. Talked about Stan Smyl. Says that JR clearly wants him involved. Talked about potential AGM candidates. Jeff Paterson joined, fresh off the Bruce Boudreau pregame availability. Talked about how having a team day off on Monday may have saved them an outbreak. Talked about how they learned from last year when they went through an outbreak. JPat went through the morning that was for the Canucks. Said there were some odd things going on that you don’t register in the moment. Talked about how the rest of the calendar year could go with the Canucks and why the league might like to get them past the Leafs on Saturday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
CONCLUSION: PT. I Masterful Metaphors & Masterpieces in the Book of Ephesians as inspired by the Holy Spirit through Paul, God's Artisan..12/11/21 Actually there are 6 SIX…Metaphors/Masterpieces ..I mention 5J “Ephesians: The Calling of The Saints” Ephesians is often called “The Crowning Glory of The New Testament” The 1st 4 letters of the N.T. ( Romans..I & II Cor., Gal.) develop the Theme of ‘Christ in You', but Eph. Deals w/the theme of “Us In Christ” Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God & Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing IN heavenly places …This IS a KEY THEME in this book 1:1 Faithful Saints In Christ 1:9 Makes Known His (God's) purpose In Christ(3:11) 1:12 We will live for His(God's ) praise & glory in Christ (3:21) 1:20 Power available to Saints In Christ 2:6 We are seated in Heavenly Places In Christ 2:7 We will know the riches of God's grace In Christ 2:10 We are His(God's) Workmanship created In Christ 2:13 We are brought near In Christ by His Blood 3:6 We are partakers of the Promise In Christ 4:15 We are to grow up Into Christ 15:1-10 We must remain (Meno) in The vine (Christ)..this phrase is used 8x in these verses 4.)Heavenly Places” Another key phrase in this Epistle(The Setting) 1:3 We receive spiritual blessings in Heavenly Places 1:20 Christ sits at God's right hand in Heavenly Places 2:6 We also sit w/Christ in Heavenly Places 3:10 There are principalities & Powers in Heavenly Places 6:12 We carry on battles in Heavenly Places 5.)He has blessed us with every Spiritual Blessing II Peter 1:3 The Six Metaphors/Masterpieces of Ephesians The Church Is likened to a Human Body Eph. 1:22-23 And God placed all things under His feet & appointed Him to be head over everything for the church which is His Body, the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way Eph. 4:4There is one body & one spirit..vs.12) body of Christ to be built up Eph. 5:23 Christ is the head of the church His Body.. I Cr.12:12-31, Eze. 37,Eph. 4:15,16 The Church Is Likened To A Temple… Eph. 2:21,22 In whom the whole structure is joined together & grows into a Holy Temple in the Lord ;in whom you also are built into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. I Cor. 3:9 We are God's Building I Cor. 3:17 We are God's Temple II Cor. 6:16 We are The Temple of The Living God The Churches Purpose Is Likened to a Mystery… Eph. 3:8-10 To me though I am the very least of all the Saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable $$'s of Christ, & to make all men see what is the plan of the Mystery hidden for the ages in God who created all things;(here is the Mystery) that thru the church the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities & powers in heavenly places. Eph.1:9 He has made known to us the Mystery of His will. I Tim. 3:16 Great is the Mystery of Godliness Romans 16:26 Now is made manifest by the scripture obedience by faith I Cor. 1:7 We speak the wisdom of God in a Mystery I Peter 1:10-12 Salvation We, the church are the instrument through which God intends to fulfill His Purpose in this world which will be an education of the universe, an unlocking of the ‘Mysterion' The Church has been Likened to a New Man Eph. 4:24 And put on the New Man created after the likeness of God in true righteousness & holiness II Cor. 5:17 We are a New Creation In Christ Eph. 2:15 By His death Christ made us One New Man Col. 3:10 We have put on the New Man renewed in the knowledge of Christ II Cor. 15:45-49 The 2nd Adam…we will bear His likeness( Ge. 1:26, Ro. 8:19) Eph.4:7 The New Man will exercise His Gifting 5)The Church Is Likened To a Bride…. Eph.5:25-27 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might [a]sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. Vs. 31,32 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Isa. 54:5 He is our husband Re. 21:2,9 New Jerusalem adorned as a Bride, The Bride has made herself ready Re. 19:7 His wife , hath made herself ready The Church Is Likened To A Soldier… Eph. 6:13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. II Cor. 10:4 II Tim. 2:3,4 Endure hardness as a good soldier…do not entangle yourself in the world I Jn. 2:14
In the first episode of season two, Amanda interviews Ayla PettyJohn, a release tracking and title curative expert from PropLogix, who shares her tips for resolving title issues that involve tracking down now-defunct lenders to get a satisfaction recorded. Likened to detective work, curative requires equal parts persistence and patience.
Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Jeremy Stefano “A holy place to draw away to a space and time dedicated solely to God, to be present to God.” – Jeremy Stefano There are many ways to retreat, but on a spiritual retreat the exclusive desire is to be with Jesus. Likened to his invitation to the disciples immediately prior to the feeding of the 5,000, Jesus says “come with me by yourselves to a solitary place and get some rest.” (Mark 6:31). On spiritual retreat we are saying yes to that invitation, hopping on a boat in the middle of a lake (or a retreat center), separated from the busyness and noisiness of life, to simply be with the Lover of our souls. Retreats are special times with Jesus, replenished in wilderness or in plenty. Join the conversation about spiritual discernment as a way of life at www.LeadershipTransformations.org and consider participation in our online and in-person program offerings. Additional LTI spiritual formation resources can be found at www.SpiritualFormationStore.com and www.ruleoflife.com and www.healthychurch.net.
Introduction Well, it's exciting to be able to be with you a week later, as Andy said, to be at a higher level. Grateful to be way up here with you folks, and to be able to share how exciting it is what God is doing in our church. And I'd like to ask that you turn in your Bibles to James 1 as we continue our study in the Book of James. And this morning we're going to be looking at the deadly power of temptation. And one of the things, a healthy church, a good church will do with its members is equip each member for spiritual warfare. And so, you've come this morning we hope to an armory of truth, that you have instruction in the Word of God to put on spiritual armor, that you are equipped to fight, and fight you must. All of us are going to be assaulted this week by the world, the flesh and the devil. It's inevitable, it will come. And the best thing that I can do this morning is to equip you to fight. Sirens and Sin In Greek mythology there were creatures named sirens, they were half-bird, half-woman. They lived near rocky shoals, and cliffs of islands, and they had the deadly skill of singing so enticingly and so alluringly that they could lure sailors to sail their ships too close to the rocky shoals because they were drawn in by the beauty of the music, and so they would dash themselves and their ships to pieces. In Homer's Odyssey, the hero Odysseus had heard about this alluring siren song and wanted to hear it so much, but didn't want to endanger his ship, so he commanded his men to lash himself to the mast and then that each of his sailors would fill their ear with wax, so that they wouldn't themselves be enticed, and in this way, he hoped to hear the song of the sirens. Now, this intoxicating pull toward shipwreck is an illustration from myth and legend of an actual spiritual danger that each one of us faces as Christians in this world, the danger of temptation. We walk every single day on a path surrounded by various siren songs. Satan has crafted a world system and assaults us with the temptations of the world and his own crafty temptations. And then we have the enemy within, our own lust, which the text is going to focus on, which responds to those alluring songs. Taking Responsibility for Our Sin Now it is human nature for all of us to blame others for our sins. That we're going to blame others to escape taking responsibility for our sins, looking for a scapegoat, a fall guy. This is obviously so unjust, and it's corrupt, and it's weak on our part. But worst of all, worse than blaming other people is to blame God for our temptations and for our sins. And this happened from the very beginning, the first sin that Adam fell into, when he ate from the forbidden tree, he ate fruit from the forbidden tree. The first sin that happened after that was a sin of blame shifting. You remember how God confronted him and said, "Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from it?" And in Genesis 3:12, he said, "The woman you put here with me, she gave me some of the fruit from the tree and I ate it." So that is terrible. At that point he's blaming not only Eve for his sin, the woman for the sin, but he is ultimately blaming God for his own sin. We are world-class excuse-makers for our own corruptions. Like a thief blaming his economic situations for his thieving, or a serial rapist blaming his abusive father for his career in crime. But it's even worse when we do it to God. The Book of Proverbs makes this tendency clear in Proverbs 19:3. Proverbs 19:3 says, "A man's folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the Lord." Isn't that a powerful proverb? We do damage to our own lives and then we turn around and blame God for it. We're constantly surrounded by the forces that are pulling on our bodies. Physical forces like the force of gravity that's pulling us down or force of moving objects that smash into us, or deflect us from our course, or the force of atmospheric pressure, 14.7 pounds per square inch, pushing on us at every moment. But the force of temptation pulling us toward evil and toward death is the most significant spiritual force that we have to combat in our journey of salvation. It's like a magnetic pull that lures us to our deaths, and as we come to James 1:13-18, James is helping us to understand the true origin of our temptations, and it's not coming from the pure heart of God. And it's coming from within ourselves. God wants us to take responsibility for our own temptations, and to kill them before they kill us. And He does this by teaching us the true nature of temptation. I. God Never Tempts Us Tested vs. Tempted So as we look at our outline this morning, the first point is going to be this: God never tempts us. Verse 13, "When tempted, no one should say, ‘God is tempting me,’ for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he himself tempt anyone." So we come immediately here in verse 13, in the Greek language, to a difficult word, and an issue between being tested and being tempted. What's amazing is the Greek word is the same. So you have to look at the context. We were just told in verse 2 of chapter 1, that we “face trials of many kinds.” That is the same Greek word. And then verse 12 uses it again. God actually does in fact test us. And He does try us, He puts us through trying circumstances. Now, the testing of our faith, we're told, develops perseverance. It purifies our faith, it strengthens us, makes us more purely devoted to God. Temptations however are something else altogether, and we have to make a distinction. A temptation is, as I've been saying, a magnetic attraction toward evil, a pulling toward wickedness. There are many examples of temptation in the Bible. We think about Joseph and Potiphar's wife, how day after day, she sought to persuade him to have sex with her, day after day to allure him, even grabbing him by the garment at one point. Or we have in Proverbs chapter 7, it seems like Solomon is looking down into the streets of the city and sees a young man through the lattice, a young man he says lacking sense, not aware of what war zone he's about to walk into. And then there's this alluring seductress who comes out crafty and with deceitful intent, and she's dressed, and she's enticing and she begins to talk to him. The whole thing is laid out for us in Proverbs 7. She says, "My husband has taken a big bag of money, he's going to be gone until the new moon. It's going to be a long time, and I've fulfilled my vows to God today." Meaning, “I have some meat that I can offer, the very thing that you want.” And so, she persuades him, and she allures him. It says in Proverbs 7:21, "With persuasive words she led him astray and she seduced him with her smooth talk." And the book says, "All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life." So that's just a whole case study of seduction, a case study of alluring. You have the same thing in Proverbs 1, with a different sin, where highway robbers are enticing this man's son and saying, "Hey come on, join us in laying wait for someone and we'll share a common purse." It's a different kind of seduction, but the same kind of thing. So we have all of these examples of alluring and temptation that happens, but the text says, "Don't ever say God is doing that to me." God is no seductress, He doesn't seduce us toward evil, He doesn't allure us toward wickedness. He never does this. God definitely tests us, like He tested Abraham to see the strength of his faith and to develop his faith. And he orchestrates circumstances to test us, that is true. But He never seduces us toward the thing that He hates with a perfect hatred. The Perfect Purity of God Look at verse 13, it says, "God cannot be tempted by evil." The basic nature of evil is as far from the perfect purity of Almighty God as we can imagine. It's as far as the east is from the west. It's as far as one end of the universe is from the other. Cosmologists tell us 47 billion light years across. God is further from wickedness and evil than that. It says in Habakkuk 1:13, "Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, you cannot tolerate wrong." Even better for our purposes, 1 John 1:5 says, "God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all." It's a double negative in the Greek. There's not the tiniest particle of evil in God, ever. He is not divided within His nature, He is one, perfectly one. He is perfectly light all the time. But us, we are deeply divided. To the core of God's being, He is light. And in the core of His being, there is no darkness at all. It's an interesting expression in Isaiah 1:14, where God is speaking through the prophet Isaiah and He's talking about the machinery of corrupt religion going on in Israel at the time. And this is what He says. It's a very interesting expression. He says, "Your appointed feast my soul hates." It's a very interesting expression, the soul of God. Well, God doesn't have a soul anymore than He has a hand, or eyes, or feet. These are what theologians call anthropomorphism, but they help us to understand the nature of God and when He says, "My soul hates it," it means to the core of my being, I hate evil and wickedness. The holiness of God may be the single most important attribute for us in our sinfulness to understand. The Holiness of God We have the account of the call of Isaiah the prophet in Isaiah 6, where it says, "In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord high and exalted, and the train of His robe filled the temple, and above Him there were Seraphs, each with six wings, and with two wings they covered their faces. And with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying." One theologian said, "Notice that four of the six wings of the six-winged Seraph are given toward some acknowledgement of the holiness of God." And these are beings that have never sinned, they've never rebelled, they're perfectly holy themselves, separate from evil, but they still have a sense of the intense holiness of God. It is the most important attribute because they cry aloud to each other, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty, the whole earth is full of His glory!" It is the only attribute of God which is said three times, “holy, holy, holy.” God is perfectly separated from evil. It is the essence then, of the saving work He does in us to get us to be holy because He is holy. God Never Tempts Anyone And therefore, verse 13 says, "God is untemptable by evil." There is nothing inside God that is attracted to wickedness or darkness at all. Nor does He tempt anyone. Evil has no allure from God, doesn't pull on His heartstrings. He's not attracted to it. Therefore He's not singing some siren song to get us to divert from His path of righteousness, and disobey His commands, that just doesn't come from God ever. Now you may ask, thoughtful among you are probably already thinking about this, "What about the Lord's Prayer? Remember how we're told to pray, "Lead us O Lord, not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." So you prayed that for years, you never knew there was a problem with that verse, did you? You're like wait a minute now, "If God never tempts us toward evil, then why do we have to ask Him to not lead us into temptation?" But here's the thing, in prayer, we're not rolling out something that we have no idea what God thinks about it. Prayers are always biblically informed, and so, we could pray with the Psalmists, “May the glory of the Lord endure forever.” “Not sure whether it will or not, but may it happen. Hope it does.” Friends, that's not how prayer works. So we learn instead, God hates evil, "May you O Lord, continue to hate it as you will, and continue to lead me in such a way that I am not tempted." But really in the end it comes back to us, doesn't it? It teaches us, it reminds us of the holiness of God. It reminds us of our own susceptibility to temptation, like this text is teaching, and oh God, that we would not lead ourselves into temptation, put ourselves in tempting situations or walk like we're blockheads and have no idea what's going on and find ourselves trapped when we shouldn't be. That's the way I understand, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one." God Allows Satan’s Temptations Now, the evil one, Satan, God does permit him to tempt us and he does tempt us. However, we've already learned from 1 Corinthians 10:13 that, “He will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear, but with the temptation, He will make a way of escape so that we can stand up under it.” Look, oh dear friends, look for that way of escape every time. Say, "Oh God, allow me to stand firm in this hour of temptation. I don't want to cave in." II. The True Origin of Temptation: Our Lusts Now, the second outline point is the true origin of temptation is our own lust. Look at verse 14, "Each one is tempted when by his own evil desire, or lust, he is dragged away and enticed." So our temptations come from our own lust, our own evil desires. Now we were made in the image of God to be filled with desires. It is a good thing to have desire, it's a defective thing to have no desire in life at all. And so, we were made to have desires, not even weak desires, passionate desires. God is a God that's filled with passionate desires. Now, given our physical nature we are going to have normal physical desires, but what sin does, is it corrupts the normal desires and pushes them beyond boundaries that God has set up. So that desire becomes lust, and that's the origin of our temptation. Our Temptations Come from Our Own Evil Desires So we have a desire for food. There's nothing wrong with that, there's everything right with that. But then the sin nature, the flesh, pushes it beyond boundaries into gluttony. We have the desire for rest, we need rest. The sleep of a laborer is pleasant to his soul and God gives sleep to those that He loves. This is a good gift, but the flesh pushes it beyond normal boundaries, so that we become the sluggard, “and like the door on its hinges, we turn on our beds.” I love the Proverbs about the sluggard. What an interesting individual the sluggard is, but here's an individual who is intoxicated by sleep. He just can't get enough. Then there's the desire for marital relations, it's normal, God put it in all normal men and women to have sexual relations within covenant marriage. That's normal. But the sin nature of the flesh pushes that into forbidden territories, and that becomes sexual lust, and it corrupts us. Now all of us have to deal with the enemy within. And Romans Chapter 7, in the second half of that chapter, Paul unfolds the battle that all of us are going to have the rest of our lives. We have an enemy within. And Paul says in Romans 7, in verse 15, "I do not understand what I do, for what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do." He then says, "As it is, it's no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me that is so repulsive." Like you've got this disgusting virus or parasite, worse than any parasite living inside us. Paul says, "I know that nothing good lives in me, [that is, in my flesh] for I have the desire to do what is good but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do. No, the evil I do not want to do, this is what I keep on doing. Now, if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it but it is sin living in me that does it. So I find this law at work when I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being, I delight in God's law, but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am. Who will deliver me from this body of death?" Well, thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord, someday dear friends, we are going to be delivered from this body of death. In Heaven, we will not have any struggle with lust, it will be done. And you are hungering and thirsting for righteousness. If you're a genuine Christian, if you're genuinely born again, you're yearning for that day when you will never sin again. And it will come, you'll be released. If you should die before the Second Coming of Christ, you'll be among those that are absent from the body, present with the Lord, and it says in Hebrews that you will be the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and you'll never have an evil thought again or evil desire, you'll be completely conformed to Jesus Christ. But in the meantime, while you are in this body, in this present world, you must fight and you must seek the deliverance that only God can give. And so it says, "So then I myself in my mind am a slave to the law of God but in my flesh a slave to the law of sin." So this is sin living in us. Dragged Away and Enticed by Lust Now, James describes it forcefully. “Each one is tempted when by his own evil desire, his own lust, he is...” The translation I have here is, “dragged away and enticed.” I find that an interesting kind of reversal, so let's just reverse it, “enticed and dragged away.” And these are two very forceful words. You get a sense here of a baited hook, almost like we are fish. We are fish and there's a lure, there's the bait, there's an enticement, some kind of pleasure, something that fits your nature, your flesh, and it's enticing. It's a lure. There is a magnetism, there's a gravitational pull toward it, it attracts the eye, it attracts the heart. You begin to ponder the bait, you begin to play with the bait a little bit, nibble at it, lick it I guess. I don't know what the fish do. What do they do? But something has caught the fish's attention and it's pulling on it a little bit. In my entire life, I've caught one fish. Alright, so I don't know what I'm talking about, at any rate. But they're playing with the bait and so, they're enticed and then dragged away. So you get part two is the bait is in the mouth of the fish and the angler, the fisherman knows it and is able to hook the fish with a jerk, and the fish is now hooked and dragged where the fish doesn't want to go. So these are the images that we have. These Lusts Wage War on Your Soul So, I have so many images that have been in my mind for years of this pull toward evil. This past year, there was a free solo rock climber named Alex Honnold that climbed without any equipment up the face of the El Capitan, the Half Dome. Crazy person, crazy person. But there is every single moment, every fingerhold, all that gravity is pulling on him toward his own death. Every single one. Or you think about salmon swimming upstream. Some of those salmon swim 900-1000 miles, and they're going against the whitewater, against the raging current of the mountain rivers that they're going, they're jumping falls the wrong way. And so all the force of the water, all the force of the gravity is against the journey they're trying to make. Our journey's harder than that, friends. Harder. I was converted in October of 1982. So began the war on my soul. I'm still a Christian, but only by the grace of God. My soul has been assaulted every day of my Christian life by the world, the flesh, and the devil. And here I stand, but I stand very humble, aware that if the Lord had given me over to my lusts and my temptations I would have been gone a long time ago, and so would you. And you're going to get saved, in the end God's going to win. Praise God, He's going to win over you, and He's going to get you there, and when you get to Heaven, you'll realize how much He saved you. And to God be the glory. That's what's going on. So these lusts, Peter tells us in 1 Peter 2:12 that they,“wage war against your soul.” The best thing I can do as a pastor, the best thing we can do as brothers and sisters in the church is help you fight that battle. III. The True Destination of Temptation: Death Lusts Get Stronger the More You Indulge in Them So we come to the third outline point, and that is the true destination of temptation is death. Look at verses 15 and 16, "Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. Don't be deceived, my dear brothers." So, the lusts get stronger the more you indulge them. If you yield to a lust today, it will come back stronger tomorrow. This is the way it is. Conversely, if you fight, if you kill the lust today, it will come back but weaker. And this is how we fight. It'll never be totally gone. You'll never be totally free from any categorical lust while you live in this world, you'll never be able to say, "I will never sin in that way again," while you live. You can't say that. You got to be vigilant all the time. “If anyone thinks he stands, take heed lest he fall.” But the ultimate end of all this, the true destination is death. Likened to Childbirth and Child Development Now James likens it to the process of childbirth and child development. He says that desire conceives and gives birth to sin, and then he speaks of sin becoming fully grown. So it's like you're watching it grow up and develop. It's completed, it's fully developed, so it's continuing on. And so, sin has an intentionality. Sin is frequently in a number of places in the New Testament, personified. Like, “sin deceived me and through the commandment put me to death,” it says in Romans. So, sin has an intelligence, it's given a personification. Alright, so sin has a plan for you, and that is, to assassinate your soul. Sin wants to take you to Hell, it wants to destroy your life in this world and then destroy your soul in eternity. That's why John Owen said, "Be killing sin or sin will be killing you." The Deceitfulness of Sin And so we must see in verse 16 the deceitfulness of all this. “Don't be deceived, dear brothers. You have to be aware of what's happening to you. Don't allow yourself to be lied to, don't be deceived. Sin lies to us, it promises us pleasure, but it is secretly poisoning us, little by little poisoning us. It's deceiving us.” Hebrews 3:13 says that we should, “encourage one another daily so that none of us may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.” That's powerful, isn't it? Hardened by sin's deceitfulness. Sin doesn't tell the truth about where we're going with all this. John Owen said this about sin, "Sin not only wants to be constantly acting, but if let alone, it will bring forth great, cursed, scandalous and soul-destroying sins. It always aims at the utmost. It's not trying to do a little thing in your soul, it's trying to take you the whole way, and in this way it doesn't tell you the truth, it deceives you. The Final Destination of Such a Life is Hell So I think about what the Nazis did in World War II to get the people to quietly file onto the trains that would take them to their death. They were told that they were being transported to Relocation Camps. They're using this kind of language and they were told, and this comes out very plainly in the movie, Schindler's List, they were told to take all of your luggage and carefully label it and stack it up neatly on the platform, and it would be transported to their final destination. It's a very eerie scene in that movie where the people begin their journey to what we know is the death camps: Auschwitz, Treblinka, Sobibor, somewhere. Off they go. And then after they're gone, then a bunch of workers come in and grab the luggage and throw it in a warehouse, and they start opening up and dumping the contents and organizing them to see if there's any valuables. We know as the movie watchers, they'll never see their stuff again, they're going to die, we know it. Well, sin is like that. It uses complacent language about what's happening, you minimize it. You use different adjectives, different words to describe it, and you minimize it. It's not a big deal. And this is very much the hardening of sin's deceitfulness. So, your heart, you didn't even know that your heart is getting harder toward God, toward Christ, toward Bible reading, toward prayer, toward fellowship, you don't want to do it as much, it's not as enjoyable to you. You pray shorter, you are tempted to forsake the assembling of yourself together with other Christians, there's a hardening. The opposite is a softening, which has to do with a yieldedness toward God, you're yielding to what the indwelling Spirit is telling you to do, that the prompting of the Spirit finds submission in you. You're not stiff-necked, like the Jews were said of old, to be stiff-necked, which is to rebel. Instead, you're soft and yielded, but sin does the opposite, it makes you stiff-necked, it makes you hard-hearted. That's the deceitfulness. And the final destination of this is death. Now, we should not misunderstand and think we're just talking about physical death. We understand biblically that there is something called the second death. There is physical death, and we're all going to die. If the Lord doesn't return in our lifetime, we will die physically, that's true. But this is talking about that but much more than that. We must not be deceived. Verse 16 mentioned self-deception, "Do not be deceived, my brothers." Verse 22 of the same chapter, he says, "Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says." And then verse 26 of the same chapter, three times in one short section, the problem of deception, of being deceived. He says, "If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless." So this is just the whole project of the Book of James, is to get you to understand what kind of faith saves you and what life comes from that. And this is a life that fights temptation, it fights sin, you recognize what's happening. So, those of us that battle, let's say sexual immorality, Jesus was very, very plain with this about lust. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ but I say to you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery in his heart.” Then he says, "If your right hand causes you to sin, then cut it off and throw it away, it is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into Hell." So that's what we're talking about. Hell is the second death, that's where temptation will take us. We Need These Warnings So the Bible doesn't shrink back from warning us about where we're headed and what lust and sin leads to. And part of the way that the Bible does this is by giving us sober-minded warnings like this text, that's what this is, it's a sober-minded warning. And some people wrestle theologically, "I don't understand, Pastor. I thought once saved, always saved. I thought I was secure." All these kind of things and they have a hard time reading warnings, but you need to understand the warnings are essential to the salvation process of the unglorified elect, the unglorified saved elect. We're still in a war zone, and the warnings do what they need to do to the souls of those who are elect that are chosen that will, in the end, make it through. We heed the warnings. Who takes the warnings seriously? We do. So, if you are elect, if you're genuinely converted, you'll read James 1:13-18 and take it seriously. And you'll say, "I've got to be killing these lusts, I've got to be killing sin or sin will be killing me." IV. God’s Good and Perfect Gifts God is Not an Alluring Siren Alright, outline point four is, Instead look at God's good gifts and His perfect gifts. So God's not trying to destroy you, God's trying to save you. He's not trying to give you death, He's trying to give you life, that's who God is. And so these are some of the most beautiful verses you'll ever find on the generosity and the love of God. Look at verse 17, "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights who does not change, like shifting shadows." So God's not an alluring siren, enticing you to your own destruction, not at all. Jesus the Good Shepherd said, "The thief comes to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that you may have life, and have it abundantly." So this text says about the same thing. God's perfect nature, God is the Father of the lights. So, good gifts come down, so you have this, your eyes are lifted up, you look up at the heavens, and what do you see? You see the sun and you see the moon and the stars, which God created on the fourth day. He created the greater light to govern the day, the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. One of the great understatements in all of history. He also made the stars. And it says that He set them in the heavens to give light to the Earth. He's very Earth-centered. God’s Generosity So I know, I know about Nicholas Copernicus and he told us, "Guess what? The earth is not the center of the solar system, the sun is." The earth is not the physical center, but it is the spiritual center of everything, and He created the sun, and the moon, and the stars expressly to give light to the Earth. And when their time is done, they will be done. And in Heaven, in the new heaven, new earth He will give His own light directly, He will not delegate it anymore to the sun or the moon or the stars or any lamp, but He will illuminate Heaven with His own glory. That's the generosity and the love of God, He is very generous. I mean look at the sun. Sun is very generous, don't you think? I mean, it's been helping us out all this time. Day after day it gives us light, it gives us warmth, and it's doing just fine. It could keep going like this for a while. Cosmologists tell us that it could keep going at the present rate for another 5 billion years. So here, I'm going to bring in my eschatology and theology, I think we'll be all set by then, friends. We will have come to the end of this phase of history and gone on to eternity by then. So I think the sun is set up to run for a while and God sends down that light, He is the Father of the lights from Heaven, and He keeps them burning. And He keeps all of the stars with their twinkling light and He keeps the moon with its beautiful glow, the Harvest Moon, how beautiful is that? And God gives this generosity to us day after day. This is the nature of God's limitless love. He says, "I pray that you may grasp," Ephesians 3, "how wide, and long, and high, and deep is the love of Christ, and that you would know that love that surpasses knowledge, that you would be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God." Isn't that what you get out of verse 17? He's giving you gifts, He's giving you good gifts, and perfect gifts. And He never changes. He's immutable. He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. He does not change like shifting shadows, James tells us. Malachi 3:6, "I the Lord do not change." Before the foundation of the world, He set His love on you, child of God. "I have loved you with an everlasting love," he says in Jeremiah 31:3. "Therefore I'm drawing you in loving kindness." He loves you. And so He says, "Every good gift comes down from above." What Are God’s Good Gifts? What are good gifts? I look on these as common grace blessings: Food, clothing, shelter, beautiful scenery, intelligence, talents, skills, opportunities, finances. These are good gifts, and He gives them to everybody, His enemies and His friends alike. “He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” He just is so generous and He just lavishes generous gifts to everyone whether they thank Him or not. The non-Christians don't thank Him. But we can thank Him for these good gifts. But then there's the perfect gift, and what is the perfect gift? Well, the perfect gift is salvation. Look at verse 18. "He chose to give us birth through the word of truth so that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created." So, verse 18, this is the perfect gift that comes from the unchanging God and that is that He wants to give you eternal life, He has given you eternal life, you're born again and He will protect that life until it's consummated in glory in Heaven. And verse 18 begins with God's free will not yours, isn't that wonderful? It's all about what God chose to do. Like, "Well, Pastor, you're saying you don't believe in free will?" It's like, "Well, I just need to know what you mean." Just tell me what that word means to you, free from what? Alright, we'll get to that another time, another sermon. Alright? But I am, thank God, not free from God's effective influence on my soul. I am not free from the fact that He did a surgery in my heart and took out my heart of stone and gave me a heart of flesh. And now, He is working in that and gives me good holy desires after Him. That's what this birth is like. Like He said to Nicodemus, "You must be born again." And so this is the birth that must happen to you. Have You Been Born Again? I have to ask you, has that happened to you? Just because you're sitting here in church, I don't know that you're born again. Have you received the gift of life by hearing and believing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that God sent His only begotten Son, born of the Virgin Mary, who lived a sinless life, and died on the cross for our sins and lusts, and all that wickedness that we've committed, that His blood atones for our sins? And all you have to do is believe in Him and you'll be forgiven. Are you born again? Have you received this perfect gift? That's what it's talking about here, that God chose to give us life so that we might be the best of all He created, the pinnacle, the cream of the crop, the firstfruits of His creation. He sets His sons and daughters redeemed by His sovereign grace, redeemed by His blood above everything else. As it says in Isaiah 43:6-7, "Bring my sons from afar, my daughters from the ends of the earth, everyone who is called by my name whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made." We are the apple of His eye. He's engraved us in the palm of His hand, and He delights in us. That's who God is. So He's not luring you off the path of righteousness, He is feeding your soul to stay on the path of righteousness. Application Beware of the Danger of Temptation! Now application, if I can just speak to you, brothers and sisters. I've already invited those that walked in here, perhaps lost, to find Christ. But now I'm just urging you who are already Christians to just get busy to fight. Fight. I don't say fight tomorrow, I don't say fight this week, I say fight right now. Fight as soon as church is over. Because your soul, like mine, is under assault and will be while you live. The world, the flesh, and the devil will be assaulting you, and so you need to be aware of that. Every sin pattern, every identifiable sin has attendant temptations that lead to it. So take prayerlessness for example, you're having a quiet time, you're kneeling in prayer. Have you ever felt a force on you to stop praying? You feel it in your lower back if you get older. Alright. But you feel it in your wandering mind, and you're like, "Alright, I prayed long enough." And there's this pull, pull, pull, like that gravitational pull to stop praying. And then you find it isn't just stop that prayer time, but you don't need to pray as much, or you don't need to pray right now. It's prayerlessness, but there's a temptation that leads toward it. Fighting Specific Temptations What about anxiety? It's a sin. Are there any temptations toward anxiety? You better believe there are. You may be having a financial difficulty, a medical trouble for yourself or a loved one, and you find yourself ruminating, "What shall we do? What shall we do? What shall we do?" And there's temptations to ponder in an unbelieving way your condition and your situation. There's temptations toward every sin. What about forsaking the assembling of ourselves together? Deciding not to go to worship. It could start innocently. You've worked really hard this week, or this. I don't know what excuses for why you don't go to church. And I'm not saying if you miss church one time that you're definitely in wickedness. I'm not saying that, but I'm just saying there is a process by which people forsake assembling of themselves together in corporate worship. What about arguing in your marriage? Some of you may do that, okay? Some of you may argue with your parents, or you parents with your kids. Arguing is a sin. "Do everything without complaining or arguing." There are temptations toward it. Have you ever felt that you're in the middle of a marital discussion, and some cool ideas to win the argument pop up in your mind? Ever wondered about that? Some creative ways where you're going to checkmate and win forever that particular point. Only guess what? It didn't happen because I think if we could see in the invisible spiritual realms, there's a demon feeding each side, keeping the fire going and there are temptations toward those kinds of arguments and conflicts. There are temptations toward sexual immorality of all sorts. Some of you are really battling Internet pornography. And you know exactly what this pull feels like. You know it's evil, you know it's wrong, and you want to continue to use the computer to do your work and all that, but every time you click on, you start feeling that pull. And perhaps because you've indulged it many times before it's stronger than ever. You have to fight for your soul. You have to fight for it. What about fornication? It's still a sin 21st century. But you could see couples together, the young people, maybe they're in high school, maybe they're in college. They're not married, and they're being told that it's not a sin to have sex together. They use different euphemisms, ‘hooking up;’ different other things, etcetera, and they minimize it. And we see all kinds of damage that happens for years to come after that, even if the couple ends up married, there's still things that happen as a result. And what about adultery? We've had to pick up the pieces on some of that recently. It's devastating. Man or woman, person's out, they're enticed, they're in a moment of vulnerability, they meet someone, one thing leads to another, they don't nip it in the bud, and then they get somewhere, and then they make excuses. "It was like a freight train, I couldn't stop myself." Well, that's garbage. You saw it coming, and you didn't nip that in the bud, you didn't see your own enticements, and lurings, and all that, and you didn't kill it when you should have. What about bitterness toward God? Some of you may be dealing with that. You've had some trials, some pain, or some other thing and God hasn't answered prayer and you're being tempted, tempted, tempted, tempted toward hardness toward God, toward bitterness toward God. What about unforgiveness toward another person? You're being tempted in that direction too. You keep going over it, and ruminating on what they did to you, and you just can't forgive it seems. It's temptation. There's temptations toward all sin patterns. What about gossip? You know something juicy about somebody and you find yourself talking and next thing you know, the words are on the tip of your tongue, and you don't even realize how many times you've done it in the past, slandered somebody or gossiped, and you said some things. We are being tempted in so many different directions. God is With Us Brothers and sisters, God, the God, the Father of lights, this pure, holy God is with you, commanding you to be holy in all of these areas and all the rest, and equipping you and empowering you to kill these temptations so that they will not in the end kill you. Prayer Close with me in prayer. Father, thank You for this time to study Your word. Thank You for the serious warnings there are in texts like this. Thank You for James writing down under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit who You are, how pure You are, how generous and how loving, and who we are, how corruptible we are, how in danger we are every moment. Help my brothers and sisters here. Help us to fight sin for your glory, for our own good, for our own fruitfulness. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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