Whats love go to do with it

11-8–19 Friday

 

800 Faith based Pre-marital and Marriage coaching? Do you need it? 

 

I got some exciting news… looks like we have just about nailed the location for our next TDA conference in March of 2020… I should know more in just a few days and i will keep you posted. 

 

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What’s your downfall?

 

Oreos? Lays potato chips… you can’t eat just one, Hershey kisses? Maybe its mini donuts… or fresh out of the oven chocolate chip cookies?

 

 

so when you take a hard look at men in scripture and why they fell to sin… it had very little to do with the bad and the ugly and the wicked. Godly men in scripture typically fell into sin due to good reasons.

 

Abraham sold out his wife Sara 2 times to save his skin… but he was probably thinking…how can we have a child and build the nation of Israel if we die… so this makes sense. I love my wife and I love God and his plan for my life… so I will justify my actions.

 

Look at Samson… the strongest man alive. He could lift up a Gate of a few thousand pounds, He ripped a lion apart with his bare hands… he killed a 1000 men with the jawbone of an ass… he was impenetrable - he could not lose! 

But why did he fall? 

Drugs?

Evil practices of witchery? 

Serving other Gods?

Porn?

Money? 

Apathy?

NO- he fell from Gods grace because of what he was in love with. He was in love with Delilah. I am sure she was some smoking hot, trashy, sleazy ex porn star… but he loved her. He was willing to do anything for her.

 

Hey here is a question? What do you love? Could it possibly be the one thing that leads you away from Christ? 

Maybe you love hunting, cars, your job, your kids, your family, your hobby, your cabin….

The danger is falling away without recognition because you are in love with that which is leading you away from your first love?

 

Remember Revelations 3:15-17 you have fallen away from your first love.

 

So we need to be careful what we allow our selves to fall in love with. Have you ever found yourself attracted to another woman then your wife? I have… what did I do? I avoided her like the plague and focused more time on my wife. I was not about to let that which I COULD fall in love with destroy what I am supposed to BE in love with.

 

We also need to realize most of us will not fall away from God due to some major huge sin… to begin with. We will start to slowly slide away ever so slowly toward something we like, love and then can’t live without.  Catch it now! I will not fall away from God due to murdering someone, or drug addiction or worshiping satan… aint gonna happen, but I could fall away from God wanting to provide more for my family… and getting more money and job security and raises, and promotions and …. see where this is going? 

 

Kev and his wife… celebrating 20 years of marriage - one glass of champagne (they loved champagne) only to fall into addiction again. for 3 years straight! 

 

Philippians 3:3 put no confidence in the flesh… especially if you think you flesh might like it!