tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24219738.post-11329216199349395382007-11-24T17:14:00.000-08:002007-11-29T11:53:45.353-08:00I thought I would list some of the common lies I hear whispered in my moments of weakness, and their proper response:<br /><ol><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">I'm incapable of winning this battle.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">This, of course, is tantamount to waving the white flag. I need to accept the various levels of culpability for my past failures as well as the victory I will achieve by God's grace.</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">There's nothing I can do about my compulsion.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">I </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">really </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">need to ask myself "What have I been willing to do to overcome my compulsion?"</span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">I deserve this.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">I am indeed entitled to enjoy the good of life, but this is just a cheap substitute.</span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">This babe is so... </span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">God did not bring this person into existence so I could turn them into an object for my personal gratification.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">They want to be objectified.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">They are made in the image of God and no action on their part can eradicate that, or God's desire for their greatest good. I need to get with God's will for them.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">This makes me feel alive.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">This may get the blood flowing and the synapses popping, but this is just an illusion of life. Real life happens with real human encounters based on the well-being of all parties involved.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">No one is getting hurt.</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">What if this were my sister or wife or mother? And what about me? Is this helping me reach my goal of loving with the love of God?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">It won't go as far as last time. </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">This is a compulsion that I need to avoid at all costs because at some point I do end up loosing my freedom and my ability to choose. What can I choose now?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">It's no big deal. God will forgive me. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">God is not obliged to forgive me, but does so because he is merciful and loves me. Presumption is a serious sin that hardens my heart. True contrition (sorry over offending God, who is all-good and who didn't deserve my disobedience), not presumption, is what elicits God's mercy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic;">God made me this way. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">My proclivity towards sin is because of original sin. Jesus came to set me free from being a slave to sin.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li></ol>Dan Wegnernoreply@blogger.com