Do you
have difficulty overcoming some idol that competes with the time you
spend with God? Or perhaps you are struggling to overcome
procrastination, irresponsibility, bitterness, worry, jealousy etc.
Just this week I have seen this topic come up on a blog and in one of
Charles Stanley's sermons. Both people had the same basic answer for
dealing with sins in your life and it is astonishingly simple. Look
for Scriptures dealing with the sin you are struggling with. One
source suggested writing the Scriptures down on index cards and go
over them 2-3 times a day. Rev. Stanley suggests praying with the
scriptures you find.
Here are the scriptures that I'm going to use in my quest for eating healthy and losing weight.
Here are the scriptures that I'm going to use in my quest for eating healthy and losing weight.
Therefore,
whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of
God.
1
Corinthians 10:31
Or do
you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is
in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you
were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in
your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
I say
then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the
flesh. Galatians 5:16
Everything
you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17
Don’t
you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who
lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to
yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God
with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
Don’t
you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in
you? 1 Corinthians 3:16
I can do
all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
The LORD
is my strength and shield. I trust him with all my heart. He helps
me, and my heart is filled with joy. I burst out in songs of
thanksgiving. Psalm 28:7
The LORD
says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I
will advise you and watch over you. Psalm 32:8
Those
who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but
those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that
please the Spirit. Romans 8:5
It
trains us to renounce ungodly living and worldly passions so that we
might live sensible, honest, and godly lives in the present age.
Titus 2:1
But the
fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such
things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23
So I
say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing
what your sinful nature craves. Galatians 5:16
Therefore
I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present
your bodies as a sacrifice–alive, holy, and pleasing to God–which
is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1
For
bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all
things, having a promise of the life that now is and of that which is
to come. 1 Timothy 4
