" Can I have Evelyn, where is Evelyn, Ya Can we have Evelyn to pray for us
before we start. Shock!! Oh ok sure! Thus I went up to the front from my comfort
position leaning on the piller and holding the mic and then utter my Prayer. And
of course like the usuall CCC behaviour and practise Grace shout " come on
Evelyn !!
Yup having all that I'm tempted to say " Ha? Me? er...can you get someone else ( My heart says: You can't do it and you'll utter nonsense ) But nontheless the spirit who guided me to say ( Its ok, all you want to do is to present your praises and worship before God, the spirit will tranceed for you) So it was a Choice.
At times, choices is not that easy..it entice us, it haunts us and it stir our emotions into doing it. Temptations can be both by actions and ignorance. Even we clearly aware that it is wrong or forbidden by God we are still unable to resist it.
It was just so Strong and I am just so weak. Classic example has been laid down by God via Eve who ate the apple from the forbidden tree. Sometimes I wonder, it was just an apple she has so little will power. Yup! it was just an apple, but we are not tempted by the fact it was an apple we are tempted by the fact that our ear is turning to listen to all the false hope and pleasure that we may received as a result of doing a certain action.
Justin, says " TEMPTATIONSSsss" with a silent "s" that when we are tempted we kept it in secret coz it was not something we want others to know. It is shameful to let others know we are tempted. But the fact is because we seldom heard from others about this and we assume we are the only Alien who struggle with it. Rest assured " I am not singling my self out from this guilt " I was just so hard, so tough, and you feels like giving up everytime you fail to make the correct choice. At times it take charge over you even to dictate how you should behave, you keep on sinning and you can't see any hope any more.
At the camp we lay it down on a piece of Paper what temp us in our daily lives. Yup writting it down will be of great help to see how we have been attacked by social conditioning. Belief you me you'll amaze by the numbers of things you are tempted with ( eg: movie; chocolates; video games; sleeping; angry; bitterness; fashion; ludeness; physical intimacy etc etc ) That are just a few. You can try to list all that down on every page and fit in appropriate scripture to tell you that it was wrong.
As a congregation of law students, we want to uphold Res ipsa Luquitor Let the facts speak for it self. We debate on how we can overcome and sets better example in our Christian life to others. If you ask me, it would work by debating nor telling our self that I'll not do it again. Less that you know, that is the first thing you'll do.
I belief in Confession and Accountability. This would be the harder thing to do than to say I'll not do it again. I was reading about this book " Not even a Hint " by Joshua Harris on how to overcome some of the temptations we faced. Like what the book title suggested is that, we shall abstained from anything that will cause us to fall into such temptation. For example if you are struggling with sexuall sins, dont even look at magazines, and ensure you pick the right movie to watch. If you are struggling with cheese cakes temptations dont even walk into any bakery or cakes shops. The key was abstained.
That is one way of overcomming it. Since we are very human, we tend to do the opposite of what we know is right.
Bible says: Romans 10:10 for with the heart a person believes,
resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
1 John 1:9 (Whole Chapter) [Ps 32:5; Prov 28:13] If we confess our
sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and [Titus 2:14] to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
I believe non of us are perfect, though we are working hard towards it. Even So, God knows our weaknesses. He is a God who provides ways for us to overcome those guilt and chance for repentance. Otherwise, the word repentance will not even appear in the bible right? I was tought as a young Christian that Godly Sorrow leads to repentance..Is'nt that lovely?
I pray that 2007 will be a great year for each one of us. Do accept the fact that the world is full with temptations, but God has given us his Kingdom so that we can overcome even the impossible.
Love you Guys!! Happy New Year!!
