Participants: Jill Morikone
Series Code: HLFT
Program Code: HLFT000011B
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00:01 Welcome back. I don't know where you feel you are right now
00:03 in your journey toward purity. 00:05 You might say, I'm stuck in the pit. 00:07 I'm stuck in the miry clay. 00:08 You might say, I'm out of it, but I'm sure caked and covered 00:12 in that guilt and that shame, in that condemnation. 00:16 You might say, I'm a good deal down the road, 00:19 but I know I don't have complete freedom. 00:22 Wherever you are, the Lord Jesus wants to bring you freedom. 00:26 I know that. The next couple programs we will look at that, 00:30 and we will examine. 00:32 So please, stay with us for the next couple ones. 00:34 First this week, our application for this week is to ask who 00:39 or what in my life is keeping me from Jesus? 00:43 Who or what in my life is keeping me from Jesus? 00:47 Ask God to show you who it is. 00:50 I don't know who it is. 00:51 Only you know. Only God knows. 00:54 He might say, You know what? there's some sort of 00:56 emotional affair over here. 00:58 He might say, there's a physical affair. 01:00 And usually we would know about that. 01:02 It's the emotional ones that are so secretive, and hidden, 01:05 and they're hard to find. 01:07 They're hard to see. 01:08 So whatever it is, write down the person. 01:11 Or if it's just in your mind write down the thought. 01:14 Write it down on a card. 01:16 We'll deal with it next week; what to do, 01:18 and the steps to deal with it. 01:20 But right now simply identify who it is in your life that's 01:24 standing between you and Jesus, that's keeping 01:26 you from that purity. 01:28 Or it might not be a who, it might be a what, like in my case 01:32 with those soap operas, and those romance novels. 01:35 2. Start to look at your home. 01:37 Start to see what in my home is feeding my romantic fantasies. 01:44 I have a list here in my journal that I'm just beginning. 01:47 What could feed my fantasies? 01:49 Maybe it's a TV show. 01:51 You could look at it. 01:52 Maybe it's movies, or books. 01:55 Maybe it's a magazine. 01:57 Maybe it's a CD. Maybe it's the internet. 02:01 That's prolific these days as well. 02:03 Whatever it is, identify. 02:04 And don't just say, Okay, I'm throwing all TV shows out. 02:07 We're saying, Which particular one feeds that 02:11 lust in your heart? 02:12 Go to God and ask Him. 02:14 We'll work more with it in the next couple of programs 02:16 what to do with it. 02:18 But right now we're simply identifying what that is. 02:21 Then we can go to God and know that He can forgive us, 02:26 He can cleanse us, and He can deliver us even from that 02:31 miry clay of lust. 02:32 Our closing Scripture is Romans 15:13. 02:36 May the God of hope fill you with all joy 02:39 and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, 02:42 by the power of the Holy Spirit. |
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