Go Go Go

2008-10-02T21:23:00.000-07:00

I speak for all kids when I say we like to go. We are kids so we want to be out and about. Enjoy life a bit. I don't want to be like every other kid, but I like to go out. I feel enslaved when I'm at home a long time. It seems as when I'm at my friends' houses that it is more enjoyable, but really it's as boring or more boring than my place. My dad feels I want to go out too much. Just the other day he got angry with me for wanting to go with a few friends to Pizza Chalet. I understood why he was mad. I like to go out not thinking about what I have to do at home or any other priorities. The house could be dirty or something but I don't think about it because all I am worrying about is what I want to do. A lot of kids may feel like me but I know I'm wrong. I want to work on my faults but sometimes I slip off like everyone. That is one of the key reasons I started a blog, is to express myself and write so that others don't make the same mistakes as me. Well I hope all the parents get understanding on how kids feel on going out.

Temptation

2008-09-28T17:02:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had a message that just was a slap in the face. That's how i felt today at church from the message preached by my own father. Me, as a teen, I go through quite a bit with temptation. Kids making dumb decisions and expecting you to follow right along with them because it is the thing to do. Or being in a time of distress and cheating which also my father touched on in his message. I am guilty of a case of temptation, in which I cheated on my lab, something not worth cheating on, but I did it. Well I dont want to give away too much, because i wanted to show the notes I took for the sermon.

This message is taken from James 1:13-15

I. Temptation doesn't come from God
* My father's definition of temptation- A solictation to do evil
* Temptation shouldn't be blamed on God because God does not like evil and he would not condone it
* God cannot be tempted by evil
* Every trial that comes our way opens the door for Temptation

II. Temptation comes from our own evil desires
* Temptation is the product of our own evil desires; Its as if we our fish going for bait. All we're worrying about is the bait, not knowing the bait is attatched to a hook, that is attatched to a string ready to trap us and drag us away
* Do not play the blame game; When someone does wrong towards you and you retalliate also means you're wrong( You are just as evil as the person who did the wrong first)
* Be responsible for your own actions

* John Piper quotes: " Sin gets its power by persuading me to believe that it will be
pleasing to me if I follow it"

* Our evil desires entice us

III. Temptation is Progressively Dangerous when we yield to it
* Certain desires we will never get used to
* Don't let what others do to you drag you away
* Do not blame God for the outcome of a situation when we don't respond the way He has told us to respond
* Temptation seems innocent and harmless but it isn't

Almost finished.. Just a few more tips to not yield Temptation

1) Never trust the flesh; Galations 5:19-21
2) Memorize scripture; Matthew 4
3) Walk in the spirit; Galations 5:16 (submit to the Spirits control)

Now, its alot but meditate on it because it can help you in life, because it is God's word.

DeAntwan Fitts Jr

Go Go Go

Temptation