Sunday, May 24, 2009,1:29 PM
Hindrances to Victory Part 1
Yups the service is brought to you.
1) Lack of faith/true faith
There will still be fear as Ian has posted in the previous post( Bro you're fast! )
2 Timothy 1:7
Some fears...
a)"We're not good enough"
2 Corinthians 12:7 - 10( Paul was humble enough to recognize his weaknesses and acknowledged God's grace on his weakness )
b)"God is not good enough"
Numbers 14:6 - 9( Out of the 12 spies sent out, only 2 , Joshua and Caleb reported that the land was good cos they trusted God, while the rest of the 10 spies said that the land was filled with giants and decided that the land was bad )
Numbers 14:11(God had done all the miraculous signs and the Israelites continue to treat God with contempt, kinda God was frustrated/'pek chek' at them)
c)"God does not love us anymore"
Psalm 13: 1 - 2 (Even King David struggled with God, knowing whether God still loves him but if you read further in verses 5 - 6, he trusted in God's unfailing love)
Here we talk about what is not true faith, there are 2 types.
- Deluded Faith (Faith based on presumptions and feelings)
Galatians 2:11 - 14 (Even apostles can be deluded)
Galatians 5:7 - 12 (Paul questioned the people as to why they were deluded)
Joshua mentioned when we say God is with us, its a pretty dangerous prayer. Why? Cos God is holy! We've sin in us! If He is indeed amongst us, we gotta expect pruning and cleansing from Him.
He challenged us to exercise wisdom/discernment to speak truth in love into people's lives. A verse supporting this challenge is Galatians 6:1.
- Head Knowledge Faith(Only in the head, theory)
James 2:14 - 26 (James tells us faith without deeds is dead)
James 1:22(Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.)
2nd point
2)Physical & Mental tiredness
Its funny but many identified with this point at svc at that time ahah!
Exodus 18:17 - 18(Moses father in law told Moses he cant 'bao ka liao' cos it will wear him out.)
REST! Please do so and even plan for it. It is so important as God intended rest for us too at appropriate times! So if you've been sleeping late or if we do see each other online in the wee hours, please tell them to get REST once they are done with whatever they are doing.
That's all folks, cant wait for part 2 but WJ was doing what he is preaching at this moment, that is to have rest and carry on next week =)
Edmund
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