I was told by a brilliant psychologist: “Tell people to live life with the end goal first.”
My end goal is heaven. When I am judged, I want the ending to be positive for me.
John 15 says if one does not bear fruit, they are like a branch that withers and is thrown into the fire. 100% of us need grace in this area, and prob 100% of us need to work on bearing more fruit. Consider praying:
“Father, help me to turn aggressively from thoughts of ______, and help me to care about souls.”
Second, thanksgiving is coming. Instead of thinking about how much I am going to eat, I am planning to pray this prayer as much as humanly possible.
Third, when we go to war with sin, and spend time in prayer, God will start to tell us what we should do. The problem is… We have to then “Do it.” If it is a small thing, still, do it, if it is a hard thing, still, do it, if you are not sure it is what God wants you to do, still, do it.
Fourth, When we go to war with sin and “Do” something for God, the Holy Spirit is with us mightily for at least a few minutes, or hours. We feel at least a glimpse of God’s joy, and love.
Fifth, when we start doing more and more for God… Life gets good. I refuse to go back to my main habit. I refuse to go back to living the dark, wasted life that I formerly lived.
Sixth, I just love being around the person who just got saved, who has no idea about church, no idea about religion, no idea about how “We” expect them to live. And, they have more joy than we have, and they tell everybody about Jesus, and… everybody listens, and then they get saved.
Seventh, the Bible would not have verses like the one above if we would all just live the great life that Jesus has for us. If we would just be that person who does not know what to say… But, we have to say something. We know it is right, and we know it is good.
Eighth, my goal is to pray that prayer, and pray that prayer, and pray that prayer. Don’t get upset by the verse. Pray, seek God’s leading, then “Do it.”
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