Temptation
Saw this on Sunday Papers blog thing and thought it was an intresting point...temptation is very real very with us and yeah just made me think about what things I am tempted to do that are wrong, and how often do I give into it and how can I maybe walk away or even get rid of that feeling tempted by all that stuff anyways here it is....
The first two strike me as very good practical tactics, but the third has got be be by far the best, if you can get it!
Perhaps, somehow, it goes hand in hand with being free to do whatever you want. Whilst it sounds incredibly dangerous to be ‘free to do what you want’ it must be unbelievably great to want to do just good stuff.
Imagine your favourite thing to do, and what a buzz you get from doing it. Then imagine something that is good to do, but you really hate doing it. Imagine really wanting to do that good thing that you hate doing. Imagine getting that buzz from it. You know how other people get a buzz from doing stuff that you really hate? Well, that implies that it is possible to get a buzz from stuff that you don’t currently get a buzz from.
I would love to love doing good stuff all the time. Some good stuff I do like doing, but some good stuff just freaks me out and scares me! It would be awesome to get a buzz from doing that stuff.
What about temptation? Well, if you can get a buzz for doing something good that you currently don’t like then it must be possible to stop getting a buzz from the temptation and see it replaced with getting a buzz for something else.
I love the idea of being changed from the inside. I know that that’s what I would like!
This item was posted by Mark Porthouse
posted to Life @ 8:17 pm
At 10:15 am on October 17, 2006, Mark Porthouse commented:
Ali, I want you to say that the ’surrendered life’ is easier…
Perhaps the ’surrendered life’ is easier to live with, but the ’selfish life’ is easier to do?
Temptation
At ‘ye olde churche’ this morning the topic was temptation - which got me thinking…
…there are perhaps three ways to stop yourself from falling for temptation:
Avoiding the temptation.
Self discipline.
Not feeling tempted by it anymore.
At ‘ye olde churche’ this morning the topic was temptation - which got me thinking…
…there are perhaps three ways to stop yourself from falling for temptation:
Avoiding the temptation.
Self discipline.
Not feeling tempted by it anymore.
The first two strike me as very good practical tactics, but the third has got be be by far the best, if you can get it!
Perhaps, somehow, it goes hand in hand with being free to do whatever you want. Whilst it sounds incredibly dangerous to be ‘free to do what you want’ it must be unbelievably great to want to do just good stuff.
Imagine your favourite thing to do, and what a buzz you get from doing it. Then imagine something that is good to do, but you really hate doing it. Imagine really wanting to do that good thing that you hate doing. Imagine getting that buzz from it. You know how other people get a buzz from doing stuff that you really hate? Well, that implies that it is possible to get a buzz from stuff that you don’t currently get a buzz from.
I would love to love doing good stuff all the time. Some good stuff I do like doing, but some good stuff just freaks me out and scares me! It would be awesome to get a buzz from doing that stuff.
What about temptation? Well, if you can get a buzz for doing something good that you currently don’t like then it must be possible to stop getting a buzz from the temptation and see it replaced with getting a buzz for something else.
I love the idea of being changed from the inside. I know that that’s what I would like!
This item was posted by Mark Porthouse
posted to Life @ 8:17 pm
At 9:52 am on October 17, 2006, Ali Campbell commented:
There are two lives we can live. Both provide a buzz. Paul writes about it, “the good I want to do, I don’t do, the bad I don’t want to do - this I keep on doing.” There are two ways of living and sometimes we can live them both in the same day - that is the battle. Essentially we live a “selfish life” or a “surrendered life” . . . I know which is easier!
There are two lives we can live. Both provide a buzz. Paul writes about it, “the good I want to do, I don’t do, the bad I don’t want to do - this I keep on doing.” There are two ways of living and sometimes we can live them both in the same day - that is the battle. Essentially we live a “selfish life” or a “surrendered life” . . . I know which is easier!
At 10:15 am on October 17, 2006, Mark Porthouse commented:
Ali, I want you to say that the ’surrendered life’ is easier…
Perhaps the ’surrendered life’ is easier to live with, but the ’selfish life’ is easier to do?
At 10:08 am on October 18, 2006, Richard Passmore commented:
Mark what a great thought
“Perhaps the ’surrendered life’ is easier to live with, but the ’selfish life’ is easier to do? “
Just a thought (this obsession with posts will wear off when I am in a better and more productive mood I wont be on the internet all the time and also I just got the net so it it still a novelty!) x
Mark what a great thought
“Perhaps the ’surrendered life’ is easier to live with, but the ’selfish life’ is easier to do? “
Just a thought (this obsession with posts will wear off when I am in a better and more productive mood I wont be on the internet all the time and also I just got the net so it it still a novelty!) x
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