tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post592522456763007523..comments2024-03-18T00:53:33.065+11:00Comments on in all honesty: Tim Chester on honestyJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01538502318975037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-36326926734975641812009-04-16T08:03:00.000+10:002009-04-16T08:03:00.000+10:00Thanks, Jo, what a wonderful, wonderful quote from...Thanks, Jo, what a wonderful, wonderful quote from Tripp! I'm reading that book at the moment, but I haven't got to that bit yet. Thanks.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538502318975037711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-40955133341848269492009-04-16T00:59:00.000+10:002009-04-16T00:59:00.000+10:00Hi Jean,
Hebrews is great! Thanks for reminding u...Hi Jean,<br /><br />Hebrews is great! Thanks for reminding us of this. Before the Throne is one of the songs I sing with my girls at night before they sleep. Yes, all three verses!! It's especially good for me if I don't feel like it when they request it! <br /><br />I read a great illustration about Jesus suffering temptation and never giving in. Because he was perfect we think that maybe he didn't suffer such strong temptation. It was in Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands by Paul Tripp. He asks you to imagine a strong man bending an iron bar at a fair. The first bar is thin and weak, and he bends it to a ninety degree angle and it breaks. The second bar is much thicker and stronger and even though the strong man exerts all his strength, it bends until the ends touch, but never breaks. Which bar endured more pressure? The second! It absorbed the full force of the man's strength and didn't break. "On earth, Jesus was like that second bar. Because he never gave in, because he did not run away, because he never went where temptation would lead, but stood strong until that moment of temptation was over, he endured the full power of temptation. Christ endured stress, pain, suffering, and sacrifice of an intensity that we will never face because he did not break. He stood strong against sin for us. He endured everything the world could throw against him."<br /><br />This has been so helpful for me. I have been thinking as well, that although Christ didn't experience the same circumstances of temptation, the underlying sins were the same. For example, I am always tempted to think that God doesn't know best when it comes to my children. Christ didn't have children, but I am sure that in the garden, he was tempted to think that God's way was not best. Do you know what I mean? And because he never gave in to that worry, he experienced the temptation far more strongly than I do!<br /><br />Thanks for these posts.<br /><br />JoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-71414428158144091982009-04-14T23:34:00.000+10:002009-04-14T23:34:00.000+10:00But hiding them feeds them. You feel bad about you...<I>But hiding them feeds them. You feel bad about yourself, so you eat compulsively. You eat compulsively, so you feel bad about yourself. You feel unable to dope with life so you become a hero in computer games. But your addiction makes the real world seem even harder. The fear of exposure means you withdraw from the Christian community or learn to pretend. But withdrawal and pretence cut you off from the help of the community.</I>Wow... you hit this right on the head for me... this was my life not more than 6 months ago... compulsive eating, World of Warcraft addiction, withdrawaling from my church (attendance-wise and socially). Thank God He showed me before it was too late that it was destroying my family and my marriage.<br /><br />Since then, I've been Wow-Clean and have lost 85lbs, (so far!), feel so healthy and happy and my marriage and family relationships have never been stronger... it can seem like a vicious circle you get into, but God can extricate even the most hopeless soul.<br /><br />I blog about my computer addiction recovery and weight-loss over at my blog <B>(<A HREF="http://wrathofnino.wordpress.com" REL="nofollow">http://wrathofnino.wordpress.com</A>)</B> check it out sometime. I'm bookmarking and coming back soon, this was an awesome post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7276278342039529509.post-60690428597245851552009-04-14T16:49:00.000+10:002009-04-14T16:49:00.000+10:00Sounds like a great chapter! (This topic won't go...Sounds like a great chapter! (This topic won't go away, will it?) I'm off on hols for a few days- but will look forward to reading lots of comments and Nicole's post when I get back next week!Simone R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05248239853519762027noreply@blogger.com