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We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful.

We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. We are to pray for wisdom in the midst of persecution. (Jas 1:5). We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful.

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We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful.

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  1. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • We are to pray for wisdom in the midst of persecution. (Jas 1:5)

  2. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • (James 1:5 NKJV) If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

  3. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • Wisdom will give us insight into the attitudes and actions of others. (Jn 16:1-3)

  4. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • (John 16:1-3 NKJV) “These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. {2} “They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. {3} “And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.

  5. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • More importantly wisdom will give us insight into ourselves. (2 Cor 13:5)

  6. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • (2 Corinthians 13:5 NKJV) Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?; unless indeed you are disqualified.

  7. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • We must fight diligent the tendency towards self-deception. (Jer 17:9-10; Gal 6:7)

  8. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • (Jeremiah 17:9-10 NKJV) “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? {10} I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.

  9. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • (Galatians 6:7 NKJV) Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

  10. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • Many people become trapped in a repeating pattern of life.

  11. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • Many people become trapped in a repeating pattern of life. • How common it is to see people make the same mistake over and over again! (Ex. Those who jump into relationships)

  12. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • Many people become trapped in a repeating pattern of life. • How common it is to see people make the same mistake over and over again! (Ex. Those who jump into relationships) • While our weaknesses are real, through wisdom and diligence we can avoid that repetition that in common to many. (1 Cor 10:13)

  13. We need wisdom to be faithful and fruitful. • (1 Corinthians 10:13 NKJV) No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

  14. How to Fight Temptation • Be willing to fight it!

  15. How to Fight Temptation • Be willing to fight it! • Jesus made it clear the extent of the fight. ( Matt 5:28-30)

  16. How to Fight Temptation • (Matthew 5:28-30 NKJV) “But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. {29} “If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

  17. How to Fight Temptation • {30} “And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

  18. How to Fight Temptation • Paul described the battle as a brutal one. (1 Cor 9:24-27)

  19. How to Fight Temptation • (1 Corinthians 9:24-27 NKJV) Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. {25} And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.

  20. How to Fight Temptation • {26} Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. {27} But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.

  21. How to Fight Temptation • Too many are surrendering because of the pressure of relationships.

  22. How to Fight Temptation • Those that proclaim themselves as “open-minded” and eschew “traditionalism” often are slaves to the approval of others.

  23. How to Fight Temptation • Realize that this is an issue of the heart. (Matt 15:18-19)

  24. How to Fight Temptation • (Matthew 15:18-19 NKJV) “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. {19} “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

  25. How to Fight Temptation • Changes here will take time.

  26. How to Fight Temptation • Changes here will take time. • Decisive action must be taken however.

  27. How to Fight Temptation • Learn as much as you can from God’s word. Changing the heart requires time and wisdom!

  28. How to Fight Temptation • Make God’s word a part of you. (Psa 119:11, 36-40)

  29. How to Fight Temptation • (Psalms 119:11 NKJV) Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You!

  30. How to Fight Temptation • (Psalms 119:36-40 NKJV) Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to covetousness. {37} Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way. {38} Establish Your word to Your servant, Who is devoted to fearing You.

  31. How to Fight Temptation • 39 Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your judgments are good. 40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.

  32. How to Fight Temptation • Insist on Honesty from yourself and others.

  33. How to Fight Temptation • Find trustworthy friends who will rebuke you. (Prov 27:6)

  34. How to Fight Temptation • (Proverbs 27:6 NKJV) Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

  35. How to Fight Temptation • Go to God in prayer and be honest about your temptation. (Matt 26:41)

  36. How to Fight Temptation • (Matthew 26:41 NKJV) “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

  37. How to Fight Temptation • Have someone you can talk to. (Prov 15:22, 24:6)

  38. How to Fight Temptation • (Proverbs 15:22 NKJV) Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established.

  39. How to Fight Temptation • (Proverbs 24:6 NKJV) For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

  40. How to Fight Temptation • Make quick action to be restored after your sin. (2 Cor 6:1-2)

  41. How to Fight Temptation • (2 Corinthians 6:1-2 NKJV) We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. {2} For He says: “In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

  42. How to Fight Temptation • Know the promises of God and take them. (1 John 1:7-9)

  43. How to Fight Temptation • (1 John 1:7-9 NKJV) But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. {8} If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. {9} If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

  44. How to Fight Temptation • Make any corrections that are needed. (Matt 5:23-24)

  45. How to Fight Temptation • (Matthew 5:23-24 NKJV) “Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, {24} “leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

  46. How to Fight Temptation • Learn from your sin. (Example: Peter)

  47. How to Fight Temptation • Learn from your sin. (Example: Peter) • Be willing to learn and be taught. (Prov 1:7)

  48. How to Fight Temptation • (Proverbs 1:7 NKJV) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  49. How to Fight Temptation • Often the answers are not understood. Wisdom will take time.

  50. How to Fight Temptation • Avoid stubbornness. You will never change with this attitude. (Prov 18:13)

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