For you are a slave to whatever has mastered you

Some people are a slave to work, some people are slave to jealousy, some people are slave to gossip, Some are slave anger, pornography, various drugs, and many other vices that hold them in bondage.

Whatever it may be 2 Peter 2:19 “For you are a slave to whatever has mastered you.”

So Today take an inventory of the Controlling NEGITIVE HABITS you allow in your life, that needs to be broken

1. HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY A CONTROLLING HABIT

A controlling habit is something you find yourself doing even though it is destructive ether physical, mentally, emotionally, relationally or spiritually. Or you consistently do something you wish you wouldn’t do, but you find yourself doing it any way.

Romans 7:15 Listen to Twenty- Century New Testament.
“I do not understand my own actions for I am far from usually doing what I want to do and I find myself doing the very thing that I hate.” (TCNT)

The apostle Paul fully understood his dilemma even though he had good intentions.
You must understand many good people are bound by bad controlling habits

Humans, reason in their minds, you must admit you have a habit and that you are less than in control of. Denial is not the way to deal with the problem.

Be honest, look at your life and evaluate the things you find yourself doing that you hate. Realize the importance of the identification process and then submit your own inabilities to make the necessary changes. Take a moment sometime today or tonight and write down the habits in your life that you want to see absolute victory in.

Some of the greatest spiritual challenges.
1. Materialism 2.Pride 3.Self-centeredness 4.Laziness 5.Anger/Bitterness 6.Sexual Lust 7.Envy 8.Gluttony 9.Lying

Temptations are more potent when you neglect daily time with God and when your tired physically. You are also vulnerable during these times. You can become self-confident, instead of God confident. You should be aware that you are also vulnerable to overconfidence when you experience a spiritual victory.

The Sin of Pride is an absolute killer among many good people. God sees your secret sins and vices. Psalm 139:3-4 says that “God discerns you doing this and doing that; He is familiar with all your ways. Before you speak a word from your mouth He knows it completely.”

Those knowing God’s word understand the desire and ambition of Satan, how he seeks to destroy mankind. He makes sin appear to be attractive. He shows how pleasant sin and immoral conduct can be. Of course Satan never shows the tragic end of sin.
You don’t need to look long before seeing the results of the power of sin in the lives of people: premature deaths, broken and dysfunctional homes, plus the loneliness and the heartache sin brings. The bible does say there is a pleasure in sin, but such pleasure is only momentary. The end result is not only pain, but separation from God on earth, then in eternity.

God desires for you to confess and repent of sin. He desires for you to reflect who He is to a lost and dying world. You do that both through words and actions. Your actions especially often speak even louder than your words.