Our world is full of dangers. Some things we cannot control, like the Asian tsunami, or road accidents. But there are also times when we choose things which put us in danger. "Do not open the mouth of a snake to see its teeth" is a proverb from the Basotho people of southern Africa. In other words, do not put yourself into a dangerous place. If you have sex with someone you are not married to, you are falling into many dangers including HIV-AIDS. The first time you choose a cigarette or take a dangerous drug, you are going down into a hole that will be very hard to climb out of. These things can take away your health, money, friends or your freedom.
Pressure by friends:
Very often we do these things, not because we really want to, but because of 'peer pressure' - we do something because we are afraid of what friends think about us. "My friends would light a cigarette and tempt me to smoke, to prove I was a man," It was twelve years before he found a way to stop. In a dangerous world, we need God's help: not only for protection from
outside dangers, but also from our own wrong choices. Proverbs says that God's wisdom can "give people the ability to make good decisions." God can also give us the power to say 'no' to things that will hurt us.
"PEACE INSIDE ME, NO MATTER WHAT TROUBLES"
We do not need to live our lives alone any more - Jesus offers to help us and be like a best friend or a loving parent to us. "God is so alive and real to me. With him in control of my life, I have a peace inside me, no matter what troubles I have," We can receive these things from God when we believe that Jesus has already paid the price for us to become his children. Living with Jesus is the best safe place to be. Proverbs 8.says, God, you
are a hiding place for me. You protect me from my troubles. You surround me and protect me. So I sing about the way you saved me." Psalm 32:7
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PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS. We have ridiculed the absolute truth of God's word and called it 'pluralism'. We have worshipped other gods and said 'give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar'. We have endorsed pervertion and called it 'alternative life style'. We have exploited the poor and called it 'lottery'. We have rewarded laziness and called it 'welfare'. We have committed adultery and called it 'playing around'. We have committed fornication and called it 'having fun'. We have killed unborn children and called it 'choice'. We neglected to discipline our children and called it 'building self esteem'. We have abused power and called it 'politics'. We have converted our neighbour's property and called it 'ambition'. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it 'freedom of expression'. We have ...
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