The War is ON!

Last night at 180 Bible Study we looked at the concept of war and the wars that we have going on inside us/ within us every day. I don't believe that we choose war in our lives, war is what happens when we live in a world that is constantly in war between good and evil. Romans 7:14-25 -- As one person put it -- the Dr Seuss passage of the Bible, but oh so true -- I do what I don't want to do and I don't do what I want to do.

Isn't it amazing that as soon as you have a great day or some great God time, you turn around and feel like you get blindsided. After getting back from Toronto and a great week of serving people, of loving people, of connecting with God, many of us instantly ran into things that attacked us. One girl had her boyfriend break up with her by EMAIL! One student had their parents jump all over them for not cleaning their room up before they left. Another student was told that the week was a waste of time and they should have been looking at colleges instead of going on this "vacation" We are at war -- each day -- we don't choose to have wars between choosing the right thing or the wrong thing, we just have to choose whether we will fight them.

What wars are you fighting today? Are you fighting the voice that says that you aren't good enough -- too fat, not pretty, never as good as that other person. Are you fighting the voice that says, you deserve that -- you work hard, family is high pressured, go ahead, inwind a little bit with your friends. Are you fighting the voice that says go ahead and look at those pictures, no one is getting hurt, no one will know, you are just looking. Are you fighting the voice that says -- come on it's ok to get close to that person, what your family doesn't know won't hurt them, after all they have treated you like junk for the past 3 months.

Identify the wars going on in your life and FIGHT them! Let's fight them together!