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Dear Friends,

God wants us to know and experience the fact that Jesus is the “Lion of Judah” who breaks every chain! There is nothing that we cannot have victory over in our lives as we trust in Him.

Rejecting Pitfalls

Missionary Esther Thornton, Oregon

Fifteen of The Most Common Deceptions:

1. The Pitfall of Anger: “If my rights are violated I have reason to be angry.”

Dealing with our anger: Be angry with the devil from where the problem came.

Eph. 4:26-27

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: [27] Neither give place to the devil.

2. The Pitfall of Blaming God: This forces us into a corner with no way out, as God is the only way out.

Jn. 14:6 “Jesus is the way…”

3. The Pitfall of Confusion: We think something is wrong with us but it is Satan’s doings.

1 Cor. 14:33

For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

4. The Pitfall of Criticism: Judging people not only limits what God can do in our own lives, but also invites judgment back upon ourselves.

Matthew 7:1-2

Judge not, that ye be not judged. [2] For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

5. The Pitfall of Denial: We must face the truth. People who are insane think they are all right and everyone else is crazy!

Psalm 139:23-24

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: [24] And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

6. The Pitfall of Depression: Praise and a thankful heart are great tools to free us of depression. God told me one time to write down everything I was thankful for. At first, I didn’t feel like it, but I obeyed, to find that I had a very long list when I finished! Then, I felt a flow of the Holy Spirit in my life, and depression has to flee!

I Thes. 5:18

In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

7. The Pitfall of Envy: You must do four things to be free of it: (1) take stock of all that God has given you and be thankful for it; (2) come to terms with your limitations and strictly avoid comparing yourself with others, (3) make yourself to be thankful to God for other people’s talents, gifts, and abilities, (4) remind yourself of what your calling is from God and do not demand to have someone else’s.

2 Cor. 10:12

For we dare not…compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

8. The Pitfall of Fear: F-false E-evidence A-appearing R-real; Faith is the opposite of fear and “Perfect love casteth out fear”. (I Jn. 4:18)

9. The Pitfall of Lust: Sexual immorality is a sin against God. Stay free of it.

Mt. 5:28

…whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

10. The Pitfall of Lying: God desires honesty and truth in our inward parts.

Psa. 51:6

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt wake me to know wisdom.

11. The Pitfall of Perfectionism: When God says that we are to be “perfect”, the

meaning is: “complete in all respects, in a condition of complete excellence”. Some

have been robbed of their joy because they are trying to be perfect in every way. When we have a heart of love for God, we will desire to obey Him and He will give us a pure heart.

Mt. 5:48

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.

12. The Pitfall of Pride: Pride can be a mask for fear, of being afraid that you have no value as a person. It takes a lot of healing to come from feeling like a nothing to accepting your worth in Jesus, and then submitting that without God you are nothing. But, when you can do that, it will be God in you that leads you to greatness. God will give you a humble heart, if you ask.

Psa. 17:8

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wing.

13. The Pitfall of Rebellion: It is as the sin of witchcraft in whatever form it takes. We must be obedient and trust God even in situations that we don’t understand, and continue to do our best to follow Him.

I Sam. 15:23

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft…

14. The Pitfall of Self-Pity: It is a work of the devil, stealing life away from you, to destroy you. Self-pity keeps you forever from moving into all God has for you. It keeps us entirely focused on ourselves, instead of God.

In I Kngs 19, the prophet Elijah hides in a cave and God speaks to him there and tells him that things are not as they seem to him to be, but he is to arise and go forth once again for God.

15. The Pitfall of Suicide: Thoughts of suicide can come from feeling ugly, worthless, stupid, unwanted, and unloved, and from feeling that there is no way out of your situation. It is a spirit of Satan and must be rebuked. Then, you must deal with why you felt the way you did and allow God to heal you of these things.

Jn. 10:10

The thief cometh not, buit for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Jesus truly is “The Lion of Judah” who breaks every chain!

God has an abundant life for you, regardless of how things look right now. He has all the answers that we need to live a victorious life. The best is yet to come!

God bless you as you labor for Him!

In His Service,

Esther Thornton

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