Sign up for The Parent’s EmailRemaining Strong
Option #1: Run away from God (Arrogance / ”I know better” / Spiritual weakness/ World’s way)
Option #2: Run to God (Dependence / ”I need help” / Spiritual strength / God’s way)
1. Consider where your life has been lately.
Mark 14:38-39 – “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” Once more he went away and prayed the same thing.
2. Ask God to fill the emptiness in your life.
Romans 8:15 – And so we should not be like cringing, fearful slaves, but we should behave like God’s very own children, adopted into the bosom of his family, and calling to him, “Father, Father.”
3. Reach out for help and walk in a different direction.
1 John 1:7 – But if we are living in the light of God’s presence, just as Christ does, then we have wonderful fellowship and joy with each other, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.
4. Keep going to God…even when it’s tough.
Matthew 7:13-14 – Heaven can be entered only through the narrow gate! The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide enough for all the multitudes who choose its easy way. But the Gateway to Life is small, and the road is narrow, and only a few ever find it.
Philippians 3:14 – I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God is calling us up to heaven because of what Christ Jesus did for us.
HOW TO STAY SPIRITUALLY FIT…
Get connected
Colossians 2:19 – He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
Read God’s Word
Ephesians 6:17 – And you will need the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit–which is the Word of God.
Offer thanksgiving
Psalm 100:4 – Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
Work for God
2 Corinthians 9:12-13 – So two good things happen as a result of your gifts–those in need are helped, and they overflow with thanks to God. Those you help will be glad not only because of your generous gifts to themselves and to others, but they will praise God for this proof that your deeds are as good as your doctrine.