Thermometer Vs Thermostat

All human habits and vices can fall directly into one of these 7 classifications of moral sin.

Hear my heart as I warn all sin is contagious and one sin leads to more sin.

Today we tend to excuse sin as a mistake or a sickness, but God has rules and laws that are more than suggestions they are commandments.

Many years ago I had a dream. Yes, sometimes I eat pizza before I go to bed.

The dream was clear and I still remember this dream vividly.

There was a huge table filled with all kinds of wonderful food. I could see a hand reaching to table with a fork, spoon and knife. The person was speed eating, cramming the food down. When the picture opened where I could see the person

eating I was so amazed. The picture was clear, the person gobbling down the food was just bones, nothing but bones. No skin, no flesh, no muscles? Wow, each bite he seemed to be devouring himself.

Later that day I was reading my Bible when a verse became so real, rama word, to me. As we DEVELOP A NEGATIVE NORM.

Galatians 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

Galatians 5:15 (MSG) If you bite and ravage each other, watch out—in no time at all you will be annihilating each other, and where will your precious freedom be then?

OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS, ANGER IS POSSIBLY THE MOST FUN.

TO LICK YOUR WOUNDS, TO SMACK YOUR LIPS OVER THE GRIEVANCES LONG PAST.

TO ROLL OVER YOUR TONGUETHE PROSPECT OF BITTER CONFRONTATION STILL TO COME.

TO SAVOR TO THE LAST TOOTHSOME MORSEL THE PAIN YOU ARE GIVEN.

AND THE PAIN YOU ARE GIVING BACK…

IN MANY WAYS IT IS A FEAST FIT FOR THE KING…

THE CHIEF DRAW BACK IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE WOLFING DOWN IS YOURSELF.

THE SKELETON AT THE FEAST IS YOU! F. Buechner

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PPEOPLE IN HUMANITY:

1. Those that are angry, bitter, hurt that are trapped in NEGATIVE THINKING PATTERNS, that are specialist in sharp tongues and dull minds?

2. Those that invite the Holy Spirit to search them and correct their negativity and realize they will reap what they sow. They desire to quit biting and devouring one another and thus devouring themselves. They realize the NEED TO CHANGE AND THAT CHANGE IS POSSIBLE.

CONCLUSION: We have two dogs inside of us. One dog is mean and cruel and barks and bites and has developed a NEGATIVE PERSPECTIVE IN LIFE AND NOT ONLY DOES HE FEEL HE IS BOND BY THE CHAINS OF THE PAST, He feels hopeless, gloom and despair. Then there is a good, loving, forgiving, God fearing dog. He loves people and has a KIND SPIRIT.

Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

TWO DOGS? DOES THE MEAN DOG RULE? DOES THE GOOD DOG THRIVE? It all depends on which dog you feed. Feed the bad dog and he is strong and beats up the good dog. Feed the good dog, feed on God’s word. Feed on faithfulness. Feed on giving. Soon the bad dog fades in weakness and his bark grows weaker and weaker.

What kind of trigger do you have? Do you spit fire? Sow soft words, they are easier to eat.