Just a week before Christmas I had a visitor. This is how it happened. I just finished the household chores for the night and was preparing to go to bed, when I heard a noise in the front of the house. I opened the door to the front room and to my surprise, Santa himself stepped out next to the fireplace.
"What are you doing?" I started to ask. The words choked up in my throat and I saw he had tears in his eyes. His usual jolly manner was gone. Gone was the eager, boisterous soul we all know. He then answered me with a simple statement . . .
"TEACH THE CHILDREN!" I was puzzled. What did he mean? He anticipated my question and with one quick movement brought forth a miniature toy bag from behind the tree. As I stood bewildered, Santa said, "Teach the children!
Teach them the old meaning of Christmas. The meaning that now-a-days Christmas has forgotten. "Santa then reached in his bag and pulled out a FIR TREE and placed it before the mantle. "Teach the children that the pure green color of the stately fir tree remains green all year round, depicting the everlasting hope of mankind, all the needles point heavenward, making it a symbol of man's thoughts turning toward heaven."
He again reached into his bag and pulled out a brilliant STAR. "Teach the children that the star was the heavenly sign of promises long ago. God promised a Savior for the world, and the star was the sign of fulfillment of His promise."
He then reached into his bag and pulled out a CANDLE. "Teach the children that the candle symbolizes that Christ is the light of the world, and when we see this great light we are reminded of He who displaces the darkness."
Once again he reached into his bag and removed a WREATH and placed it on the tree. "Teach the children that the wreath symbolizes the real nature of love. Real love never ceases. Love is one continuous round of affection."
He then pulled from his bag an ORNAMENT of himself. "Teach the children that I, Santa Claus, symbolize the generosity and good will we feel during the month of December."
He then brought out a HOLLY LEAF. "Teach the children that the holly plant represents immortality. It represents the crown of thorns worn by our Savior. The red holly berries represent the blood shed by Him.
Next he pulled from his bag a GIFT and said, "Teach the children that God so loved the world that he gave his begotten son." Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift.
Santa then reached in his bag and pulled out a CANDY CANE and hung it on the tree. "Teach the children that the candy cane represents the shepherds' crook. The crook on the staff helps to bring back strayed sheep to the flock. The candy cane is the symbol that we are our brother's keeper."
He reached in again and pulled out an ANGEL. "Teach the children that it was the angels that heralded in the glorious news of the Savior's birth. The angels sang Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace and good will toward men."
Suddenly I heard a soft twinkling sound, and from his bag he pulled out a BELL,. "Teach the children that as the lost sheep are found by the sound of the bell, it should ring mankind to the fold. The bell symbolizes guidance and return.
Santa looked back and was pleased. He looked back at me and I saw that the twinkle was back in his eyes. He said, "Remember, teach the children the true meaning of Christmas and do not put me in the center, for I am but a humble servant of the One that is, and I bow down to worship him, our LORD, our GOD."
Coming out the Woods work
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So, if you have been one of the few people that trully does not follow media and has not seen the news or read any newspapers or spoken to any one else other than your uninformed imaginary friend then you know about Tiger Woods and the situation that has been unfolding for the last couple of weeks.
Apparently he was unfaithful to his wife. Now I definitely do not condone his actions and don't have an inclination to even guess why he sis what he did. What surprises me is the after effects of his actions. I am not talking about his wife's actions. What I am talking about is the amount of women who decided to step forward and share their involment wit Tiger.
Since when did it become trendy and fashionable to share that you had an affair with someone? Since when did it become popular to sleep with a celebrity to gain some sort of status? Since when did it become the norm to air out your dirty laundry and make seem like you are a celebrity?
When the Jews brought forth Mary who was caught in the act of adultery she was ashame, humiliated, scared, afraid, embarrassed and crying. She understood the severity of her actions and the consequences that it brought. The last thing she wanted to do is public acknowledge her adultery.
What a contrast to those women who at some point decided to make their involment in this matter public. The only reason that I can think of for them to have come out of the woodwork (pun intended) was for a piece of the lime light.
It is sad to think that one's reputation is now based on who you sleep with rather than how firm you stand for morals and standards. I wonder if the consequences for their involment would have been the same as Mary, which was stoning to death, would they still be so eager to share?
I hope that Tiger gets the help that he needs and ultimately find Jesus. I also hope that those other girls realize that they are worth more than just a secret affair and ultimately fall in love with God.
Apparently he was unfaithful to his wife. Now I definitely do not condone his actions and don't have an inclination to even guess why he sis what he did. What surprises me is the after effects of his actions. I am not talking about his wife's actions. What I am talking about is the amount of women who decided to step forward and share their involment wit Tiger.
Since when did it become trendy and fashionable to share that you had an affair with someone? Since when did it become popular to sleep with a celebrity to gain some sort of status? Since when did it become the norm to air out your dirty laundry and make seem like you are a celebrity?
When the Jews brought forth Mary who was caught in the act of adultery she was ashame, humiliated, scared, afraid, embarrassed and crying. She understood the severity of her actions and the consequences that it brought. The last thing she wanted to do is public acknowledge her adultery.
What a contrast to those women who at some point decided to make their involment in this matter public. The only reason that I can think of for them to have come out of the woodwork (pun intended) was for a piece of the lime light.
It is sad to think that one's reputation is now based on who you sleep with rather than how firm you stand for morals and standards. I wonder if the consequences for their involment would have been the same as Mary, which was stoning to death, would they still be so eager to share?
I hope that Tiger gets the help that he needs and ultimately find Jesus. I also hope that those other girls realize that they are worth more than just a secret affair and ultimately fall in love with God.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
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I believe that one of the bible verses that should be a staple in our christian life is Matthew 28:19
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit...
Funny thing is that I have heard numerous preachings about this, I have tought using this verse and believe it 100%. Why is it so hard to apply?
I found myself asking that question lately. Jesus' last commanment was directed to the church. In a sense he is saying that we need to affect those around us. We need to not only interact but have a purpose for that interaction...to share the gospel and to disciple them. We need to be open and honest and to build lasting, meaningful and impactful relationships.
What happens so very often is that we become trap in the Christian bubble. Let me explain, after accepting Jesus christ as your savior you are encouraged to join a congregation if you have not done so. You are also encourage to read the word, which is always important and to pray. All these things are great and should be done. You are also encouraged to leave you former life and everything associated with it behind as well. The problem is that this includes the very people that we should be trying to reach. Now I am not saying that we should continue to relate with people that will hinder our walk with Christ but more often than not we rarely look back at those who were in our inner circle before we accepted Jesus. Once we have a "Christian" inner circle, we cut ties with those that were around us and knew how we were before we accepted. When this happens we become trap in a christian bubble where everyone we associate with knows who Jesus is. From the ministries that we are a part of to the associations we belong to, the events parties and celebrations we participate in we are for the most part sorrounded by Christians. Now this in itself is not bad. The question is when and with whom do we live out Matthew 28 :19? Who are we preaching to? Who are we baptizing? The first part of the verse that says 'Therefore go out' means we are sent. We need to take the appropriate steps to be in the places and with the people that we know need the word of God.
I know that I have fallen victim to this. But I have decided to be proactive and take steps to be able to share and witnes to those around me and live a lifestyle of evangelism. I will seek to share not only on saturday when we have outreach events or inside the church to visitors but also as I live my life. Not only because I know that people need to hear the gospel but because Jesus commanded me to do it.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit...
Funny thing is that I have heard numerous preachings about this, I have tought using this verse and believe it 100%. Why is it so hard to apply?
I found myself asking that question lately. Jesus' last commanment was directed to the church. In a sense he is saying that we need to affect those around us. We need to not only interact but have a purpose for that interaction...to share the gospel and to disciple them. We need to be open and honest and to build lasting, meaningful and impactful relationships.
What happens so very often is that we become trap in the Christian bubble. Let me explain, after accepting Jesus christ as your savior you are encouraged to join a congregation if you have not done so. You are also encourage to read the word, which is always important and to pray. All these things are great and should be done. You are also encouraged to leave you former life and everything associated with it behind as well. The problem is that this includes the very people that we should be trying to reach. Now I am not saying that we should continue to relate with people that will hinder our walk with Christ but more often than not we rarely look back at those who were in our inner circle before we accepted Jesus. Once we have a "Christian" inner circle, we cut ties with those that were around us and knew how we were before we accepted. When this happens we become trap in a christian bubble where everyone we associate with knows who Jesus is. From the ministries that we are a part of to the associations we belong to, the events parties and celebrations we participate in we are for the most part sorrounded by Christians. Now this in itself is not bad. The question is when and with whom do we live out Matthew 28 :19? Who are we preaching to? Who are we baptizing? The first part of the verse that says 'Therefore go out' means we are sent. We need to take the appropriate steps to be in the places and with the people that we know need the word of God.
I know that I have fallen victim to this. But I have decided to be proactive and take steps to be able to share and witnes to those around me and live a lifestyle of evangelism. I will seek to share not only on saturday when we have outreach events or inside the church to visitors but also as I live my life. Not only because I know that people need to hear the gospel but because Jesus commanded me to do it.
I am...
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We can all identify with some culture of another, there are things that we do, say or ways we act that either distinguishes us from others or identify us with a group.
I’ve gotten some pretty funny emails; one of them came with a title of “You know you’re Hispanic if…
These stereotypical jokes are funny but they also identify us and groups us within a culture. Many people have tried to answer the question who am i? And not just in stating your name or relevant information but in saying or really knowing who you are. The bible, as our guide gives us many instances where it shows us who we are.
Eph. 1:3-7
3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5he[a] predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace 8that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. 9And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,
I am blessed!
We, who are in Christ, those who have trusted Christ as their personal Savior and Lord, are blessed with every spiritual blessing. We are blessed. We need to realize that we should be praising God for the things that we have already.
Clothing, food, health, family, home, the basic necessities…. We are truly blessed. I had the opportunity to be part of a show where World Vision made a presentation on adopting a child. I was floored by the statistics. 32,000 kids die a year because they don’t have the basic necessities. They don’t die from incurable diseases, they die because they don’t have access to running water or food to eat.
Sometimes I am amazed how some of us go crazy when we don’t have the opportunity to text, or to email or to get on the computer. We consider some of those things our basic necessities, but in the light of the statistics from World Vision, all this is rubbish.
I am chosen!
We are chosen, even before the foundation of the earth was formed we where chosen by God to be His people, to be holy and blameless in His sight! I don’t know about you but that makes me feel pretty special. Let me ask you this… have you ever been chosen last for a game. You know how it goes… first to get chosen are the jocks or athletic ones, then the friends are picked because well they are friends, then family members cause you know you don’t want them to be last. Then come that ones that you might not really know but they look like they can add to the team and lastly are those who… well the ones that always get pick last.
God saw more value in us than that! There are no last picks for him, we are all picked first! We are chosen you to be his child. God chose you to be with him.
I am His child!
John 1:12 says, for all who believe and for those who receive He has given the right to be called Children of God! You have a father who is omniscient, omnipotent, who is all powerful, who created everything you see here, who take care of you who loves you, who chose you! You have a father who wants the best for you who has given you the best gift that any one can give. He has given you life. He has sacrificed His own Son so that you can become His son!
I grew up in a single parent household. For me it was such a life changing realization that God knowing all my faults, knowing my short comings, knowing my most inner thoughts would chose me with out hesitation. That He would chose me even before He created me. He wanted me as His son. I can not put into words what that means to me.
In these times where more and more fathers are absent from the home we need to share this powerful truth, God wants us to be his Child.
Be proud to call God your father! Be proud to call in his name and talk about what He has done! Be proud to be called a child of God! Many of us try to hide that fact that we are Christians or down play how involve or how much time we spend in church or how much we know about the word. Why? Why do we do that? We can be so proud of so many other things that have no lasting affect in our lives but we can’t be proud of being a child of God, a child of the King, the Creator of the earth! So therefore I will praise his name. My actions, my thoughts, my relationships, the way I treat people, my life will be to praise him.
I am Free!
I am free from all the sins that I have committed before. I am free from the conviction of the things that I am ashamed that happened in my past. I am free from the condemnation that the enemy tries to throw on me. I am free from all the accusations that might creep in my mind… I have been redeemed by the Grace of God. I have been bought back by the riches of God! Let me tell you something… God is rich. I mean He is wealthy! Think about it, if all of us we have all been redeemed here and our price was a high one to pay then My God is Rich… in Grace.
Sometimes we allow our thoughts to run amok and we entertained them way too much. Most times if not all those times that we allow those thoughts to roam without boundaries they become detrimental to our spiritual growth. I am so thankful that we are free from that. We are free from the bondage and captivity or our past and our thoughts.
I am Wise!
Do you know people that learn the hard way? Worst of all they are proud about it! They say, “well I have to go through it in order to learn”. A favorite saying or phrase is I learn from the school of hard knocks… Why? Why would you want to learn by hard knocks? I believe that wisdom is learning from other people’s mistakes and not going through them your self. Don’t get me wrong I get some sort of pleasure saying to someone “ I told you so” but I think I like it even more when I see that they have exercise their wisdom and don’t go through the headaches and hard knocks. I think God has the same pleasure, He does like to see us go through hardships that are unnecessary. Headaches and heartaches that could have been avoided, if we would have just be a bit more wise with our decisions. I know that this might be a little cliché but when you need to make a decision stop, pray and ask what would Jesus do?
I can go on detailing who we are in Christ. You can search through the Bible and you will find verses that identify us and reaffirm our identity with God. I want you to understand that you are not just any one. You are not just some one else you are not just a human, more than a creation; you are not just cell and blood and bones and hair and skin. You are more than that. You are special, you are chosen, you are and heir to the kingdom of God, you are an ambassador, you are royal priest hood, you are the salt of the earth, you are light in this neighborhood, you are a co-laborer with God, and you are the image of God.
I’ve gotten some pretty funny emails; one of them came with a title of “You know you’re Hispanic if…
• You have ever been hit with a chancla as you running away from you mom
• Your mother yells at the top of her lungs to call you to dinner and you only live in a one bedroom apartment.
• You have ever used your nose or lips to point something out.
• If you consider platanos to be a food group.
• If all your pots and pans are kept inside the oven.
• You’ve ever dropped food on the floor, picked it up, ate it after saying, “Lo que no mata engorda”.
• People tell you to stop screaming when you`re really just talking.
• If you can finish this saying… Si es Goya…
• You have or had plastic slipcovers on your sofas.
• You know at least one person in your family named Maria, Carlos, Papo, Juan, Jose, Tony or Luis
• You constantly refer to cereal as “con flei”.
These stereotypical jokes are funny but they also identify us and groups us within a culture. Many people have tried to answer the question who am i? And not just in stating your name or relevant information but in saying or really knowing who you are. The bible, as our guide gives us many instances where it shows us who we are.
Eph. 1:3-7
3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5he[a] predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace 8that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. 9And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,
I am blessed!
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.
We, who are in Christ, those who have trusted Christ as their personal Savior and Lord, are blessed with every spiritual blessing. We are blessed. We need to realize that we should be praising God for the things that we have already.
Clothing, food, health, family, home, the basic necessities…. We are truly blessed. I had the opportunity to be part of a show where World Vision made a presentation on adopting a child. I was floored by the statistics. 32,000 kids die a year because they don’t have the basic necessities. They don’t die from incurable diseases, they die because they don’t have access to running water or food to eat.
Sometimes I am amazed how some of us go crazy when we don’t have the opportunity to text, or to email or to get on the computer. We consider some of those things our basic necessities, but in the light of the statistics from World Vision, all this is rubbish.
I am chosen!
4For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love
We are chosen, even before the foundation of the earth was formed we where chosen by God to be His people, to be holy and blameless in His sight! I don’t know about you but that makes me feel pretty special. Let me ask you this… have you ever been chosen last for a game. You know how it goes… first to get chosen are the jocks or athletic ones, then the friends are picked because well they are friends, then family members cause you know you don’t want them to be last. Then come that ones that you might not really know but they look like they can add to the team and lastly are those who… well the ones that always get pick last.
God saw more value in us than that! There are no last picks for him, we are all picked first! We are chosen you to be his child. God chose you to be with him.
I am His child!
5he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will 6to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
John 1:12 says, for all who believe and for those who receive He has given the right to be called Children of God! You have a father who is omniscient, omnipotent, who is all powerful, who created everything you see here, who take care of you who loves you, who chose you! You have a father who wants the best for you who has given you the best gift that any one can give. He has given you life. He has sacrificed His own Son so that you can become His son!
I grew up in a single parent household. For me it was such a life changing realization that God knowing all my faults, knowing my short comings, knowing my most inner thoughts would chose me with out hesitation. That He would chose me even before He created me. He wanted me as His son. I can not put into words what that means to me.
In these times where more and more fathers are absent from the home we need to share this powerful truth, God wants us to be his Child.
Be proud to call God your father! Be proud to call in his name and talk about what He has done! Be proud to be called a child of God! Many of us try to hide that fact that we are Christians or down play how involve or how much time we spend in church or how much we know about the word. Why? Why do we do that? We can be so proud of so many other things that have no lasting affect in our lives but we can’t be proud of being a child of God, a child of the King, the Creator of the earth! So therefore I will praise his name. My actions, my thoughts, my relationships, the way I treat people, my life will be to praise him.
I am Free!
7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace
I am free from all the sins that I have committed before. I am free from the conviction of the things that I am ashamed that happened in my past. I am free from the condemnation that the enemy tries to throw on me. I am free from all the accusations that might creep in my mind… I have been redeemed by the Grace of God. I have been bought back by the riches of God! Let me tell you something… God is rich. I mean He is wealthy! Think about it, if all of us we have all been redeemed here and our price was a high one to pay then My God is Rich… in Grace.
Sometimes we allow our thoughts to run amok and we entertained them way too much. Most times if not all those times that we allow those thoughts to roam without boundaries they become detrimental to our spiritual growth. I am so thankful that we are free from that. We are free from the bondage and captivity or our past and our thoughts.
I am Wise!
9And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,
Do you know people that learn the hard way? Worst of all they are proud about it! They say, “well I have to go through it in order to learn”. A favorite saying or phrase is I learn from the school of hard knocks… Why? Why would you want to learn by hard knocks? I believe that wisdom is learning from other people’s mistakes and not going through them your self. Don’t get me wrong I get some sort of pleasure saying to someone “ I told you so” but I think I like it even more when I see that they have exercise their wisdom and don’t go through the headaches and hard knocks. I think God has the same pleasure, He does like to see us go through hardships that are unnecessary. Headaches and heartaches that could have been avoided, if we would have just be a bit more wise with our decisions. I know that this might be a little cliché but when you need to make a decision stop, pray and ask what would Jesus do?
I can go on detailing who we are in Christ. You can search through the Bible and you will find verses that identify us and reaffirm our identity with God. I want you to understand that you are not just any one. You are not just some one else you are not just a human, more than a creation; you are not just cell and blood and bones and hair and skin. You are more than that. You are special, you are chosen, you are and heir to the kingdom of God, you are an ambassador, you are royal priest hood, you are the salt of the earth, you are light in this neighborhood, you are a co-laborer with God, and you are the image of God.
Is you GPS system functional?
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I have a track called God Is Like. In the track I compare God to two things. The first is the driver of a car and the car is my life. A part of the verse says 'engage GPS God Please Show me your will not mine you move devine'. I was thinking about this and relized that many of the characters in the bible at one point or another have had a glitch in their GPS system.
There are many characters to choose from. People like David, Abraham, Moses and Peter. One of these characters that I was able to read about recently was Elijah. I will focused on the last part of his life specifically His role in killing the priest serving Baal and his decisions after that.
In the book of Kings chapter 18 verse 22 to the end of chapter 19 we read this story. To summarize thi story, Elijah challenges the priests of Baal to prove that Baal was the true god by having fire fall from the sky and consuming a sacrifice upon an altar. After many days of praying and calling out to Baal to send down fire to consume the sacrifice it never came down. As Elijah's turn came he order for huge buckets of water be pour upon the altar drenching everything. He then proceeded to call out the name of God and sure enough God pour upon the altar fire that consumed not only the sacrifice but everything around it and all the water that was pour on it.
After all this had occurred Elijah had all of Baals' priest put to death.
So far its been a great story about the power of God manifested through the prayer of his servant Elijah. I believe that here is where his GPS has a glitch and begins to act up. Queen Jeezebel hears what Elijah had done and sends word threatening Elijah with death that very same day. Based on the accounts of the bible threats made by this queen were not to be taken lightly. So what doe Elijah do when he hears this? He takes his servant and does the Forrest Gump move, he runs. He keeps running and running and running. He stops, leaves his servant behind because he feels that his servant is slowing him down and continues to run. It was a super natural run. Reminds me of chariots of fire. Now the question is... What is wrong with this picture?
Was he not just used by God to do the impossible? Did God not just answer his prayers to send down fire from heaven? Did he forget that God was with him?
So he ran until he could no more laid down and ask God to take his life? The same man that not so long ago was in direct communication with God seems to have lost his way.
Many of us, like Elijah, also suffer from glitches in out GPS system. Many times we let small problems take over and we loose sight of what God has just done with us, through us and for us. Many times we act like we know exactly what we need when we need it and how we should get it.
I need to confess something. I don't have the best sense of direction in the world. I might get lost while driving but I do find my way out so there is still hope for me. Who do I rely on when taking a long trip or a trip to an unfamiliar place? My wife. Shee is great co-pilot and has a great sense of direction.
So here is Elijah on the floor asking God to take his life and what does God do? Give him food drink and rest. After that rest God tells him to go to Mount Horeb and wait for Him. If you did not pick up what I just said re read the previous sentence. God was already fixing and tuning his GPS. God directed him to his next destination and told him what to do.
That is the beauty of God. He not only has patience and takes care of us when we loose our way but He gives us rest and puts us back in the right path. He told elijah where to go and what to do. When the time came God revealed himself to elijah. He showed him the right path and sent him off with a fully functional GPS system.
If you feel lost then let God get you back on the right road.
GPS- God please show me, your will not mine you move devine.
Anthony Perez
What's beef part 2.
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So, in my last post... I know it was a while back, but cut me some slack I recently moved and things have not been as organized as before. Anyway in my last post I covered beef. I hope that it was beneficial for the two or three people that some how stumble into this blog. This time I am going to talk about inner beef, the other dark meat.
One of my favorite verses is "you are a new creature a new creation, the old has gone the new has come". Why do I like this verse? Because our daily struggle is with ourselfs and with our old/sinful nature. There are times we try to rationalize our actions/thoughts/attitudes by simply stating
"that's just how God made me!" the truth of the matter is that it might be how God made you but it is certainly not how God intended you to to stay. Coming to the knowledge of Him and who He is and what He has done for us has to cause a change in us. Coming to the realization that we were dead, and because of His love, forgiveness and sacrifice we can trully live, has to create some change. I guess this is what we call having an encounter with God.
In the bible we see different people having and encounter with God. From Moses to Abraham, Jacob to David and Job. There is one common thread that bind these stories together. The encounter they had with God changed them for ever. They could no longer say 'this is how God made me'. Moses looked physically different. Jacob came out limping and with a new name. David came to understand the grace of God and Job was faithful to the end. One thing was true... They all changed.
Inner beef is good if there is progress and you allow God to change you from the inside out. It goes terrible wrong when we constantly have beef with the same issue for years and years with no change. In that case I would say seek and encounter with God and and pray that this encounter changes who you are.
Funny how this change affects the little things as well as the big things. I recently went shopping and while checking out the register person overlooked a couple of items. In that split second I had a choice to make, let the cashier know of items that were overlooked or say something. The old nature was screaming "don't worry you can get away with it... No one needs to know... It's not your fault the cashier was not paying attention... You can save some money!" My new nature was calmly wispering "you know it's not right... You are not that person any more... You will feel guilty every time you see or used those items... God has been faithful and will supply all your needs..." So in the end I took the items and place them on the cashiers table without the cashier even noticing.
We need to be different in all aspects of our lives. Once we came to know who Jesus is we are not or should not be the same any more. The old has passes the new has come.
Ask God for an encounter with Him. He will be more than glad to meet with you.
Anthony Perez
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