Satan hates you & it’s not because you’re impressive. He had glory & influence too.
He hates you because his end is certain & Christ offers you something he can’t have.
I believe his goal is to break God‘s heart by convincing you to throw it away.
Choose Christ.
When the Bible says “flee from LUST,” does it mean you have zero control?
It means don’t overestimate your control.
For example, in 1 Corinthians 6:18, Paul the Apostle writes, “Flee from sexual immorality.” He doesn’t say “debate with it” or “manage it carefully.” He says run.
Why?
Because lust is powerful. It works through imagination, proximity, opportunity, and repetition. The longer you stay around what tempts you, the weaker your resistance becomes. Fleeing is wisdom, not weakness.
Think of Joseph in Genesis 39. When tempted, he literally ran. That wasn’t lack of self control. That was self control in action.
So no, it doesn’t mean you can’t control it. It means part of controlling it is removing yourself from what feeds it.
Self control is not just resisting sin.
It is also avoiding the setup that makes sin easier.
Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
- Matthew 7:13-14
Ok. Let’s try this again. PAC was a RISING STAR. Clearly the most talented triple threat of his generation, but he never got to fully tour or enjoy it. He was dogged by lawsuits, incarceration, government surveillance, you name it. Each record got better, but he was never able to tour for real for real. Studio, movie set, jail, court. When he was recording “Me Against The World” by day he was in court on the rape charges. All while Biggie’s star was rising with Ready To Die, which he felt he never got his just due in shaping Bigs transition from Army Suits to Versace. End of 94 he’s shot at Quad. 95? Hottest record in the country that he can’t shoot videos for or tour for ..because Interscope won’t bail him out. End of 95 …Suge gets him out. He records All Eyes on Me—a double album so that 5 million in sales is actually 2.5 that counted twice. He’s finally getting mainstream success but plays both sides against the middle— on one hand he’s on fire with Death Row but also the catalyst of Dre leaving the label—-but at the same time is filming his last movies and doing philosophical press about being misunderstood in magazines like Details and wanting to be a serious actor. He records so quickly, he’s out of his Death Row contract with one more album—-Makaveli. The plan is to leave and finally get a REAL deal — higher royalties, control of his publishing, superstar shit kids take for granted. Because despite the flashy cars, jewels and all the flash.. it was all charged and loaned against his record sales, keeping him in debt.
He lawyers up, fired David Kenner and then…Vegas.
BIg and PAC while alive were Thousandaires. They were trapped in different ways by their labels and never got to enjoy the fruits of their labor in the way that their publishing was worth hundreds of millons of dollars.
Tupac was constantly fighting for respect because the East Coast pundits that controlled the media likened his popularity to his looks and his controversies not his undeappreciated talent.
His Supernova status where he ran the table east to west in terms of critical acclaim and sales was from Dec of 1995 until September of 96. Only after his life was stolen did the full James Dean superstar guardrails come off.
If you took your soul as serious as Satan does, you would run to Jesus as fast as you could. If you only knew what's waiting on the other side of your final breath, it would terrify you. There is a heaven to gain and a hell to shun. There is no rest in hell, no big party, only excruciating torment. I urge you to prepare now for your eternity. Choose to commit your life to Jesus Christ while you still have time...
Thank you, Tyler Herro.
⭐All-Star
⭐Sixth Man of the Year
⭐3-Point Contest Champion
More than the awards, Heat fans will remember the growth, the big moments, and the memories.
It hurts to see you go.
Wishing you nothing but success in your next chapter.
“Wemby is just a bully. I dont want to see any crying from him when the Knicks give him a taste of his own medicine”
Wemby after getting a taste of his own medicine: