You know you should seek hard after God, but you won't until your desires for him are strong enough. This podcast is about how to stimulate your thirst for him.

Why did Jesus warn us about losing our saltiness- What is saltiness, and how does one lose it- --This message also has a section on why the doctrine of hell is a good thing, not a bad thing.

Jesus' message for us in this passage is two-fold- 1- don't send people to hell, and 2- don't send yourself to hell. Why would Jesus give those warnings in a private teaching session with his disciples- This message will alert you to the worst dangers imaginable and show you how to avoid them.

Consistent obedence happens only when you truly prefer a better option. This message is about how to prefer God's way above sin.

You gain self-control not by increasign willpower- but by changing what your soul values. You will consistently choose what you value most highly. Today's podcast is about how to discover what values have gone wrong and how to begin changing them.

We're looking at three ways you can get increased power from God to fight temptation. The first -yesterday's podcast- was through prayer. The other two- Scripture - Spiritual Gifts

We're looking at three ways you can get increased power from God to fight temptation. The first is through prayer.

Why can you resist 99 out of 100 temptations, but certain ones get you every time- Today's podcast will show you the three things that will give you the abilty to have long term victory in those troublesome areas.

1- We suffer painful consequences for sin, and yet we never seem to learn. Why aren't the painful consequences enough to get us undeceived- -2- What is the role of the Holy Spirit in all this--3- How do we overcome the feeling that I can commit this sin and then repent afterward, so I go ahead and do it--4- How can we use pleasure to undeceive our desires--5- What if you haven't experienced enough delight in God's presence to compete with the pleasure of some sin-6- Where is the line where a good gift becomes sin-

When you lack self control, what's in control of what you do- We all need to increase our self-control. So we are devoting this entire season of the Food For Your Soul podcast to discover what Scripture says about how to gain greater self-control with step-by-step instruction on how to break free from whatever enslaves you. --This season begins with a deep dive into exactly how temptation works in your soul -episodes 1-7-. This lays the foundation for the rest of the study.