GOD GAVE

1 Corinthians 3:6 (NKJV) ... God gave the increase.
    In other parts of the world, the church is alive and thriving, men and women worship together, their lives are being changed, by the supernatural power of God. Whole cities are being transformed by the presence of Jesus Christ, lives once living in darkness to the gospel have been given hope and light. However even in these remote countries there is an ever present danger of deception and it slips in often unnoticed by the church.
   In Hebrews 2:1 (NKJV) "1 Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away," the evidence in the New Testament church proves the enemy is quite effective in disturbing the worship and fellowship in the church. The same is true in our personal lives, the enemy seduces us through compromise and we soon fall to deception.
   Often what we prefer in our relationship to God takes precedent over the convictions we once embraced. What do I mean, we often tell ourselves this little thing will not hurt, and we proceed to the excuse stage and submit to the lie? The conviction once strong, we soon become overpowered by, it takes a life of its own, and we find ourselves being controlled by the presence of the thing once loathed.
   Remember God gives the increase, therefore God protects the produce, if you are struggling right now with compromise, stop, get down to business with God, give that thing back to Him, He washed all the sin in our lives away, it has no place with us. 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NKJV) 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. Amen