Higher Stakes - A Free Course

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Day 1 - Part 2

From here on we will intersperse the answers of other course members and leaders at Setting Captives Free, so that you may possibly identify with their thoughts and answers as well. All answers are used by permission, and we will not ever use any of your answers without asking you first.

Friend, if we set out on this course to quit gambling for our own glory we can not expect God's assistance. Since God is the greatest good, He sets out to work all things for His own glory, and if we seek to find freedom for our own glory we are at cross purposes with God. He will not share His glory with another (Isaiah 48:11).

This concept is very important to understand, so let’s look at an illustration of this in Judges 7:2

Do you see it? God had to REDUCE the size of Gideon's army so that when they won the battle Israel would not claim glory for themselves. This could be the very reason why we have not been successful in finding permanent freedom from gambling in the past, because God has not wanted us to boast in ourselves, or in a certain method or program, or in following the advice of some guru. God desires His glory to be great in our salvation (Psalm 21:5). God works for His own glory! And this is why we must settle this issue of motivation right here in the beginning. Is our motive in breaking free to honor Him or ourselves? Are we working with Him, or are we at cross purposes with Him?

Now that we understand our purpose, let me tell you that there is great hope in having the glory of God as our motivation! If we have a purpose in our hearts to glorify God then we are working ...

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