Teachback Tuesday-Escaping the Bondage of Self-Indulgence

Keep the Heart

Francie Taylor

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Welcome to Teachback Tuesday, where you'll hear the most popular episodes from the previous season. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, the definition of self-indulgence is “excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims.” Here are some signs that you may be struggling with self-indulgence: You have an income but no money because of your spending habits You repeatedly complain about your weight but you keep eating things that are great for packing on the pounds Arriving late is your trademark for almost everything because of poor time management You allow yourself to be moody and expect people to just deal with it You’re taking poor care of your health but making excuses for it Self-indulgence is self-inflicted bondage. You are in prison and holding the keys. Living like this makes life less enjoyable and more stressful. We don’t realize it at first, but the self-indulgent life seems like it would reward us, but it actually robs and enslaves us. We don't have to live like this. There is a way out. God can put His finger on our particular weaknesses and help us to overcome them by His power and might, not by our own. This 3-point lesson provides helpful reminders on how we can turn our lives from the agony of repeated defeat to the joy of victories in Christ. Donate to This Podcast HERE! Books & Bibles in the Shop at Keep the Heart In Christ Unconditionally: Heart Conditions Bible Study In Christ Unconditionally: New Testament Bible Study In Christ Unconditionally: Old Testament Bible Study Follow Keep the Heart on Instagram Like Keep the Heart on Facebook

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0:00.0	Welcome to Teach Back Tuesday, where we play the most popular episodes from the previous season. I'm going to start
0:05.8	with a shout out to the top 10 countries listening to our podcast, USA, Canada, South Africa, United Kingdom, Australia,
0:15.7	Japan, Ghana, India, Kenya, and Nigeria. Thank you for listening. I'm grateful and amazed. This week's episode,
0:25.9	escaping the bondage of self-indulgence received not only a lot of listens, but excellent
0:30.9	feedback on how it helped. Self-indulgence shows up like an uninvited guest in our lives.
0:40.0	We need the ability to tell ourselves know or wait. Otherwise, we'll face some expensive lessons. Here's your teachback episode. You know this
0:47.7	drill. On Monday, you're going to start a detox. You've got all the supplies and your debit or credit card just took a $100 hit minimum.
0:57.7	You rationalize that you won't need that grocery money because you're not going to be eating much,
1:02.5	but that pep talk won't put money back in the bank. But this time, you're serious. And then Monday comes.
1:10.7	You line up the supplies, you guzzle something gross,
1:14.4	you grab your gigantic water bottle and head into the day. Why are you already feeling like quitting
1:20.6	when you just started? What happened? You had a fight with self-indulgence, and self-indulgence won.
1:29.6	Self-indulgence is about more than food or restrictive dieting.
1:33.7	It's actually the opposite of disciplined living.
1:43.0	Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor.
1:48.1	Francie is an author, teacher, and conference speaker.
1:51.6	Sharing lessons from the Word of God is her passion.
1:55.0	Now, back to today's important study.
2:02.8	Keep the heart routinely covers topics about the issues of life,
2:07.1	and discipline is an issue in life, and it's one that's in Scripture.
2:11.4	It is addressed, and so this is not fluffer filler here.
2:14.9	This is really just trying to be a help.
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