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Preventive Maintenance Avoiding Spiritual Break Down

Preventive Maintenance (PM) Is Biblical “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” Medicine, diet, repairs, planning, etc. PM is wise (Eccl. 10:18) PM is found in the New Testament (Heb. 2:1; 2 Pet. 1:10)

How Can I Gauge My Situation? Assembling / attendance (Psa. 122:1; Heb. 10:25) Bible study (1 Tim. 4:13) Meditation (Psa. 1:2; 119:11,97; Phil. 4:8) Lord’s supper (1 Cor. 11:29-30) Involvement (Neh. 4:6; 1 Cor. 15:58; Eph. 4:16)

How Can I Gauge My Situation? Faith: strong (Rom. 4:20) or little (Mt. 17:20) Hope (Heb. 6:19) Patience (Rom. 2:7) Giving: give up, give out, give in (Mt. 19:21) Application (Jas. 1:22-25)

How Can I Gauge My Situation? Prayer (1 Thess. 5:17-18) Growth (1 Pet. 2:2; 2 Pet. 1:5) Abhorring evil (Psa. 119:104,128; Rom. 12:9) Associations (1 Cor. 15:33) Goals (Mt. 6:33; Phil. 3:14; Col. 3:2; Heb. 12:1)

Preventive Maintenance Areas Local church (Eph. 4:3) Marriage (Eph. 5:31) Family (Eph. 6:4) Individual (Eph. 6:14-18) Others (Rom. 12:18; Phil. 4:5) God (Mic. 6:8)

Problem Areas Time (Rom. 13:11; Eph. 5:16; 1 Pet. 4:2) Television … or any form of media (Psa. 101:3) Temptation (Mt. 6:13; Mk. 14:38) Treasures (Mt. 6:19-21) Tongue (Prov. 18:21)

Examine yourself (1 Cor. 11:28; 2 Cor. 13:5) Hold Fast and Hold On! Examine yourself (1 Cor. 11:28; 2 Cor. 13:5) Hold fast the confession of our hope (Heb. 10:23) Let us not end up like… Weak disciples (Jn. 6:66) Hymenaeus and Alexander (1 Tim. 1:20) Demas (2 Tim. 4:10)