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Published: Dec. 20, 2012, 4:45 a.m.

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Join us this week as Pastor Shane Frazier delivers another Christmas message on love and life.

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Title of Message:\\xa0 To give me life.

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(John 6:51) (NLT) I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.\\u201d

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(Proverbs 16:25) There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

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(2 Corinthians 5:17) \\u201cTherefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!\\u201d

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(Proverbs 16:25) There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

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The Death Trap

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3 Levels of Death Trap

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Level 1: Drifting
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(Hebrews 11:24-25) (ASB) By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh\'s daughter; choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

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(Luke 21:34) \\u201cBe careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap.\\u201d

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Level 2: Deception

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(John 5:39) (MSG) You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you\\u2019ll find eternal life there.\\xa0 But you miss the forest for the trees.\\xa0 These Scriptures are all about me!\\xa0 And here I am, standing right before you and you aren\\u2019t willing to receive from me the life you say you want.\\xa0

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(Revelation 3:1-2) \\u201cI know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.\\u201d

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Level 3: Dying

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(2 Corinthians 1:8-9) \\u201cWe were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death.\\u201d

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How do I avoid the death trap?

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Avoid the death trap by:

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1. Renewing your vision for life.

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(Philippians 3:13-14) \\u201cBrothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.\\u201d

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2. Making a decision to live.

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(Deuteronomy 30:19) \\u201cThis day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.\\u201d
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(John 16:33) (NLT) Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.\\u201d

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3. Exposing the enemies of life.

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(Hebrews 12:1) \\u201c\\u2026let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.\\u201d

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4. Protecting life with accountability.

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(Ecclesiastes 4:8-9) \\u201cTwo are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!\\u201d

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5. Sustaining life by living for God.

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(Romans 8:13-14) \\u201cFor if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,

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(1 Corinthians 15:55) (NLT) \\u201cO death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?\\u201d

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(1 Corinthians 15:57) (NLT) But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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