How to Spot and Overcome Laziness in the Christian Life
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
- How to Spot and Overcome Laziness in the Christian Life
Laziness, often conceptualized as a lack of motivation or unwillingness to work or exert effort, is viewed differently across various contexts, including religious and secular perspectives.
Five characteristics of laziness:
1. Procrastination
2. Neglect of Duties
3. Love of Sleep
4. Making Excuses
5. Lack of Initiative
Six consequences of laziness:
1. Poverty
2. Unfulfilled Needs
3. Ruin and Decay
4. Missed Opportunities
5. Public Dishonor
6. Dependency
How to overcome laziness? 5 Scriptural Steps:
1. Seek Wisdom and Instruction
2. Observe Diligent Role Models
3. Embrace Correction
4. Cultivate a Fear of the Lord
5. Relying on God’s Strength
6. Set Clear Goals
7. Develop a Routine
8. Break Tasks into Smaller Steps
9. Eliminate Distractions
10. Reward Progress
Chapters
0:00 - What is laziness definition?
3:51 - Five characteristics of laziness
6:28 - Six consequences of laziness
10:01 - How to overcome laziness?
18:49 - Word of encouragement
20:30 - Ending
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Hell is no fun
I'm very lazy and this is really affecting my studies. I'm so scared cause it's exam season, I sometimes doubt if I'll pass this semester. Please pray for me fellow brothers and sisters 😢
I'm also writing this week I shall take note of your name and pray for you. Remember have no fear , for the lord is with you. Study hard and don't be nervous.
@memenation5105 thank you very much. I'm studying as we speak
Ask the Holy Spirit to help you. God is with you, so let Him just speak to you and listen to Him.
@@nokonotwane775 Good go get it 💪🏾
It sounds like procrastination to me which is affecting me hugely
Just last night, I asked the Lord to reveal my character to me... to show me what displeases Him so I can work on that and NOW, the first thing that comes up when I open YT is this! I feel saddened that I have let laziness in my character ruin certain aspects of my life... but I also feel encouraged, the Lord answered me and this shows me that He is patient and merciful and wants to work with me to get through this. Lord, help me to overcome laziness and tardiness... Teach me to walk in your ways Lord... whatever the reason may be, depression and/or anxiety, let your power rest upon me and us all to pluck out the root of laziness and help us to enjoy our work, whatever our hands find to do, let it be honorable to you, God.
Amen
Amen 🙏 remember Jesus always had your back and he is the perfect coach, perfect teacher to ask because of watching this video I will apply this as well to overcome laziness. And I rather admit that I’m lazy and I need a change because I don’t want to be a hypocrite. So please Jesus help me and others, and thanks for your honest comment because it made me want to admit it as well God Bless
Amen
Holy Spirit, please help me to be disciplined!
I have been lazy, procrastinating, making a lot of excuses and feeling sorry for myself these past few days but dear Papa God, I ask in the name of Jesus Christ to please break the spirit of laziness over my life and set me free in Jesus’s name, Amen! Thank you Jesus for setting me free. This pray is also for someone that needs to be delivered from the spirit of laziness.🙌🏾🙏🏾
Always go to bed tired from helping others. Worn out from serving. This changes everything for me. I started meeting other's needs and whether they are thankful or not or take advantage, God sees you. The reward is not here on earth. 🙏
Thank you for this video, I refuse to be lazy from this minute forward and rebuke anxiety and procrastinating. This really helped me and sparked something in my soul. Thank you Jesus 🙏🏼
🎀I felt similar after watching!🥰
me too, l need to get moving physically and spiritually
LONELINESS➡️depression➡️insomnia➡️lethargy➡️laziness
In this order for me 😢🥺😭God help me! 🙏
BIBLE VERSE WEAPON FOR YOU 🔥 :
1. Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
2. "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28)
3. John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
Proverbs 3:24
When you lie down, you will not be afraid, when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
4. Galatians 6:9
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up
5. Lazy people want much but get little,
but those who work hard will prosper. Proverbs 13:4
@@Jesuslovesyou_365 thank you for encouragement! 🤍
This honestly couldn't have come at a better time! Thank you, Jesus! I love the undiluted, convicting, and blunt word of God! There is no sugar coating on this channel, and I absolutely love that!🙏🏽
🎀Couldn't have said it better myself!🙏🌹
Agree!! When he said you will be corrected, I thought... no, probably not! Most Christians won't tell you the hard blunt truth!! Sometimes we just need it. ❤🎉❤ LOVE Vlad's boldness, and you can still feel the love! 🤣
@@dawnsutton316 We honestly need to do better, as Christians, where telling nothing but the truth is concerned!😭 He literally speaks the truth IN LOVE!🤣❤️
@@faithfulwhispers333 ❤️❤️❤️!
Literally been sleeping these weeks away and stopped praying idk why I’m so tired or sleepy but I hate this feeling it’s the absolute worst feeling ever! I just wanna be productive in a good way
You should try changing up your diet lay back in the carbs and sugar
Yes, I am battling laziness, I repent, I will listen to this message again and share it, I will implement what you said and see a turn around in every area of life for the glory of God.
I was just scrolling through UA-cam posts when I saw this 🤦♂️
I am unproductive because I always feel tired and have no energy. I have no energy because I don't practice physical exercises (it's my laziness).
Now I know 100% what I have to tackle. The battle starts today!
i too am so lazy physically and spiritually, l was doing good and then became so lazy. l will change starting now
Same! I'm so tired and fatigued all the time...some of it is the meds I'm on. I'm on 4 different things that cause neasuea and fatigue.
But my mom told me I was lazy my whole life (I don't think she realized she was speaking curses over me) and that didn't help. I was super depressed as a child so it was the depression and not laziness. But now that I'm older I can't blame her
I’m lazy and this hurt but I needed to hear this.
I struggled with laziness and I always hated that word placed on me. Thank you for reminding me of what I have to do.
I'm def battling with laziness, Holy Spirit help me to overcome it
This really convicted me. I have allowed depression, anxiety, grief, loneliness, lack of confidence, and fear to be my excuses for laziness. And for expecting another to provide my resources. Thank you for nailing that right on the head - that was definitely for me. Thank you for this word. Thank You, Holy Spirit, for this correction 🙏🙏🙏👏🙌
You know it’s gotten bad when you blame God for your laziness and it’s not his fault one bit but myself. Lord thank you for Vlad and this UA-cam channel. I have a clearer path on what to do now and I pray that each person watching this video also takes this message to the heart and begins to take ACTION. In Jesus name I pray AMEN
I am struggling with being lazy in my walk with Jesus. Pray for a refiring of my zeal. ❤
I have been struggling with laziness, this has resulted to extreme poverty, lack and I am in deep debt. I have put effort to start classes/projects but I am not able to finish. I have prayed against this, I have tried to be consistent but I just find myself still making excuses, procrastinating, neglecting duties, mismanaging time, love of sleep, inconsistence and lack of initiative. Enough is enough, I want to become better.
You almost described me😫
God calls a lazy servant WICKED. and will cast that servant into outer darkness. Sodom and Gomorrah was guilty of idleness . What a helpful video. Thank you so much Vlad
Sodom & Gomorrah were wealthy, but failed to build-up the poor.__
__ Sodom was 'well-watered', volcanic soil. The Bible says ‘Like the garden of the Lord (Eden)". With little effort, the people of Sodom would say, get twelve, fat, ears of corn per stalk, while elsewhere farmers got two, thin, ears per stalk with a lot more work. Sodom had oil & tar pits; giving them oil for their oil-lamps and fuel for heat and cooking. Before the Babylonians systematically cut-down all the forests of Israel, and plugged the springs; and before God turned Sodom into a valley of salt; Israel had large, dense, forests, full of wildlife. Thus, Sodom had trees for housing. __
__Ezekiel 16:49
“Behold, this was the guilt of Sodom; she had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy; so, they were haughty and committed abomination (immorality) before me.”__
__This verse implies: If one fails to use some of one's wealth to build-up the poor in your life; that is haughtiness, and haughtiness leads to immorality.__
__”Strengthen the hand of the poor” implies more than a one-time gift, but rather, helping the poor into a position of self-sufficiency.__
__So, Sodom's sin was not idleness from producing wealth, or failing to keep busy. Fullness / abundance of food is not a sin. The sin was having spare-time and wealth, but not using those to strengthen the poor. 'Strengthening' implies pulling the poor up out of need, not to equal wealth, but to respectability.__
__ In Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son; the brother, who stayed at home and worked, is angry his father restored his sinful, wasteful, brother to equality with him. Sinful human nature does not mind giving the poor a few bucks, if they stay poor and visibly beneath them. Sinful human nature does not want to pull the poor up to an equal level respectability. The sinful rich want to maintain a difference in social rank; they want praise for their wealth and worldly accomplishments by keeping the poor, poor. Both brothers' wealth came from the father. The parable may imply a requirement for the poor person to repent of sins to attain help, and attain restoration of respectability; even though, the parable is about spiritual restoration and forgiveness of sins.
As somebody who has ADHD it’s not the task that’s the problem or being too lazy to do the work, it’s STARTING the task (and staying focused on the one task). Here are some tips that work for me. I make lists and include very short and easy tasks just to get moving and being able to tick a task off the list, which then motivates me to do more. If I’m too overwhelmed with tasks that I can’t even make the list I just make myself get up and do something small - brush my teeth (any time of day) or wash the 2 plates and 2 mugs in the sink. It really needs to be something small to focus on because your brain then gets ‘ready’ and starts thinking rationally what needs to be done and then it’s easy to just go and do it. I set time limits on social media. You can still go on it later but it stops you when scrolling. Some people also say that putting shoes on narrating the next step aloud can be helpful. You will get into a routine and it will become easier. The start is the hardest. Also, pray for help ☺️
I want to kindly request prayers for my habit of procrastination and getting easily distracted. This has been seriously hindering my studies for the past few years and I really need your prayers to overcome this habit as I also pray for God’s wisdom to navigate the path he prepared for me. Thank you so much.
I love this pastor as a pastor 🤗
To the person reading this, God knows what you are facing through, He heard your cry,He is going to deliver you. Just trust in Him. Amen💞
amen
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Thank you so much for this!! Still struggling with distraction but will continue!
People also make selective decisions on where they want to put their energy or efforts. Not always making the best decisions.
Yes I’m battling in laziness
I have been lazy for the last few months, now I will get back to work and study.
I will everything I can to serve Christ,
Thank you for this incredible video 🙏!
I prayed for motivation. I know I'm lazy. Then this video pops up. Thank you Jesus (and in a smaller part Vlad (: )
Some one is calling me that i am lazy being a mother of four 12 years, 5years three years and 1 year 5 months 😢.
I never rest house chores I never complain it's my duty I thank God for my kids.
Praise Jesus for this message 🙏🏾 I really needed to hear this because I am a known procrastinator in everything I do and I never realized how my laziness was affecting my spiritual growth. Jesus, I repent for my laziness lifestyle and attitude. Please forgive me and cleanse me through and through in the blood. Holy Spirt help me to be more productive and motivated in all do because whatever I do it’s for Jesus Christ. Amen Amen and Amen 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 Love and blessings to all my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus ♥️
I am thankful to the Lord Jesus Christ....for directing me to this video....as I am lazy and I am worried how do i overcome it.....I understood by watching this video...that God has breath life into His Word ...that proclaiming His Word....
Im killing the fear to act. It has made me to procrastinate important things for years. It has also made me very slothful with time management. Forgive me, Lord.
Thank you so much for your encouraging words. My laziness came from a lifetime of depression and a sense of hopelessness. In recent years, the Lord has gently brought me back to him, is removing my stoney heart and putting into me a heart of flesh. I'm glad I can commit all my weaknesses and sins to him and he is helping me break away from my old habitual sins. I was praying about being lazy today and it's so timely that your video appeared. I hope, with the help of the Holy Spirit, I may grow in discipline and train up my mental spiritual and physical muscles again so I may better serve him and others around me with love and joy and God's leading.
Thank you so much Pastor Vlad for spreading the inspiring message .
I just realised that what happened to me is just being lazy.
Weekdays i have plan to go to church but when sunday came i felt like so tired and just scrolling my phone thinking to go to church afternoon time until the time passes by i have no time at all to go out.
Your words motivate me to be a better person to serve God.
The Word of God convicted me of Laziness in January.
Also, Pornography and Masturbation directly lead to Laziness
Im only lazy for the things I DONT LIKE, for example, i hate doing the dishes. I prograstinate when it comes to doing the dishes. But i am never to lazy to do something fun.
Goodeavening Pastor, and everybody. Greetings from Belgium. Thanks for sharing this Pastor.
God bless you. So true about laziness. Sometimes I'm doing too much and other times not enough. Definitely, I will work on creating a routine and set up Smart goals. I want to be used by God and not missing out opportunities. 🙏🎉
Amen and agreed. Lord King Christ move us all in your Holy Spirit we need it and welcome it. Alleluia 🕊 💨💧🩸🔥
Laziness is the most hard thing I'm struggling with it's not easy but will win this fight thank you for the message 🙌🏾
I just love how you detailed and breakdown the definitions and the subject in question. You are a true man of God because my spirit always leads me to listen to your teachings and preaching.
Thanks so much for this video, most times it could be a demon keeping someone bound .
I never want to be lazy or anything bad like that praise God for all His Help always 😊❤❤❤❤❤
I'm applying the SMART strategy
This was a wonderful sermon pastor vlad!
Makes me want to do research
Set up time to make music
Set up time to do chores and all that… thank you for clarity! Thank you Jesus!
This is so needed. I’m diligent in some areas but lazy in others. Thank you!
I will be creating a goal sheet for finishing my book and my degree.
I learned all about SMART goals in my course.. not only do I not do it anymore, I've forgotten how, but I Will ask God to being me back into sorting my goals out because I need more structure and progress being made.. I will be confident that He will use me for the purpose intended then 😊
You can have health issues and not be able to work and also be lazy. It’s much easier to be lazy when you are already at a disadvantage physically and from fatigue caused my health issues. (I’m taking about ME. I procrastinate. I may not sleep too much. It I sit too much.)
In April, I had a situation where I had allowed laziness to control the whole month and a half. On May 20th, I heard this message. It was so revealing because it showed me that for the last two years, I had allowed it to run my life. Today, I am making the decision to give all diligence to make my calling & election sure. I totally agree with you. God bless you and your ministry.
Amen Amen! I agree too in Christ Yeshua's name. Alleluia 🕊
♥️This was a great lesson and thank you. It’s important to do a self evaluation and I listened to your lesson today to see if there’s any laziness in me. One of your tips I’m definitely going to implement is more goal setting and to stay away from UA-cam while working! Thank you!♥️
Thank you for the video it was great God bless you brother 🙏❤️✝️
Thank you for this video Pastor Vlad. I deeply needed this as I've struggled with laziness my entire life. I know choose to be diligent and not let my flesh have its way in my life anymore 🙏
I am a lazy person,Father your sermon has helped me make out this.
I will stop neglecting my responsibility.
I actually found myself lazy while watching this video, but I believe that I can be changed! God bless you, pastor Vlad.
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Hello ...❤ Good evening. Live here in Philippines 😮
LORD JESUS!!! HELP US ALL. I KNOW YOU WILL! May Your Spirit within us invigorate and energize us to accomplish your perfect will in this life.
Amen and agreed. The Lord Christ bless you and all in here. Alleluia 🕊 💨💧🩸🔥
You're spots on and I seem to be met every description you mentioned about laziness which I struggling to overcome. I think the true reason for my laziness is trying to runaway from stress and pressure. My inability to dealing with stress and pressure heads on leads me from escaping to work. Please help me Lord to overcome the bondage that I'm greatly struggling with.
I suffer from overwhelm, which leads to laziness, which leads to frustration, which has led to spiritual bodage.
Everything thing you said is a no brainer, HOWEVER I needed to HEAR it said today. In just this way. I'm praying to get on track and out of this rut of laziness.
Laziness and depression.Terrile place to be at. TY for this right now.💛🙏💙
I needed this so bad!! God is so good!!!
This was good !! one thing I’m gonna do is operate in more discipline when it’s come to social media. Thanks for the teaching
Thank you for this timely message. I am convicted. Time to take accountability!!! Lord empower me, & help me to ne active. In Jesus name Amen.
I'm battling with laziness and I need to break it. I was reading my Bible every day and I wanted to finish it by new years but for some reason now I just stopped but I would read here and there. And yes it lead me to bondage which is drinking again but I have been praying lately break it so I came across this video and it blew my mind about what he was saying about me. God wanted me to watch this so thank you Lord for You have sent me help. In Jesus name amen
I have rheumatoid arthritis a very serious autoimmune disease and it makes me lazy and I feel guilty because I’m always tired. It takes so much effort to do tasks. But, I need to exercise. I don’t want my condition to define me. It sucks. I don’t feel motivated at all. The feeling of constant exhaustion sucks.
Was getting lazy.. Bammm.. holy spirit dropped fire 😂😅
So motivating! Thank you very much Pastor Vlad!
I’m a lazy person but I do things in my time and not Gods time 😢 I need to work on that. And now I got menopause and it’s getting worse. God please help me💗🙏🏼🕊️🙏🏼💗
This is an important topic and you covered it well. I don't think my family would describe me as lazy,but I can improve in this area. I'm going to pay more attention to when I make excuses and work on reducing them. Will you be doing more videos on Christian character? This one helped me see things in myself that I had not noticed.
Thank you for covering this much needed area that has been plaguing this generation since Covid!
Checking ✔ things off my list is my reward. I never thought myself lazy, but i found a few things here that pointed out some laziness in my life.
Amazing video!!! The Holy Spirit truly dwells within you pastor!! God bless you and the family!! 🕊️
I repent and turn from laziness as of today, I'm a productive wealthy woman of GOD walking in his COMPLETE AND TOTAL will for my life, in JESUS mighty name, help me ABBA Father
Thank you Lord that this message has come my way. Help me overcome my Lazy way of doing things.
Thankyou Pastor Vlad ... I struggle with procrastination and distractions. I need to pray and ask Holy Spirit for help. 🛐
Indeed, God led me to this video as I was really struggling with procrastination. Thank you so much for this message.
Good evening from South Africa
Thank you Ps, I need this. I'm gonna stop procrastinating and running from my responsibilities
God's timing is always perfect, I needed this correction. Thank you for the video Vlad.
I've been lazy for a while now. God bless you for this breakdown! I'm going to reduce the amount of online media time and change of content
God knows i needed that. Thanks
Oh I needed this. Praise God I heard this. Thank you.
Very powwrful encouragement Pastor.
Laziness is a sin... we continue praying for one another to remove this spirit of laziness in our lives in Jesus' Mighty Name 🙏 🙏 ..
God bless & love to everyone 💕 💕 💕
I needed this! I just finished my masters degree but Now going to do my Smart goal for my next career move and def need this video cause I have been slacking! I can’t seem to be motivated on the career I am in right now and just have not been able to get started on all the goals I have in my head! I start but than move on the the next thing! Pray for me! I also struggled now to know what God wants me to do so I seem to have doubt. Pray for me
I see Chad every so often. We’re in the same area, Bryce. Glad to see you out here bringing Jesus to the lost❤
Been waiting for this
this video came at a really good time, thank you vlad and thank you Jesus🙌definitely gonna put these steps into practice!
Wow what an incredible truth......thank you for the word man of God.....I am from Durban, SA......this powerful truth is able to change lives.
Needed this today, thank you Vlad
@PR Vlad thank you, thank you! All Praise The Everlasting Messiah Christ Yeshua's mighty loving living Blood and Name Amen and Shalom Rav to you all. ❤
Thank you for this
Thank you for this video
Thank you. This is really helpful.
I felt so called out 😂, thank you! ❤
Thank you for this message.
Thanks Ptr. Vlad for the enlightenment.
thank you for this wisdom pastor vlad!
Thank you Pastor 🙏🏻
So valuable to me.
This is so needed to know 🙏 thank you Pastor Vlad!