From time to time I have seasons of temptations. As the Bible states, "No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to us all (I Cor. 10:13). " Temptations will come. Some may be less intense than others. Few are fiercely intense. Whatever the richter scale, temptations shake your life and challenge your commitment to Jesus. Temptations abound. So how do you overcome them?
God's truth tells us that God provides the way out so that you can endure it (I Cor. 10:13). In fact God will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear! He provides the way out. It now depends on you to take the way of escape. You can overcome temptation. God has provided the way. Just choose the way out.
In Proverbs 11 today, I see the words righteousness throughout the chapter. Righteousness is right living. God's Word defines right living. In this chapter God wants you to live rightly. For example in verses 19-22,
So when I face more intense temptation now, I can overcome them by applying what I know God provides. I will choose the way of escape and thus bear up under temptation. I can handle it only with God's help. God wants me to be free of bondage, to be unshackled from temptations bonds and embrace life with boundless energy. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. You have the strength to endure temptation. Choose the way out.
Pastor D
God's truth tells us that God provides the way out so that you can endure it (I Cor. 10:13). In fact God will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear! He provides the way out. It now depends on you to take the way of escape. You can overcome temptation. God has provided the way. Just choose the way out.
In Proverbs 11 today, I see the words righteousness throughout the chapter. Righteousness is right living. God's Word defines right living. In this chapter God wants you to live rightly. For example in verses 19-22,
"Truly the righteous attain life, but those who sow righteousness reap a sure reward. The Lord detests those whose harets are pervers, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless. Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free."Living right according to God's standards bring life abundantly. You can be sure that if you seek evil, then you will gain evil (see verse 27).
So when I face more intense temptation now, I can overcome them by applying what I know God provides. I will choose the way of escape and thus bear up under temptation. I can handle it only with God's help. God wants me to be free of bondage, to be unshackled from temptations bonds and embrace life with boundless energy. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. You have the strength to endure temptation. Choose the way out.
Pastor D
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