Dec 7, 2024 … Victory Over Temptation

Dec 7, 2024 … Victory Over Temptation     

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    Please take the time to take in this song with music and lyrics with Don Moen singing … God Will Make A Way … calling on all Christians to to surrender and let God lead us thru or around the trials of life.  

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Highlight Passage: …  1Corinthians 10:13 [NLT] … 

3 The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.          

…  The Apostle Paul assures fellow Christians that our God knows the trials and temptations we face and will not allow them to overwhelm us.      

Highlight Passage (in context): … 1Corinthians 10:11-13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Paul teaches truth about relying on God’s enabling grace to deal with the temptations we face in life.                                                        

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 119:9-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

…   King David sings of how believers can - and WILL - find victory in life by obeying HIs word.           

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon, teaches that trusting God opens us to find HIS WAY in life.          

Reference Passage: … Matthew 4:1-11 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Jesus shows all believers how He overcomes the temptations of Satan … by conforming to the truth of God’s word.            

Reference Passage: … Hebrews 2:18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  </b> 

… God’s word - thru the Author of Hebrews - assures Christians that since Jesus went thru all types of temptation, He is able to help us (Christians) when we’re being tested.     

Reference Passage: … James 4:7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… Jesus’ brother, James, assures fellow Christians that if we’re willing to humble ourselves before God and follow His will, Satan will flee from us when we resist him.   

Reference Passage: … 1John 2:15-16 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle John warns believers to avoid following the ways of this world or seeking to follow selfish desires …  instead of seeking God’s will and His ways.     

  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author -  Leslie Koh … AT THIS LINK  -  told of a private-hire driver, named Sydney, who loved the freedom of being his own boss; but recognized the danger of being tempted to do things which go against his own personal behavior code.  And this illustration calls readers (that’s us!) to question how we deal with the temptations of life 

And that’s a challenge we face every day, isn't it?  And if you’ve been lifted up and encouraged by the linked song and have meditated on the truth of God in the Scriptures above, i’m praying that we all are TOTALLY surrendered to trusting God’s word to lead us to victory over temptation … just as Jesus did when he faced Satan in the wilderness (see Matthew 4:1-11) .  And the way I see it is … if that’s Jesus’ battle plan against temptation, it’s good enough for me. And that’s why you find me here every day, starting my day in God’s word, committing my way to follow my Lord to victory over temptation.        

                                                                    

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for giving us Your victory  tool - i.e., Your word - as I deal with temptation today.  

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … to trust God’s word in dealing with our temptations today. …  Amen

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