temptation is going to come, but luckily you and i have a lot of truth to tell temptation. i encourage you at the area of your greatest temptation, find some verses in GOD’s word that you can say back to that temptation. that’s the strategy that JESUS taught us when it comes to temptation. find some verses in GOD’s word that deal with the temptation that you face. if you’ve got a temptation, there’s a verse in GOD’s word to fit with it. tell the temptation the truth. if you have to read the whole bible before you find a verse that fits, that’s ok. it won’t hurt. whenever you’re tempted, start reading the bible to find the verse that fits. you’ll be through this book in a week or two. it won’t take long!!!
now joseph gives us another lesson on how to resist temptation. and that is consider the consequences. you might even make a list.
when satan brings temptation into our life, he always says this is going to make you happy and we start to buy into it in our minds and start to think the wrong direction. set down with a piece of paper and write down all the things that would happen if that sin of adultery were found out. what it would do to you, to your spouce/ your kids. write them all down and scare yourself to death.you’re thinking, “what if it isn’t found out?” what if the temptation never is found out?” that’s worse!
you might make yourself a list of all that would happen if it never were found out. the guilt that you’d have to live with, the pain that you’d have to live with, the secret that you’d have to live with, the hurt that would bring to your life and your relationship with the LORD. make a list. consider the consequences.
charles spurgeon said about temptation: “learn to say no. it would be of more use to you than being able to read latin.” that’s the truth. who cares about latin? one word. “no!” only GOD can empower that no in our lives through HIS SPIRIT within us, through HIS word. HE can empower that.
just a thought from the front porch…
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