Wednesday, June 27, 2007
OVERCOMING TEMPTATION
Pastor Daniel sharing...
- Temptation itself is not a sin.
- Temptation will be with you all the time.
- When you fall into temptation, it is because you did not walk away.
1 Corinthians 10:12-14
- So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
- Satan study everything about us and he tries ways for us to fall into temptation.
- Instead of coming out of temptation, you will focus more on it.
- Don't ever think you are alone!
- Temptation is a fork in the road, it's the presentation of a choice of which road to travel: the High one or Low one.
- God puts certain temptation into our lives for us to struggle, to make us stronger.
- When you are stronger in christ, temptation will be tougher.
7 Temptation Overcomer Checklist:
1.
Recognize the Possibility of Temptation
- Forewarned is forearmed. In battle, the enemy's best weapon is surprise. Don't let the devil sneak up on you.
2.
Request Help in Time of Temptation
Matthew 6:13
- And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
Matthew 26:41
- "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."
3.
Resist the Devil and he will
Flee from you
Flee =running away in fear
- The best way to make the devil flee is to use the Word of God.
- Know your enemy., half your battle is won.
4.
Retreat from Certain Kinds of Temptation
(i) Flee from
idol- An idol is coming between you and God.
- An idol is taken the 1st place in your heart, which is replace with God.
(ii) Flee from
immoralityFlee from immorality:
1 Corinthians 6:18
- Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
Flee from youthful lusts:
2 Timothy 2:22
- Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
(iii) Flee from
greed1 Timothy 6:10-11- For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
5.
Remove and means of sin from you
- One way to get out of temptation, is to change your lifestyle.
6.
Replace Bad Influences with Good OnesProverbs 13:20
- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
2 Corinthians 6:14
- Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
- Focus of positive
7.
Resolve to Take the High Road
High Road = Towards God
Low Road = Towards the world
- Temptation is a choice.
- Some people serve God but not to the fullest. So serve God to the fullest, God sees your heart. =)
~Yvonne~
Scribbled by: Child of God @11:46 pm
