WHAT ARE SOME TIPS ON HOW TO HANDLE TEMPTATION?
Bible Study / Daily Devotional
Average reading time is about 5 and a half minutes
There are many suggestions in the Bible for dealing with temptation, but the most important tip is this: Run! Few speed records are broken when people run from temptation. They often crawl away from it hoping it catches up with them. Sometimes temptation comes through a door we deliberately leave open.
Suppose that you accidentally spilled kerosene all over your clothes and somebody nearby lit a match. Where would you go? As far away as you could and as fast as possible! That should be the attitude of a Christian toward temptation. Paul said, “Flee sexual immorality” and “flee from idolatry” (1 Corinthians 6:18; 10:14). So run away from sin, and don’t leave a forwarding address.
Don’t miss this: When you run from temptation, you head toward God. “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you” (James 4:8). When you know something is sinful, don’t engage or banter with the devil, because he is the master of rationalization—that’s how Eve fell!
It breaks my heart when Christians try to justify their sins. There is no limit to the arguments with which the devil can supply you. As soon as you know something is wrong, flee! The bravest person runs from temptation; the fool flirts with it.
The most precious way to overcome any temptation has to be because you love God. You know that sin hurts God, and when tempted you need to say out loud, “I can’t do that because I love God.” The more you love Jesus, the less the attractions of the devil will hold sway over you.
We’re all tempted, but the Lord has promised that we can be overcomers through the “exceeding great and precious promises” found in the Scriptures. Jesus will teach us how to overcome. The devil could not make Jesus sin, nor can he make us. “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57). Ask Him for overcoming power and joyfully dive into the pages of His Word!
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. Proverbs 22:3
Bible Study / Daily Devotional
Average reading time is about 5 and a half minutes
There are many suggestions in the Bible for dealing with temptation, but the most important tip is this: Run! Few speed records are broken when people run from temptation. They often crawl away from it hoping it catches up with them. Sometimes temptation comes through a door we deliberately leave open.
Suppose that you accidentally spilled kerosene all over your clothes and somebody nearby lit a match. Where would you go? As far away as you could and as fast as possible! That should be the attitude of a Christian toward temptation. Paul said, “Flee sexual immorality” and “flee from idolatry” (1 Corinthians 6:18; 10:14). So run away from sin, and don’t leave a forwarding address.
Don’t miss this: When you run from temptation, you head toward God. “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you” (James 4:8). When you know something is sinful, don’t engage or banter with the devil, because he is the master of rationalization—that’s how Eve fell!
It breaks my heart when Christians try to justify their sins. There is no limit to the arguments with which the devil can supply you. As soon as you know something is wrong, flee! The bravest person runs from temptation; the fool flirts with it.
The most precious way to overcome any temptation has to be because you love God. You know that sin hurts God, and when tempted you need to say out loud, “I can’t do that because I love God.” The more you love Jesus, the less the attractions of the devil will hold sway over you.
We’re all tempted, but the Lord has promised that we can be overcomers through the “exceeding great and precious promises” found in the Scriptures. Jesus will teach us how to overcome. The devil could not make Jesus sin, nor can he make us. “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57). Ask Him for overcoming power and joyfully dive into the pages of His Word!
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. Proverbs 22:3
WHAT ARE SOME TIPS ON HOW TO HANDLE TEMPTATION?
Bible Study / Daily Devotional
Average reading time is about 5 and a half minutes
There are many suggestions in the Bible for dealing with temptation, but the most important tip is this: Run! Few speed records are broken when people run from temptation. They often crawl away from it hoping it catches up with them. Sometimes temptation comes through a door we deliberately leave open.
Suppose that you accidentally spilled kerosene all over your clothes and somebody nearby lit a match. Where would you go? As far away as you could and as fast as possible! That should be the attitude of a Christian toward temptation. Paul said, “Flee sexual immorality” and “flee from idolatry” (1 Corinthians 6:18; 10:14). So run away from sin, and don’t leave a forwarding address.
Don’t miss this: When you run from temptation, you head toward God. “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you” (James 4:8). When you know something is sinful, don’t engage or banter with the devil, because he is the master of rationalization—that’s how Eve fell!
It breaks my heart when Christians try to justify their sins. There is no limit to the arguments with which the devil can supply you. As soon as you know something is wrong, flee! The bravest person runs from temptation; the fool flirts with it.
The most precious way to overcome any temptation has to be because you love God. You know that sin hurts God, and when tempted you need to say out loud, “I can’t do that because I love God.” The more you love Jesus, the less the attractions of the devil will hold sway over you.
We’re all tempted, but the Lord has promised that we can be overcomers through the “exceeding great and precious promises” found in the Scriptures. Jesus will teach us how to overcome. The devil could not make Jesus sin, nor can he make us. “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57). Ask Him for overcoming power and joyfully dive into the pages of His Word!
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. Proverbs 22:3
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