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by Paul Faulkner · 1 Corinthians 10:13 · Temptation
Tough times, even when they are filled with temptation can help us grow and better appreciate good times when they come.
by Sarah Stirman · 2 Corinthians 2:14 · Victory
Sin entangles and causes us to stumble and fall rather than running victoriously, whether the sin is our own or the sin of others against us.
by Rubel Shelly · James 4:7
We've got to be honest about our weakness and inconsistency and quit trying to blame everything on someone or something else, including satan or the devil.
by Jerry Dyess · James 1:14 · Leadership
A self-destructive meal at a mud hole reminds us of how our own desires can blind us to the dangers of our own greed and lust for power.
by Katha Winther · 1 Peter 2:1 · Repentance · Sin
We need to not only be sorry for our sin, but we also need to get rid of the things in our lives that lead us to sin.
by Mike Barres · 2 Corinthians 10:4 · Temptation
We need to keep our thought life free of weeds.
by Larry Zinck · Hebrews 11:25 · Sin
Sin is deceptive and offers shortcuts that ultimately enslave.
by Alan Smith · Revelation 2:10 · Temptation
Satan offers us many shortcuts and temptations, but only God has a really better offer.
by Joe Bagby · Romans 5:3 · Adversity · Trust
Trial, temptation, trouble, and testing are in the same neighborhood with trust: we're not going to get the one we want without experiencing the ones we dont!
by Bruce Wadd · Romans 8:1 · Temptation · Sin
We face temptation to sin, but sin is an old, dying, worthless lizard's tail.
by Alan Smith · Hebrews 12:1 · Temptation · Sin
Most of us are trying to carry around things that don't matter very much and they are weighing us down from doing what God wants!
by Phil Ware · James 1:2 · Temptation · Trials
We can survive times of trouble, trials, and temptation if we prepare.
by Patrick D. Odum · Psalm 19:12 · Forgiveness · Cleanse · Mercy
If we will honestly ask for God to change us and help us, he will step and do so because he knows our struggles and longs to give us mercy.
by Kathy Bailey · 1 Timothy 4:1 · Temptation
Satan loves to trap us when we wander away from God's people.
by Patrick D. Odum · Hebrews 5:7 · Prayer · Temptation · Spiritual Warfare
Jesus faced the fight we all face in the garden of gethsemane so we should be willing to fight that same fight and not give up!
by Alan Smith · Luke 12:13 · Greed
We can get so caught up in wanting more that we kill ourselves.
by Thom Lemmons · 1 Thessalonians 4:1
Can a man be expected to resist when things are so easy?
by Lynn Anderson · 1 Corinthians 10:13
The power of an anonymous motel room doesn't have to claim our purity or cause us to cave into sin.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 10:13 · Temptation
Just like the fast food ads decieve us by making their product look too good to be true, so also satan deceives and tempts us.
by Debbie Parker · Philippians 4:8 · Speech · Mind
We need to guard what we think in our minds and ask God to keep them pure.
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