TRIFLE
NOT WITH TEMPTATION - FLEE
BREAD
41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.
The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
Matthew 26:41 (NIV)
11 These
things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us,
on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. 12 So, if you think you are
standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 13 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.
1 Corinthians 10:11-13 (NIV)
13 When
tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by
evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire,
he is dragged away and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to
sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
James 1:13-15 (NIV)
1 Brothers,
if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently.
But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other's burdens,
and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 3 If anyone thinks he is
something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Galatians 6:1-3 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Satan
doesn’t surrender his prey without a fight.
He comes racing after the converted soul, chariot wheels churning the
dust, seeking to discourage you, to defeat you.
He pursues you with the intensity of Pharaoh. He may use your old friends, a spot of
persecution, or discouraging responses by your family. He may show you a hypocrite in the church or
afflict you with a general slacking of zeal.
He may launch a missile of temptation right at your heart or fire a
volley of trials and troubles into your life.” Robert
J. Morgan
“Every time we
resist the slightest temptation, we honor God.
Every time we overcome even the smallest problem by trusting and obeying
our Lord Jesus, God is glorified in our lives. Whenever
we choose character over convenience, faithfulness over ease, or honesty over
deceit, we bring honor to the Lord Himself.”
Robert J. Morgan
“We need to keep
our heart full of a sense of the love of God. This is the greatest perspective
available to us against the power of temptation in the world...Fill your heart
with a sense of the love of God in Christ, and apply the eternal design of
grace and shed blood to yourselves. Accept all the privileges of adoption,
justification, and acceptance with God. Fill your heart with thoughts of the
beauty of holiness...then in the ordinary course of walking with God, you will
experience great peace and security from temptation.” John Owen
“To realize God’s
presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation.” Francois
Fenelon
“I entreat you, give no place to
despondency. This is a dangerous
temptation – a refined, not a gross temptation of the adversary. Melancholy contracts and withers the heart, and
renders it unfit to receive the impressions of grace. It magnifies and gives a false coloring to
objects, and thus renders your burdens too heavy to bear. God’s designs regarding you, and His methods
of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.” Madame
Guyon
“Contrary to the
world's beliefs, the spiritual fruit of self-control does not come about
through the discipline of self-mastery, but rather through surrendering
ourselves to God's control. None of us fully have the power, capability, or
wisdom to master our own lives. You cannot resist all the temptations that are
hurled at you, control the behavior of those closest to you, or limit the ideas
that pop into your mind. What you can do is surrender your life to the Holy
Spirit. You can control how you respond, yield, and submit to Him.” Michael Youssef
“Temptation has its source not in the outer lure but in the inner lust.” D. Edmond Hiebert
“Temptation has its source not in the outer lure but in the inner lust.” D. Edmond Hiebert
“Every temptation
leaves us better or worse; neutrality is impossible.” Erwin Lutzer
- · I am to watch and pray to keep myself from falling into temptation. One falls into sin but holiness is a pursuit.
- · God does not tempt me it is my own evil desires.
- · God always shows me a way out of temptation – a door of escape. I am to flee through it.
