Tag: temptation

• What Sin Lens Do You Use?

  Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. 7And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” 8But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in…

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  April 10, 2023

  genesis

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• The First Counseling Session

  Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. 3In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering, 5but for Cain and his…

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  March 7, 2023

  genesis

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• Are you fighting the war within you?

  24And now, O sons, listen to me,and be attentive to the words of my mouth.25Let not your heart turn aside to her ways;do not stray into her paths…–Proverbs 7 This is a chapter of the Bible that involves illicit sex. A married woman was pursuing a man. Adultery is wrong. Sin is sin. And yet,…

  bradshawjoel

  February 7, 2023

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• The Devil’s Reality

  11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.–Matthew 4 This famous passage is less about things to do when you are tempted and more about who to turn to. Satan tempted Jesus with IF statements, questioning who Jesus was and eternally is. Though Satan attacked, he was not able…

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  January 4, 2023

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• Your Greatest Weapon

  5…take every thought captive to obey Christ…–2 Corinthians 10 Paul was describing the inner war that Christians wage against the enemy. His context seems to indicate spiritual warfare, not physical people. He mentioned destroying arguments on the one hand and one’s own behavior on the other. This implies that the enemy was tempting the Corinthians…

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  July 31, 2022

  2 Corinthians

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