As I was driving down the road the other day I was thinking about a conversation me and a friend was having about temptation. I was thinking it would be a lot easier to stay on the right path if we were never tempted by anything. Then I thought well even Jesus was tempted by the devil himself. Then my next thought was I guess we all have to be tempted that is just part of the process. God spoke to me and said that you don't have to be tempted, at least not to the extent that you are now. What? He said Jesus showed you how to pray "lead me not into temptation". The he asked when was the last time you prayed for that? UHHHHH was my response. He followed by saying you are responsible for what your eyes see and your ears hear.
I can not believe the trash I let my eyes see. It is everywhere on the TV, movies, Internet, in the mall, and basically anywhere you go. Same with hearing trash. It is on TV, movies, Internet, in the mall, CHURCHS, and basically anywhere you go. The bad thing is once the trash has went into your brain it is there forever and the devil can use it against you.
Now I still believe God allows some temptations to come our way, just to test us, however I will be praying for Him not to lead me into temptation.
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As you were writing this great piece on temptation, it was 3:01 p.m. so you were NOT at Chase's party. LOL. The girls' bible studies last week was on temptation. The one thing in helping Paige study it that stuck out to me was Satan will use against you in temptation what your weakness is. Scary but true!! Hold to the rod!!
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