FRIDAY 22ND SEPT.,2017

TOPIC: YOU CAN OVERCOME TEMPTATION
TEXT: 2 Corinthians 2:11 “Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices…”

You will always be tempted in your weakest areas. So:
1) PREPARE YOURSELF. Otherwise you won’t be ready when it comes. Where does temptation originate? In your mind! Any defeat that manifests itself in your conduct was first a battle lost in your mind. That’s why Paul wrote, ‘Don’t … unwittingly give Satan an opening.’
2) BRACE FOR IMPACT. Ask God to help you detect Satan’s advances, and buckle your seat belt in preparation for what lies ahead.
3) SUBMIT TO GOD, and then serve the devil an eviction notice. If you don’t, he will defeat you. ‘Submit … to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you’ (James 4:7).
Satan wants you to do the opposite by resisting God and submitting to him. Don’t fall into his trap! If you’re battling temptation today, stand on this promise: ‘Our high priest is able to understand our weaknesses’. He was tempted in every way that we are, but he did not sin. Let us, then, feel very sure that we can come before God’s throne where there is grace.
There we can receive mercy and grace to help us when we need it’ God will give you the grace needed to overcome temptation.

MEDITATION: Hebrews 4:15-16.

BIBLE STUDY
2 Sam. 18, 2 Cor. 11, Ezk. 25, Ps. 73