Category: Temptation

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So, About This Thing Called Jealousy

“Wrath is cruel, and anger is an overwhelming flood, But who is able to endure and stand before [the sin of] jealousy?” –Proverbs … Continue reading So, About This Thing Called Jealousy

How to Control Your Mouth
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How to Control Your Mouth

“The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.”—Proverbs 16:1

thoughts, words, action

Relating Thoughts to Personal Experience

As I meditated on this scripture, I began to understand that people have the power and the responsibility to control what they put into their hearts so that what comes out of their mouths will be good. That is the only way to control your mouth, because what goes into your heart (your “spiritual womb”) will come out of your mouth in words that are born like a baby being expelled from its mother’s womb. Once it is time for delivery, the “baby” (i.e. your words) is going to come out. You have no control over that; it’s automatic. Continue reading “How to Control Your Mouth”

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If Jesus Had Yielded to Temptation…

Temptation of Christ

If Jesus had yielded to temptation, we’d all be doomed!

According to the passage about the temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4:1-11), the tempter (devil) can be allowed to come to you, lead you, and take you places. But you have a choice not to yield to his temptations. If you resist the devil, as the Bible says, he will flee from you as he did after tempting Jesus in the wilderness! Continue reading “If Jesus Had Yielded to Temptation…”