I encourage you to be diligent in recovery from failure before God Major or repeated sinful failure in the Christian life is an effective tool in the hands of Satan. He uses temptation to lure us into sin; he then uses our sinful stumblings to instil a sense of uselessness and hopelessness. If he can…

Be encouraged, never accept temptation; fight it until victorious for Jesus Christ We typically wish that temptation would simply go away. We get tired and frustrated by its constant attempts to wear us down. You see, the severity of temptation is not determined by the discomfort experienced at the time. Rather, the measure is the…

I encourage you to watch for the subtle nature of temptation All of us who have fallen to temptation would have noticed how subtle it often is. Sometimes it’s brazen and in your face. Sometimes it stealthily sneaks up, surprising you in ways you never expected. Other times it comes in the most innocently attractive…

I encourage you to understand the most seductive temptation of all. The temptation which carries the greatest consequences, and could well be the most difficult to reason through due to its seductive nature, is that of thinking you’re OK without Jesus Christ being Lord of your life.    We learned from Jesus time of temptation…

I encourage you to see temptation for what it really is Temptation in and of itself is neutral. However, its desire to lead you away from God is far from neutral.  Temptation is heavily weighted by all our spiritual enemies against both the Christian and God. Universally, temptation has simple objectives. First, it seeks to…