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Sermon: Mirroring Jesus’ Overcoming of Temptation
What has been your experience with temptation? Are you currently being tempted to sin? We’ve all been tempted to disobey the Lord and to doubt the Lord. We’ve all yielded to temptations and experienced
Continue reading...Garden of the Gods: Garden of Desperate Prayer
Gethsemane is a garden of olive trees sitting on the side of the Mount of Olives. It was a relatively short walk from Jerusalem, where Jesus had Passover with his disciples and prayed publicly for them.
Continue reading...Can Satan Make Me Do Something I Don’t Want to Do?
Question: Can the devil tempt a born-again Christian into doing something they do not want to do? Answer: Temptation is, by definition, an enticement to do something wrong. So yes, the devil not only can
Continue reading...Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife – Genesis 39
Joseph faced incredible temptation. He could have justified giving in just because his master’s wife demanded it. But as Wiersbe says, “Self-control is an important factor in building character
Continue reading...Overcoming Temptation – Luke 22:39-46
There’s a pretty good video on the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness by a man who is a member of the Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ (Mormons). It emphasizes that Jesus overcame temptation
Continue reading...Meeting Needs Our Way – Luke 4:1-4
How did Washington D.C. become our capital? Philadelphia was our first capital but not by the determination of Congress. The nation was in debt and needed to collect on contributions from the states
Continue reading...Enticed – Proverbs 1:10-19
Maybe like me you have done this. You have wondered if you could get away with doing something wrong. You’ve told yourself that it could happen. But hopefully, like me, you have weighed the
Continue reading...Financial Accountability – 2 Corinthians 8:16-24
A Ponzi scheme is an investment scheme that lures investors by paying high returns to initial investors from the contributions of later investors rather than from genuine earnings on investments, allowing
Continue reading...Tempting My Little Ones – Matthew 18:1-14
He used her for sex. His own daughter! That she came to faith in Christ is a testimony to how Jesus ministered to her in this most terrifying and tragic time in her life. The imprint of this ghastly misdeed
Continue reading...Lose Your Life – Matthew 16:21-28
One of the things I used to hate the most was being wrong. To me that was super embarrassing and reflected my inadequacy. So I would often resist expressing an opinion in order not to risk being wrong
Continue reading...Doing What We Know We Should Do – Matthew 7:24-29
Procrastination. We’ve all experienced it. We know we should be doing this thing that will benefit us, but somehow the reward doesn’t seem real enough or critical enough to move us. There are
Continue reading...Treasures – Matthew 6:19-24
At the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation website we find these words: Bill Gates and Melinda French were raised knowing it’s important to give back to the community. Both the Gates and French families
Continue reading...Temptation – Matthew 4:1-11
How do you deal with temptation? The easiest way, it seems, is to give in to it, but that leads to the saddest of lives. God uses our conscience to help us say no to temptation to sin. Adam said yes, and
Continue reading...Sort of Trusting in God – 2 Kings 18
I was out of a job but certainly not out of expenses and bills. God had assured me He would take care of me but it was very tempting to look for a backup. I looked for jobs, even thought I had a guarantee
Continue reading...Corrupting Riches – 1 Kings 10
Was Jesus instructed about the danger of wealth from the example of Solomon? Probably not just Solomon but several teachings in the Old Testament and, no doubt, his own observations. He said, ““Do
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