Topic : Overcoming temptation - Part 1

Foundation Verse : 1 Corinthians 10:13 (AMP)
For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter
how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you
that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to
you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and
adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear].
But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and
He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed
beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure,
but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the
means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and
strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently.

Daily Application :

Everyday we are faced with temptations to sin but Paul tells us in his
letter to the Corinthian church that no temptation is too much for us
to bear because God Himself is faithful and just to give us a way of
escape that we don't have to suffer from temptation. In James 1:12-18,
James tells us that God blesses those who endure temptation, also it
goes on to say that God tempts no one to do wrong and that the root of
temptation actually comes from our desires and when we give way to our
desires it gives birth to sinful actions.

Have you ever dwelled on a desire? For example; You are a single
individual and all of a sudden this desire to have a significant other
comes about and then when you begin to give into that desire the enemy
comes and puts thoughts of lust and perverts it. That's what James is
warning us about, Desires when given into temptation leads to an
action of sin and when that sin is allowed to grow. That's why we are
not to give any place for the devil to have a grip on us. (Eph. 4:27)

Remember everyday we will be faced with battles (temptation) but the
war has already been won. So just like in James 1:2-4, know that when
troubles and temptations come your way,know that its an opportunity
for you to grow.

By Xan Hetu