Read Matthew 4:1-11 There Will Always Be Temptation As a five year old child, the desire for a cookie before dinner was overwhelming. Even though it was forbidden. Especially because it was forbidden. More than once, the temptation called out to me and my dinner was...
After being delivered from slavery in Egypt and surviving the perils of the wilderness, the Israelites stood at the threshold of the much longed for Promised Land. But before they were to go in and possess that land, God had a message for His people (Deuteronomy...
How To Fight Temptation We can’t always pick our battles, but we can sure pick our strategies for war. As much as we would like to avoid all unnecessary skirmishes in life, there is one war we cannot avoid, no matter how we may try to broker a peace deal. We have to...
Siblings have a unique relationship. It’s more than the relationship of best friends—although I know siblings who are truly best friends. I’ve seen this with my mom and her sister and my own daughters. This can also be true of brothers and some...
God made Christ the King over temptation. The most compelling evidence attesting to this truth is the way Christ defeats Satan’s temptations in the wilderness (Matthew 4:3-11). A temptation is a real and devastating problem. Eve couldn’t resist it nor did Adam. I...
Do It Again Lord Have you ever been so overwhelmed by the works of Satan that you could hardly take it anymore? Have you been tempted to think that the Lord has allowed the enemy to triumph over you? Does the burden of Satan’s constant attacks make you feel like...
