tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520056768001547832.post3414768300967222445..comments2010-03-27T06:00:54.317-05:00Comments on Get Ya Mind Right: Dealing With TemptationCalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03585389121912620565noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6520056768001547832.post-65356195287092775032009-10-22T07:25:30.666-05:002009-10-22T07:25:30.666-05:00Awesome revelation Cale! What a blessing to be rea...Awesome revelation Cale! What a blessing to be reading this from you! You're right, oftentimes we beat ourselves up because we are tempted and think "if we were more 'rightous' then that wouldn't have been a temptation". First of all, it is not US who makes ourselves rightous but Christ. And secondly...WHO is more rightous than Christ himself? If He endured temptation, what makes us think that we would be exempt from it? I know my friends think I'm a bit cooky---but I often get excited when trials come because I know it means #1: I must be making Satan nervous if he's going after me so hard and #2: This is an opportunity for God to prove His faithfulness in my life and to get GLORY! I've actually told the devil, when I'm tempted to fear or he's trying to scare me with something...BRING IT ON SUCKER! Because apparently he must have forgotten how this story ends. HE LOSES! Every time. Period. If God be for me, WHO can stand against me? (uhh...definitely not the measly ol' devil!) He has NO power other than what I give him...which is lessening all the time. Another cool thing that we've been taught recently is that in 1 Cor. 10:12-14 it says, "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." What is common to man is only what is in the natural. The devil has no power or ability to tempt us supernaturally! If we are walking in the Spirit, we will not fulfil the lust of the flesh (Gal. 5:16) <br />Christians ask "If God promises us all these things (Ps. 91, etc.) then why am I going through this (sickness, financial hardship, etc.). BECAUSE (Jn. 16:32,33) He said, ""I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."<br />And who is in you? HE IS! <br />GLORY!! We have the victory. Period. <br />Man...makes me want to get up from this computer chair and dance! <br />Thanks Cale for obeying what I'm sure God led you to do and starting this blog! I look forward to showing it to Matt and to reading along with you! God is GOOD! (ALL the time!)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10038454792972449216noreply@blogger.com