Can anyone help with fighting temptation
Hello Maranda, and welcome to CChat
As for fighting temptations, the principle way that we do that is 1. by becoming a Christian
(which I assume that you already are) and then 2. by growing in Christlikeness/sanctification, which we do, first and foremost, by continually growing in the knowledge and understanding of God's word
(renewing and filling our minds with His word).
Here are some verses/passages that speak to this, and to the importance of doing so.
Deuteronomy 11
18 You shall impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.
19 You shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up.
20 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
21 so that your days and the days of your sons may be multiplied on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens remain above the earth.
Joshua 1
8 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.
Psalm 1
1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers.
Psalm 119:9, 11
How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Thy word. Thy word I have 'treasured' in my heart, that I may not sin against Thee.
Psalm 119
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
John 17
17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
Romans 12
2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
2 Timothy 2
15 Be diligent [study] to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling [rightly dividing] the word of truth.
2 Timothy 3
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;
17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
God bless you! (
Numbers 6:24-26)
~Deut
p.s. - remember that the Christian life is a 'journey', one that the Lord intends for us to make. In fact, I believe that growing in our relationship with Him is perhaps the most important thing that we can do as a Christian, because everything that He wants us to become and to do depends upon the strength of that growing relationship.
So, whenever you fall to temptation, remember that you have ALWAYS been loved by Him (
from everlasting ..
Jeremiah 31:3), that He knew exactly what He was doing/who He was getting when He saved you ..
Mark 2:17, and that He, as your loving,
Abba (Father)
ALWAYS wants the very best for you as His daughter, and that He will see that you have those things ..
Jeremiah 29:11; Romans 8:28, 32.
So, listen carefully to Him/trust Him/take Him at His word (especially in this when you face temptation and sin ..
1 John 1:9), knowing that you can always trust in His promises to you to sanctify you and to see you safely though this life to be with Him in Glory ..
Philippians 1:6, 2:13, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24)
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