Day 27 - Defeating Temptation
The more you fight a feeling, the more it consumes and controls you. Don't fight the thought, just change the channel of your mind and get interested in another idea.
I wish I had read this book in my first year of marriage because I fought the worst fight of my life. I was OVERCOME with guilty thoughts and I always thought that you had to get the thoughts out of your mind and overcome them. The Devil was putting awful things inbetween me and Nick and I was making it worse by letting it affect me. I could have changed the channel of my mind - easier said then done I assume.
When Satan suggested temptation to Jesus by telling him he was hungry...Jesus didn't argue with Satan, He didn't say I'm not hungry....when tempted to use his power to meet a personal need He simply quoted scripture from memory.
This is why memorizing Scripture is absolutely essential to defeating temptation.
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