nathan's thoughts on The Faith I Live By - May 16

Entry made on May 29th, 2008
Topics: Temptation, Sin

I read this devotion awhile ago, however I never got around to making an entry on it. It brings out some good points about temptation and sin. When we are tempted to sin, and we succumb and fall, we often afterwards get upset with ourselves because we weren't strong enough to resist. What we fail to understand most of the time, though, is that our ability to resist temptation does not come from our own inner strength. Thus, it is not a matter of being strong enough to resist when the temptation comes.

Our response to a temptation is just a revelation of where our hearts already were at that point in time. In order to overcome any temptation, our minds must be fully surrende...

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