"Why on earth did I do that?"
"What ever made me think I could get away with something like that?"
"I really shouldn't have done that.......it wasn't right."
Satan has a way of knowing exactly where our weak spots are. He knows how to get us to do things we otherwise would never have done. None of us are new to Satan. Satan has known us from the time we were born into sin from our mother's womb. He knows what our weaknesses are; he knows the things that cause insecurity in our lives and he is just waiting for the right moment to snare us.
I dare say there isn't anyone who hasn't experienced discouragement in their lives; fear, hatred, jealousy, greed and a lot of other things. All of those things weren't instilled in us by our Lord, but by the lord of this world; Satan.
Satan also knows how to keep us from doing the things we know we should do. He knows how to cause us to fill up our schedule so we have no time for our Lord; no time to read His word or pray.
What do you do when Satan plants thoughts in your mind that you know you shouldn't have? Are you able to cast them aside and continue on. Or do you give in to those thoughts and act on them with regret later.
It would be good if all of us kept this thought in the back of our minds: Satan is a liar......Satan wants to destroy me........Giving in to the ideas Satan puts before us will lead to destruction. When we are faced with temptation, we need to draw those thoughts to the forefront and remind Satan where his eternal destination will be.
" I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power. " Philippians 4:13 (TLB)
"What ever made me think I could get away with something like that?"
"I really shouldn't have done that.......it wasn't right."
Satan has a way of knowing exactly where our weak spots are. He knows how to get us to do things we otherwise would never have done. None of us are new to Satan. Satan has known us from the time we were born into sin from our mother's womb. He knows what our weaknesses are; he knows the things that cause insecurity in our lives and he is just waiting for the right moment to snare us.
I dare say there isn't anyone who hasn't experienced discouragement in their lives; fear, hatred, jealousy, greed and a lot of other things. All of those things weren't instilled in us by our Lord, but by the lord of this world; Satan.
Satan also knows how to keep us from doing the things we know we should do. He knows how to cause us to fill up our schedule so we have no time for our Lord; no time to read His word or pray.
What do you do when Satan plants thoughts in your mind that you know you shouldn't have? Are you able to cast them aside and continue on. Or do you give in to those thoughts and act on them with regret later.
It would be good if all of us kept this thought in the back of our minds: Satan is a liar......Satan wants to destroy me........Giving in to the ideas Satan puts before us will lead to destruction. When we are faced with temptation, we need to draw those thoughts to the forefront and remind Satan where his eternal destination will be.
" I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power. " Philippians 4:13 (TLB)
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