Overcoming Temptation
2 Samuel 11:2
It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
Judges 16:1
Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a prostitute, and he went in to her.
Decisions You make Today Impact Who You will be Tomorrow
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.[a]
Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Restrain Bias is the tendency to overestimate our ability to resist temptations when making a decision. This can lead to more exposure to said temptation.
Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Move Away from Sin
Magnify the Cost of Sin
Make a Plan to Escape Sin
1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
1.Move Away from Sin
James 1:13-15
Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
2.Magnify the Cost of Sin
1 Corinthians 10:13a
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Move Away from Sin
Magnify the Cost of Sin
Make a Plan to Escape Sin
1 Corinthians 10:13b
God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Genesis 39:11-12
But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house, 12 she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house.
Matthew 4:11
Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.