The High Cost of Giving in ……..to Temptation (Part 3)

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John 10: 10 “the thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.  I have come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.”

Good Day Men!

Today we will continue today with “the thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.”

Satan continues to hate us as believers and will continue to do so until the end of time as we know it.  Our final win will be when God casts him into the lake of fire as seen in Revelation 20: 10. Until then life as we know it will be challenged by Satan and people will be tempted by him to do awful things as an attempt to damage and injure our relationship with our heavenly Father.  We know he comes to steal, and to kill and now we see he also comes to DESTROY us in any way he can.  One of the greatest tools in his arsenal is discouragement.  If he can discourage a believer and leave them feeling beat down and worthless he has destroyed their testimony.

As believers we need to keep short accounts of the sin that creeps into our lives and address these issues as soon as we can, or Satan may use that one sin or many small ones to drive an anchor into our lives dragging us into the pit of discouragement.  Don’t give him the chance.  Stay close in your relationship to God.  Stay in the Word of God as often as you can and always remember, when Jesus was tempted in the wilderness (Matt. 4: 1-11) he recited verses from the Word of God.

Be prepared, and be prayed up!  Our close relationship with God is as close as our next time in prayer to Him.

Key Thought: God will fill us with His love and grace and strength.  All we need to do is ask.  He will guide us, just look for His direction in His Word.

Prayer: Dear heavenly Father, Guide me deeper in my relationship with You through your Word.  Help me to understand and realize today, right now, the importance of my relationship with you and help me to always put you first place in my life.  In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen!

Have a blessed day!

In Christ,

Rev. Ted J. Wilkins
Founder/Director of “Good News Brief For Men” Ministries


© 2017 Ted J. Wilkins, Good News Brief For Men Ministries

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