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  Speaker 1: Why do you keep falling into the same temptations? Why
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  Speaker 1: does it feel like no matter how much you pray,
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  Speaker 1: fight and resist, the struggle never ends. Why does temptation
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  Speaker 1: feel so strong even when you know it's wrong. From
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  Speaker 1: the celebrity scandals that make headlines to the private battles
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  Speaker 1: that no one ever sees, temptation is real and it's relentless.
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  Speaker 1: But here's what most people don't realize. Temptation is not random.
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  Speaker 1: It is targeted. It is strategic. It is designed to
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  Speaker 1: pull you away from God at the exact moment you're
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  Speaker 1: about to grow. The enemy doesn't waste his time attacking
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  Speaker 1: where you're strong. He attacks where you're vulnerable. He waits
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  Speaker 1: for the moments when you're tired, discouraged, alone, or doubting.
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  Speaker 1: He studies your weaknesses and tailors his attacks just for you.
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  Speaker 1: Think about it. Eve wasn't tempted with something she didn't desire.
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  Speaker 1: The serpent didn't try to convince her to kill, steal,
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  Speaker 1: or destroy. He simply planted a seed of doubt. Did
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  Speaker 1: God really say? He twisted God's words just enough to
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  Speaker 1: make sin look like wisdom. David wasn't tempted in battle.
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  Speaker 1: He was tempted in comfort at the height of his success,
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  Speaker 1: when he should have been leading his army, he stayed behind,
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  Speaker 1: and in that moment of idleness, he saw Bathsheba, and
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  Speaker 1: desire overtook him. Peter wasn't tempted when Jesus was performing miracles.
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  Speaker 1: He was tempted when Jesus was being arrested. In a
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  Speaker 1: moment of fear, he denied the very one he swore
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  Speaker 1: he would never forsake. And Jesus, even Jesus, was tempted.
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  Speaker 1: Satan came to him after forty days of fasting, when
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  Speaker 1: his body was weak, when he was alone, when no
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  Speaker 1: one was watching. But unlike Eve, unlike David, unlike Peter,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus overcame. So why do we keep falling? And more importantly,
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  Speaker 1: how do we stop? That's exactly what we're going to
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  Speaker 1: uncover today. Where does temptation come from, why does God
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  Speaker 1: allow it? What is the enemy's ultimate goal? And most importantly,
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  Speaker 1: how can you defeat temptation once and for all? Because
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  Speaker 1: here's the truth. Temptation is not just about sin, It's
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  Speaker 1: about your destiny. The enemy isn't just trying to get
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  Speaker 1: you to mess up. He's trying to derail God's plan
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  Speaker 1: for your life. Every temptation you face is a battle
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  Speaker 1: for your soul, your purpose, and your relationship with God.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the good news. You don't have to keep losing.
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  Speaker 1: The Bible gives us clear, powerful strategies to overcome, recognizing
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  Speaker 1: the enemy's tactics before he attacks, using scripture as a weapon,
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  Speaker 1: just like Jesus did, guarding your heart and mind again
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  Speaker 1: hidden temptations, building spiritual strength to resist the devil every time,
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  Speaker 1: and by the time you finish this video, you will
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  Speaker 1: know exactly how to overcome temptation, not just for a moment,
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  Speaker 1: but for a lifetime. So let me ask you, what
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  Speaker 1: if the temptation you're facing right now is actually an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity for victory. What if your struggle is proof that
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  Speaker 1: the enemy is afraid of what God is doing in you.
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  Speaker 1: What if overcoming temptation isn't about avoiding it, but about
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  Speaker 1: becoming stronger through it. Because by the end of this video,
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  Speaker 1: you will not only understand how to overcome temptation, you
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  Speaker 1: will be equipped to walk in complete spiritual victory. We
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  Speaker 1: have created in depth explanation videos for every book of
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  Speaker 1: the Bible to help you go deeper in your faith.
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  Speaker 1: Each Deep Bible Stories video is designed to break down
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  Speaker 1: scripture in a way that is simple, clear, and deeply impactful.
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  Speaker 1: And if this video has helped you see temptation differently,
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  Speaker 1: like and share it so more people can break free.
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  Speaker 1: It is our hope and prayer that this video awakens
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  Speaker 1: something in your spirit, a power so strong that temptation
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  Speaker 1: will never have control over you again. With that being said,
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  Speaker 1: let's get started. Temptation is not just about sin, It's
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  Speaker 1: about your destiny. The enemy isn't after your moment of weakness.
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  Speaker 1: He's after your calling, He's after your future. Every temptation
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  Speaker 1: you face is a spiritual battle, a war designed to
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  Speaker 1: pull you away from God's plan. But have you ever
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  Speaker 1: wondered why does temptation exist in the first place? If
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  Speaker 1: God loves us, why does he allow us to struggle?
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  Speaker 1: Why does he let the enemy attack us knowing how
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  Speaker 1: hard it is to resist? Wouldn't it be easier if
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  Speaker 1: temptation didn't exist at all? To answer that, we need
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  Speaker 1: to go back to the beginning. The very first temptation
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  Speaker 1: happened in heaven, long before Adam and Eve ever walked
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  Speaker 1: the earth. Satan was once an angel Lucifer, one of
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  Speaker 1: the most beautiful and powerful beings God had created, but
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  Speaker 1: he wasn't satisfied with serving God. He wanted to be God.
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  Speaker 1: Pride filled his heart and he made a choice. He rebelled,
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  Speaker 1: and because of that choice, he was cast out of
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  Speaker 1: heaven Isaiah fourteen, twelve to fifteen. That was the first fall,
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  Speaker 1: and Satan has been using the same strategy ever since.
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  Speaker 1: The moment Adam and Eve were created, he wasted no
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  Speaker 1: time in bringing temptation into their story. He didn't come
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  Speaker 1: in with force, he didn't attack them physically. Instead, he
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  Speaker 1: used deception. He whispered a lie, planting a single seed
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  Speaker 1: of doubt. Did God really say a Genesis three one.
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  Speaker 1: Eve could have walked away, She could have rejected the lie,
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  Speaker 1: but the temptation was too enticing. It promised something she
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  Speaker 1: thought she was missing. You will be like God. That
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  Speaker 1: was the hook. The same lie that caused Satan to
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  Speaker 1: fall was now the same lie he was using against humanity.
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  Speaker 1: And the moment they gave in everything changed. Sin entered
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  Speaker 1: the world. The perfect relationship they had with God was broken. Pain, suffering,
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  Speaker 1: and separation became part of the human experience, and just
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  Speaker 1: like that, temptation became part of life itself. But here's
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  Speaker 1: the key. God did not create temptation, He created choice.
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  Speaker 1: Temptation exists because love requires choice. If God forced us
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  Speaker 1: to obey him, it wouldn't be love, it would be control.
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  Speaker 1: But God wants a real relationship with us, not robotic obedience.
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  Speaker 1: That's why from the very beginning he gave us free will,
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  Speaker 1: the ability to choose him or reject him, the ability
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  Speaker 1: to trust him or believe the lie. And as long
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  Speaker 1: as choice exists, temptation will exist. But there's another reason
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  Speaker 1: temptation exists, because you have a calling on your life.
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  Speaker 1: The devil does not waste his time on people who
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  Speaker 1: are not a threat. If you are facing intense temptation,
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  Speaker 1: it means the enemy sees something in you that he
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  Speaker 1: wants to destroy. Look at David. He was a shepherd boy,
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  Speaker 1: unknown to the world, but chosen by God to be king.
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  Speaker 1: When did his greatest temptation come? Not when he was
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  Speaker 1: in the fields, but when he was on the throne,
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  Speaker 1: at the height of his power, when everything was going well.
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  Speaker 1: That's when the enemy attacked. He saw Bathsheba, and in
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  Speaker 1: a moment of weakness, desire took over second Samuel eleven.
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  Speaker 1: Look Peter, he was one of Jesus's closest disciples, the
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  Speaker 1: one who boldly declared, even if I have to die
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  Speaker 1: with you, I will never disown you Matthew twenty six
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  Speaker 1: thirty five. But when the moment of testing came, when
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  Speaker 1: Jesus was arrested and the pressure was at its peak,
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  Speaker 1: fear overtook him. Three times he denied even knowing Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: Look at Jesus himself after his baptism, before his ministry
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  Speaker 1: even began, he was led into the wilderness to be
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  Speaker 1: tempted by Satan Matthew four one to eleven. Why because
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  Speaker 1: the enemy wanted to stop him before he could fulfill
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  Speaker 1: his purpose. If he could get Jesus to fall, the
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  Speaker 1: plan of salvation would be ruined. This is why your
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  Speaker 1: temptation is not random. The enemy knows your potential. He
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  Speaker 1: sees what God is doing in you, and he is
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  Speaker 1: afraid of what will happen if you walk in obedience.
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  Speaker 1: So he tempts you. Not always in obvious ways. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: temptation is subtle. It's the thought that makes you doubt
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  Speaker 1: God's plan. It's the desire that seems harmless at first
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  Speaker 1: but pulls you away from him. It's the fear that
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  Speaker 1: stops you from stepping into what God has called you
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  Speaker 1: to do. Satan's Girl is not just to make you sin.
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  Speaker 1: It's to make you quit, to make you believe you're
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  Speaker 1: too weak to resist, to make you think you'll never
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  Speaker 1: be free, to make you feel like God has abandoned you.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the truth. God is not the one tempting you.
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  Speaker 1: James one thirteen to fourteen says, when tempted, no one
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  Speaker 1: should say God is tempting me. For God cannot be
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  Speaker 1: tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone. But each
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  Speaker 1: person is tempted when they are dragged away by their
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  Speaker 1: own evil desire and enticed. God does not send temptation,
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  Speaker 1: but he does allow it. Why because temptation is not
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  Speaker 1: just an attack. It's a test, Not a test to
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  Speaker 1: make you fail, but a test to make you stronger.
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  Speaker 1: When you overcome temptation, something shifts in you. Your faith grows,
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  Speaker 1: your spiritual muscles are strengthened. You learn to trust God more.
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  Speaker 1: You become wiser, stronger, more prepared for what's ahead. Look
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  Speaker 1: at Joseph, He was tempted by Potiphar's wife Genesis thirty nine.
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  Speaker 1: She pursued him daily, trying to lure him into sin,
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  Speaker 1: but Joseph ran He resisted, He stayed faithful to God,
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  Speaker 1: and because he passed that test, he was later promoted
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  Speaker 1: to a position of incredible influence. Look at Job. He
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  Speaker 1: was tempted to curse God when he lost everything, his family,
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  Speaker 1: his wealth, his health, but he didn't. He remained faithful,
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  Speaker 1: and in the end God restored double what he had
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  Speaker 1: lost Job forty two. Ten. Temptation will either break you
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  Speaker 1: or build you. It is the battlefield where your faith
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  Speaker 1: is proven, where your dependence on God deepens, where you
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  Speaker 1: decide whether you will give in or rise up. And
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  Speaker 1: here is the most powerful truth. You are not fighting alone.
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  Speaker 1: Verse Corinthians ten thirteen says no temptation has overtaken you
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  Speaker 1: except what is common to mankind, and God is faithful.
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  Speaker 1: He will not let you be tempted beyond what you
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  Speaker 1: can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also
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  Speaker 1: provide a way out so that you can endure it.
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  Speaker 1: Every temptation you face, God has already provided a way
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  Speaker 1: of escape. Maybe it's through scripture, just like Jesus used
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  Speaker 1: in the wilderness. Maybe it's through prayer, calling on God
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  Speaker 1: for strength. Maybe it's through accountability, having godly people around
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  Speaker 1: you to help you stand firm. But there is always
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  Speaker 1: a way out. Temptation exists because you were created for more.
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  Speaker 1: The enemy sees your potential, but so does God, and
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  Speaker 1: God has already given you everything you need to overcome.
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  Speaker 1: So the question is will you fight? Will you recognize
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  Speaker 1: the enemy's tactics. Will you stop believing the lie that
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  Speaker 1: you are too weak? Will you trust that God is
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  Speaker 1: using this battle to prepare you for something greater, Because
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  Speaker 1: temptation is not just an attack. It's an opportunity, an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to rise up, to grow, to prove that God's
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  Speaker 1: power in you is greater than anything the enemy can
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  Speaker 1: throw at you. And when you start to see temptation
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  Speaker 1: that way, everything changes. Temptation is not just an attack,
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  Speaker 1: It's an opportunity, an opportunity to prove that God's power
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  Speaker 1: in you is greater than anything the enemy can throw
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  Speaker 1: at you. But make no mistake, the enemy knows exactly
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  Speaker 1: what he is doing. He's been using the same strategy
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  Speaker 1: since the beginning of time, and he's perfected the art
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  Speaker 1: of deception. Satan does not fight with brute force, he
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  Speaker 1: fights with lies. He knows that if he can get
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  Speaker 1: into your mind, into your emotions, into your desires, he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't need to push you into sin. He just needs
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  Speaker 1: to make it look appealing. And that's how he's been
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  Speaker 1: operating since Genesis. The first temptation in history didn't happen
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  Speaker 1: in a battlefield. It didn't happen in a dark alley.
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  Speaker 1: It happened in a garden, in a perfect world, with
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  Speaker 1: a perfect creation. Jeeve had everything she could ever want,
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  Speaker 1: perfect communion with God, dominion over the earth, no suffering,
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  Speaker 1: no pain. Yet Satan convinced her that she was still
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  Speaker 1: missing something. Did God really say? Genesis three one. That
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  Speaker 1: was the first lie, the seed of doubt. Satan didn't
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  Speaker 1: need to attack her physically, he didn't need to drag
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  Speaker 1: her toward the tree. All he had to do was
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  Speaker 1: make her question God's word. And once she started questioning,
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  Speaker 1: he planted another lie. You will not certainly die, you
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  Speaker 1: will be like God Genesis three four to five. That's
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  Speaker 1: the pattern. First he makes you doubt God's word, then
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  Speaker 1: he makes sin look like a better option. He saw
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  Speaker 1: that the fruit was pleasing to the eye. Genesis three
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  Speaker 1: six The temptation wasn't just about breaking a rule, It
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  Speaker 1: was about desire. It looked good, it seemed wise, and
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  Speaker 1: in that moment, the enemy had won. And he's been
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  Speaker 1: using the same strategy ever since. Look at David. He
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  Speaker 1: wasn't out looking for sin, but temptation found him. David
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  Speaker 1: was supposed to be at war with his army, but
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  Speaker 1: instead he stayed home, and one night, while he was
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  Speaker 1: walking on his rooftop, he saw her Bathsheba, a married woman,
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  Speaker 1: and just like Eve in the garden, desire took over.
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  Speaker 1: It wasn't instant. It started with a look, then a thought,
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  Speaker 1: then a decision. That's how the enemy works. He doesn't
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  Speaker 1: always come at you full force. He starts small, a
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  Speaker 1: small compromise. The moment of weakness's a justification that makes
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  Speaker 1: it seem okay, and before you know it, you've fallen.
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  Speaker 1: Look at Judas. He walked with Jesus, he heard every sermon,
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  Speaker 1: saw every miracle, but Satan found his weakness greed. The
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  Speaker 1: Bible says in John twelve six that Judas was already
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  Speaker 1: stealing money from the disciple's treasury. His heart had been
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  Speaker 1: drifting for a while, and when the enemy saw that crack.
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  Speaker 1: He moved in Luke twenty two three says then Satan
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  Speaker 1: and to Judas called Iscariot one of the Twelve. The
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  Speaker 1: temptation to betray hey Jesus didn't come out of nowhere.
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  Speaker 1: It was a slow process, a weakening of conviction, a
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  Speaker 1: softening towards sin. And when the opportunity came, Judas took it.
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  Speaker 1: The enemy knows your weaknesses. He has been studying humanity
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  Speaker 1: for thousands of years, and he customizes his attacks just
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  Speaker 1: for you. He won't tempt everyone the same way. What
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  Speaker 1: works on one person may not work on another. Some
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  Speaker 1: people are tempted by money, Some are tempted by power,
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  Speaker 1: Some are tempted by pleasure. Some are tempted by insecurity, fear,
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  Speaker 1: or doubt. Satan is a master at targeting the areas
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  Speaker 1: where we are most vulnerable. If you struggle with lust,
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  Speaker 1: he won't tempt you with greed. He'll place opportunities in
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  Speaker 1: front of you to feed that desire. If you struggle
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  Speaker 1: with pride, he won't tempt you with fear. He'll give
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  Speaker 1: you reasons to feel superior to others. If you struggle
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  Speaker 1: with insecurity, he won't tempt you with riches. He'll whisper
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  Speaker 1: lies that you are not enough, that God has forgotten you,
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  Speaker 1: that you need to prove yourself to the world. He
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  Speaker 1: studies you, He waits for the right moment, and then
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  Speaker 1: he strikes. Look at Jesus temptation in the wilderness Matthew
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  Speaker 1: for one to eleven. Satan didn't show up randomly. He
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  Speaker 1: came when Jesus was at his weakest forty days of fasting, hunger, isolation,
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  Speaker 1: and what was the first temptation bred? Satan knew Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was physically weak. He knew his body craved food, so
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  Speaker 1: he said, if you are the son of God, tell
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  Speaker 1: these stones to become bred. But Jesus didn't fall for it.
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  Speaker 1: He responded with scripture, man shall not live on bread alone,
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  Speaker 1: but on every word that comes from the mouth of
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  Speaker 1: God Matthew four four. The next temptation power, Satan took
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  Speaker 1: Jesus to the highest point of the temple and said,
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  Speaker 1: throw yourself down. The angels will catch you Matthew four six.
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  Speaker 1: This time Satan even quoted scripture to twist the truth,
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  Speaker 1: but Jesus didn't fall for it. He responded with more scripture,
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  Speaker 1: do not put the Lord your God to the test
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  Speaker 1: Matthew four seven. The final temptation glory. Satan showed Jesus
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  Speaker 1: all the kingdoms of the world and said, I will
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  Speaker 1: give you all this if you bow down and worship
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  Speaker 1: me Matthew four nine. But once again Jesus stood firm,
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  Speaker 1: worship the Lord your God, and serve him only Matthew
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  Speaker 1: four ten. And at that moment Satan left him. This
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  Speaker 1: is the key Jesus won because he knew the enemy's strategy.
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  Speaker 1: Satan comes at you in three areas your flesh, physical desires, cravings, indulgence,
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  Speaker 1: your pride, proving yourself, chasing validation, your purpose, giving up
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  Speaker 1: God God's plan for an easier option. And if you're
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  Speaker 1: not prepared, he will exploit every weakness. That's why so
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  Speaker 1: many people fall. They don't see the attack coming. They
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  Speaker 1: think temptation is just about avoiding sin, but it's about
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  Speaker 1: resisting deception. Temptation will always present itself as something good.
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  Speaker 1: It will always come when you are vulnerable. It will
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  Speaker 1: always seem easier than obedience. But the good news you
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  Speaker 1: don't have to fall for it. Jesus has already given
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  Speaker 1: us the blueprint to overcome. Know the word of God
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  Speaker 1: because Satan will try to twist it. Recognize the attack
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  Speaker 1: before it happens because the enemy is predictable. Don't fight
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  Speaker 1: in your own strength, because temptation is one through God's power,
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  Speaker 1: not will power, and most importantly, never face it alone.
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  Speaker 1: Ecclesiastes four twelve says, though one may be overpowered, two
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  Speaker 1: can differ themselves. A chord of three strands is not
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  Speaker 1: quickly broken. Surround yourself with people who will pray for you.
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  Speaker 1: Keep yourself accountable because the enemy works best in isolation.
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  Speaker 1: He knows that if he can pull you away from community,
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  Speaker 1: if he can make you believe you're the only one struggling,
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  Speaker 1: if he can make you feel ashamed, he's already winning.
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  Speaker 1: But today you see the strategy, You see the pattern,
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  Speaker 1: and now you can fight back because when you recognize
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  Speaker 1: the enemy's tactics before he attacks, temptation loses its power.
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  Speaker 1: The enemy's strategy is clear. He tempts us with deception, doubt,
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  Speaker 1: and desire, hoping to pull us away from God. But
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  Speaker 1: if temptation is so dangerous, why does God allow it?
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  Speaker 1: If he is all powerful, if he loves us, if
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  Speaker 1: he wants us to be holy, then why doesn't he
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  Speaker 1: just remove temptation from our lives altogether. Why does he
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  Speaker 1: let us struggle? That's a question many believers wrestle with.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you've prayed for God to take away a certain temptation,
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  Speaker 1: but it keeps coming back. Maybe you've fought against a
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  Speaker 1: sin for years, wondering why it still has power over you.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you've even thought, if God really loved me, he
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't let me go through this. But what if I
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  Speaker 1: told you that God allows temptation not to make you fall,
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  Speaker 1: but to make you stronger. The Bible makes one thing
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  Speaker 1: very clear. Temptation does not come from God. James one
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  Speaker 1: thirteen says, when tempted, no one should say God is
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  Speaker 1: tempting me, For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor
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  Speaker 1: does he tempt anyone. God is not in the business
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  Speaker 1: of leading people into sin. He is not like Satan,
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  Speaker 1: who tempts to destroy. But he does allow temptation because
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  Speaker 1: it serves a greater purpose. Think about gold. When gold
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  Speaker 1: is first taken from the earth, it is mixed with impurities.
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  Speaker 1: It looks nothing like the final product. But when gold
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  Speaker 1: is put through fire, the impurities rise to the surface
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  Speaker 1: and what remains is pure, refined unbreakable. That's what temptation
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  Speaker 1: does to our faith. Temptation is a test, not a
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  Speaker 1: test to make you fail, but a test to reveal
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  Speaker 1: what's inside of you. Look at Abraham. God told him
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  Speaker 1: to sacrifice his son, Isaac, his miracle child, the one
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  Speaker 1: he had waited decades for Genesis twenty two. This was
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  Speaker 1: not just an ordinary test. This was the hardest moment
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  Speaker 1: of his life. But through that test, Abraham proved that
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  Speaker 1: he trusted God completely, and in the end God provided
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  Speaker 1: a Ram in Isaac's place. Look at Joseph. He was
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  Speaker 1: tempted daily by Potiphar's wife. She chased him, seduced him,
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  Speaker 1: tried to wear him down Genesis thirty nine. But Joseph refused.
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  Speaker 1: He could have given in, thinking no one will know
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  Speaker 1: I deserve this after everything I've suffered. But instead he ran,
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  Speaker 1: and because he passed that test, God positioned him for
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  Speaker 1: something greater. That's what we don't realize. Temptation is not
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  Speaker 1: about the moment. It's about what God is preparing us for.
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  Speaker 1: What if Joseph had fallen, What if Abraham had refused
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  Speaker 1: to trust God? Their stories would have been completely different,
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  Speaker 1: And the same is true for us. Sometimes God allows
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  Speaker 1: temptation because he's preparing us for something greater than we
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  Speaker 1: can see. But that's not the only reason. Temptation also
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  Speaker 1: strengthens us. Look at Jesus in the wilderness, Matthew, for
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  Speaker 1: he fasted for forty days, hungry, exhausted alone, and then
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  Speaker 1: Satan came three times. The enemy tempted him three times.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus resisted, And what happened after he overcame He stepped
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  Speaker 1: into his ministry with power. Luke four fourteen says Jesus
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  Speaker 1: returned to Galilee in the power of the spirit, and
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  Speaker 1: news about him spread through the whole countryside. Before the miracles,
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  Speaker 1: before the preaching, before the cross, there was the wilderness.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe that's where you are right now. Maybe you're in
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  Speaker 1: your own wilderness, fighting temptations that feel impossible to resist.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you're wondering, why won't God take this struggle away?
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  Speaker 1: But what if God isn't removing it because He is
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  Speaker 1: using it to make you stronger. Think about weightlifting. Muscles
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  Speaker 1: don't grow without resistance. If you never challenge your body,
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  Speaker 1: it stays weak. But the more resistance you face, the
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  Speaker 1: stronger you become. The same is true in the spiritual world.
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  Speaker 1: Overcoming temptation builds spiritual strength. Every time you resist, you grow.
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  Speaker 1: Every time you say no to sin, your faith deepens.
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  Speaker 1: Every time you walk away from the enemy's trap, you
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  Speaker 1: prove that God's power is greater than your weakness, and
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  Speaker 1: God wants you strong because the enemy will not stop.
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  Speaker 1: Temptation is not a one time event. It is a
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  Speaker 1: lifelong battle, and if you don't learn to fight now,
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  Speaker 1: you won't be ready when the bigger battles come. But
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  Speaker 1: here's the good news. God never allows a temptation that
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  Speaker 1: you cannot overcome. First Corinthians ten thirteen says no temptation
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  Speaker 1: has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And
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  Speaker 1: God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted
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  Speaker 1: beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,
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  Speaker 1: He will also provide a way out so that you
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  Speaker 1: can endure it. That means every time you face temptation,
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  Speaker 1: there is always an escape. Maybe the way out is scripture,
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  Speaker 1: like Jesus used in the wilderness. Maybe the way out
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  Speaker 1: is prayer calling on God for strength. Maybe the way
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  Speaker 1: out is running, like Joseph did when faced with temptation.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe the way out is accountability. Surrounding yourself with people
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  Speaker 1: who will help you stand firm. But the way out
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  Speaker 1: always exists. God allows temptation not to see you fall,
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  Speaker 1: but to see you rise, to make you stronger, to
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  Speaker 1: prepare you for what's ahead, to reveal His power in
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  Speaker 1: your life. And when you start to see temptation not
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  Speaker 1: as a curse but as an opportunity, everything changes. You
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  Speaker 1: stop seeing yourself as a victim and start seeing yourself
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  Speaker 1: as a warrior. You stop feeling weak and start recognizing
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  Speaker 1: that God's strength is in you. You stop fearing temptation
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  Speaker 1: and start overcoming it with confidence. Because here's the truth.
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  Speaker 1: Temptation is not meant to destroy you. It's meant to
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  Speaker 1: develop you. So now the question is how will you respond.
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  Speaker 1: Will you keep asking God to take away the struggle,
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  Speaker 1: or will you ask him to make you stronger in
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  Speaker 1: the struggle. Will you keep believing that temptation is a
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  Speaker 1: curse or will you recognize that it is part of
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  Speaker 1: your preparation. Because when you start seeing temptation through God's eyes,
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  Speaker 1: you will never fight the same way again. Temptation is
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  Speaker 1: not meant to destroy you, It's meant to develop you.
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  Speaker 1: And no one understood this better than Jesus himself. The
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  Speaker 1: enemy came after him, just like he comes after us.
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  Speaker 1: But the difference Jesus won, and if we study how
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  Speaker 1: he won, will discover how we can win. Two. Imagine
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  Speaker 1: the scene. Jesus has just been baptized, the heavens open,
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit descended, and the voice God declared, this
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  Speaker 1: is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased
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  Speaker 1: Matthew three seventeen. It was a moment of divine affirmation,
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  Speaker 1: a public confirmation that Jesus was the son of God
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  Speaker 1: sent to bring salvation to the world. And then immediately
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  Speaker 1: the Spirit led him into the wilderness. Why because before
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  Speaker 1: Jesus could begin his ministry, he had to face the
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  Speaker 1: enemy head on. That's how temptation works. It doesn't come
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  Speaker 1: when life is easy, when you're comfortable, when you feel strong.
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  Speaker 1: It comes when you're stepping into something greater. Jesus fasted
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  Speaker 1: for forty days and forty knights alone, no food, no comfort,
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  Speaker 1: no support, just him, the wilderness and his father. And
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  Speaker 1: that's when Satan came, not at the beginning of the
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  Speaker 1: forty days, at the end, at the moment when Jesus
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  Speaker 1: was physically at his weakest hungry, tired, exhausted, vulnerable, and
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  Speaker 1: the enemy knew exactly what to do. He started with
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  Speaker 1: the most basic temptation, hunger. If you are the son
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  Speaker 1: of God, tell these stones to become bred Matthew four three.
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  Speaker 1: This wasn't just about food, it was about doubt. Satan
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  Speaker 1: started with if he wanted Jesus to question his identity,
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  Speaker 1: to prove himself, to use his divine power to satisfy
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  Speaker 1: a temporary need. And that's the first way. The enemy
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  Speaker 1: tempts us through our desires, not just food, but anything
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  Speaker 1: our flesh craves, lust, comfort, security, immediate gratification. The enemy
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  Speaker 1: wants you to focus on what you need in the
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  Speaker 1: moment instead of trusting God for what you need in
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  Speaker 1: the long run. But Jesus didn't fall for it. He answered,
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  Speaker 1: it is written man shall not live on bread alone,
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  Speaker 1: but on every word that comes from the mouth of
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  Speaker 1: God Matthew four four. Jesus fought back with scripture. He
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  Speaker 1: didn't argue, he didn't negotiate, He didn't even use his
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  Speaker 1: divine power to make Satan disappear. He used God's word.
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  Speaker 1: And that's what we need to do when temptation comes.
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  Speaker 1: We don't fight it with will power, we fight it
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  Speaker 1: with truth. But Satan wasn't done. The second temptation pride,
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  Speaker 1: Satan took Jesus to the highest point of the temple
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  Speaker 1: and said, if you are the son of God, throw
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  Speaker 1: yourself down, for it is written he will command his
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  Speaker 1: angels concerning you Matthew four six. This time Satan used scripture.
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  Speaker 1: He quoted Psalm ninety one, twisting it to justify his temptation.
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  Speaker 1: And this is one of the most dangerous weapons the
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  Speaker 1: enemy uses misapplied truth. He knows he can't defeat the
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  Speaker 1: word of God, so instead he distorts it. He makes
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  Speaker 1: sin look spiritual. God will forgive you anyway, so go ahead.
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  Speaker 1: You deserve to be happy, so why not. If God
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  Speaker 1: really loved you, wouldn't he want you to have this.
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  Speaker 1: But Jesus didn't fall for it. He answered, it is
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  Speaker 1: also written, do not put the Lord your God to
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  Speaker 1: the test Matthew four seven. Satan had scripture, but Jesus
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  Speaker 1: had the right interpretation. That's why we can't just know
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  Speaker 1: the Bible. We have to understand it. We have to
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  Speaker 1: study it in context, or else will be deceived by
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  Speaker 1: half truths. And then came the final temptation. Satan took
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  Speaker 1: Jesus to a high mountain and showed him all the
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  Speaker 1: kingdoms of the world. All this I will give you,
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  Speaker 1: he said, if you bow down and worship me. Matthew
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  Speaker 1: four nine. This was the biggest temptation of all. Satan
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  Speaker 1: was offering Jesus a short cut to glory. No cross,
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  Speaker 1: no suffering, no pain, just instant power. And that's the
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  Speaker 1: third way Satan tempts us compromise. He offers an easier way,
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  Speaker 1: a way that avoids struggle, avoids waiting, avoids the hard path.
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  Speaker 1: The enemy's goal isn't just to make you sin, it's
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  Speaker 1: to get you to settle, to take the short cut,
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  Speaker 1: instead of trusting God's timing, to accept the temporary, instead
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  Speaker 1: of waiting for the eternal, to go after what looks
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  Speaker 1: good now instead of what's best later. But Jesus didn't
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  Speaker 1: fall for it. Away from me, Satan, for it is written,
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  Speaker 1: worship the Lord your God, and serve him only Matthew
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  Speaker 1: four ten. Jesus didn't negotiate, he didn't entertain the thought.
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  Speaker 1: He commanded Satan to leave, and he did because that's
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  Speaker 1: the final step to overcoming temptation. Resistance James four seven says,
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  Speaker 1: submit yourselves then to God. Resist the devil and he
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  Speaker 1: will flee from you. That's exactly what Jesus did. He
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  Speaker 1: submitted to God. He relied on scripture, not his own strength.
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  Speaker 1: He resisted the devil. He recognized the lies and rejected them,
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  Speaker 1: and the devil fled. The battle was over and Jesus
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  Speaker 1: walked away victorious. And here's the good news. We can
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  Speaker 1: do the same. Jesus didn't overcome temptation as God. He
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  Speaker 1: overcame as a man filled with the Holy Spirit. That
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  Speaker 1: means we have the same power to win. So how
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  Speaker 1: do we follow his example? Know the Word of God.
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  Speaker 1: When temptation comes, you need truth to fight back. If
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  Speaker 1: you don't know scripture, you are defenseless. Recognize the enemy's tactics.
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  Speaker 1: Satan tempts through desire, pride, and compromise. If you see
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  Speaker 1: the attack coming, you can resist it before it takes
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  Speaker 1: hold you. Scripture as a weapon. Don't argue with temptation,
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  Speaker 1: don't entertain it. Speak the word and shut it down.
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  Speaker 1: Resist and stand firm. Temptation doesn't last forever. If you
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  Speaker 1: refuse to give in, the enemy will leave. And most importantly,
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  Speaker 1: rely on God's strength, not your own. Jesus didn't win
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  Speaker 1: because of will power. He won because he was filled
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  Speaker 1: with the Holy Spirit. And the same spirit that was
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  Speaker 1: in him is in you. So the next time temptation
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  Speaker 1: comes knocking, don't just fight, fight like Jesus, because when
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  Speaker 1: you do, you don't just avoid sin, you walk in victory.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus overcame temptation not by debating with Satan, not by
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  Speaker 1: relying on will power, but by using the Word of God.
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  Speaker 1: He didn't have a lengthy discussion, he didn't try to negotiate.
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  Speaker 1: He simply spoke scripture, and the enemy had no no answer.
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  Speaker 1: If Jesus, the Son of God, needed to use the
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  Speaker 1: word to defeat temptation, how much more do we? But
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  Speaker 1: here's the problem. Many believers are spiritually unarmed. They know
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  Speaker 1: about the Bible, but they don't know the Bible. They
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  Speaker 1: hear scriptures in sermons, but they don't memorize them, meditate
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  Speaker 1: on them, or apply them in battle. So when temptation
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  Speaker 1: comes they fight back with emotion instead of truth. Then
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  Speaker 1: that's exactly what the enemy wants. He doesn't mind if
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  Speaker 1: you own a Bible, he's terrified when you use it.
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  Speaker 1: Think about a soldier in war. If he walks into
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  Speaker 1: battle without a weapon, he's not a threat. The enemy
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  Speaker 1: can take him out easily. But if he is trained,
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  Speaker 1: if he knows how to use his sword, if he
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  Speaker 1: has spent time sharpening it, he is dangerous. That's why
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  Speaker 1: Ephesians six seventeen calls the Word of God the sword
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  Speaker 1: of the spirit. It's not just a book, it's not
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  Speaker 1: just a collection of storyes. It's a weapon. And when
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  Speaker 1: you speak it in faith, it cuts through every lie
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  Speaker 1: the enemy throws at you. Look at how it worked
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  Speaker 1: for Jesus. Three times Satan tempted him three times. He
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  Speaker 1: answered with it is written, not I think, not I
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  Speaker 1: feel like you not let me explain my opinion, just truth,
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  Speaker 1: and that's why the enemy had to leave. Satan can
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  Speaker 1: argue with your feelings, he can twist your emotions, he
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  Speaker 1: can manipulate circumstances to make sin look good. But what
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  Speaker 1: he cannot do is change the truth of God's word.
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  Speaker 1: That's why when the enemy tempted Eve, he didn't attack
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  Speaker 1: her with fear. He attacked her understanding of what God said?
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  Speaker 1: Did God really say? Genesis three one? Because Satan knew
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  Speaker 1: if she doubted God's word, she would fall, and it worked.
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  Speaker 1: Eve misquoted God. She added to his command say they
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  Speaker 1: were not even allowed to touch the tree Genesis three three.
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  Speaker 1: But God never said that. The enemy had already twisted
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  Speaker 1: her perception of truth, and from there she was easy
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  Speaker 1: to deceive. And the same thing happens to day. The
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  Speaker 1: enemy plants doubt, he questions what God has spoken. He
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  Speaker 1: convinces you that your feelings are more real than scripture,
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  Speaker 1: and if you don't have the Word deeply rooted in
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  Speaker 1: your heart, you will believe the lie. That's why Psalm
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  Speaker 1: one hundred nineteen, verse eleven says, I have hidden your
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  Speaker 1: word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
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  Speaker 1: The key to overcoming temptation isn't just knowing scripture. It's
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  Speaker 1: hiding it in your heart, memorizing it, meditating on it,
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  Speaker 1: speaking it until it becomes the loudest voice in your mind.
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  Speaker 1: Because when temptation comes, you won't have time to search
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  Speaker 1: for a Bible. You won't have time to open your
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  Speaker 1: phone and look for a verse. In the moment of battle.
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  Speaker 1: You need it already inside of you. Look at how
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  Speaker 1: David approached temptation. He was called a man after God's
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  Speaker 1: own heart for Samuel thirteen fourteen, but he still faced
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  Speaker 1: powerful temptations, and when he didn't use the word, he
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  Speaker 1: fell when he saw Bathsheba bathing. Instead of speaking God's commands,
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  Speaker 1: he let his emotions take control. Instead of declaring, I
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  Speaker 1: will set no wicked thing before my eyes Psalm one
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  Speaker 1: hundred one, verse three, he let lust dictate his decision
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  Speaker 1: and the result disaster. But later in his life David
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  Speaker 1: learned his lesson. He wrote Psalm one hundred nineteen one
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  Speaker 1: hundred five, your word is a lamp to my feet
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  Speaker 1: and a light to my path. He realized that without
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  Speaker 1: the word, he was walking in the dark. And that's
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  Speaker 1: what happens. When we try to fight temptation. Without scripture,
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  Speaker 1: we walk in the dark, we stumble, we fall. But
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  Speaker 1: when we let the word guide us, we see the
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  Speaker 1: attack coming before it hits. That's why Jesus told his
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  Speaker 1: disciples in Matthew twenty six forty one, watch and pray
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  Speaker 1: so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit
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  Speaker 1: is willing, but the flesh is weak. Our flesh will
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  Speaker 1: always be weak, our emotions will always be inconsistent, But
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  Speaker 1: the Word of God never changes. So how do you
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  Speaker 1: use it as a weapon. First, you have to read
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  Speaker 1: it daily, not just when you feel like it, not
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  Speaker 1: just on Sundays. Every day, Jesus said in Matthew four
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  Speaker 1: to four man shall not live on bread alone, but
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  Speaker 1: on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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  Speaker 1: Just like your body needs food daily, your spirit needs
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  Speaker 1: the word daily. Second, you have to memory it. Find
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  Speaker 1: the scriptures that speak directly to your biggest temptations. If
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  Speaker 1: you struggle with lust, memorize Job thirty one, verse one.
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  Speaker 1: I have made a covenant with my eyes not to
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  Speaker 1: look lustfully at a young woman. If you struggle with anxiety,
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  Speaker 1: memorize Philippians four six through seven. Do not be anxious
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  Speaker 1: about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition,
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  Speaker 1: with thanksgiving, present your request to God. If you struggle
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  Speaker 1: with pride, memorize James four six. God opposes the proud,
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  Speaker 1: but gives grace to the humble. When you arm yourself
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  Speaker 1: with scripture, temptation loses its grip. Third, you have to
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  Speaker 1: speak it out loud. There is power in declaring God's word.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus didn't just think scripture when he was tempted, He
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  Speaker 1: spoke it. Proverbs eighteen twenty one says, the tongue has
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  Speaker 1: the power of life and death. When you speak the word,
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  Speaker 1: you are not just reminding yourself of truth. You are
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  Speaker 1: pushing back the enemy. Fourth, you have to apply it.
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  Speaker 1: James one twenty two warns us do not merely listen
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  Speaker 1: to the word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
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  Speaker 1: It's not enough to know scripture. You have to live it,
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  Speaker 1: obey it, walk in it. When temptation comes, don't just
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  Speaker 1: quote the verse, act on it. If the word says
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  Speaker 1: to flee, run like Joseph. If the word says to resist,
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  Speaker 1: stand firm like Jesus. Because when you apply the word,
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  Speaker 1: temptation has no power over you. And here's the most
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  Speaker 1: important truth. The Word of God is not just words
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  Speaker 1: on a page. It is a person. John one one says,
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  Speaker 1: in the beginning was the Word, and the word was
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  Speaker 1: with God, and the word was God. Jesus is the Word.
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  Speaker 1: And when you let the Word fill your heart, when
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  Speaker 1: you let scripture shape your thoughts, when you stand on
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  Speaker 1: truth instead of emotion, you are standing in the power
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  Speaker 1: of Christ himself. That's why temptation can't win, because Jesus
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  Speaker 1: has already won. So now the question is will you
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  Speaker 1: start using your weapon, Because the word is not just
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  Speaker 1: meant to be read, it's meant to be wielded. And
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  Speaker 1: when you start wielding it, you will see temptation fall
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  Speaker 1: before you. The word of God is your greatest weapon
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  Speaker 1: against temptation. But a wise soldier doesn't just fight when
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  Speaker 1: the battle comes. He prepares before the enemy ever attacks.
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  Speaker 1: Too many believers wait until temptation is staring them in
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  Speaker 1: the face before they start praying, reading scripture, or calling
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  Speaker 1: on God for help. But by then the struggle is
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  Speaker 1: already at its peak. The real key to overcoming temptation
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  Speaker 1: is guarding your heart and mind before the battle even begins.
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  Speaker 1: Think about it. Where does sin start. It doesn't start
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  Speaker 1: with the action. It starts in the mind. Before Eve
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  Speaker 1: ate the fruit, she thought about it before David committed adultery.
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  Speaker 1: He looked too long. Before Judas betrayed Jesus, he let
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  Speaker 1: greed take root in his heart. That's why Proverbs for
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  Speaker 1: twenty three warns us above all else, guard your heart,
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  Speaker 1: for everything you do flows from it. If your heart
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  Speaker 1: is not guarded, your life will follow whatever enters it.
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  Speaker 1: The enemy knows this, that's why he works to get
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  Speaker 1: inside your thoughts before he ever tempts you with actions.
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  Speaker 1: It's like a thief who wants to rob a house.
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  Speaker 1: If the doors are locked, the windows are shut, and
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  Speaker 1: an alarm system is in place, he won't even try.
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  Speaker 1: He's looking for easy targets, open doors, unlocked gates, houses
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  Speaker 1: with no security. And that's exactly what Satan does. If
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  Speaker 1: he sees a guarded heart, filled with scripture, prayer, and
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  Speaker 1: self control, he won't waste his time. But if he
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  Speaker 1: sees a mind wide open to compromise, he knows you're
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  Speaker 1: an easy target. That's why temptation feels so strong for
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  Speaker 1: some people and weaker for others. It's not because one
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  Speaker 1: person is holier than another. It's because one person has
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  Speaker 1: built walls of protection while the other has left the
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  Speaker 1: gate wide open. So how do you guard your heart
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  Speaker 1: and mind before temptation comes? First? Protect what you allow
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  Speaker 1: into your mind, what you watch, what you listen to,
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  Speaker 1: what you engage with shapes your desires. Satan rarely tempts
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  Speaker 1: you with something that feels unnatural. He conditions you first
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  Speaker 1: think about addiction. Nobody wakes up one day and says
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  Speaker 1: I want to destroy my life with sin. It starts small,
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  Speaker 1: a show that pushes the boundary, a song that fills
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  Speaker 1: your mind with the wrong thoughts, a conversation that makes
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  Speaker 1: sin look justifiable. Before you know it, you're thinking about
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  Speaker 1: things you never would have considered before. And that's why
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  Speaker 1: you must be intentional about what you let in. Philippians
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  Speaker 1: four eight gives us a filter. Whatever is true, whatever
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  Speaker 1: is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
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  Speaker 1: whatever is admirable, if anything is excellent or praiseworthy, think
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  Speaker 1: about such things. If what you're consuming doesn't fit into
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  Speaker 1: that list, you're opening the door for temptation. Second, remove
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  Speaker 1: yourself from environments that make temptation easy. Some battles are
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  Speaker 1: one by standing firm, others a one by running away.
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  Speaker 1: Joseph didn't sit down and have a conversation with Potiphar's
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  Speaker 1: wife when she tried to seduce him. He ran Genesis
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  Speaker 1: thirty nine twelve. Sometimes the smartest thing you can do
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  Speaker 1: isn't to prove how strong you are. It's to stay
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  Speaker 1: far away from the places where you're weak. If you
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  Speaker 1: struggle with lust, why scroll through images that feed that desire.
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  Speaker 1: If you struggle with gossip, why surround yourself with people
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  Speaker 1: who love to spread drama. If you struggle with comparison,
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  Speaker 1: why spend hours on social media feeling like you don't
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  Speaker 1: measure up. First, Corinthians fifteen thirty three warns us do
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  Speaker 1: not be misled. Bad company corrupts good character. You might
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  Speaker 1: think you can handle it, but if you stay in
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  Speaker 1: an environment where temptation thrives, you are setting yourself up
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  Speaker 1: to fall. Third, strengthen your defenses with prayer. Jesus told
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  Speaker 1: his disciples, watch and pray so that you will not
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  Speaker 1: fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh
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  Speaker 1: is weak Matthew, twenty six, forty one. Most people focus
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  Speaker 1: on the second part, the flesh is weak, But notice
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  Speaker 1: what Jesus says before that, watch and pray. Prayer is
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  Speaker 1: not just about asking for things when you need them.
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  Speaker 1: It is your connection to God's power. It is how
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  Speaker 1: you keep your spirit strong before the attack comes. When
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  Speaker 1: Daniel was taken into Babylon, a place full of temptation,
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  Speaker 1: full of idolatry, full of compromise, he prayed three times
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  Speaker 1: a day Daniel six', ten and when the moment of testing,
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  Speaker 1: came he stood. Firm he didn't bow to, Pressure he
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  Speaker 1: didn't fall into sin because he had built a life
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  Speaker 1: of prayer before the battle. Came, fourth stay. Accountable one
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  Speaker 1: of the greatest lies the enemy tells people is you
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  Speaker 1: can fight this. Alone But ecclesiastes four nine to ten
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  Speaker 1: says two are better than. One if either of them,
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  Speaker 1: falls one can help the other. Up satan loves. Isolation
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  Speaker 1: if he can get you, alone if he can convince
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  Speaker 1: you that nobody else understands your, struggle he knows you'll stay.
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  Speaker 1: Stuck but when you have godly people in your, life
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  Speaker 1: people who will challenge, you encourage, you and pray for,
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  Speaker 1: you you will always have the support you need to.
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  Speaker 1: Overcome james five sixteen, says confess your sins to each
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  Speaker 1: other and pray for each other so that you may be.
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  Speaker 1: Healed there is power in. Accountability if you're serious about
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  Speaker 1: guarding your, heart find people who will help you stay. Strong,
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  Speaker 1: finally train yourself to take every thought. Captive Two corinthians
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  Speaker 1: ten five tells us to take captive every thought to
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  Speaker 1: make it obedient To. Christ temptae doesn't start with an,
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  Speaker 1: Action it starts with a. Thought the enemy, whispers you'll
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  Speaker 1: never be. Free just this One's it's not a big.
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  Speaker 1: Deal god won't. Care and if you don't reject those thoughts,
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  Speaker 1: immediately they will take. Root every temptation starts with a.
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  Speaker 1: Lie but when you take every thought, captive you don't
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  Speaker 1: let the lie. Grow the moment the enemy whispers, doubt speak,
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  Speaker 1: truth the moment fear tries to creep, in Declare god's,
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  Speaker 1: promises the moment temptation, rises respond with. Scripture that's how
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  Speaker 1: you guard your. Mind that's how you shut the door
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  Speaker 1: on the enemy before he even steps. In because here's the.
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  Speaker 1: Truth you don't have to be a victim of. Temptation
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  Speaker 1: you don't have to fall every time it. Comes you
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  Speaker 1: don't have to live in cycles of. Defeat you don't
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  Speaker 1: have to wonder if you'll ever break. Free if you
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  Speaker 1: guard your, heart if you protect your, mind if you
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  Speaker 1: stay In god's word word and in, prayer you will
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  Speaker 1: be ready for battle before it ever. Begins and when
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  Speaker 1: temptation comes, knocking you won't just, Resist you'll walk in.
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  Speaker 1: Victory you don't have to fall into temptation every time it.
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  Speaker 1: Comes you don't have to keep living in cycles of.
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  Speaker 1: Defeat when you guard your heart and, mind you are
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  Speaker 1: already one step ahead of the. Enemy but preparation alone
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  Speaker 1: is not. Enough you need to know how to. Fight
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  Speaker 1: because the truth is temptation will, come the enemy will.
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  Speaker 1: Attack the real question is will you be. Ready James
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  Speaker 1: tence four seven gives us a battle plan in one simple,
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  Speaker 1: Sentence submit yourselves then To, god resist the, devil and
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  Speaker 1: he will flee from. You that, means every single time
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  Speaker 1: the enemy comes against, you you can, win not just,
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  Speaker 1: sometimes not just on good, days every. Time but how
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  Speaker 1: how do you resist the devil every? Time first you
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  Speaker 1: must submit To. God the first part Of james four
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  Speaker 1: seven is just as important as the. Second you cannot
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  Speaker 1: resist the devil if you are not fully submitted To.
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  Speaker 1: God too many believers try to resist sin while still
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  Speaker 1: keeping one foot in the. World they want, victory but
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  Speaker 1: they don't want to surrender their, desires their, habits or
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  Speaker 1: their secret. Struggles but you cannot stand against the enemy
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  Speaker 1: if you are still giving him access to your. Life
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  Speaker 1: jesus said In matthew six twenty. Four no one can
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  Speaker 1: serve two. Masters you can't expect to Resist satan if
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  Speaker 1: you are still holding on to the very things he
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  Speaker 1: uses against. You that means submission requires surrendering your, thoughts
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  Speaker 1: filling your mind With god's, word not the enemy's life
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  Speaker 1: Eyes romans twelve. Two surrendering your, actions living in, obedience not,
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  Speaker 1: Compromise john fourteen. Fifteen surrendering your, will Choosing god's way
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  Speaker 1: even when it's Hard luke twenty two forty. Two when
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  Speaker 1: your life is fully submitted To, god you have the
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  Speaker 1: authority to resist the, enemy and he has no choice
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  Speaker 1: but to. Flee, second you must recognize the real. Battle
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  Speaker 1: ephesians six twelve reminds us our struggle is not against
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  Speaker 1: flesh and, blood but against the, rulers against the, authorities
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  Speaker 1: against the powers of this dark, world and against the
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  Speaker 1: spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly. Realms that means
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  Speaker 1: the battle is not just about your bad, habits your,
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  Speaker 1: emotions or your. Weaknesses when you are, tempted it is
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  Speaker 1: not just about. Desire it is a spiritual. Attack when
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  Speaker 1: you feel overwhelmed by, fear it is not just, anxiety
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  Speaker 1: it is an attack on your. Faith when you struggle with,
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  Speaker 1: discouragement it is not just. Sadness it is the enemy
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  Speaker 1: trying to keep you from walking in your. Purpose the
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  Speaker 1: enemy wants you to fight the wrong. Battle he wants
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  Speaker 1: you to think your struggle is with your, flesh with
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  Speaker 1: your circumstances with other. People but the real war is,
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  Speaker 1: spiritual and spiritual battles require spiritual. Weapons, third you must
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  Speaker 1: put on the full armor Of. God ephesians six thirteen
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  Speaker 1: to seventeen tells us put on the full armor Of
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  Speaker 1: god so that when the day of evil, comes you
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  Speaker 1: may be able to stand your. Ground notice that it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't say if the day of evil. Comes it says
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  Speaker 1: when temptation will. Come at tax will. Come but if
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  Speaker 1: you are, armed you will. Stand here's what the armor looks.
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  Speaker 1: Like the belt of. Truth the enemy is the father
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  Speaker 1: of Lies john eight forty. Four if you don't know
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  Speaker 1: the truth Of god's, word you will fall for his.
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  Speaker 1: Deception the belt holds everything. Together you must know the
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  Speaker 1: truth to resist the. Lie the breastplate of. Righteousness temptation
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  Speaker 1: attacks the. Heart if your heart is, unprotected sin will take.
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  Speaker 1: Root Righteousness living in obedience To god guards you from
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  Speaker 1: the corruption of. Sin the shoes of The gospel of
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  Speaker 1: peace your, feet determine your. Direction if you are not
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  Speaker 1: firmly planted in The, gospel you will be led. Astray
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  Speaker 1: walking In god's truth gives you stability when temptation comes
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  Speaker 1: the shield of. Faith the enemy's number one weapon is.
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  Speaker 1: Doubt he will shoot flaming arrows at your, mind whispers of,
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  Speaker 1: fear insecurity and. Deception faith extinguishes those, attacks reminding you
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  Speaker 1: who you are and whose you you. Are the helmet of.
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  Speaker 1: Salvation your mind is the. Battlefield if the enemy can
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  Speaker 1: control your, thoughts he can control your. Actions the helmet
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  Speaker 1: Of salvation protects your mind by keeping you focused on
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  Speaker 1: your identity In. Christ the sword of The, spirit The
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  Speaker 1: word Of. God this is your only offensive. Weapon every
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  Speaker 1: other part of the armor is for. Defense but the
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  Speaker 1: word Of god is how you fight. Back jesus used
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  Speaker 1: it Against satan in the, wilderness and so must. We
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  Speaker 1: you wouldn't walk into a battlefield without armor and. Weapons
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  Speaker 1: yet many believers try to resist the enemy without being
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  Speaker 1: fully armed In god's. Power but when you put on
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  Speaker 1: the full armor Of, god you are not fighting. Alone
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  Speaker 1: god is fighting for. You fourth you must resist with.
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  Speaker 1: Authority james four seven doesn't say try to. Resist it
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  Speaker 1: doesn't say hopefully the devil will leave you. Alone it
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  Speaker 1: says resist the devil and he will. Flee that is
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  Speaker 1: a guarantee when you are submitted To god and stand
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  Speaker 1: in his. Power the enemy has no choice but to.
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  Speaker 1: Leave jesus didn't Beg satan to. Go he commanded him to.
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  Speaker 1: Leave When satan Tempted jesus with, bread he answered with.
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  Speaker 1: Scripture When satan twisted, Scripture jesus answered with. Truth When
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  Speaker 1: satan Offered jesus a short cut to, Glory jesus shut him,
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  Speaker 1: down and the devil. Fled luke ten nineteen, SAYS i
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  Speaker 1: have given you authority to trample on snakes and, scorpions
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  Speaker 1: and to overcome all the power of the. Enemy nothing
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  Speaker 1: will harm. You that means when you, resist you are
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  Speaker 1: not resisting in your own. Strength you are resisting in
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  Speaker 1: the authority Of, jesus and the enemy cannot stand against that. Authority,
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  Speaker 1: fifth you must stay in the. Fight too many believers
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  Speaker 1: think one victory means the battle is. Over they resist
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  Speaker 1: temptation once and think it will never come. Back but
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  Speaker 1: the enemy doesn't give up that. Easily After jesus Resisted
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  Speaker 1: satan in the, Wilderness luke four thirteen, says when the
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  Speaker 1: devil had finished all this, tempting he left him until
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  Speaker 1: an opportune. Time the battle wasn't. Over the enemy was
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  Speaker 1: waiting for another, opportunity and that's why we must stay. Alert.
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  Speaker 1: First peter five eight warns us be sober, minded be
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  Speaker 1: watchful your. Adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring,
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  Speaker 1: lion seeking some one to. Devour if you let your guard,
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  Speaker 1: down he will strike. Again but here's the. Truth the
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  Speaker 1: more you, resist the stronger you, Become the more you use,
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  Speaker 1: scripture the faster you recognize the. Lie the more you,
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  Speaker 1: resist the weaker temptation. Becomes the more you stand in,
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  Speaker 1: authority the more the enemy. Flees you don't have to
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  Speaker 1: live in. Defeat you don't have to wonder if you'll ever.
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  Speaker 1: Overcome you already have the victory In. Christ so stand,
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  Speaker 1: firm put on the armor Of, god use the word
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  Speaker 1: as your, weapon and when the enemy, comes resist him
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  Speaker 1: and he will. Flee you don't have to live in
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  Speaker 1: cycles of. Defeat you don't have to wonder if you'll ever.
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  Speaker 1: Overcome temptation does not have to control your. Life the
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  Speaker 1: power of sin was broken the Moment jesus declared it is.
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  Speaker 1: Finished you have already been given the strength to, overcome
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  Speaker 1: the armor to protect, yourself and the authority to resist the.
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  Speaker 1: Enemy the question is will you use. It the enemy
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  Speaker 1: hopes you. Won't he hopes you will keep believing the
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  Speaker 1: lie that you are too, weak that your temptation is too,
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  Speaker 1: strong that falling is. Inevitable but the truth Is god
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  Speaker 1: has already given you everything you need to walk in.
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  Speaker 1: Victory look at the lives of those who faced temptation
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  Speaker 1: and chose to. Fight joseph ran from, sin And god
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  Speaker 1: raised him up to second in command Over Egypt genesis forty. One.
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  Speaker 1: Forty daniel refused to bow to the, culture And god
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  Speaker 1: shut the mouths of Lions daniel six twenty. Two jerseus
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  Speaker 1: resisted the devil in the, wilderness and he stepped into
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  Speaker 1: his ministry in the power of The Holy Spirit luke four.
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  Speaker 1: Fourteen every time a believer chooses obedience over, compromise temptation
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  Speaker 1: loses its. Power but what happens when we don't? Fight
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  Speaker 1: what happens when we give? In look at the lives
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  Speaker 1: of those who fell into. Temptation samson had supernatural, strength
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  Speaker 1: but his weakness for lust destroyed. Him he kept playing with,
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  Speaker 1: temptation thinking he could control, it until it finally cost
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  Speaker 1: him his, head his, freedom and his Life judges. Sixteen
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  Speaker 1: david was called a man After god's own, heart but
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  Speaker 1: one moment of unchecked desire led to, adultery, deception and.
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  Speaker 1: Murder the consequences followed him for the rest of his.
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  Speaker 1: Life Second samuel eleven to. Twelve judas spent three years
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  Speaker 1: walking With. Jesus he saw the, miracles he heard the.
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  Speaker 1: Teachings he had every opportunity to live in, righteousness but
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  Speaker 1: he let greed take. Root he allowed temptation to grow in,
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  Speaker 1: secret and in the end it led him to betray
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  Speaker 1: The son Of god for thirty pieces of. Silver matthew
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  Speaker 1: twenty six. Fifteen temptation is not just about one. Moment
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  Speaker 1: it's about your entire. Destiny satan doesn't just want you to.
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  Speaker 1: Sin he wants you to stay trapped in. Sin he
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  Speaker 1: wants you to think that once you've, fallen there's no
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  Speaker 1: point in getting back. Up once you've, failed you are
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  Speaker 1: too far. Gone but that is a. Lie falling into
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  Speaker 1: temptation is not the end of your. Story peter Denied
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  Speaker 1: jesus three, times but he repented And jesus restored. Him
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  Speaker 1: he went on to preach At, pentecost leading three thousand
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  Speaker 1: people to salvation in a single. Day acts two forty
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  Speaker 1: One david made terrible, mistakes but when he, Repented god
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  Speaker 1: still used him to fulfill his. Purpose his lineage led
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  Speaker 1: To jesus. Himself matthew one. Six god's grace is greater
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  Speaker 1: than your. Failure but you have a. Choice will you
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  Speaker 1: stay in sin or will you rise up and? Fight
• 1:01:44
  Speaker 1: if you want to walk in. Victory it starts to,
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  Speaker 1: day not, tomorrow not when you feel strong enough. Now
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  Speaker 1: so here is the final. Challenge stop making. Excuses it
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  Speaker 1: stops Saying i'm too. Weak god, says my grace is
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  Speaker 1: sufficient for, you for my power is made perfect in.
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  Speaker 1: Weakness Second corinthians twelve. Nine stop Saying i'll never. Change god,
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  Speaker 1: says if anyone is In, christ he is a new.
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  Speaker 1: Creation the old has, gone the new is. Here Second
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  Speaker 1: corinthians five point. Seventeen stop saying the temptation is too.
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  Speaker 1: Strong god, says no temptation has overtaken you except what
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  Speaker 1: is common to. Mankind And god is. Faithful he will
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  Speaker 1: not let you be tempted beyond what you can. Bear
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  Speaker 1: First corinthians ten. Thirteen the only power temptation has over
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  Speaker 1: you is the power you allow it to. Have cut
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  Speaker 1: off access. Points you can't resist the devil while keeping
• 1:02:47
  Speaker 1: doors open to. Sin if social media tempts, you delete the.
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  Speaker 1: Apps if certain friends pull you into, sin step. Away
• 1:02:57
  Speaker 1: if certain places weaken your, resolve don't go go. There
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  Speaker 1: radical obedience leads to radical. Victory use the Weapons god
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  Speaker 1: has given you The word Of god your sword against
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  Speaker 1: Deception ephesians six. Seventeen, prayer your connection to supernatural Strength
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  Speaker 1: matthew twenty six forty, one The holy spirit your power
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  Speaker 1: to Overcome galatians five. Sixteen accountability your safeguard against Falling
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  Speaker 1: james five. Sixteen when you, fall get back. Up proverbs
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  Speaker 1: twenty four sixteen says though the righteous fall seven, times
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  Speaker 1: they rise. Again the enemy wants you to stay, down
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  Speaker 1: But god's grace is greater than your. Past, repent, realign
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  Speaker 1: and keep. Fighting never fight. Alone satan isolates people so
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  Speaker 1: he can destroy. Them don't try to resist temptation by.
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  Speaker 1: Yourself find godly, friends join a, church get. Accountability surround
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  Speaker 1: yourself with people who will help you, fight because when
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  Speaker 1: you fight temptation with others by your, side you are.
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  Speaker 1: Stronger the choice is. Yours you can stay trapped in
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  Speaker 1: cycles of, temptation living in, shame, regret and, compromise or
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  Speaker 1: you can step into the Strength god has already given.
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  Speaker 1: You you are not, weak you are not. Powerless you
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  Speaker 1: are a child Of, god equipped with everything you need
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  Speaker 1: to resist the enemy and walk in. Victory the devil
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  Speaker 1: is not afraid Of christians who talk about. Victory he
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  Speaker 1: is afraid Of christians who live in. Victory so will
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  Speaker 1: you be the one who? Overcomes the battle is. Here
• 1:04:46
  Speaker 1: the enemy is, real but so is Your, god and In,
• 1:04:50
  Speaker 1: christ victory is already. Yours you have a, choice stay
• 1:04:54
  Speaker 1: trapped in temptation's grip or step into the Strength god
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  Speaker 1: has already given. You you Have i've seen the, battle
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  Speaker 1: you have felt the weight of the, struggle and now
• 1:05:04
  Speaker 1: you stand at a cross. Roads will you keep fighting
• 1:05:08
  Speaker 1: in your own strength or will you surrender it all To?
• 1:05:11
  Speaker 1: God because the truth, is you can't do this. Alone
• 1:05:15
  Speaker 1: no amount of will power is. Enough no strategy works
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 1: Without god's. Power no, routine no, effort no determination can
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  Speaker 1: break what only The Holy spirit can. Destroy you Need
• 1:05:28
  Speaker 1: him and the good News he is here right, now
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  Speaker 1: in this. Moment god is ready to fill you with
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  Speaker 1: strength you've never had. Before he is ready to lift
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  Speaker 1: the weight you've been. Carrying he is ready to break
• 1:05:40
  Speaker 1: the chains that have kept you, Bound but you have
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  Speaker 1: to be willing to let. Go you have to stop
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  Speaker 1: fighting in your own. Strength you have to. Surrender so
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  Speaker 1: wherever you are right, now whether you're sitting in your,
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  Speaker 1: room driving in your, car or watching this through, Tears
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  Speaker 1: god is. Listening he sees, You he knows your, struggle
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  Speaker 1: and he is waiting for you to call on. Him
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  Speaker 1: so let's pray. Together, FATHER i come before, you weary
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  Speaker 1: from the. BATTLE i have tried to fight in my own,
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  Speaker 1: strength AND i have. FALLEN i have tried to resist,
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  Speaker 1: temptation BUT i have failed more times THAN i can.
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  Speaker 1: Count and to DAY i CONFESS i need. YOU i
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  Speaker 1: cannot do this without. You. Lord you see my. Struggle
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  Speaker 1: you see the temptations that weigh me. Down you see
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  Speaker 1: the BATTLES i fight in, secret the desires that feel too,
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  Speaker 1: strong the SINS i keep running back to even WHEN
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  Speaker 1: i don't want. To and right NOW i lay them
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  Speaker 1: all at your. FEET i refuse to carry this burden
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  Speaker 1: alone any. Longer your word says In First corinthians ten,
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  Speaker 1: thirteen that no temptation is too strong for me to,
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  Speaker 1: bear because you always provide a way. Out, LORD i
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  Speaker 1: ask you to open my eyes to that way. Out
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  Speaker 1: when the enemy comes with. Lies remind me of your
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  Speaker 1: truth when sin looks. Appealing remind me of the. Cost
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  Speaker 1: WHEN i feel, Weak remind me that your strength is
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  Speaker 1: made perfect in my. Weakness, GOD i surrender my desires to.
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  Speaker 1: YOU i surrender my, thoughts my, habits my. ACTIONS i
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  Speaker 1: give you the places in my life WHERE i have been,
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  Speaker 1: careless WHERE i have allowed temptation to take. Root cleanse,
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  Speaker 1: Me purify, me make me new, Father strengthen my. Heart
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  Speaker 1: help me to guard my mind against every lie of the.
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  Speaker 1: Enemy give me wisdom to recognize temptation before it even.
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  Speaker 1: Comes fill me with a hunger for your, word so
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  Speaker 1: that when the enemy, WHISPERS i can respond with. Truth
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  Speaker 1: your word says In james four seven that WHEN i
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  Speaker 1: submit to you and resist the, devil he has to.
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  Speaker 1: Flee so to, DAY i submit fully. COMPLETELY i surrender
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  Speaker 1: everything that has been holding me. Back break every AGREEMENT
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  Speaker 1: i have made with. SIN i renounce every LIE i have,
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  Speaker 1: believed AND i declare that the enemy has no power over.
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  Speaker 1: ME i stand on your. Promises, LORD i declare THAT
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  Speaker 1: i am not, WEAK i am strong In. CHRIST i
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  Speaker 1: am not. BOUND i am free In. CHRIST i am not.
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  Speaker 1: DEFEATED i am victorious In. Christ, jesus you overcame, temptation
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  Speaker 1: and through YOU i can. Too you resisted the enemy
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  Speaker 1: in the, wilderness and you have given me the same
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  Speaker 1: power to. Resist you broke the power of sin on the,
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  Speaker 1: cross and you have given me that same. Victory to.
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  Speaker 1: DAY i step into that. Victory Holy, spirit fill. Me
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  Speaker 1: fill every empty, place every weak, place every place where
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  Speaker 1: sin has tried to make a. Home give me new,
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  Speaker 1: desires new, thoughts a new hunger for. Righteousness strengthen me
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  Speaker 1: to walk in, obedience not just to, day but every.
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  Speaker 1: Day And, lord WHEN i, fall remind me that your
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  Speaker 1: grace is great than my. Failure give me the courage
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  Speaker 1: to get back, up to keep, fighting to never give
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  Speaker 1: in to the lie THAT i am too far, gone
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  Speaker 1: BECAUSE i am yours and you are not done with.
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  Speaker 1: Me thank you for your, love for your, mercy for
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  Speaker 1: your power that is at work in. ME i receive
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  Speaker 1: it now AND i walk forward in the freedom that
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  Speaker 1: you have given. Me In Jesus mighty, NAME i, Pray,
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  Speaker 1: amen if you prayed that, prayer this is your turning.
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  Speaker 1: Point you are not the same person who started watching this.
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  Speaker 1: Video god has begun a work in, you and he
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  Speaker 1: will be faithful to complete. It but remember this is
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  Speaker 1: just the. Beginning temptation will come, again but now you are.
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  Speaker 1: Equipped the enemy will try to pull you, back but
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  Speaker 1: now you are. Stronger and when you feel, weak when
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  Speaker 1: you feel like giving, up remember this, Moment remember the
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  Speaker 1: prayer you just. Prayed remember the power that is in
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  Speaker 1: side of. You remember That god has already given you the.
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  Speaker 1: Victory now walk in. It and if this prayer has touched,
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  Speaker 1: you share This Deep Bible stories video with someone who needs.
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  Speaker 1: It there is some one in your life right now
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  Speaker 1: who is struggling just like you. Were be the person
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  Speaker 1: who helps them find. Freedom it is our prayer and
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  Speaker 1: hope that this video has not only encouraged, you but transformed.
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  Speaker 1: You that to day marks a new chapter in your
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  Speaker 1: journey With, god that temptation will never have control over you.
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  Speaker 1: Again stay, blessed