LIFE'S PURPOSE...............DAY TWENTY SIX

THINKING    ABOUT    MY   PURPOSE                     DAY  TWENTY  SIX         GROWING  THROUGH  TEMPTATION   "HAPPY IS THE MAN WHO DOES'NT GIVE IN AND DO WRONG WHEN HE IS TEMPTED, FOR AFTERWARDS HE WILL GET AS HIS REWARD THE CROWN OF LIFE THAT GOD HAS PROMISED THOSE WHO LOVE HIM." James 1:12 (LB)   "MY TEMPTATIONS HAVE BEEN MY MASTERS IN DIVINITY." Martin Luther   EVERY TEMPTATION IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD. GOD DEVELOPS THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT BY ALLOWING YOU TO EXPERIENCE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH YOU'RE TEMPTED TO EXPRESS THE EXACT OPPOSITE QUALITY. WE THINK THAT TEMPTATION LIES AROUND US, BUT GOD SAYS IT BEGINS WITHIN US.   TEMPTATION IS A SIGN THAT SATAN HATES YOU, IT IS NOT A SIGN OF WEAKNESS OR WORLDLINESS.   HOW TO OVERCOME TEMPTATION   1.    REFUSE TO BE INTIMATED. 2.    RECOGNISE YOUR PATTERN OF TEMPTATION AND BE PREPARED FOR IT. 3.    REQUEST FOR GOD'S HELP.   "GOD BLESSES THE PEOPLE WHO PATIENTLY ENDURE TESTING. AFTERWARDS THEY WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE THAT GOD HAS PROMISED TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM." James 1:12 (NLT)   WHAT CHRIST LIKE CHARACTER QUALITY CAN I DEVELOP BY DEFEATING THE MOST COMMON TEMPTATION  I  FACE ?