We either flirt, or flee far away from temptations. There is no middle ground, it’s one or the other. For example: Temptation starts and we immediately say: I need to work on one of my quitting techniques every hour. We review as many articles as needed and form our plan for which habits we will work on today.
Second, if you flirt with sin (or bad habits) you will never have real joy. It will be hard to find purpose. Because… anytime we replace God with other things, we run farther from the Garden of Eden. We run farther from the great life God wants us to have.
Third, the Lord’s prayer says, “Lead me not into temptation.”
It is wise to be praying enough so that the road we travel is not filled with temptation because God is leading us in another direction. On that road God is having us think about and planning how to start doing His will, and accomplishing His purpose.
Finally, we need to starve the things that lead us to _____. Until you are an expert at knowing “everything” that leads you back to _____, you will continue to lose that fight.
Consider listing your top 7 things that lead you back to ______. Then start replacing these risky things with new activities, prayers, books and Christian things.
Once you become expert at putting out temptations fire… You will be on the winning path.
This article is based loosely on this great video. It gets good at the 7 minute mark.
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