Hmm. I wonder what it all means. I was doing prep for Luke BS and it was on the passage of Jesus' temptations. Then, while prep younger youth's study, it was about purity and temptations too! Hmm.

Well, temptations are everywhere. From surfing internet (sites that shouldn't or too much time spent there), addiction, excessively watching TV, eating too much, bending the rules, wanting to gain power and control...It's everywhere. In thoughts, actions and circumstances. So here's a little something to get things more interactive! Please poll (honestly) and let's share wad our FIRST response wld be when faced with temptations!

Quite a cool one right? Got it from Wanting. Thanks girl! Hopefully, it'll be more interactive and more of a discussion. Feel free to tag on my tagboard to share your tots on the question I asked for polls!

Well, as for me, sad to say, prayer isn't on the top of my list. Neither is Bible reading. More often, I would try to stop it on my own before giving in. And after say 10 mins, I'll try to resist it on my own again. Only after it fails, then I'll start to pray and ask God for help. Ha. But you know, in all this, it really makes me think and set my heart to make prayer my first resort and not my last option.

God should be the center of my life. Don't let temptation create a desire in me, which when enticed create sin and which gives birth to death. I definitely don't want that spiritual separation from God, much less grief the Holy Spirit.

1 Cor 10:13, "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it"

I gotta take that way out. I gotta take that first step to step on the right path and take what God has provided. I am not alone in my temptations. And God is gracious to have given me a way. Let's take that first step away from temptations together and onto God's grace which He has given to us.

A few other insights that I came across while reading on Jesus' temptations:

1. Test of character are divinely shaped even when they place us at risk
2. The key to Jesus' triumph is His faithfulness in walking with God where God leads, even in the midst of testing times
3. Jesus' choices reveal His commitment and also point to the road of faithfulness and dependence that disciples should travel

May we follow Jesus' example and walk in faithfulness and loyalty with God, trusting He will provide and will deliver us in all temptations. In thoughts and in deeds. Amen.