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••••Since becoming a Christian, what does satan tempt you with that causes you the most sweating?....••••





????---WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST TEMPTATION SINCE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN?••••


•••HERE ARE YOUR INNER THOUGHTS•••





---From RICHIE:

I THINK WHEN YOU BECOME A NEW CHRISTIAN, THE DEVIL WILL TRY TO GET YOU TO DO THINGS YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT OF DOING BEFORE...BUT AS YOU GO ALONG, HE STARTS WITH HIS TRICKS, SADNESS, WHEN YOU ARE DOWN IN THE VALLEY...HE STRIKES....BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT EVEN IN OUR WEAKEST POINT--GOD IS THERE...TO HELP US, OR TO FORGIVE US WHEN WE FORGET TO GO STRAIGHT TO HIM FIRST.
SATAN IS GONNA LOSE, ANYWAY..BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THAT CROWD OF LOSERS...


---From DALE:

BE A CHRISTIAN, AND SATAN SAYS "JUST HIDE WHAT YOU USE TO DO, DON'T LET ANYONE SEE YA DOING IT...YOU WILL BE OK...YEP...YOU LISTEN TO SATAN VERY LONG AND YOU WILL REALIZE THAT HE IS OUT TO GET YOU OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE LORD. JUST GET BEHIND ME, SATAN....GOD, DELIVER ME FROM ALL EVIL!!! ...


---From NANETTE:

START YOUR DAY OFF WITH PRAYER...THOSE EVIL,WRONG THOUGHTS ARE NOT AS LIKELY TO APPEAR IN YOUR HEAD....EVEN IF THEY DO....YOU WILL JUST SHRUG THEM OFF WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT....SATAN IS NOT TO BE FEARED AS LONG AS WE ARE TRUSTING IN THE LORD...AMEN!!! ...


---From BETTY:

IT HAPPENED TO ME, I WAS A YOUNG CHRISTIAN AND THINGS I HAD NEVER THOUGHT OF DOING WERE BECOMING APPEALING TO ME. I HAD TO STOP AND SHAKE MYSELF, FALL ON MY KNEES, AND PRAY FOR FORGIVNESS JUST FOR THINKING THE THOUGHTS. BUT THEY KEPT COMING, AND ONLY ONE TIME DID I GIVE IN...WHOOPS...THAT WAS ENOUGH....I FELT SO BAD AFTER I HAD DONE THIS THING, BUT YOU KNOW, GOD DIDN'T CHASTISE ME OR MAKE ME FEEL LITTLE, HE TOOK ME IN HIS ARMS AND LOVED ME AND TO THIS DAY IT REMINDS ME THAT I DO NOT LISTEN TO SATAN... ...


---From ED:

I STARTED LUSTING AFTER WOMEN, NEVER BEFORE DID I HAVE SUCH A POWERFUL URGE TO DO WRONG...I WAS CONFUSED..WHY GOD WHY???BUT I COULDN'T KEEP LOOKING AND WANTING WRONG THINGS OFF MY MIND. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I WAS ASHAMED TO GO TO GOD WITH IT....THAT WAS THE DEVIL TALKING THEN...TAKE ALL THINGS TO GOD....HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DELIVER YOU. SO I TALKED TO MY WIFE, YES, I WAS MARRIED, AND TOLD HER I WAS SORRY FOR JUST THE THOUGHTS AND SHE WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD ME I NEEDED TO SQUARE IT AWAY WITH GOD...THANK GOD FOR STRONG CHRISTIAN WOMEN, WIVES, AND MOTHERS....WHERE WOULD WE MEN FOLK BE WITHOUT THEM. ...


---From DANIELLE:

The devil tries everyway he can to keep me from getting to as many church services as he can. In this busy world, and being that Sunday is a day off for me, it is easy to roll over and squeeze the pillow a little longer on Sunday mornings. BUT I NEED TO REALLY OPEN MY EYES, and remember that this is THE LORD'S DAY....Love Him enough to give HIM his time of Praise and Worship...and I need it, too.
Forgive Me when I roll over and don't roll out of the bed and go to church... ...


---From JANE:...

GOSSIPING IS MY WEAKNESS, AND IT COMES FROM SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND ME WILLING TO LISTEN AND ADD ON TO THE FIRE. I HAVE TO LEARN TO PRAY AND CONTROL MY TONGUE, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT TALKING IN A NEGATIVE WAY WILL NEVER DO ANYONE ANY GOOD...ONLY HARM!!LORD FORGIVE US WHEN WE GOSSIP!!! ...


---From ISSAAC:...

EVEN THOUGH I HAVE BECOME A CHRISTIAN, I STILL GET THOSE CRAVINGS TO DO WRONG THINGS. WHY? I DON'T KNOW!! I KNOW I NEED TO PRAY MORE, AND IT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE ANY HARM AT THE TIME, BUT THE WITNESS THAT I SHOW OTHERS AND THE WAY I FEEL AFTER I ACT OUT MY DESIRES, IS NEVER A HAPPY TIME FOR ME. SO WHEN I CUSS OR STEAL OR TALK DOWN ON PEOPLE..THAT IS NOT LIKE JESUS AND I WILL NEVER REAP ANY BENEFITS FROM THOSE ACTIONS.
I WOULD APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR PRAYERS THAT I WILL GET STRONGER IN CHRIST AND SATAN WILL LEAVE ME ALONE AND QUIT INFLUENCING ME...


---From JEFFREY:...

Since I have become a Christian...SATAN does want me to do anything right. not anything. He hounds Me all the time, but that is just a reminder that I am not prayed Up enough to let Him bug Me. Jesus will take care of Me as long as I call on Him, but it is easy to let satan's whispers getting ya' thinking wrong....Don't do it....Turn it ALL over to GOD--and FAST!!!...


---From DENA:

...SATAN TRIES TO GET ME TO CHEAT ON MY HUSBAND, I HAVE TO PRAY OR LUST COMES IN MY HEART TO EASILY. I WANT EVERYONE TO PRAY FOR ME THAT I WON'T END UP LOSING MY FAMILY AND EVERYTHING THAT IS DEAR TO ME, BECAUSE I SEEM TO BE SO WEAK AT TIMES...



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