The New Year And Things I Was A Foundation For My Life

Temptation is certainly one of the devil’s main weapons. It takes many different forms. He’ll try, for example, to tempt us with sins of the flesh. Such as immorality, pleasure-seeking, destructive habits, and more. But if those don’t work he’ll tempt us with sins of the heart or mind: evil thoughts, wrong motives, anger, jealousy, and so forth. He’ll also attack us spiritually, trying to fill us with doubts, attempting to convince us that God doesn’t care about us, filling us with pride, and so forth. As we can see the devil has so many tools to shift our focus away from God. Because we are not perfect, we are prone to give into things and many Christians can confess to falling under any weapon the devil has used against them. Being a christian myself, I

This was reassuring to read, as I realized some of these people were calling to God asking for His guidance and help much like I do. Lately, I have been able to frequently turn to God with my own struggles and put my life in His hands. However, I have not always found it easy to turn to Him during difficult times. After meditating on this passage I noticed how many times the people referred to the Word of God. Not only did this emphasize the importance and need for Scripture but it showed me that the Bible should be my go to no matter what I am feeling. I should turn to Scripture so that I am able to gain new wisdom and knowledge about Christ and my current situations. In the end, it is the Word of God that trains and equips us to do good works as His disciples to glorify

The ideas of the human being are based upon their thought process and the feelings that are caused due to such actions or behaviors. Thus not depending on feelings and behaviors, not things that are external, including people, situation and events. There is a certain benefit of this act that can change the way we feel, think and act better even if a certain situation does not improve.

I recently read The Screwtape Letter by C.S. Lewis, and the most striking thing I learned was that the devil does not put things in our mind, but rather lets us succumb to temptation on our own. In every instance of temptation, we must resist the urge to sin and grow closer to God.

"Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen." - 1 Peter 5:8-11

We have to know our major enemies. It is not the devil or something else. It is ignorance on three main categories: fear, disappointment and anger. Do not entertain these three in your life. The fear of what am I going to do, the fear of the pressure from others, and the fear of ignorance, and the fear of man. We need to stand firmly on the promises of God by faith.

“The Lord is my rock and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my Buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.

The devil's job is to steal, kill, lie, and destroy God's future hopes and dreams for you and mankind. Yet, the quality of good work you choice to give God may buy you some extra peace of mind. Help someone else and not just yourself, balancing your action, lifestyle and behavior. God gave us this precious time to safely learn, teach, and know that He alone is our Lord, Master, Father, and Savior. The quality of your good work and faith is God's Good Speed on your life, family, and

      No matter what the adversity may be, God wants you to know that He is sufficient, that He is enough, and that He can handle it if we allow Him too. Many times as Christians, we ask God to handle a problem or situation for us, but yet we don't allow Him to fully have control of that situation. All He is wanting us to acknowledge is that He

A lot of times people think that if we are good enough Christians that we would never go through tough times. It would be so wonderful if God would simply promise to us that we would never go through difficult times. Yet we know it’s just a part of it, it’s just a part of life. Psalm 23 does not say to us, “God will keep us from danger,“ but instead it describes that times will come, and they come for all of us, when we do feel like we are walking through a dark, dangerous valley -- a “valley of the shadow of death.” Perhaps even now in the grief we feel today feels like a dark valley… But what the Word of God does make very clear is that as we move through

This semester and field experience has been the hardest thing I have ever done in my life because I have been stretched in several ways. I have been stretched in my professional, academic, spiritual, and personal life. Through this field experience, I have grown significantly spiritually due to having friends that consistently point me toward the cross when I cannot carry the weight of field experience on my own strength or merit. This section of verse 3, found in chapter 1, states “and the enduring hope you have because of our Lord Jesus Christ”. This portion of the verse has become very real to me as I have been blessed with great friends who constantly remind me of the hope I have in my Lord Jesus Christ. Friendships that have deepened since starting field experience has caused me to see Christ in a completely new

Vs 11 Put on the whole armor of God that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Instead, in His Sovereignty, God uses even Satan’s temptations to evil in order to bring about good in your life.” This proves that while Satan tempts believers to sin, God uses all things for his glory. Scripture shows Christians that God does not tempt with evil, but Satan

If you have not already encountered the enemy in your walk with God, just wait, because he will arrive eventually. It is an encounter that not even Jesus es-caped.

Through this idea I try to realize that struggle that I have been through in my life. It not part of my false that I cannot control the event that happen to me, but I should view it to become more successful from it by learning from what I have done wrong in the past and correct it in the