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FOUR LESSONS!

Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy 2:22

Here are four lessons you need to learn: (1) strength in one area doesn’t make you immune to weakness in others (2) temptation always returns to the scene of its previous success (3) flirting with temptation makes defeat certain (4) failure won’t cut you off from God’s grace, but it can limit or destroy your potential. In Rebuilding Your Broken World, Gordon MacDonald tells of getting involved in an affair, and the painful steps required to rebuild his life. He recalls a conversation with a friend before things fell apart. Friend: ‘If Satan were to blow you out of the water, how do you think he’d do it?’ MacDonald: ‘In all sorts of ways ‘but there’s one way he wouldn’t get me.’ Friend: ‘What’s that?’ MacDonald: ‘My personal relationships. That’s one area where ‘I’m as strong as you can get.’ MacDonald continues: ‘A few years after that conversation a chain of seemingly innocent choices became destructive, and in the very area where I had predicted I was safe, my world had to be rebuilt.’ Where we consider ourselves strongest, is where we’re least likely to prepare for attack! ‘You gotta know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away and know when to run.’ When Potiphar’s wife tried to seduce Joseph - he ran! That was the spiritual thing to do. You have a responsibility to live clean and, when you accept that, the Holy Spirit comes to help you deal with the continual attacks on your old nature.

Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me and protect me in all areas of my personal life, even those I feel the strongest in. In your precious holy name, Amen