Comments on: The Most Important Behavior To Mastering Temptation https://chrisvonada.com/the-most-important-behavior-to-mastering-temptation/ Always writing. Always learning. Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:35:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: chris vonada https://chrisvonada.com/the-most-important-behavior-to-mastering-temptation/#comment-16463 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:20:19 +0000 http://chrisvonada.com/?p=1315#comment-16463 In reply to Joseph Lalonde.

Glad that you found this helpful Joe!

]]> By: chris vonada https://chrisvonada.com/the-most-important-behavior-to-mastering-temptation/#comment-16461 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:19:16 +0000 http://chrisvonada.com/?p=1315#comment-16461 In reply to tcavey.

True T.C., I find myself sometimes doing this. Good point!

]]> By: Joseph Lalonde https://chrisvonada.com/the-most-important-behavior-to-mastering-temptation/#comment-16459 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:56:09 +0000 http://chrisvonada.com/?p=1315#comment-16459 Good stuff Chris. Temptation comes but we have the resources to flee or overcome it. Just the word I needed to hear today.

]]> By: tcavey https://chrisvonada.com/the-most-important-behavior-to-mastering-temptation/#comment-16457 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:38:50 +0000 http://chrisvonada.com/?p=1315#comment-16457 I think realizing temptation isn’t sin is very important for people to grasp. Even Jesus was tempted. Jesus even experienced fear (He prayed more than once for the cup to be removed from Him, asking if maybe there was another way to save the world.)
But ultimately Jesus never sinned. He was tempted but he knew what to do with those temptations.

I hear so many Christians beating themselves up for being tempted.They need to understand the temptation isn’t the problem (unless you are putting yourself in the way of temptation- strip clubs) it’s what you do with the temptation that can lead to sin.

]]> By: chris vonada https://chrisvonada.com/the-most-important-behavior-to-mastering-temptation/#comment-16455 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:20:06 +0000 http://chrisvonada.com/?p=1315#comment-16455 In reply to Carol Peterson.

Thanks Carol, I feel like I can get a little long winded sometimes… then, this Mother Teresa thing keeps coming up…

“If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.” Mother Teresa

]]> By: Carol Peterson https://chrisvonada.com/the-most-important-behavior-to-mastering-temptation/#comment-16454 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:47:50 +0000 http://chrisvonada.com/?p=1315#comment-16454 Great post, Chris.

Being tempted isn’t the sin. Succumbing to temptation is. Even Jesus was tempted. It’s why Jesus taught us to pray: lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. Temptation is there; always will be. Our job–with God’s help through the Holy Spirit–is to not say “yes.”

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