QuickThoughts: Resisting Temptation

📘 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Matthew 4:1

Brothers and sisters in Christ, the Spirit that led Jesus into the wilderness and gave Him the strength to resist temptation is the same Holy Spirit that dwells within us.

As you face the temptations of each day, remember the Spirit within, lean on Him for strength, courage, and perseverance.

We have not been given only a portion of the Spirit that led our Savior, but the Father has granted His entire Spirit to each believer.

And do not forget that that same Savior has been tempted just as we are, and yet He endured in the power of the Spirit.

📘 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things like we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 4:15

We too can resist every temptation for our loving Father has given His Spirit to provide a means of such resistance.

📘 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.

1 Corinthians 10:13

What a merciful Lord and Savior we serve! The sin we hate no longer enslave us, but we are set free in Christ.

Go serve Him today in truth, righteousness, and faithfulness, calling upon the Holy Spirit’s perfect guidance in every situation.

Soli deo gloria!