What is temptation?
Temptation is the desire to sin.It is not a sin to be tempted but yielding to temptation is sin,even Jesus was tempted but he overcome because he didn't yield to it.
Types of temptation:
1. Temptation to disobey God, parents,elders, teachers etc
2. Temptation to violate the law.
3. Temptation to keep bad friends e.g Joining cultists.
4. Temptation to fornicate, masturbate,or practice prostitution, homosexuality etc
5. Temptation to watch pornographic videos.
6. Temptation to steal,lie, fight and so on
Dear readers, for you to overcome temptation you need to do the following.
The first way to overcome temptation is by fasting.which means that you'll deny your body food, drinks, being on the Internet for a certain period of time for a religious purpose.fasting is to subdue the flesh and empower the spirit of God in you.
The second thing to do is praying.firstly what is prayer? Prayer is the act of communicating with God.It goes hand in hand with fasting,you can't fast without praying and feasting on the word of God.
The word of God is the third way of overcoming temptation. We should always study the bible and meditate on it.we can defeat temptation with the word of God in us.
The fourth way is discipline, discipline is self control.An undisciplined person could easily Fall into temptation, therefore we need discipline to overcome temptation.
Reliance on Jesus Christ is the last step , anyone who has not received Jesus Christ as his lord and savior can hardly overcome temptation because only him can help us in overcoming temptation.
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