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Bevan Russell
07/11/2020

40 Days of Purpose: Day 27 Defeating Temptation

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There is always a way out. “God has promised to never allow more on you than he puts within you to handle it.” Rick Warren Here’s how: REFOCUS. The Bible doesn’t teach us to “resist temptation” but does advise us to refocus our attention. Resisting a thought doesn’t work, it only intensifies it. Thoughts are…

Bevan Russell
06/11/2020

40 Days of Purpose: Day 26 Growing through Temptation

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Every temptation is an opportunity to do good. Temptation is just as much an opportunity to do the right thing as it is to do the wrong thing. We can see these moments as stepping stones rather than stumbling blocks. “Temptation simply provides the choice” says Rick Warren. “My temptations have been my masters in…