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<IMG id=Picture_x0020_20 alt=cid:image005.jpg@01CADFE6.9094E670 src="https://welovegod.org/guide/wp-content/uploads/image001-114.jpg" width=942 height=154> This Week's Devotion    Article Headline   Ministry Links SCOM Ministry Home   Forums   Archived Devotionals   Contact Us     Message & Prayer   Comment/Feedback   Prayer Requests   Devotional Subscribe       Verse Of The Week What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visits him?    Psalm 8:4 (KJV)     SCOM on the Webs                 FRIENDSTER     DEFEATING TEMPTATION   Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 (NIV)   There is always a way out.   You may sometimes feel that a temptation is too overpowering for you to bear, but that’s a lie from Satan. God has promised never to allow more on you than he puts within you to handle it. He will not permit any temptation that you could not overcome. However, you must do your part too by practicing biblical methods for defeating temptation.   First and foremost, you want to refocus your attention on something besides the temptation. It may surprise you that nowhere in the Bible are we told to “resist temptation.” We’re told to “resist the devil,” and that is very different (James 4:7).   The Bible says we’re to refocus our attention because trying to resist a thought simply doesn’t work. It only intensifies our focus on the wrong thing and strengthens its allure. Let me explain: Every time you try to block a thought out of your mind, you drive it deeper into your memory. By resisting it, you actually reinforce it.   Whatever you resist, persists.   This is especially true with temptation. You don’t defeat temptation by fighting the feeling of it. The more you fight a feeling, the more it consumes and controls you. You strengthen it every time you think it.   Since temptation always begins with a thought, the quickest way to neutralize its allure is to turn your attention to something else. Don’t fight the thought, just change the channel of your mind and get interested in another idea. This is the first step in defeating temptation.   The battle for sin is won or lost in your mind. Whatever gets your attention will get you. That’s why Job said, “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust upon a young woman.” (Job 31:1 NLT).   And David prayed, “Keep me from paying attention to what is worthless” (Psalm 119:3a TEV).   Extract from www.purposedrivenchurch.com By Rick Warren       Wishing you a Happy and Prosperous 2011   Help spread God's word, please forward the devotion to as many friends and relatives as possible and encourage them to subscribe free of charge. If this was forwarded to you, you can subscribe by sending a blank email to the following address: feedtheflock-subscribe@welovegod.org

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.  (Matthew 9 : 36)   … Jesus said “Feed my sheep”. (John 21:17)

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