Cgeneration devotional

Matthew‬ ‭4:3‬ ‭CEV‬‬ “Then the devil came to him and said, “If you are God's Son, tell these stones to turn into bread.”

Matthew‬ ‭4:1 NKJV‬‬ “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil..”

Genesis‬ ‭3:5‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ““God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.”” ‭‭

Genesis‬ ‭3:4-5‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ““You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.”” ‭‭ Do you have trust issues like Eve?

One of Satan’s oldest tricks is to lie and try to discredit the word of God and cause us to doubt it. He played that trick on Eve and she fell for it!

Genesis‬ ‭3:1‬ ‭AMP‬‬ “Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”” ‭‭ Have you prayed today? Have you studied your bible? Are you alert?

“Jesus understands every weakness of ours, because he was tempted in every way that we are. But he did not sin!” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4:15‬ ‭CEV‬‬

1 Corinthians‬ ‭10:13‬ ‭ESV‬‬ “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” How do we deal with temptation and what is the escape route that God has provided for us?

Bragging and showing-off is one of the ways the ‘pride of life’ manifests. Are all our accomplishments and good deeds all over social media because we want to show off?

Luke‬ ‭18:11‬ ‭ERV‬‬ “The Pharisee stood alone, away from the tax collector. When the Pharisee prayed, he said, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not as bad as other people. I am not like men who steal, cheat, or commit adultery. I thank you that I am better than this tax collector.” ‭‭ Sound familiar?

Daniel‬ ‭4:29-30‬ ‭ERV‬‬ “Twelve months after the dream, King Nebuchadnezzar was walking on the roof of his palace in Babylon. While on the roof, the king said, “Look at Babylon! I built this great city. It is my palace. I built this great place by my power. I built this place to show how great I am.”” ‭‭

‭‭2 Kings‬ ‭7:8‬ ‭GNT‬‬ “When the four men reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent, ate and drank what was there, grabbed the silver, gold, and clothing they found, and went off and hid them; then they returned, entered another tent, and did the same thing.”

Luke‬ ‭12:15‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”” ‭‭

How many times have we murdered people in our hearts with envy, jealousy, bitterness and so on because we covet what belongs to them?

1 Timothy‬ ‭6:10‬ ‭AMP‬‬ “For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows.”

How can we deal with the Lust of the Flesh?

1 Timothy‬ ‭6:6‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “But godliness with contentment is great gain.”

King Solomon was obsessed with foreign pagan women and they turned his heart away from the Lord. But how did Solomon get to this point?

Proverbs‬ ‭25:28‬ ‭ERV‬‬ “People who cannot control themselves are like cities without walls to protect them.”

Samson was a man born as a Nazirite and a Nazirite is a person consecrated to the service of God and because of that, he was meant to abstain from things that were unholy. Unfortunately, Samson was notorious for having affairs with pagan women who didn’t know God. Why did he keep falling into this temptation even though he knew God’s commandments?

Proverbs 16 vs 27 (The Living Bible) ‘Idle hands are the devil’s workshop; idle lips are his mouthpiece.’

‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:16‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.”

James‬ ‭1:15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ “Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.”

1 Peter‬ ‭5:8‬ ‭CEV‬‬ “Be on your guard and stay awake. Your enemy, the devil, is like a roaring lion, sneaking around to find someone to attack.”

How does Temptation become Sin? James‬ ‭1:14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ says “But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.”