Cgeneration devotional

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.”

Where does temptation come from? James‬ ‭1:14‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.”

Do you know that you can be tempted and not sin? Hebrews‬ ‭4:15‬ ‭ERV‬‬ (easy to read) says “Jesus, our high priest, is able to understand our weaknesses. When Jesus lived on earth, he was tempted in every way. He was tempted in the same ways we are tempted, but he never sinned.”

John‬ ‭17:23‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.”

John‬ ‭17:17‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.”

John‬ ‭17:15‬ ‭NIV‬‬ “My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.”

John‬ ‭17:9‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ““My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you.”

Psalms‬ ‭51:10-12‬ ‭NLT‬‬ ‭‭ “Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.”

““No one is holy like the Lord; there is none like him, no protector like our God.” ‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭2:2‬ ‭GNT‬

2 Kings‬ ‭6:17‬ ‭NLT‬‬ “Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes and let him see!”