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TODAY’S WORD…

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The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience.

And God is faithful.

He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand.

When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.

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– 1 Corinthians 10:13 (NLT)

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REFLECTION…

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God permits temptation

by allowing the circumstances which create temptation to arise,

but He takes care that nothing bars the path of retreat.

With each temptation He makes a way to escape from it.

And that is so…it must be so…because God is faithful.

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The state of salvation to which God has called us

would be a delusion if the difficulties we encounter in life were insuperable

and if it were impossible for us to continue on the road to salvation.

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God makes an open road for all of us,

but then it is up to us to walk in it.

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Temptation will happen,

and you are always left with a choice.

What you mustn’t forget, however,

is that He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand

and that when you are tempted,

He will show you a way out so that you can endure.

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Whether to take the way out, or to fall to the temptation,

is up to us.

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It is ultimately our choice

whether to follow God’s commandments

or to carry on satisfying our basic instincts

and ignoring the consequences.

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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Lord, grant me the wisdom to recognise the traps of the evil one,

and the strength to move away from them.

In all circumstances, Lord, let me always choose You.

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