All right! As you’ve been working through various passages on temptation, you’ve been thinking about your own life, I am sure. Great! And now, perhaps, you’ve come to an important conclusion; you’ve decided, “I am a liar!” That may not be exactly what you concluded, but let’s take it as an example.
You have thought about how often you are tempted to lie your way out of difficult circumstances. How often the lie comes to mind, even when you don’t use it. How, at times, even when there is no pressure to lie to get out of some scrape or another, you have been tempted to lie about ordinary things simply to exaggerate them, stress your capabilities or importance, and so forth. Lying is a definite temptation to be faced throughout your day.
OK. Let’s assume that you agree that it is. Now, what are you going to do to rectify this? First, you ought to talk to God about the problem. What will you say? Write it out: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(I’m assuming you are printing out these pages to use and keep them).
Second, having repented, you will need to find at least one verse that opposes lying. If you’re having trouble with this, may I suggest that one such verse may be found in Ephesians 4. It (or another verse that you’d rather use) is____________________________. Now that you have your verse that opposes lying, the next step (that we suggested in the week 2 study) is:
Third, memorize the verse.
Good. Now what is the next step?
Use the verse to oppose temptation.
You have just been through a practical application of the process that you learned previously. Does it help you know what to do to counter temptation? If so, then I suggest the following:
1. Now determine what is the most serious temptation that you regularly must face. Don’t fudge here—be excruciatingly honest!
2. Good! Now go through the process that we have suggested.
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