{"id":66679,"date":"2023-09-24T22:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T22:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=66679"},"modified":"2023-09-24T22:52:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T22:52:01","slug":"taming-temptations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=66679","title":{"rendered":"Taming temptations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>*THE OMINOUS, RAGING BATTLE* in our lives, as believers, is not without but within. It is not primarily against principalities and powers, but against the lusts and desires that oppose the God-life in us, and God&#8217;s purpose for our lives.<\/p>\n<p>*How do we tame or overcome our temptations?*<\/p>\n<p>???? First, we need to always *remember that temptation is common to all*. &#8220;You are tempted in the same way that everyone else is&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>???? Secondly, we should *know that temptation is controlled,* &#8220;&#8230; God can be trusted not to let you be tempted too much&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>???? Thirdly, we must *believe that temptaion is conquerable*, &#8220;&#8230; He will show you how to escape&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n(1Cor. 10:13, CEV)<\/p>\n<p>*In Christ Jesus, we don&#8217;t have to be overwhelmed or overcome by temptation*, we have the grace and power to escape and overcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 <strong>Buti Sam KPUTU<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*THE OMINOUS, RAGING BATTLE* in our lives, as believers, is not without but within. It is not primarily against principalities and powers, but against the lusts and desires that oppose the God-life in us, and God&#8217;s purpose for our lives. *How do we tame or overcome our temptations?* ???? First, we need to always *remember [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5772],"tags":[201,6227,6228],"class_list":["post-66679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-faith","tag-god","tag-taming","tag-temptations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}