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Silas Eke • Illustration • • 10 views
No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. In 1346, during the Hundred Years’ War, the English army of King…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 10 views
Gordon MacDonald spoke of this in his chapter in the book, Mastering Personal Growth. He wrote that the older he became the more he realized his condition as a barbarian loved by his Father. He said that this may be the most important insight that comes with aging. Almost all old people who are growing…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 8 views
I am a “night-binger.” It hurts to say it and I hope you don’t lose all respect for me as a pastor, but there is something about sweets that makes them appealing after 8 pm. Wave a doughnut in front of me at 10 am, and I have little trouble saying “no.” Ice Cream at 12 pm hardly makes me turn my head.…
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The way to spiritual life and vitality is to live by the Word of God. In the Australian bush country grows a little plant called the "sundew." It has a slender stem and tiny, round leaves fringed with hairs that glisten with bright drops of liquid as delicate as fine dew. Woe to the insect, however,…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 71 views
Want a picture of how this works? Consider Darlene Dieblier Rose. In her autobiography, Evidence Not Seen, she tells of her career as a missionary in the Asian Pacific during WW II. She was imprisoned along with her husband by the Japanese. He died and she suffered horribly. She was infected by the food…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 19 views
And his strategy is often deception: He deceives us, tempts us, then accuses us. Neil Anderson wrote a very frank book on this back in the ‘90's entitled The Bondage Breaker. He deals at length with numerous experiences he had in helping people overcome Satanic attack. One of the chapters in the book…
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Andrew Norvelle • Illustration • • 241 views
Do you see what I see? Purpose: To walk circumspectly, being aware of the traps that seek to draw us from God's goal in our lives. 2 Kings 6:17 Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was…
Tim Campbell • Illustration • • 12 views
In that regard, Ephesians 6:16 says in effect, “Now that you’ve prepared for battle by girding your loins with truth, protecting your vital organs with the breastplate of righteousness, and securing your feet with the gospel of peace, don’t forget to take up your shield.” Two types of shields were commonly…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 9 views
Recognize this? That’s right, it’s a fire ant. These little buggers are potent! They can light you up. In fact, 12 Americans die of fire ant attacks each year. That’s because before they start to sting you there may be hundreds of them on you before you even know it. So much venom can cause an allergic…
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SeleIn China's later Han era, there lived a politician called Yang Zhen, a man known for his upright character. After Yang Zhen was made a provincial governor, one of his earlier patrons, Wang Mi, paid him an unexpected visit. As they talked over old times, Wang Mi brought out a large gold cup and presented…
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An old Indian legend is told about a young boy who gave in to temptation. Many years ago, an Indian youth hiked a tall rugged mountain, capped with dazzling snow. When he reached the top he stood on the rim of the world. He could see forever, and his heart swelled with pride. Then he heard a rustle at…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 17 views
Ken Meyers on avoiding temptation: I believe that the challenge of living with popular culture may well be as serious for modern Christians as persecution and plagues were for the saints of earlier centuries…Enemies that come loudly and visibly are usually much easier to fight than those that are undetectable.…
Jeremy Veldman • Illustration • • 96 views
During his courtship with Sarah. "When I am violently beset with temptation or cannot rid myself of evil thoughts, I do sum in arithmetic or geometry or some other study, which necessarily engages all my thoughts and unavoidably keeps them from wandering." Source: /God Entranced Vision of All Things,…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 120 views
Men who trap animals in Africa for zoos in America say that one of the hardest animals to catch is the ringtailed monkey. For the Zulus of that continent, however, it's simple. They've been catching this agile little animal with ease for years. The method the Zulus use is based on knowledge of the animal.…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 6 views
On February 26, 1995, Barings, the oldest bank in Britain, announced it was seeking bankruptcy protection after losing nearly one billion dollars in a stock gamble. At the time Barings went under, the bank held assets for Queen Elizabeth, some $100 million according to Time magazine. In late 1994, the…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 26 views
As the Union Pacific Railroad was being constructed, an elaborate trestle bridge was built across a large canyon in the West. Wanting to test the bridge, the builder loaded a train with enough extra cars and equipment to double its normal payload. The train was then driven to the middle of the bridge,…
Mike Lester • Illustration • • 23 views
A story is told of the life of Raynald III, a fourteenth-century duke in what is now Belgium. Grossly overweight, Raynald was commonly called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means "fat." After a violent quarrel, Raynald's younger brother Edward led a successful revolt against him. Edward captured…
Pastor Gilbert Thurston • Illustration • • 1 view
>Ten things that can tempt and bring death to a leader: 1. Focus on personal advancement instead of team success. 2. Shift blame to others instead of absorbing it yourself. 3. Avoiding a hard conversation because you might not be liked afterwards. 4. Wanting to be heard instead of trying to listen. 5.…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 3 views
People have the dual capacity to act without thinking (reactivity) and to take time for thought before they act (response). They cannot, however, control their original impulses, even their first perceptions and impressions. They can control their expression in word or action. Congregational Leadership…
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 12 views
Temptation wears many faces. There is, for example, material temptation, which is the lust for things. It might be as big as a house or as small as a ring. It might be as bright and dazzling as a brand-new Porsche or as dull and dusty as an antique roll-top desk. Yet, who hasn't felt the burning passion…
Timothy C. Seal • Illustration • • 114 views
“SPIRITUAL SLEEPING PILLS” EASY DAYS When your nest is well feathered you are then most likely to sleep; there is little danger of your sleeping when there is a bramble bush in the bed. When all is downy, then the most likely thing will be that thou wilt say, “Soul, soul, thou hast much goods laid up…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 1 view
As we travel life’s road we are beset on every hand by temptations; but the farther down the road we get the more we pretend not to see them. All we want is to get home and get our shoes off. Reader’s Digest, December 1977, page 48
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 2 views
“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. Sometimes, I just wish He didn’t trust me so much.” – Mother Teresa Nashville Tennessean
Rich DeRuiter • Illustration • • 14 views
During the wedding rehearsal, the groom approached the preacher with an unusual offer. Look, I’ll give you $100 if you’ll change the wedding vows. When you get to me and the part where I’m to promise to "love, honor and cherish" and "forsaking all others, be faithful to her forever," I’d appreciate it…
Stephen N. Rummage • Illustration • • 52 views
Charles Durham, a pastor from Kansas, begins his book Temptation: Help for Struggling Christians with an interesting illustration. Several hundred years ago on the island of Cape Hatteras, off the shore of North Carolina, there were men whose business it was to get ships to run aground on the shoals…