Day 14

Whatever you resist persists..!
The key to overcoming temptation is: Don’t fight it. Just refocus..
It all boils down to your thoughts – so when a thought tempts you, have the discernment to focus on your blessings & you will have enough incentive to shun it..!!
Whatever gets your attention gets you. The battle for sin always starts in the mind..
That’s why the Bible says in Psalm 119:6, “Thinking about your commands will keep me from doing some foolish thing”. Why? Because if you’re thinking about God’s truth, you’re not thinking about the stuff that leads you to sin..
It’s true in every single area of life — good or bad. If you focus on godly things, it’s going to pull you in that direction..
Whatever you focus on gets your attention. Whatever gets your attention is going to get you..
The key is to just change your mind..
Temptation always follows a predictable pattern: attention, arousal, and action. Your mind gets hooked, your mind kicks in, and then you act on it..
You can’t always control your circumstances, and you can’t even always control the way you feel. But you can control what you think about. That’s always your choice. And if you change the way you think, it changes the way you feel, and that will change the way you act..
“Don’t let us yield to temptation, but rescue us from the evil one….”(Matthew 6:13‬)