Our Purpose Driven Life(English Version)

CHAPTER 26 February 16, 2004 8:22pm - 9:32pm

     The temptation of satan will make us sturdy for his temptation will give us a decision whether to do it or not, because temptation means it's weakness, because if you have temptation satan is mad at you, because you are doing what is right, because if you don't experience temptation means you are with him even if you do not notice it.

     Temptation is getting stronger first when we want to do something that is not right, and those that can hurt other people are those things that satan will convince you to do, because he knows that is your weakness, and he can fool you with it.

     Example are envy with your brothers and sisters, snatcher, mistress, making sex just for fun, and many things that will hurt you and others,

     Second is lack of confidence, he will force you to think that you cannot do it, your weak, that you want to help others but you cannot do it.

     Third is satan will deceive you, and he will tell you that you will become like this if you will do that, you will be happy, for example if you stole from someone you will be happy, but in reality it is wrong, because yes you will be happy, but how about the feeling of the victim, you didn't know that the thing you stole has been a lot of working and saving for her to have that, and you will just take it away, maybe you are happy at first but later you will not be, and it is still more happy that you achieve something from your own hard work, because you exert effort and you did not step on someone.

     And the last one is disobedience for not following because of temptation, because if you thought you want to do it and you've done it, that's becoming a sin, but if you thought of something but you not it's wrong so you did not do it, then it's not a sin. Like in catholic what our wrong is for example we are attracted because we saw a beautiful or handsome either sexy or masculine, we are getting angry of our selves because we are attracted to them but we shouldn't be because it's normal, but of thinking on those person bad things and do it then that's a sin, because for example because the person is sexy or masculine then you want to have sex with them then that's wrong, because you thought of something wrong to others and want to do it, but if you were carried away because of their beautiful or handsome look then that's not wrong,

     We should be prepare on knowing our weakness and how to remove them, for example is temptation strong when you are alone, with companion, or many more.

     Me if i am alone because i'm thinking i'm weak, no self confidence so when i'm alone temptation attacks, and my solution is to have a confidence that i'm strong when i'm alone because Lord God our Father and our Creator knows that i can do it, and i know that you can do it too, because the breath of God is with us and the Holy Spirit and all the things that we want is all impossible, but hoping all the things that we want is for good purpose.

     Our Lord God our Father and our Creator is not mad at us whenever we turn away, especially when we've done the temptation, we are letting the temptation works on us because we want to follow what we want because we are thinking that it's good for us. And when we want to come back to Lord God our Father and our Creator we are shy, so for me we should not think of doing the temptation so that we will not be shy to come back to Lord God our Father and our Creator, because in the end that's what we will do, we will go back to God.

     The help of our God for us is 24 hours, that's why if we cannot do it, we ask for help and the action for help is fast if we are sincere and almost crying or crying for God to help us.

     And we should always prepare for temptation, because satan is attacking us or he can easily convince us when we don't have plans or we are not prepare.