Category Archives: overcoming temptation

Curiosity Needs Wise Caution

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Steve Simms

Before you allow your curiosity to nudge you to pursue something, it’s best to use mental caution. Innocent curiosity if not monitored and guided by wisdom can lead down dangerous paths. A person (or a cat) who is overly curious … Continue reading →

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Asked To Do Wrong

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Steve Simms

I don’t like to be asked to do wrong. It’s no fun to be tempted when I have set my heart to do what’s right no matter the cost. I need to thinkAbout my needTo be set freeFrom the thingsThat … Continue reading →

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It’s easy to jump into deceptive desires.

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Steve Simms

Think before you jump! Satanic suggestions often call and coerce us to jump into our desires, feelings, and thoughts — to throw off the God-given safety net of our conscience and satisfy self instead. As people caught in the fall … Continue reading →

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Can the devil throw you with a stone?

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Steve Simms

Attune toChrist in you.Let Him guideFrom insideYour heart.Be Spirit-led,Not desire-led;Jesus-led,Not temptation-led. Beware of the devil’s stumbling stones! What you let Christ do in you is much more powerful than what you try to do for yourself. A plastic surgeon can’t … Continue reading →

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The lures that flyfish in your mind

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Steve Simms

The moreWe allow sinTo numbOur conscienceThe more dumbThings we say and do. Beware of the temptations that flyfish in your mind with enticing lures to yank you out of the inner river of life-giving joy. When you let your desires … Continue reading →

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Snake! Watch your step!

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Steve Simms

Snaky thinking says:“If it looks tasty, try it,”And asks us the question,“Did God really say not to eat it?”But choice without conscience(God’s truth in our heart),And self-steps without obedience(Based solely on ownDesires, feelings, and knowledge)Open our free willTo the deceptive … Continue reading →

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Temptations are life’s train wreckers

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Steve Simms

Temptations are life’s train wreckers. They attempt to steal your identity and to make you a prisoner of desires and feelings. People who always cooperate with temptation never realize what a strong force has control of their life. If you don’t … Continue reading →

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Surrounded by voices from another world

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Steve Simms

We’re surrounded by another world That most people seldom notice; However, when we listen quietly, We can hear inner voices from there. One torments and seduces towards evil. The other comforts and steers towards love. The voice we learn to … Continue reading →

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21st century proverbs: “So many words, so little love language.”

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Steve Simms

So many words; so little love language. Hope = Having Ongoing Positive Expectations. Emotional pain’s an alarm letting you know that you’re ignoring faith, hope, & love. Greatness & meanness are opposites. Combativeness creates defensiveness & disunity. As an alternative … Continue reading →

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Shall we overcome?

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Steve Simms

Shall we overcome? Don’t succumb to discouragement, self-destruction, and depression. Overcome through the reality of Christ’s love. “Deep in my heart, I do believe, we shall overcome someday!” The lost word of the Bible is a recovery word. It can … Continue reading →

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