Matthew 4:1-11
Then Was Jesus Led Up Of The Spirit Into The Wilderness To Be Tempted Of The Devil. And When He Had Fasted Forty Days And Forty Nights, He Was Afterward An Hungred. And When The Tempter Came To Him, He Said, If Thou Be The Son Of God, Command That These Stones Be Made Bread. But He Answered And Said, It Is Written, Man Shall Not Live By Bread Alone, But By Every Word That Proceedeth Out Of The Mouth Of God. Then The Devil Taketh Him Up Into The Holy City, And Setteth Him On A Pinnacle Of The Temple, And Saith Unto Him, If Thou Be The Son Of God, Cast Thyself Down: For It Is Written, He Shall Give His Angels Charge Concerning Thee: And In Their Hands They Shall Bear Thee Up, Lest At Any Time Thou Dash Thy Foot Against A Stone. Jesus Said Unto Him, It Is Written Again, Thou Shalt Not Tempt The Lord Thy God. Again, The Devil Taketh Him Up Into An Exceeding High Mountain, And Sheweth Him All The Kingdoms Of The World, And The Glory Of Them; And Saith Unto Him, All These Things Will I Give Thee, If Thou Wilt Fall Down And Worship Me. Then Saith Jesus Unto Him, Get Thee Hence, Satan: For It Is Written, Thou Shalt Worship The Lord Thy God, And Him Only Shalt Thou Serve. Then The Devil Leaveth Him, And, Behold, Angels Came And Ministered Unto Him.
1 Corinthians 10:1-14
Moreover, Brethren, I Would Not That Ye Should Be Ignorant, How That All Our Fathers Were Under The Cloud, And All Passed Through The Sea; And Were All Baptized Unto Moses In The Cloud And In The Sea; And Did All Eat The Same Spiritual Meat; And Did All Drink The Same Spiritual Drink: For They Drank Of That Spiritual Rock That Followed Them: And That Rock Was Christ. But With Many Of Them God Was Not Well Pleased: For They Were Overthrown In The Wilderness. Now These Things Were Our Examples, To The Intent We Should Not Lust After Evil Things, As They Also Lusted. Neither Be Ye Idolaters, As Were Some Of Them; As It Is Written, The People Sat Down To Eat And Drink, And Rose Up To Play. Neither Let Us Commit Fornication, As Some Of Them Committed, And Fell In One Day Three And Twenty Thousand. Neither Let Us Tempt Christ, As Some Of Them Also Tempted, And Were Destroyed Of Serpents. Neither Murmur Ye, As Some Of Them Also Murmured, And Were Destroyed Of The Destroyer. Now All These Things Happened Unto Them For Ensamples: And They Are Written For Our Admonition, Upon Whom The Ends Of The World Are Come. Wherefore Let Him That Thinketh He Standeth Take Heed Lest He Fall. There Hath No Temptation Taken You But Such As Is Common To Man: But God Is Faithful, Who Will Not Suffer You To Be Tempted Above That Ye Are Able; But Will With The Temptation Also Make A Way To Escape, That Ye May Be Able To Bear It. Wherefore, My Dearly Beloved, Flee From Idolatry.
1 Kings 19:1-9,18
And Ahab Told Jezebel All That Elijah Had Done, And Withal How He Had Slain All The Prophets With The Sword. Then Jezebel Sent A Messenger Unto Elijah, Saying, So Let The Gods Do To Me, And More Also, If I Make Not Thy Life As The Life Of One Of Them By To Morrow About This Time. And When He Saw That, He Arose, And Went For His Life, And Came To Beer–sheba, Which Belongeth To Judah, And Left His Servant There. But He Himself Went A Day's Journey Into The Wilderness, And Came And Sat Down Under A Juniper Tree: And He Requested For Himself That He Might Die; And Said, It Is Enough; Now, O Lord, Take Away My Life; For I Am Not Better Than My Fathers. And As He Lay And Slept Under A Juniper Tree, Behold, Then An Angel Touched Him, And Said Unto Him, Arise And Eat. And He Looked, And, Behold, There Was A Cake Baken On The Coals, And A Cruse Of Water At His Head. And He Did Eat And Drink, And Laid Him Down Again. And The Angel Of The Lord Came Again The Second Time, And Touched Him, And Said, Arise And Eat; Because The Journey Is Too Great For Thee. And He Arose, And Did Eat And Drink, And Went In The Strength Of That Meat Forty Days And Forty Nights Unto Horeb The Mount Of God. And He Came Thither Unto A Cave, And Lodged There; And, Behold, The Word Of The Lord Came To Him, And He Said Unto Him, What Doest Thou Here, Elijah?
[18] Yet I Have Left Me Seven Thousand In Israel, All The Knees Which Have Not Bowed Unto Baal, And Every Mouth Which Hath Not Kissed Him.
Spiritual Depression Happens When Satan Tempts You. When You Are Being Tempted, You Feel Like You Are Alone, And God Is A Million Miles Away From You. The Way You Know That You Are Spiritually Depressed Is When You Start Wondering If God Is Angry With You For Something That You Have Done. Spiritual Depression Is A Lot Like Depression Is In The Natural; You Don't Feel Like Doing Anything Positive, And All You Can Do Is Drag Yourself Through Each Day. Sleeping Is The Trap We Fall Into When We Are Spiritually Depressed. When We Are Spiritually Sleeping, We Stop Reading Our Bibles And Getting Messages From The Lord. Spiritual Depression Can Be Dangerous And Usually Attacks You When You Become Satisfied With Your Knowledge Of The Lord, When You Think That You Are The Only One Who Is Spiritual, Or When You Have Become Complacent. One Of Two Things Will Happen When You Are Spiritually Depressed: You Will Pray And Ask The Lord For His Help, Or You Will Dry Up. Let Me Tell You, I Have Been Here Many Times Where I Feel Like I Am Not Making A Difference Or Helping Anyone; That Is The Beginning Of Spiritual Depression. Satan Is Tempting Us With These Kinds Of Thoughts. Satan Will Say Why Don't You Just Quit? Satan Will Tell You Nobody Cares About Your Ministry Or What You Have To Teach. Satan Will Say, Nobody Is Listening To Or Learning From You, Just Quit. When You Get Those Kinds Of Thoughts, You Know Who That Is; It Is The Tempter. Satan Is The Only One Who Wants Us To Quit Sharing The Gospel Of Jesus Christ. When Spiritual Depression Sets In, Many Christians Find Themselves Giving Up Because They Have Listened To The Tempter.
James 1:12-14
Blessed Is The Man That Endureth Temptation: For When He Is Tried, He Shall Receive The Crown Of Life, Which The Lord Hath Promised To Them That Love Him. Let No Man Say When He Is Tempted, I Am Tempted Of God: For God Cannot Be Tempted With Evil, Neither Tempteth He Any Man: But Every Man Is Tempted, When He Is Drawn Away Of His Own Lust, And Enticed.
Hebrews 10:35-39
Cast Not Away Therefore Your Confidence, Which Hath Great Recompence Of Reward. For Ye Have Need Of Patience, That, After Ye Have Done The Will Of God, Ye Might Receive The Promise. For Yet A Little While, And He That Shall Come Will Come, And Will Not Tarry. Now The Just Shall Live By Faith: But If Any Man Draw Back, My Soul Shall Have No Pleasure In Him. But We Are Not Of Them Who Draw Back Unto Perdition; But Of Them That Believe To The Saving Of The Soul.
Like 1 Corinthians 15:34 Says, We Are To
Awake To Righteousness, And Sin Not; For Some Have Not The Knowledge Of God: I Speak This To Your Shame.
Ephesians 6:10-18
Finally, My Brethren, Be Strong In The Lord, And In The Power Of His Might. Put On The Whole Armour Of God, That Ye May Be Able To Stand Against The Wiles Of The Devil. For We Wrestle Not Against Flesh And Blood, But Against Principalities, Against Powers, Against The Rulers Of The Darkness Of This World, Against Spiritual Wickedness In High Places. Wherefore Take Unto You The Whole Armour Of God, That Ye May Be Able To Withstand In The Evil Day, And Having Done All, To Stand. Stand Therefore, Having Your Loins Girt About With Truth, And Having On The Breastplate Of Righteousness; And Your Feet Shod With The Preparation Of The Gospel Of Peace; Above All, Taking The Shield Of Faith, Wherewith Ye Shall Be Able To Quench All The Fiery Darts Of The Wicked. And Take The Helmet Of Salvation, And The Sword Of The Spirit, Which Is The Word Of God: Praying Always With All Prayer And Supplication In The Spirit, And Watching Thereunto With All Perseverance And Supplication For All Saints;
Donna K Purifoy
12/05/2023
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