SO YOU ARE HAVING A HARD TIME SAYING NO (8 OF 9)
by Ken Trivette
Scripture: JAMES 1:13-15
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So You Are Having A Hard Time Saying No (8 of 9)
Ken Trivette
James 1:13-15
1. Mark Antony was known as the silver-throated orator of Rome. He was a brilliant man, strong leader, and a courageous soldier. But the one thing he lacked was the strength to say 'no' to temptation. On the outside he was impressive and magnificent. But on the inside he was weak and vulnerable. On one occasion, his tutor became so enraged, that he shouted at him: "O Marcus! O colossal child...able to conqueror the world but unable to resist a temptation!"
2. When it comes to temptation, many are like the little boy that got a spanking for eating cookies the mother had told him to keep away from. The little boy blamed his friend who told him to do it. The mother said, "You should have turned a deaf ear to him." The little boy said, "But mommy, I don't have a deaf ear."
3. British writer Oscar Wilde admitted: "I can resist anything except temptation."
4. If many in this place were honest, you would have to admit that you can resist just about anything but temptation. We often have a deaf ear to temptation. The truth is, one of the things that often handles us is the matter of temptation.
5. A husband confessed in Readers Digest about a time when he and his wife were out shopping. A shapely young woman in a short, tight skirt walked by and the husband's eyes followed. Without looking up from the item she was examining, the wife said, "Was it worth the trouble you're in?"
6. Time does not permit us to talk about the trouble that yielding to temptation has caused many a person. Lives have been scarred, ministries had been ruined, and homes destroyed because of yielding to temptation.
7. William Booth once wrote: "I have been much affected with the following reflection: Though, if not greatly deceived, I have had some degree of experimental acquaintance with Jesus Christ for almost forty years; though I have borne the ministerial character ...
Ken Trivette
James 1:13-15
1. Mark Antony was known as the silver-throated orator of Rome. He was a brilliant man, strong leader, and a courageous soldier. But the one thing he lacked was the strength to say 'no' to temptation. On the outside he was impressive and magnificent. But on the inside he was weak and vulnerable. On one occasion, his tutor became so enraged, that he shouted at him: "O Marcus! O colossal child...able to conqueror the world but unable to resist a temptation!"
2. When it comes to temptation, many are like the little boy that got a spanking for eating cookies the mother had told him to keep away from. The little boy blamed his friend who told him to do it. The mother said, "You should have turned a deaf ear to him." The little boy said, "But mommy, I don't have a deaf ear."
3. British writer Oscar Wilde admitted: "I can resist anything except temptation."
4. If many in this place were honest, you would have to admit that you can resist just about anything but temptation. We often have a deaf ear to temptation. The truth is, one of the things that often handles us is the matter of temptation.
5. A husband confessed in Readers Digest about a time when he and his wife were out shopping. A shapely young woman in a short, tight skirt walked by and the husband's eyes followed. Without looking up from the item she was examining, the wife said, "Was it worth the trouble you're in?"
6. Time does not permit us to talk about the trouble that yielding to temptation has caused many a person. Lives have been scarred, ministries had been ruined, and homes destroyed because of yielding to temptation.
7. William Booth once wrote: "I have been much affected with the following reflection: Though, if not greatly deceived, I have had some degree of experimental acquaintance with Jesus Christ for almost forty years; though I have borne the ministerial character ...
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