Just say "NO!"

Today, in our morning devotions we talked about the word "Temptation." What exactly is Temptation?

The official dictionary definition is this:

Temptation 1.the act of tempting; enticement or allurement. 2.something that tempts, entices, or allures. 3.the fact or state of being tempted, especially to evil. 4.an instance of this. 5.( initial capital letter ) the temptation of Christ by Satan. Matt. 4.

      When the Lord wants you to study and "dig into" something for a purpose, he'll bring it up in more than one place, which is exactly what he did for us, especially for my Mom. She has been reading the book "Fear" from the Be in Health Ministries and it has been talking about temptation. Temptation is a Spirit from Satan's heaven. Yes, Satan's heaven is right there in the middle. The first heaven is Earth, were we are. And the third Heaven is where God is, but there is also a second heaven, where Satan is. When he got kicked out of God's heaven, he was "cast below." Satan's "heaven," which is more like a realm, is not hell though. But, Satan's "heaven" is more close to Earth. He and his disembodied evil spirits, come to temp us and lie constantly. I think that is their favorite hobby. They find it humorous and fun, like little children playing tricks. So, does that mean we should just stand around and let Satan and his "little helpers" just tempt us to to wrong and just keep on saying "Oh, it's Satan's fault. There was nothing I could do!" Of course not! There's just one simple thing you have to say. "No!" Satan HATES that word, like a little child whose mom told him he couldn't have a toy. Satan likes "Yes, yes YES!" But we have to say "NO!" 

    So, just as my mom, was reading that book, in our "Bible Truths" this morning comes a lesson about what? Temptation! There's not one person on this earth, Christian or not, who can say, "Satan can't tempt me. I always say "No!" Because everyone, young and old is a victim to the Devil. But with God's word in your heart, when Satan tries to tempt you, you can quote scripture and say "No!" Just like when he tried to tempt Jesus in the desert. Jesus quoted and after defeat three times in a row, (yes, Satan is persistent!) he fled. So next time when Satan tries to tempt you, say "NO!" 

Since, I always like to relate my posts to songs, (since there are songs about EVERYTHING :) here is a couple songs about temptation. The first one I found and the second one is a fun one that I learned in VBS one time and immediately came to mind. Enjoy!