{"id":873,"date":"2014-04-13T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-13T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/?p=873"},"modified":"2014-04-30T11:54:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T18:54:12","slug":"a-disaster-to-dodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/2014\/04\/13\/a-disaster-to-dodge\/","title":{"rendered":"A Disaster To Dodge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/sermons\/sermon-20140413.mp3\">A Disaster to Dodge<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Matthew 6:13<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;And don&#8217;t let us yield to temptation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>L___________\u00a0<\/strong>God lead.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 Peter 2:9<\/strong> &#8220;The Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>E____________<\/strong> your need or weakness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>James 1:14<\/strong> Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A_____________<\/strong> the danger in our choices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Timothy 6:9<\/strong> People who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Peter 5:6-8<\/strong> So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time He will lift you up in honor. Give ALL your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you. Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>D__________<\/strong> to avoid it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2 Timothy 2:22<\/strong> Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Corinthians 6:18-19<\/strong> Run from sexual sin! No other sin clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. Don&#8217;t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God?<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Corinthians 10:12-13<\/strong> If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall. The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience, and God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. 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