Do you know what temptations are? Sinful temptations are problems or obstacles tossed to us in our every day lives. These maybe in the forms of knowledge, love, money, power or any significant object that we could consider as something valuable to us. Is love a temptation? Yes, it really is. 1 might not be fully conscious of it but there are actually instances when love turns into a sweet temptation to all of us. Loving another person who’s already tied up to another, do you not consider it as a temptation?

Man’s Sins Bounded To Sinful Temptations

Sins are bounded to temptations. There’s no temptation where sin is not a part of it. Man’s deadly sins – pride, lust, anger, greed, sloth, jealousy, and gluttony – these were the sins born out of these sweet temptations. And these had led man astray most of the time.

How do we avoid temptations? Can we even avoid them? Yes, we could stay away from them. In spite of the fact that human beings are weak to temptations, we have the capacity to stay away from the attraction of sin. We just need to put in more effort and more faith for us to fully avoid it. Of course you need to know your own personal temptations. Recognizing the things which challenges and tempts you allows you move away from it.

After recognition comes your ability to fight sinful temptations making use of the word of God. Nothing in this world has greater power against temptations than God’s words itself. If you are equipped properly with enough faith, then no matter how hard the challenge or temptation is, you won’t ever bend down to its grip.

Stray Away From Sinful Temptations

But also remember that we’re not perfect. There will be a moment in which we fall unto temptations hands. When that happens, what we must do is repent. Repent for the sins we’ve created and promised not only to God but to ourselves to not fall to the same sinful temptations again and again.

We all really need to learn from all those temptations we had experienced in our day-to-day lives. We need to know how to fight it the second time it will attack us. Not just fall for it once more. Pray and stay closer and faithful to God.

Prayers are our salvation. It also serves as our own self defense against any wicked attraction. Let’s become stronger both in body, mind and spirit. Let us all wander away from the path of sinful temptations!