The last Difficulties

10: Concerning Temptation

"Sin makes an easy prey of a discouraged soul; so that we fall often from the very fear of having fallen."

11: Concerning Failures

"This life of union with God requires the utmost honesty with Him and with ourselves."

sooo blessed!

Today, I went shopping for shoes with my 12-yr-old brother, adopted from Russia. He was so wonderful. He kept apologizing for taking so long, but I wasn't in a hurry. He couldn't make up his mind or find his size. Poor guy had to have a cavity filled right beforehand, and he started to claim that his leg was going numb (he's still a little paranoid of the doctor/dentist!) The best part was when we got home though. A couple hours later, he came up to me and handed me three dollars. I was confused and asked what it was for. He looked at me and said, "Jesus." Misha is going to support me in my ministry as his tithe for his monthly allowance!

Nothing could bless me as much as that, but I also just found out that Dr. James White (the guy who shared the gospel when Lecrae began his relationship with Christ) is speaking at the San Diego Winter Conference!!!

I thought today was Friday

This morning God's Word just really jumped out at me.  I felt Jesus' love because of what I read about, (lately, the topic of temptation has been coming up a lot, and I love that I could learn more from the Bible on that subject today.)  On Tuesday, I asked my brother what I should read, and he said Luke.  Today I opened to Luke 4, where Jesus is tempted by Satan.  This part really made me think:

"And the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time, and said to him, 'To you I will give all this authority and their glory, for it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship me, it will all be yours.' And Jesus answered him, 'It is written,

"You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"

I thought, why didn't Jesus take charge of the whole world?  That would be pretty cool if Satan wasn't still ruling the earth.  But, obviously Jesus' obedience to only worship God was more important.  That made me realize that if Jesus wouldn't give in and worship anything beside God (for all the kingdoms and glory of the earth) then it is better for me not to worship anything except for my God.  

I felt the need to share these thoughts with my brother, but then I apologized for getting a little preachy.  His response was, "Yeah, I thought today was Friday"

Just now, I told him that if he hadn't suggested for me to read Luke, he wouldn't have gotten a sermon. My sister was like, "You went to church today!?"