Thoughts of A Chosen Generation

Isn’t it great that we made it through another week? No really, isn’t it? We could have ceased to exist but no, we are here, still living to hopefully fulfil God’s purpose in our lives. And because you have received that gift, congratulations Chosen ! Of course, life isn’t always smooth, or as I mentioned the last time; chocolate and rainbows, but nonetheless life is a gift. We all go through hard times, whether it may be financial, spiritual, family-related, career-related, health-related, relationship-related, friendship-related, or even something I haven’t thought of, we all have our challenges in life. It may seem like some people don’t experience issues but they do. Have you ever asked them? Whether they choose to share or not, most times their problems are valid. Also, bear in mind that each of us are built differently so what you may be able to handle easily another person may not and vice versa. So, just as how we wouldn’t like for someone else to invalidate our issues, w...

Hello Chosen, welcome back! If you’re new, it’s good to have you J Overcoming temptations is a very interesting topic, if I do say so myself. Allow me to just jog your thoughts a bit. Do you think non-Christians are not tempted? Do you think that new believers have finally escaped and will no longer be tempted? Or mature Christians have passed that stage and will not face temptation? Let’s see if we can answer those questions while we explore the main question that we are trying to answer, How Do We Overcome Temptations? Let us first try to understand what Temptation is before we get to how to overcome it. Bishop Robert Ellis describes temptation as an enticement to do evil or a desire to abstain from doing good. Let me guess, you didn’t expect that second part, did you? Well James 4:17 says “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is a sin.” http://bit.ly/Jam4-17 . For that reason, we can say in essence that temptation is a pull towards evil or...