Temptation's Strategy - Day 3 "30 Days to Taming Your Tongue"

I am doing a study on "30 Days to Taming Your Tongue". Come along with me as we look at how we can honor Yahushua with the words we say.

This study is based on the book "30 Days to Taming you Tongue" by Deborah Smith Pegues
Read Reviews and Links to buy the book at Good Reads.

What I will be writing here is notes I have from when I read the book. It is designed to give you an overview of major points in that day's lesson. And other commentary from my own reflection.

Temptation's Strategy - Day 3 "30 Days to Taming Your Tongue"

• Confuse Reality
• Make evil seem good
• Exaggerates the truth or falsifies to bring us into believing the lie 
• Makes us question the character of Yahweh
• Leads us to concentrate on the temptation instead of Yahweh
• - focus on cons rather than on pros
• Always pay close attention to the details of what Yahweh tells us; if we don't the devil will skew our thoughts

(Genesis 3:1-6 RNKJV)  Now the serpent was more subtitle than any beast of the field which YHWH Elohim had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath Elohim said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?  (2)  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:  (3)  But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, Elohim hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.  (4)  And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:  (5)  For Elohim doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be like Elohim, knowing good and evil.  (6)  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

We need to learn the ways of the enemy. The notes I have are clearly shown in the story of the original sin. The adversary confused reality, made evil seem good, and made her question that Yahweh did not have her best interests in mind - you shall surely not die but on contrary you will be made wise. It was evil for her to know those things. If only she could have stayed innocent and loved Yahweh for eternity.

(James 1:14 ESV)  But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

We have to be careful of our own desires. Are our desires the same as Yahweh. We need to be careful that we first obey the commands of Yahweh, then our desires must not go contrary to those commands. We need to honor Yahweh in all we do.

(Genesis 4:7 ESV)  If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."

The below picture is the Hebrew phrase you must rule over it. Taken from Gen 4:7. I am a testimony when you meditate on that scripture you can overcome the strongholds of sin in your life. When you replace the temptation of sin with "Tim-Sal-Bow" (Hebrew pronunciation) - "You must rule over it," (English translation) You too can overcome strongholds. 

We must resist the temptation to say something that does not give glory to Yahweh. You must rule over it - Tim-Sal-Bow. We will be accountable to every word that comes out of our mouth at judgement day.

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