What is the way that Satan baits you into sin? Because temptation works like a set of baited traps that expose your weaknesses and lure you in. We’ll explore building a firm foundation, aligning our priorities, managing anger effectively, and maintaining integrity. Join us as we learn practical strategies to recognize and resist the devil’s lures in your daily life.
Helpful Resources
1 | The Bait of Satan | John Bevere | Book
Are you ensnared by bitterness, seized by anger, or held captive by resentment . . . all because someone has offended you? Bevere shows you how to escape Satan’s grip, avoid a victim mentality, practice forgiveness, experience reconciliation, and remain free in Christ
2 | Reactivity | How the Gospel Transforms our Actions and Reactions | Paul David Tripp | Book
Digital media and technology are altering the way people act―and react―toward each other. Criticism, outrage, and controversy dominate social engagement and unfortunately, many Christians have joined in the chaos. It’s a troubling contrast to Jesus’s words in John 13:35: “By this, all people will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.”
3 | Crosswalk.com | How to Stop Always Trying to Be Right in Your Own Eyes | Article
Maybe it’s a guy thing. Maybe not. I just know that what I feel, think, and say is right… right, that is, in my own sight. What a disaster.
4 | Christianity.com | How Can We Escape a Trap From the Devil | Article
Growing into spiritual maturity and taking on the nature of Jesus doesn’t ease the attraction of sin. Satan’s tempting bait often comes in subtle, unsuspecting ways that may catch us off guard. Thankfully, there are guardrails to keep us on the narrow road to heaven.
5 | Satan’s Four Snares| J. D. Greear | Blog
It’s extremely significant that in the one place in the Gospels we see Jesus and Satan do battle directly, the focal point is on identity. It’s remarkable to me because if we were to say to a movie producer today, “Okay, the Son of God—the ultimate force for good in the universe—and Satan—the chief force for evil—are going to do battle,” they’d likely depict some epic battle in a city where they are shooting lightning bolts and hurling buildings at each other.
6 | I Choose NOT To Be Offended | Proverbs 31 Ministries| Blog
What did she mean by that? Why does she always hurt my feelings? Why does she treat me that way?
I didn’t realize these words played through my head on a continual basis until my daughter pointed it out. She ended many of our conversations with, “Why do you get your feelings hurt so easily?” Or, “Mom, you’re so sensitive.”
At first, her words angered me. But over time, I began to hear what she was saying. For years, I allowed people’s words to hurt my feelings. In turn, I harbored anger for those words. The anger took root. Satan fed the words to me over and over again. I re-played them in my mind. Each time the anger grew deeper roots.
7 | Unoffendable |How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better | Brant Hansen | Book
It turns out giving up your “right” to be offended can be one of the most freeing, healthy, simplifying, relaxing, refreshing, stress-relieving, encouraging things you can do. It’s a radical, provocative idea: We’re not entitled to get offended or stay angry. The idea of our own “righteous anger” is a myth. It is the number one problem in our societies today and, as Dallas Willard says, Christians have not been taught out of it. But what if Christians were the most unoffendable people on the planet?
