E265 | The Fight Against Temptation is REAL
The Debrief Podcast with Matthew Stephen Brown
Sandals Church
5 • 781 Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
This episode might not be suitable for younger audiences. In this deeply personal episode of The Debrief Podcast, Pastor Matthew Stephen Brown and Tammy Brown sit down to talk about the challenges that can come after choosing to follow Jesus more closely. Why does life sometimes feel harder when you're trying to do the right thing? What does it look like to fight through temptation, especially when the struggle feels constant? With raw honesty and biblical truth, this episode offers encouragement for anyone walking through spiritual growth, healing, and the real tension between our past and the lives we’re trying to build.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the debrief podcast with Matthew Stephen Brown. |
| 0:04.0 | On this show, Pastor Matt sits down with his friends to answer your questions about life, Jesus, and the Bible. |
| 0:10.5 | This episode contains content about marriage and sex that might not be suitable for some younger listeners. |
| 0:15.5 | Let's get into the episode. |
| 0:19.9 | All right, you guys. Well, we are back for another episode of the D.Bree podcast with Matthew Stephen Brown. |
| 0:26.3 | Right before, I think we're going to take a quick summer break, give you a little rest. |
| 0:31.4 | Yeah, that'd be nice. |
| 0:32.0 | And relaxation for a couple weeks. |
| 0:35.1 | But before we do that, we're going to get to your questions. |
| 0:37.4 | So let's jump into |
| 0:38.2 | this first one from Aden from Chino, California. He says, hey, Pastor Matt, I'm a long-time |
| 0:43.6 | listener of this podcast and would first like to say that I appreciate your honesty and discernment |
| 0:47.8 | when it comes to all of these complex questions. Same. I agree with that. This year, I feel like |
| 0:53.3 | I've gotten so much closer to god and have done some |
| 0:55.6 | spiritual healing but i feel like i am struggling more in life compared to last year when i was |
| 1:00.7 | never going to church and then doing illicit drugs and hooking up with random girls why is this |
| 1:06.7 | yeah so i can't wait to hear you answer this so aden you know here's the, you know, last year this time you were on the devil's team. |
| 1:13.5 | So why would he attack you? |
| 1:15.3 | Why would he pick on you? |
| 1:16.4 | Why would he come after you? |
| 1:17.5 | You're already won. |
| 1:18.8 | So now you've changed your life. |
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