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To endure means to outlast the devil.

In other words, you're going to keep doing what's right, keep doing what's right,

keep doing what's right, until he realizes you're not going to change your mind,

and he gives up.

I'm Joyce Meyer.

I've seen God's power transform my own life,

and he will do it for you.

Well, Battlefield of the Mind is my best-selling book

with more than 7 million copies sold,

and it's because the way we think affects everything.

While I'm dedicating an entire conference to equip you to win your battles,

join me with John Maxwell, Pastor Robert Madhu, and Brian and Katie Torwalt.

Register today and learn how you can be victorious through thinking in line with God's word. There's limited

space, so don't delay. Register now and change the way you think. Well, thank you for joining me

today on enjoying everyday life. I love God's word, and I'm so glad that you love it too.

Today I'm going to talk to you about temptation, how to handle it, how to avoid it, how to recognize it at the beginning before you get into it, and it's kind of like too late.

And let me just say that we are all tempted.

The Bible says that temptation must come, but woe be unto him by whose hand it comes.

The Lord's prayer, part of it says, lead me not into temptation, but deliver me from evil.

So we're foolish if we think we'll never be tempted or even to think, oh, I would never be tempted in that area.

Peter kind of made that mistake out of a spirit of pride when Jesus told him that Satan had asked to sift him like wheat,

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