Hi, this is Joel and Victoria. Thanks for listening to our podcast and thanks for supporting the ministry. If you enjoy today's message, why don't you be a blessing and share it with a friend. We appreciate you and pray for God's very best in your life. God bless you. It's a joy to come into your homes. We love you. And if you're ever in our area, I hope you'll stop by and be a part of one of our

services, I promise you this, we'll make you feel right at home. Thanks so much for tuning in.

And thank you again for coming out. I like to start with something funny. And I heard about this pastor.

He decided to skip church one Sunday morning and go play golf. He told his assistant he wasn't

feeling well and drove to a golf course in another city where nobody would know him. He teed off

on the first hole and a huge gust of wind caught his ball, carried it an extra hundred yards

and blew it right into the hole for a 420 yard hole in one.

An angel looked at God and said, what'd you do that for? God smiled and said, who's he going to tell?

All right, hold of your Bibles. Say it like you mean it. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am.

I have what it says I have.

I can do what it says I can do.

Today I will be taught the word of God.

I boldly confess, my mind is alert.

My heart is receptive.

I will never be the same.

In Jesus name.

God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about resisting temptation.

No matter how good of a person you are, how much you want to do what's right, temptation will come.

It's important to recognize the areas that you're tempted in. It's different for every person. You need to take inventory of your life, be honest with yourself, and say, okay, this is an area that I struggle in.

This is an area that I need to stay in guard. What keeps many people from being free is they live in

denial. I read where 70% of alcoholics

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