Good morning everyone and welcome back to another Mornings with the Masters where we devote

ourselves to the Lord daily with you. Good morning, you guys. Good morning, you guys. Good

morning, you guys. Good morning. We were picking up with day two of our The Out of Balance

Believer Duosional and the Bible app. There's a link to that in the description if you guys

want to fall along with us. And as always, I'm going to read the scripture that Tori is going to

pick up with the Devo. Let's do it. The scripture is 1 Peter chapter 5 verse 9 and it says this,

stand firm against him and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers

all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering that you are. The devotional says

this. I recently read an article that listed 25 things humans cannot resist. A few things

on the list I resonated with are petting puppies, eating warm gooey chocolate chip cookies from the

oven, and popping bubble wrap. If tempted by these, I will cave, especially if the puppy is a

droopy long ear at Basset Hound. That article got me thinking about how often Satan uses temptation

to knock us off balance. A 2009 study of 8000 people reported that 4 out of 5 said they

felt tempted up to 10 times a day. That seemed extreme until I tracked the temptation in my life.

In 24 hours, I was tempted to hit this news button for go my prayer time, skip the gym,

cheat on my diet, ignore a phone call, nap at work, scroll social media while in a meeting,

and give one tip when I enjoyed two services at the spa. It did not stop there. I wanted to be

jealous of a friend who got what I desired. I considered buying something out of my price range.

I really wanted to engage in gossip with a coworker. So that report wasn't too far off.

Temptation is everywhere. Satan is the master of temptation. He even tempted Jesus. He waited

until Jesus was hungry, weak, and tired from fasting 40 days and nights, and tempted him with

turning stones into bread, jumping from a pinnacle, relying on angels to break his fall,

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