This is a message from leading the way with Dr. Michael Youssef.

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I don't think there is a single person at the sound of my voice who have not experienced temptation.

And I dare say, if you are like me, you have to be honest and testify that you do also understand

what it means to fall into temptation.

And that is why I'm going to be spending time talking about the anatomy

of temptation, how it comes, when it comes, and how you overcome like Jesus, how you defeat the devil

just like Jesus. The problem I've found through the years of ministry is that when we hear

of someone who has fallen or someone who fallen into temptation,

most often church people said, ooh, I wouldn't do that.

It's okay.

As long as you don't put a period after that statement, but a comma, and go on to say, yes, but I have other areas of temptations.

That way, you are protecting yourself. Be very careful when you point the finger at somebody

without realizing your desperate need for protection from the enemy.

And the reason why I am burdened for the next generation,

and those of you have been listening to me know that this has been a burden of my heart,

is because I am watching and seeing how so many things working against the next generation far more than my generation, or even those who are younger, like my children's generation.

They have the government policies working against them.

They have the education system stacked against them.

They have the entire culture working against them. Many of them,

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