Temptation

If the Devil cant stop you, hell try to slow you down, and hell do that by tempting you with things that are not My best and
highest will for you for the moment, but that which I call his second best! (I:35)
The Enemy will continue to tempt you with decoys and tricks to get you away from My highest and best, so, beware! (I:49)
How can you think that someday youll be ready and faithful not to deny Me, and to stand strong in the hour of temptation,
when you cant resist the little temptations of selfishness right now? (I:248)
When you are tempted to get upset about a certain situation, think of Me, put on My mind, and commit the situation into My
hands (Hebr.12:3)! (I:300)
You don't have to take every temptation the devil hands you. (I:409)
I'm shepherding you closely, but I cannot keep you from all temptations. (I:415)
You'll all be taking the wind out of the enemy's sails by exposing him and his demons as liars first thing when they come
and tempt you with negative thoughts or feelings about what that other person might think or feel about you. (I:426)
Don't let the enemy tempt you with anything less than My highest and best! (I:452)
It's a challenge to rise above laziness, the inability to see the need below the surface, and the temptations of the enemy to
draw the attention away from the focus on others' needs. (I:490)
All have to pray not to be led into temptation... None is exempt from that. (I:501)
Sometimes desires are the very temptations of the enemy, designed to lure you away from what I desire for you.
Resist the temptation, recognize it as the enemy it is, and fight this foe! (II:4)
If I had to go out into the wilderness in order to resist the temptations of the enemy and overcome him once and for all,
how much more so will you have to do it!
Fighting and resisting the devil instead of giving in to his temptations and nudges is what it's all about. Not missing the
mark (the essence of "sin") because you've allowed the enemy to distract you, that's what it's all about. (II:59)
Blessed are those who are holding on, who are not giving up, no matter how much temptation makes them waver or may
be tempting them to quit. (II:119)
Temptations will keep coming your way, but it's up to you to resist them. (II:133)
The temptations will keep coming and knocking at your door, but it's your choice whether you will succumb to them! (II:137)
The tempter is still around, tempting whoever he can find who's willing to lend him an ear! (II:190)
Life is a series of confrontations with often very intricately concocted temptations of the devil to get you to veer off the
straight and narrow. (II:232)
The temptation of doing your own thing entails an important lesson and can be helpful in warning others and keeping them
from falling for it, too. You wish you had never strayed and never listened to those voices that were urging you to give in to
those cravings that promised you how much grander things you could accomplish on your own...
Those who hold on and who won't fall for that trap have got a mightier thing going than anything anyone could accomplish
on their own, no matter how great or strong they may be or think they are. (II:283)
I'm trying to get you to set your affections on things Above, but your flesh just takes every opportunity it gets to run off
with every temptation. (II:284)
The temptation is often there, to jerk and make your own move, before I or the prophet have arrived, but your only hope
and chance to make it is to wait on Me. (II:285)
Refuse to allow the enemy to tempt you with anything you should be doing instead! (II:321)
With the temptation I will always also make a way to escape so that it doesnt become too much to bear. (2011:103)
Yielding to temptation has mind- and thus, reality-altering qualities, so, they can be pretty dangerous, and pretty much the
most potent weapon the devils got, because theyre powered by your own choices. So it definitely pays to make an extra

effort to recognize and resist them, since the consequences can at times be devastating, and yet, nevertheless not without
bringing My Promise to fruition that Ill turn your evil into good and make everything wind up turning out alright. (2012:32)
The temptation is obviously there, when you earn what others would consider larger amounts of money, to put your trust in
that and derive a degree of satisfaction from it. But as with many others, thats a temptation you ought to resist. (2012:75)
Every time you get tempted to quit and throw in the towel, its a minor victory for the devil, because hes accomplished
exactly what he wanted, and he sneers in My face with glee, You see? Hes ready to quit! Hes giving up! (2012:76)
The real smart cats will have learned to resist the temptation when it knocks. (2012:86)
Temptation might not be worth the price you might wind up having to pay Sometimes its best to simply stick to and
appreciate what youve got, which brings us back to the quality of gratefulness (2012:94)
The problem: people dont look at things objectively; they only look at the shiny side of temptation and what they dont
have, and others might. (2012:115)
Its hard to withstand the temptation of what the whole world constantly glorifies and advertises: mans abilities, mans
strength and achievement and struggle for independence. (2012:116)
When the devil tempts you to feel discontent with your situation, just take this as the portion of your cup that Ive handed
to you, in the full confidence that it is good. (2012:133)
The strength required to resist the natural temptation to do what everyone else does, is a supernatural thing, a gift of My
Spirit, that wont just come by passively allowing yourself to float down the stream of life the way you have for most of
your life. (2012:135)
The better folks are, the less available they are, especially if they know their own value; and theyre pretty much
constantly in demand, and sell themselves only to the highest bidder; and only few recognize Me as truly that.
Of course, theyre subject to the same temptations, and want it all in the here and now. Give credit to all those whove
managed to withstand the temptations of what the here and now has to offer, especially those living in this day and age,
when those temptations are stronger than ever.
Who would resist the temptation of making something of themselves, when it is in My interest to do the opposite and
make nothing out of you first? (2012:138)
Once you start comparing yourself with others, and all the free time they have and things they are able to do to enjoy
themselves, you start feeling like youre missing out and youve got the raw end of the deal. Its the Enemy tempting you to
covet the grass on the other side of the fence, when you dont really have a clue what youve got right where you are, and
all the trouble youre potentially spared.
You only see the seemingly never-ending heaps of little troubles youve got, but never the big troubles those might be
keeping you out of! (2012:151)
Its the adversity and the struggle, including the temptations evil presents that bring out the worst, but also the best in you,
depending on the choices you make accordingly. (2012:161)
Youre finding yourself tempted frequently, to put your career above your relationship. But maybe this can serve as a
warning for you, not to give in to that temptation. (2013:17)
For My sake and your own, put up some more of a fight to resist evil, not just the outside attacks and adversities, but also
the temptations to let your standard slip down to levels where I simply cant keep blessing and protecting you the way and
to the extent I would want. (2013:20)
The resolve to want to do better will mean, having to put some of the distractions on the backburner, and not yielding to
every temptation that comes along to get you tripped off. (2013:41)
It takes a strong effort not to yield to the temptation to allow the affairs of this life to swallow up every bit of your time,
instead of wasting it on a God the flesh doesnt deem good for anything, when it considers itself so much more reliable
(2013:62)

The temptation is to deal with the challenges in your own strength and wisdom, but I and My Spirit will always strongly
advise and urge you to include Us in the matter. (2013:97)
Remember? And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the power and the glory
It takes something to resist sin, the temptation of evil. Sometimes the other problems in life hinder you and occupy you
more money problems or other trouble But to resist sin and temptations would go a lot further and take you closer to
where you belong (2013:53)

You must realize that its the Enemys temptation to tempt you or anyone with greater manifestations of power in this life
and world, and it can seem quite tempting compared to the often weaker seeming roles and parts that I have to offer My
followers in this life
Sometimes, or often, the victory of striving for My part is the one of rejecting the devils temptations in this world. (2014:23)
I want you to make Me your first Love, which isnt always easy, and why the enemy tries to make the world so full of
temptations. (2014:70)
Dont let the enemy seduce you with his tricks and dont let him make you wind up on a narrow, bad road! (2014:72)
The places that look the most perfect in this imperfect world are usually the greatest temptation to have people think and
believe that the physical is the most perfect in the here and now, which to them means, the only one theyll ever be
interested in. The more money and luxury the better is the rule that makes folks bow down to places like that, which offer
the greatest material riches and thus, power (2014:140)
Wave goodbye to what the enemys trying to tell you and tempt you with, when hes trying to hitch your faith to the
temporal, and values of the physical world he runs, and trust and confide in Me and the Father, and what Well make appear
for you that is going to last! (2014:204)
Sometimes it pays to stay on the straight and narrow path to stay on the attack, and on the defense against the enemys
influences, otherwise hell get his rights against you, to make you suffer for sins he tempted you to commit. These are
lessons of life lessons that pay to make the effort to better learn them.
If you make the mistakes that let him win over you well, thats the hard way to learn, but usually (and should be)
something youll never forget.
If you make mistakes like that, they should keep you on the alert, never to let the enemy win such advantages against you.
(2015:29)

If things arent going so fine, dont blame it on Me, but remember that youve got a tough enemy to be fighting against, who
was just waiting for an opportunity to put you down during a time when you werent as strong spiritually as you had been
before.
Thats one of the reasons he tempts folks to do things against the spiritual rules and laws: so that they forego their
blessings and protection and he can finally harm them with his evil weapons. Let it be a warning to you and a valid reason
why you should be keeping the rules and not just take excuses for rebelling against them!
in order to keep the blessings and protection from Above are pretty much the main one. Otherwise the blessings cant be
kept poured on you, but you might have to count on some counter experience and bad blow of the evil one.
So, keep in tune with Me and the right sources of the Spirit, and dont give any room to the temptations of evil!
Let that lesson sink deeply into you and fight for making it against the temptations to keep repeating the same mistakes
that would rob you from the blessings from above! (2015:40)
Ive told you how spiritually bad it is to put ones trust in money, the love of which is the root of all evil. So, try hard to keep
your mind geared up to Me and Heaven, instead of that big worldly temptation which certainly wont last forever, as you
know from My Words prophetic forecasts. (2015:54)
Many ways of the flesh, that it longs for, are temptations of the enemy. And its one of those things on the schedule to be
learned in the School of Life, to resist those, and come up with something new.
I know you want your life down there to be easier, but being stuck on some of those temptations doesnt really make it
easier; especially not when theyre pushing or dragging you in the opposite direction of where I want you to go. (2015:92)
Couldnt it also be the enemys temptation to keep folks stuck where things may be temptingly easier, financially, but all the
more devastating in spiritual aspects? (2015:97)
So, times on Earth arent perfect but what did you expect from a world taken over by the enemy due to the majority of
folks down there falling for his temptations? (2015:105)
Its been the enemys tactic to make certain things and temptations of his to look more attractive to folks, but then turned
out to be much harder times than it would have been if they would have stuck to Me, My leadings and guidings.
A lot of troubles would have been spared and avoided, if obedience to the rules from Above would have been implemented,
instead of listening to the enemys temptations and giving in to them!
Remember that the enemy often comes up with temptations to have you act contrary to and against My will, and learn the
lesson that the effect of that disobedience can sometimes be detrimental! (2015:108)
Make sure youll stay on My track, and keep following Me, and dont yield to the enemys temptations! (2015:112)
All depends a lot on whether you still manage to believe that We know whats right and best for you and humanity, or you
keep letting the devil continue to persuade you that youd be smarter, such as he tends to believe about himself. Thats

another big temptation to watch out for! Dont let the devil trick you into thinking youre smarter than We are, the way he
thinks he is! (2015:116)
Its a tough challenge to keep the spiritual aspects in the first place in a world where the opposite is largely the case, and
the flesh is just about the thing of major importance for the large part of mankind. - All the more important to learn to
become an exception, and resist the temptations to join the major trends of humanity.
To be longing for Our Home, instead of feeling at home in the world currently run largely by Our enemy, shows youre
definitely more on Our side, and one of Us, rather than belonging to the large bunch of folks attracted and pulled off the
proper track by his temptations! (2015:122)
Its a tough one for many, to learn the purpose of life and act according to it, especially with so many temptations leading
the opposite way. (2015:145)
Its one of the biggest tricks of the enemy, to get folks as tripped off on physical and fleshly temptations, so that theyll get
so used to his drugs that theyll neglect the spiritual completely.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil was part of the prayer I taught!
So, to resist the temptations the enemy puts before you is one of the big lessons of life you should not neglect or fail to
learn!
Life could be so much better if youd manage to resist the temptations the enemy put before you, youll see!
Resist the temptations of the flesh! And seek more to be filled by the true happiness and fulfillment the Spirit has to offer!
Having chosen Me as your Savior also means having to choose to say no! to the temptations of sin, if you want this life
you supposedly chose to live for Me to be a happy and fulfilling one.
Dont let the enemy keep coming in to tempt you, but resist him until hell flee from you, as James put it! (2015:148)
The devil keeps tempting you with things to keep you side-tracked, but its time you learn that lesson, look through his
attempts and resist them with all your might! (2015:151)
The enemys temptation apparatus has become the most powerful in all of history, and by now requires quite some efforts
or miracles to resist. (2015:159)
Continue to trust Us, even if the enemy will tempt you to quit trusting with the evil hes bringing into the world! (2015:163)
If youre tempted to get angry, especially resist the temptation to get angry at Us, which you should be able to tell, is
definitely result of one of the enemys moves you shouldnt let him make you fall for!
As far as temptations go: learn to resist them!
Make an effort to resist those temptations of the evil one and all his tempters! Thats part of the battles youre supposed to
fight: to resist the temptations of the evil ones! (2015:165)
Overcome the temptations of fear and keep looking toward Me Up Here!
Keep choosing the heavenly side, instead of that of the enemy or any of his temptations! (2015:167)
Any temporal and material assets offering themselves to you down there to drag your attention away from Me, your
Creator, and the everlasting Sphere, starts making it clear whose side those temptations and distractions could only come
from
It takes a greater effort than ever before to resist all the temptations and attractions of the physical.
Its the most difficult and a harder challenge than ever, to resist carnal and material temptations, but the more you realize
how vain they are, how temporal and empty, as far as the eternal, spiritual values go, the more drawn toward the other,
spiritual side you start feeling.
The problem isnt people allowing the enemy to do all the evil, but letting him tempt and trick them into doing most of it!
And he knows that theyll have to pay for it themselves!
Become aware of how the enemys fighting you and tempting you to get angry or mad learn how to stay on the
defensive!
(2015:169)

It can be quite easy to make bad choices with the sly temptations that make it easy to fall for them.
Well, one day, the good result of folks resisting and not having fallen into the enemys temptations will teach the rest of the
world the lesson of what would have been the better kind of choice!
Youre getting the point slowly, of how important it is to make the right kind of choices throughout life
Having seen what the wrong kind can lead the entire globe into, like Adam and Eves picking the forbidden fruit after falling
for the devils lies and temptations, and the vast majority of the worlds population throughout history falling into the same
kind of traps including yourself for quite some time, but at least eventually learning some of the resulting lessons.
So, its important to have the evil ones temptations and tricks exposed and not fall for them any longer, isnt it? Realizing
that with his cunning deceitfulness hes definitely not the one to trust, well, thats pretty much one of the major lessons of
life. (2015:180)

To resist all the temptations through which the enemy makes life even tougher may be a hard, tough battle to fight, but
thats why Im talking a lot about victory, too.
Resisting temptation has some promising rewards! (2015:182)
Folks are craving their enjoyment and entertainment so much these days that its getting quite tough to resist those
temptations. (2015:185)
Preparations the name of the game right now, even if the temptation is to just get stuck and focused on whats going on
right now (2015:240)
Thats why you have to deal with trouble as a child of God: in order to learn to do and behave better than when everything
runs so easily and blissful that you may be tempted to get spoiled through it. (2016:26)
Just as sinners have to repent, in order to get saved, so followers of Mine have to change their wrong tracks they get
tempted and deceived to get on at times and sad to say, many times!
The trouble of this world that started off with the choice of Eve should also be a lesson for all the Adams to follow, not to
give in to that temptation, but know and do better and resist it! (2016:32)
One of the main purposes of allowing the Endtime to come about: To teach mankind just what the devils ways and
temptations will make of the world, making Our Kingdom a definitely better Option.
Some things we just cant get around, and that, unfortunately, also includes a bit of suffering, as a lesson on the price to
pay for allowing falling for the enemys temptations, another one of the greatest lessons in the history of mankind. (2016:47)
Consider that temptation to get into negative tempers something you need to make an effort to resist and fight against!
Dont give in to the negative forces taking over that temporal world! Otherwise its as if youre more tempted to believe in
the enemys powers, instead of the Fathers and Mine (2016:49)
Make the best of life you can! Thats your job, task and challenge. With the enemy of course doing all he can with his host
to make it as hard for you as possible. Learning to resist those temptations is another task of life. (2016:57)
Sometimes youre still tempted to think that things will go on as they are, but they wont. (2016:63)
Not ready for Heaven? Well, think about what you need in order to get ready!
Its not Mine or the Fathers fault for not having made you perfect enough, but it still depends all on your daily choices, and
what temptations you choose to give in to! (2016:66)
It was mans own choice getting the world into the mess its in, and that should teach you a major lesson on what sort of
choices you ought to make as to whom youll believe when some voices of temptation offer you another option of what
Ive been telling you to do, and would be better.
Even if the majority of those around you tend to make the wrong choices, the question is: are you able to resist that
temptation and still choose the right things to do, even if the majority of folks on the planet wont? (2016:67)