The idea for this post came from the first book of the 40 Days of Prayer Series
1. Turn your mind to healthier thoughts
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.
2. Believe in the Holy Spirit's power to break the power of sin
Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
3. Believe Jesus is in you through the Holy Spirit
1 John 4:13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.
1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
4. Ask Jesus to manifest His victory over specific temptation, pointing to specific promises from God's word that reveal His will about said temptations.
1 John 5:14-15 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.
1 Corinthians 1:30 ....Christ Jesus... became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption
5. Believe Jesus will manifest His victory over the temptation, rest in that belief by leaving it in His hands. The only real “struggle” is to keep resting in that belief (Hebrews 4:11). Jesus promises rest to those who come to Him (Matthew 11:28).
Mark 11:24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
6. Don’t obsess over the temptation, resist the urge to fight it in your own strength (you left the burden in His hands, leave it there). Turn your attention away from self to Jesus by faith, and let Him fight and give you the victory. Your faith is to be founded on Him, not yourself (faith itself is a gift from God)
2 Chronicles 20:15 ....Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
When God speaks, it's done, His word doesn't come back empty. (Psalm 33:9, Isaiah 55:11). He "calls those things which do not exist as though they did" (Romans 4:17). God literally puts faith inside of you by "hearing, and hearing by the word of God" Romans 10:17.
7. Thank God for the victory you have in Jesus
1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Overcoming sinful habits
The Holy Spirit breaks the power of sin
Resisting Temptation
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