Good Morning,
My current read is 'The Spirituality of Jesus' by Leslie T. Hardin. In this book the author covers 9 different Spiritual Disciplines that Jesus exhibited during the years of his ministry.
One of the disciplines is avoiding temptation. While we know that Jesus was tempted by Satan after He was baptized and received the Holy Spirit, there were other temptations that He resisted.
Jesus was asked to stay in places he was popular and he chose not to. He also sent away the masses and His disciples so He could pray in solitude.
These actions were to keep Jesus away from the crowds trying to annoint him King and more importantly, to keep him focused on fulfilling his mission and the Father's will.
Temptation can come in more forms than just the lore of the flesh, and of money and material things. It can be for our time and our thoughts as well.
Something to think about.
Enjoy!
Sanford Berenberg
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- Sanford Berenberg
- My name is Sanford Berenberg, I am a 20 year veteran of the service industry, over 10 years in management. Six years ago I became a life long learner after going through nine months of unemployment. It started with going back to college and and expanded to reading books and listening to books on CD. For the last four years I have spent over an hour a day learning in the field of self-help, success and leadership. Last year I started using what I have learned to help others. Out of this grew this blog.