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The best defense against temptation is to be pledged to a positive, biblical life of active service.

The Holy Spirit inside of you is always in opposition to the spirit of compromise. If you are pledged to touching the lost for Jesus, it will be hard for you to stay in the valley of tribulation.


When the spirit of compromise says, "You can't do that," the Holy Spirit inside of you says, "Heal the sick, raise the dead and cast out devils." If you have pledged yourself to a positive, biblical life of active service, the temptation in the valley of tribulation will never overthrow you.

Temptation is a trap set by Satan to make you fall into a life of compromise. It is one of the main tactics he uses to chip away at your convictions and bind the Holy Ghost's power inside of you from fulfilling God's ultimate plan for your life.

Satan will try desperately to destroy your effectiveness as a born-again, Spirit-filled believer. He knows that if he can get you to compromise your pledge to a life of positive, biblical, active service for God, you won't be very effective in winning the lost.

It's his plan to have you living an inactive Christian life, full of negativity and compromise.

However, if you are living an active, positive, biblical life of service, he won't be able to catch you in the trap. You won't be tantalized by the devil's cheese. You'll know that it's rotten to the core, and it's equipped with a deadly blade.

James 1:22 says, "But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves." The Bible says that the just shall live by faith, not try by faith. Be a doer, not a trier. Stand firm in the conviction of the work. Be pledged to a life of active service.

Source: The Ministry Of Cheerfulness by Jesse Duplantis.
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers

Author Biography

Jesse Duplantis
Web site: Jesse Duplantis Ministries
 
Jesse Duplantis is a dynamic evangelist who has traveled throughout the world since 1978 preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is the founder of Jesse Duplantis Ministries (JDM), which has its International Headquarters in America and additional offices in the United Kingdom and Australia.
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