Text: Isa. 55:8-11, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it…

6. Expect temptation at every turning point.It was at the turning point in the ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ that the tempter appeared. Jesus was about to be revealed when the tempter came. After the temptation in the wilderness, Jesus Christ began to manifest; he declared his mission statement as contained in Luke 4:18-19, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year…

5. Every temptation will revolve around three things CONT’D Learn to guard you heart. Mind what you give attention to. It will do you a lot of good to have a deep quiet time with God; personal one on one. Forget about the crowd that gathers every Sunday morning; your one on one in your closet will prepare you for a fruitful Christian life. That is where you learn to hear the voice of God. That is where God shows you deep things. That is where he engages you and shows you secret things which belong to those who serve him. May heaven take note of your yearnings and make…

5. Every temptation will revolve around three things a. Lust of the flesh. It can come in the garden or in the wilderness. The tempter engaged Eve in a conversation and said, did God ask you not to eat it? That was what Eve began to hear and the lust in her was activated immediately. She began to desire it. Luke 4:3-4, “And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” Learn to eat the word…