Healthy pastors recognize and resist temptation.

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Healthy pastors recognize and resist temptation.
(A Pastor) must also have a good reputation with
outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace
and into the devils trap. 1 Timothy 31-7
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Jesus was TEMPTED, and He RESISTED. 
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Matthew 41-11
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Jesus has already FACED and resisted any
temptation we ENCOUNTER.
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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to
empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one
who has been tempted in every way, just as we
areyet he did not sin. Hebrews 415
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Temptation comes in many FORMS.
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not given to drunkenness, not violent but
gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 1
Timothy 33
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God always provides an EXIT from temptation.
No temptation has overtaken you except what is
common to mankind. And God is faithful he will
not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.
But when you are tempted, he will also provide a
way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians
1013
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• 2 Samuel 112-5
• One evening David got up from his bed and walked
  around on the roof of the palace. From the roof
  he saw a woman bathing.
• The woman was very beautiful, and David sent
  someone to find out about her.
• The man said, She is Bathsheba, the daughter of
  Eliam and the wife of
• Uriah the Hittite.

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• Then David sent messengers to get her. She came
  to him, and he slept with her. Then she went
  back home. The woman conceived and sent word to
  David, saying,
• I am pregnant.

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Never think that you are BEYOND temptation. 
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit
before a fall. Proverbs 1618
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A wicked THOUGHT is only a temptation until the
thought is ENTERTAINED.
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Jesus said, You have heard that it was said,
You shall not commit adultery. But I tell you
that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has
already committed adultery with her in his
heart. Matthew 527-28
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When tempted, dont look TWICE instead, RUN away!
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Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue
righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with
those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 2
Timothy 222
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When you have fallen into sin, dont COVER it up.
CONFESS it!
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Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but
the one who confesses and renounces them finds
mercy. Proverbs 2813
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The best RESPONSE when we have sinned is full
confession and REPENTANCE.
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• Have mercy on me, O God, according to your
  unfailing love according to your great
  compassions blot out my transgressions. Wash away
  all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
• For I know my transgressions, and my sin is
  always before me. Against you, you only,
• Have I sinned and done
• what is evil in your sight

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• Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a
  steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from
  your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
  Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant
  me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 511-12