Dealing with temptations

[Notmyname]

“the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

So I’m still stuck in this position im working on a business and I honestly hope it goes well I think it will but I hate to admit it but if it failed I have 0 chance of surviving the devils temptations. If god didn’t bless my years of hardwork and risks and faith I know the devil will swoop in and I have 0 strength to fight him back.

I’m so desperate for a better life and that takes money I would do anything to be honest I’ve prayed I’ve read all the scriptures I’ve tried asking god to withhold Satan from my life but I’ve had no luck 1 year and 3 months of prayer and nothing.

I keep asking myself why but I get nothing every one around me seems so happy and successful yet I’m in a rut that I can’t seem to get out of if it didn’t work out the way I plan i honestly would have no motivation to continue on living.

Why would I do that you may ask well when you’re drowning you’d grab onto anything to stay afloat.

Any advice

 

[EastCoastRemnant]

“the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

So I’m still stuck in this position im working on a business and I honestly hope it goes well I think it will but I hate to admit it but if it failed I have 0 chance of surviving the devils temptations. If god didn’t bless my years of hardwork and risks and faith I know the devil will swoop in and I have 0 strength to fight him back.

I’m so desperate for a better life and that takes money I would do anything to be honest I’ve prayed I’ve read all the scriptures I’ve tried asking god to withhold Satan from my life but I’ve had no luck 1 year and 3 months of prayer and nothing.

I keep asking myself why but I get nothing every one around me seems so happy and successful yet I’m in a rut that I can’t seem to get out of if it didn’t work out the way I plan i honestly would have no motivation to continue on living.

Why would I do that you may ask well when you’re drowning you’d grab onto anything to stay afloat.

Any advice

All I can say is that it is indeed difficult for us to make plans for our lives and things not work out. But, we must seek God in what His plans for us are and they may be completely different to what we want. You seem frustrated that God is not blessing your plan when maybe He is trying to get your attention to allow His pan for your life to manifest. Always remember that God knows best. The pursuit of worldly gain is not what God has asked of us... we are to be in the world but not of the world. Please consider praying for God's will to be done and to surrender your will to Him. It's only in His plan that we can be truly content and at peace.

 

[gym_class_hero]

“the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

So I’m still stuck in this position im working on a business and I honestly hope it goes well I think it will but I hate to admit it but if it failed I have 0 chance of surviving the devils temptations. If god didn’t bless my years of hardwork and risks and faith I know the devil will swoop in and I have 0 strength to fight him back.

I’m so desperate for a better life and that takes money I would do anything to be honest I’ve prayed I’ve read all the scriptures I’ve tried asking god to withhold Satan from my life but I’ve had no luck 1 year and 3 months of prayer and nothing.

I keep asking myself why but I get nothing every one around me seems so happy and successful yet I’m in a rut that I can’t seem to get out of if it didn’t work out the way I plan i honestly would have no motivation to continue on living.

Why would I do that you may ask well when you’re drowning you’d grab onto anything to stay afloat.

Any advice

how are you serving others in your Christian walk? Finding a place where you can serve will increase your sense of gratitude and take your focus off your issues. God bless you

 

[Mountainmanbob]

Sometimes we feel trapped by our sin and make a decision to go ahead and partake.

The price to pay is usually a heavy one.

Jesus told us, we would have many troubles here. He sure never lied to us did He.

M-Bob

 

[Kenny'sID]

You say the business will probably do well, so why would you think your drowning?

I’ve tried asking god to withhold Satan from my life but I’ve had no luck 1 year and 3 months of prayer and nothing.

How do you expect God to respond to that? Are you presently having trouble with Satan? And how do you know God hasn't kept Satan at bay, at least to a point?

 

[Notmyname]

You say the business will probably do well, so why would you think your drowning?



How do you expect God to respond

I’m lost and confused and depressed but I still have faith but I’m not to sure how do you think he should respond

 

[Kenny'sID]

I’ve tried asking god to withhold Satan from my life but I’ve had no luck 1 year and 3 months of prayer and nothing.

I’m lost and confused and depressed but I still have faith but I’m not to sure how do you think he should respond

I just edited the post you replied to, FWIW.

What reason do you have to be depressed?

 

[com7fy8]

Ok, Not my name, God bless you; and welcome to Christian Forums You have been given excellent answers. So, feed on what you do have. And trust God to do what He is able to do in you, to have you being peaceful and sensible.

I would say there are two basic reasons why the devil is a problem for us.

One is Satan is allowed to test what is God's will for us to do. Even so, we might not be ready to handle how Satan is allowed to test us; and so we need to trust God to change us and mature us more, so we can even take good advantage of howsoever Satan is allowed to make problems and threaten us. And enjoy being with God and loving any and all people while Satanic things are allowed to happen.

"'Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.'" (Matthew 11:29)

Possibility two is we are not doing His will, and so it is easy for Satan to mess with us.

"Good understanding gains favor,
.But the way of the unfaithful is hard."
. . . . . . . . . . . . (Proverbs 13:15)

So, when I get messed up while doing things and in relationships, first I wait for God to correct me so I am submissive to Him in His peace, then see how He has me understanding things in this peace with His light of love. And pray His blessing for problem people and ones who are Christian. And see how and what He has me doing. Often enough, He keeps me involved with the same people and activities, but I do so better in His peace and how He creates loving, not with me depending on myself.

"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)

As we grow as God's children, we become more able to know what He wants to do with us. Plus we have more moment by moment discernment, in His love >

"And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment." (Philippians 1:9)

So, our Apostle Paul has already prayed this for us

 

[Andrew77]

“the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”

So I’m still stuck in this position im working on a business and I honestly hope it goes well I think it will but I hate to admit it but if it failed I have 0 chance of surviving the devils temptations. If god didn’t bless my years of hardwork and risks and faith I know the devil will swoop in and I have 0 strength to fight him back.

I’m so desperate for a better life and that takes money I would do anything to be honest I’ve prayed I’ve read all the scriptures I’ve tried asking god to withhold Satan from my life but I’ve had no luck 1 year and 3 months of prayer and nothing.

I keep asking myself why but I get nothing every one around me seems so happy and successful yet I’m in a rut that I can’t seem to get out of if it didn’t work out the way I plan i honestly would have no motivation to continue on living.

Why would I do that you may ask well when you’re drowning you’d grab onto anything to stay afloat.

Any advice

Well, a huge red flag is when you say that if your business fails then you be lead away on temptation..... That's a bad statement man. What you are saying is that it isn't G-d that has your heart, but this business. And if the business doesn't go how you want, then you'll take your heart with you and leave?

If your salvation is dependent on you succeeding in this business, then you are in a bad place man.

You need to get to the point that you have faith in G-d, and believe in G-d, even if your entire business crashes in on you. You need to be ready to serve the Lord, even if you remain in poverty for the rest of your life.

You need to serve G-d no matter what.

Look at it this way.... I don't know if you are married, but if you are married, and your wife said that if your business fails, she'll leave you rather than stick it out with you even if you are poor? How would you feel about that?

Well that is practically what you are saying to G-d. I'll stay with you G-d.... if my business succeeds. But if my business fails, I'll go follow the devils temptations.

What? You need to decide in your heart what really matters. Money, and life style, and a successful business? Or eternity with G-d in Heaven. Which really matters in your heart?

Joshua 24:15
But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.


But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Make a choice man. Your business? Your idol of money? Or the Lord. Can't be both.

 

[sea5763]

When I first enrolled in a four year university I thought my future was secure and that everything would get better. Then I developed severe mental illness and I never graduated from that university. Everything that I had worked towards had shattered. I ended up back at my dads house. I just was so upset that I wanted to commit suicide. I couldn’t even get a break in my sleep cuz for eight months after that everyday I would wake up multiple times a night in a cold sweat having graphic nightmares about being eaten alive by dinosaurs and it would feel like physical pain.

I had to learn to be less focused on my own success which had become a giant failure and learn to appreciate that everything I had was given to me by God. And that I hadn’t earned anything. It took a long time to get back to really trying again because I was just so broken. I had to live with feeling like a failure as a Christian and in the eyes of the world.

I had to shift my focus from myself to any distraction I could find. I had to look for a new purpose in life cuz before it had just to be financially successful and get married and have kids. I shortly thereafter found this site and my focus just became talking about Christ. I thought maybe I could help others through this site only to realize later that I wasn’t helping anyone or accomplishing anything. At this point years later my purpose is to try to be a good Christian and be willing to suffer through my anxiety, depression, and mental illness until the end instead of committing suicide.

At the time my family was struggling financially and I was too emotionally weak and mentally ill to help by working. I thought we were going to become homeless and I wasn’t so sure I could handle it.

I still struggle with thoughts of suicide. And I admit I prayed so frequently for God to help my family financially until I had a dream where I wasn’t sure but I thought God was talking to me begging me to stop asking for money.

Since then I have had to change my major and am still trying to get a four year degree. but at this point I’m almost done and things have turned around. I wonder if God was allowing me to go through that so that I would trust in God above myself or success or money. It forced me to realize that everything is in Gods control and that I can plan all day but everything could change in an instant. Success and money aren’t everything they are just a passing thing that last at most only during this life.