By: Pastor Gloria Joseph

Title: The Power to Endure Temptations

Scripture Reference: James 1: 12 – 15

Blessed (to be envied, happy and prosperous) is the man who endures temptations!

The problem is not really in the temptation that confronts us but in how we respond to the temptation. There is a response to temptations that will leave you happy, envied and prosperous. Could this really be true! How can you respond to your temptation to have this blessed outcome?

Every temptation contains a trial factor. God allows what is in us as His children to be tried and tested. As a good father, he provides an incentive to enable to do well. He says through the mouth/pen of James in James 1: 12: