How To Kill A Bad Habit

Day one of “How to Kill a Bad Habit” comes with a question from  Ben Stuart: Where and when do you encounter temptation the most regularly?

Temptation is everywhere, constantly searching for a way to disrupt and destroy our relationship with God, and the consequences of giving in are grievous:

But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

James 1:14-15

Today, listen as Ben delves into the practicalities of what temptation is and how your thought patterns directly affect you.

Temptation is something we all wrestle with. Whether you call it a habit, addiction, or sin, it all begins with temptation and ends with death.

We may have engaged in these habits because we thought they would relieve us from our pain or bring pleasure into our lives. And for a little while, engaging in these activities may have temporarily satiated our desires. But now, it has led us to the absence of life. It has cost more than we want to pay.

The lure of temptation gets your attention. You don’t just think about it, it entices you, stirring your affections. What you think about is what you care about, and what you care about is what you chase.

If you want to save yourself from the consequences of a bad habit, it starts by being a student of yourself.

There is hope today. If we are willing to step outside of the cycle of sin and shame and take stock of where we are likely to succumb to temptation, we can put a strategy for victory in place. Let’s find a way forward together.