New Beginning
“Wisdom With Temptation”
Proverbs 6:20-35

What do you think is the top temptation Americans deal with?

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Worship of God is the beginning
Wisdom comes from God 
Wisdom
With ourselves - Guard your heart
With others - Guard your integrity
God knows what destroys us - Money
Devil knows what destroys us - Conflict
We destroy ourselves - Giving in to temptation

Proverbs 6:20-35

Top Temptations
60% - worry
60% - procrastination
55% - overeating/overindulging
44% - overuse media
41% - laziness
21% - sexual
11% - substance abuse  

“59% of Americans admit they don’t do anything to avoid temptation and half can’t explain why they give into temptation.” –David Kinnaman, President; Barna Group

4 Truths about temptation
1.	Temptation promises satisfaction at the cost of obedience - v. 20-24

Temptation = enticement
Sin = act of disobedience

2.	Temptation always involves your desires - v. 25; James 1:13-14

Desire
Want > Imagination > Rationalization

3.	Temptation comes when a circumstance engages a desire - v. 26

Desire + Circumstance = Temptation

4.	When the desire is dead, the temptation is no longer attractive - Proverbs 4:14-15

“Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.” - Proverbs 4:13-15

We are under NO obligation to sin! - Hebrews 2:18

“No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” - 1 Corinthians 10:13