Overcoming Temptation and Worries of the World!

As you may recall the title of this series is “Holding On to Hope in Trials, Temptations, and Tribulations!” and our sermon last week was titled, “The Subtle Schemes to Steal Our Hope” Today we will be preaching on how to overcome two of the four schemes, namely temptations and the worries of the world! In our first point we will read from Luke and Matthew to determine what the the three satanic attacks are that shake out those who have joyfully received the word, are young and have "no firm root." We will then read from James 1:12-15 to see how the devil effectively uses temptation to steal a person's hope. To close this point we will look at how to overcome temptation as directed by our Christ. In the second and final point of the sermon we will examine Scripture to determine how to overcome the worries of the world. We will first define what these worries are and also what it means to be choked by them. Then we will offer two ways or solutions for overcoming the worldly worries that plague and destroy our faith and hope in the LORD. Both this sermon and next week's sermon are designed to aid us in figuring out how to neutralize these satanic schemes used by the devil to shipwreck our faith, destroy our hope, and steal our salvation!