{"id":16034,"date":"2026-01-10T08:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=16034"},"modified":"2026-01-10T08:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:18:24","slug":"resisting-temptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=16034","title":{"rendered":"Resisting Temptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;font-size: 12px !important\">Average reading time is about 1 minute(s)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #a30909\">A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.<br \/>\nEzekiel 36:26<\/span><br \/>Be not discouraged because your heart seems hard. Every obstacle, every internal foe, only increases your need of Christ. He came to take away the heart of stone, and give you a heart of flesh. Look to Him for special grace to overcome your peculiar faults. When assailed by temptation, steadfastly resist the evil promptings; say to your soul, &#8216;How can I dishonor my Redeemer? I have given myself to Christ; I cannot do the works of Satan.&#8217;<br \/>\n<br \/>Cry to the dear Saviour for help to sacrifice every idol and to put away every darling sin. Let the eye of faith see Jesus standing before the Father&#8217;s throne, presenting His wounded hands as He pleads for you. Believe that strength comes to you through your precious Saviour.  <br \/>Browse our site: &nbsp;Devotional Archives&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;Hymn of the Day&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;Free Online Bible School<br \/>Was this email forwarded to you?<br \/>Click here to get your own free subscription!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Average reading time is about 1 minute(s) A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26Be not discouraged because your heart seems hard. Every<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[4948,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-16034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bible-study","8":"tag-resisting","9":"tag-temptation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}