Pursuing God with Dave and Gene

Today we’ll review two more practical suggestions for dealing with temptation. 

Our short-range goal is to serve Jesus, who gave His life for us. When temptations distract us, we need to be reminded of our goal as a motivation for obedience. Not only does Jesus provide a way out of temptation, but He provides the way out of all the sins we've already committed through His death and resurrection. 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

We’ve been exploring how to deal with temptation, how it’s normal for everyone, and how it comes in a variety of forms. 

Temptation can be overcome. Jesus experienced the same temptations and He resisted them to prove that it could be done. Many Christians have confronted the same pressures and overcome. And we can do it too. 

Today we discuss four practical suggestions to help you overcome temptation. 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

We are looking deeper at temptation, how it works and how to overcome it. 

As we walk through 1 Corinthians 10, we see another temptation the Israelites yielded: sexual temptation. Anybody who wants to live a life of purity in our society has a constant battle to control sexual desires. 

Temptations vary, so be alert. Paul puts grumbling on the same level as sexual immorality and materialism. Can you access which one of these you are most vulnerable to? 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

This week, we’re exploring how to deal best with temptation.

In 1 Corinthians, Paul confessed the constant struggle he had with the temptations of the world throughout his entire life. Even Jesus struggled with temptation all of His life. 

If we're going to overcome temptation, we've got to see the awful consequences of sin. There are warnings in scripture about being careless in the Christian life.

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

In 1 Corinthians 10, Paul compares the Christian life with the 40-year journey the Israelites made from slavery in Egypt to freedom in Canaan. Most of these people never were allowed to enter the Promised Land because they couldn't resist temptation.

We will review lessons about how to resist temptation, which is a normal experience.   

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

We are finishing a week of looking at the word pictures Paul uses to describe what will happen when we finally meet Jesus face to face. In 1 Corinthians chapter 3, he pictures our lives as we bring them to Jesus on that day like a growing plant and a well-constructed house. There is one last word picture he uses: a purified temple. 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

We've been in 1 Corinthians 3:9-15 looking at how we can know what type of materials we are using in the building of our own lives in preparation for Jesus’ coming. 

God looks to the motives of our heart, and He knows if we are doing our job to bring Him glory.

These verses ought to be a wake-up call. One way or another, we are getting closer and closer to the day Paul is talking about, the day we stand before Jesus. 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

We’re exploring how Jesus' second coming provided a powerful motivation for Paul and how it can do the same for us. We've been in 1 Corinthians chapter 3, and today we’ll discuss the second word picture Paul uses. 

We seek quality in every aspect of our life. How much more should we seek to use quality materials to build our spiritual life?

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

When Paul talks about the second coming of Christ, he doesn't talk about trying to figure out when Christ will return; he talks about being faithful until he returns and looking forward to the rewards Jesus will bring.

Paul uses three different word pictures to describe what we should be like until Jesus returns, and they can motivate us to be faithful. We’ll look at one of the word pictures today. 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

We have long been fascinated with the second coming of Christ and the end of the world. Every generation has wondered if they were in the end times and if Jesus would return in their lifetime. Even the early church in the New Testament was concerned, because Jesus did not return as soon as they had thought He would. 

We do not know when Jesus will return, but we know He will. This week we will look at Paul’s teachings about the second coming of Christ. 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.