<p>Bible Study Wednesday, May 20, 2015</p><p>SLAYING THE GIANTS IN YOUR LIFE We all have them! They are like bullies in school who will not leave us alone. They intimidate us. They harass us. They torment us. You know them by name: fear, discouragement, loneliness, worry, guilt, anger and a few others. The worse thing about these giants is that they prevent us from claiming the promises God has for us. Isn’t it about time we stand tall and face the giants in our lives?</p><p>Taming Your Temptation</p><p>I.The Common Experience of Temptation 1st Corinthians 10:13a</p><p>II. The Controlled Environment of Temptation 1st Corinthians 10:13b</p><p>III. The Certain Escape from Temptation 1st Corinthians 10:13c 1. Recognize the possibility of temptation. Proverbs 16:18; 1st Corinthians 10:12 2. Request help in advance of temptation. Matthew 6:13a; 26:41 3. Resist the Devil and he will flee from you. James 4:7; Matthew 4:11 4. Retreat from certain kinds of temptation.  We are to retreat from idolatry. 1st Corinthians 10:14  We are to retreat from immorality. 1st Corinthians 6:18  We are to retreat from greed. 1st Timothy 6:10-11 5. Remove any means of sin far from you. Romans 13:14 6. Replace bad influences with good ones. Proverbs 13:20 7. Resolve to live on the high road. Philippians 4:13</p><p>Brothers and sisters why not decide today to be a Christian committed to defeating the giant of temptation. God has promised a way out of every test, but it still requires a choice from you in every instance. Choose the way God provides, and the giant of temptation will flee. That’s a promise from God Himself!</p><p>Exalting the Savior, Equipping the Saints, Evangelizing the Sinners</p>