#Test or Temptation

[icarusredwings]

Need writer help.

So I may or may not be doing a devotional Logurt piece that's about faithfulness and temptation.

(Kurt Wagner x Logan Howlett)

Feel free to ask more questions about it or ask me to include specific things.

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID: two pieces of digital fanart depicting Luz and Belos from the owl house dressed as Sarah and Jareth from Labyrinth (1986), respectively. They're wearing the costumes from the hallucination/ballroom scene. In the first piece Luz stands in the foreground with her skirt bunched in her fists, facing towards us but looking at something out of frame. She has a necklace of her egg palismen and a rod of Asclepius hairpin, and is wearing her white vans under her ballgown. Belos stands behind her in shadow, looking down at her and holding up a light glyph. The background is black. The second image is the same piece except with no shading, more vibrant colours and a purple background. End ID] @toh-described

🦉💫Don't tell me truth hurts little girl/Cause it hurts like hell🔮🌟

Labyrinth au!! Honestly surprised I've never seen one of these before?? feels very fitting. But I guess I'm the only one w/ this specific brainrot cocktail lol

(DO NOT TAG AS SHIP OR I WILL EXPLODE YOUR EYEBALLS💥)

[everdeenxmellark]

christ in the desert (1872)

by ivan kramskoi

[thelordismylightandmysalvation]

God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation.  Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

(Graphic via Verse of the Day - James 1:12 (NLT)

[counter-culture-christian]

When Jesus Christ cleanses, heals and forgives you of your sins or a sin that Jesus Christ has freed you from, beware, Satan that thief and tempter will attack you using people or things to tempt you back into that sin. If he cannot succeed in that, he'll send a new temptation or distraction to cause you to stumble. It's a challenge and even more so when that temptation comes in the form of the person or thing that you desire. It's a challenge but it's not impossible with God to escape or not enter into it. I speak from experience. Nevertheless, continue in this marathon, continue seeking, following, believing Jesus Christ. Be on guard and check your heart's desires, to make sure that it is of God, that it won't be used to lead you astray. The way to Heaven is on a narrow road, many people are on the wide path to destruction and it shows, continue on the narrow road. Jesus Christ is The Way, The Truth and The Life. Be blessed my brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus and even to those who aren't in the mighty name of Jesus Christ amen 🙏🏼✝️🤍.

[naamahdarling]

Asks

[thyandrawrites]

We have the first white haired dabi figure let's fucking gooooo

[chanrizard]

THE GALL OF SOME PEOPLE

[paperwattle]

*releases a drawing of one of the characters from the book series i've been scheming for years onto the world* self care

[anchoredgalaxy]

i NEED to be able to romance nemesis please supergiant please please please oh god please i need this in my life so badly please supergiant please pleasep leaseple pleepleaplerplsapefe

[walkswithmyfather]

“No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” —1 Corinthians 10:13 (NKJV)

“We all experience times of testing, which is normal for every human being. But God will be faithful to you. He will screen and filter the severity, nature, and timing of every test or trial you face so that you can bear it. And each test is an opportunity to trust him more, for along with every trial God has provided for you a way of escape that will bring you out of it victoriously.” —1 Corinthians 10:13 (TPT)

“What does 1 Corinthians 10:13 mean?” By Bibleref.com:

“Paul's words in the previous verse might bring understandable concern, even to Christians: "let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall" (1 Corinthians 10:12). The context of that comment was avoiding sin, and not assuming that salvation brings us immunity from the earthly consequences of our own behaviors. Taken with other comments made by Paul (2 Corinthians 13:5; Galatians 6:3), it also serves as a warning to those who are arrogant or careless about their standing in Christ.

Temptation is a routine part of life. Our desire to sin can sometimes feel so much more powerful than our desire to do what is right before God. What if we cannot resist? What if, as some suggest, God puts us in a position where resistance is impossible: a scenario where we have no real choice, other than to sin? Or, at least, no hope of resisting the temptation?

In response to that kind of fear, the Bible offers reassurance: overcoming any given temptation is entirely possible. That is true for every Christian. First, Paul points out that none of us are uniquely tempted by sin—in the sense that our desire to sin, whatever unique form it takes for us, is common and ordinary. It has been experienced by countless others down through the generations. We are no more or less subject to temptation than those who came before us or walk alongside us. The experience of human temptation is part of what makes Christ's relationship to us one of trust and hope (Hebrews 4:14–16).

Second, our God is still for us. He loves us. He is not waiting for us to fail; He is ready to help us. One way that He helps believers is to actively work in our lives to keep us from ever being tempted beyond what we can resist. We might not always believe we can overcome temptation. Satan might encourage us to see some temptations as irresistible. God promises that we can, in the power of the Holy Spirit, respond to any given temptation by resisting it.

Finally, Paul adds to this promise that God will always make a way of escape out of whatever temptation stands before us. If we look for a way to say no to whatever sin compels us, God promises we will find it. In some cases, that might mean literally "escaping" from a situation, as Joseph ran away from his master's wife (Genesis 39:7–12). God is actively working to help those who are in Christ, who want to do what is right, to be successful.

Of course, we can turn down God's help in overcoming temptation, if we choose to willfully indulge. And that, ultimately, is what all sin is: a willful choice to do something other than what God wills (Romans 3:10).

Context Summary: First Corinthians 10:1–13 describes how the generation of Israelites who escaped from Egypt were blessed by God and yet fell repeatedly into idol worship. God severely punished many of them, including the fate of wandering the desert until death. The Corinthians should read their example as a warning unless they, too, fall at God's hand for participating with idols. Their standing in Christ does not mean that God will not act against unfaithfulness to Him with false gods. Still, such temptations are common, and God always provides His children a way to escape from sin.

Chapter Summary: Idol worship is an extremely serious sin. Paul reminds the Christians in idol-saturated Corinth of that by referring to the history of the Israelites who wandered in the wilderness. Though blessed by God, they worshiped false idols. God killed many of them for it. Paul commands his readers to flee from idol worship. To participate with idol worship in any way is to participate with demons. God always provides some way to avoid sin. So, they must avoid giving anyone the idea that they approve of idol worship, even by knowingly eating food offered to idols. Their first question must always be, ''Will this glorify God?'

[bylertruther]

this isn't a metaphor for anything, i just want to know if u would eat me if i was an m&m. any flavor n color btw. thank u <3

[philipchircop]

WHY ARE WE HERE?

A mother camel and her baby are talking one day and the baby camel asks, “Mom why have we got these huge three-toed feet?” The mother replies, “To enable us trek across the soft sand of the desert without sinking.” “And why have we got these long, heavy eyelashes?” “To keep the sand out of our eyes on the trips through the desert” replies the mother camel. “And Mom, why have we got these big…

[ditttiii]

one of these days my anxiety is gonna fail my heart & i wont be mad coz this shits exhaustinggg

[bahoreal]

whenever i see someone on this site summarising a scientific article that is itself summarising a paper especially if that paper is about anything pharma/medicine i feel a great sense of impending doom. not that i don't trust randomers on the piss on the poor website but i always go and fact check against the actual paper and not once has someone summarising an article thats summarising a paper ever been like. right.

[xxxunogoffboi666xxx]

What's Pa Grape (your "not dad") been up to? we haven't heard from him in a w h i l e.

The scallion rolled his eyes, taking a bite of his matcha green tea pocky. "Mm. I'm afraid he's been on tour with his Three Days Grace cover band. I said that was idiotic because Three Days Grace already exists, so why does anyone need a cover band? Don't get me wrong... he does an ok job, but. oh. I don't know. It's just so... lame. Like, sorry, Three Day Grace Period? He's on tour with some gourd named Clarence on guitar, I believe? And I wanna say someone named... Miss A or something with her accordion - can you imagine that? An accordion! For TDG. I'm so embarrassed. Though I hear she does do drum solos sometimes. " He paused to take another bite of his pocky and chased it with Salt and Vinegar Pringles-flavored Ramune. Tears formed in his eyes, smudging his Gerard Way-inspired eyeliner further.

"Anyway. I'm afraid I don't know when he'll be back. They're going to be touring in Boston this fall. He said it was something he's been meaning to do for a while, so who knows, if things go well, that's where he'll be, I guess."