The Cooling Stream

I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake. (1 John 2:12)

• We all have plenty of temptations.
   
• When facing them, the most important thing is to keep on.
   
• We must not to be discouraged however often we yield to the temptation.
   
• We must always pick ourselves up again and ask forgiveness.
   
• The apostle John was filled with encouragement to persevere in the face of temptation.
   
• He said, “I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake. I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one”.
   
• Whatever our age or experience, we are in a spiritual battle together.
   
• The world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
   
• Let us cling to God and keep on!
   
• We may get discouraged when we have given in again to one of Satan’s schemes.
   
• But we must be thankful to God that Christ had paid for that sin on the cross.
   
• What we must do is to confess it.
   
• We must keep on relying on God for our spiritual growth.
   
• To master temptation, let Christ master you.