\n 2\u00a0Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything<\/strong>
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The eating disorder (ED) voice is nasty.\u00a0 \u00a0 The ED will say to restrict, exercise, purge, weigh, compare and basically self-destruct.\u00a0 Treatment aims at\u00a0developing new coping skills that are not self-destructive.<\/p>\n
I thought that developing new coping skills and denying the urge to engage in my eating disorder would be too hard.\u00a0 In reality, the eating disorder was very good at preventing me from feeling pain.\u00a0 I not only learned that coping skills are necessary but also understanding that temptations are normal.\u00a0 Scripture tells us that God WILL provide a way out.<\/p>\n
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation[a] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted[b] beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,[c] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.<\/strong><\/p>\n You do not have to feel guilty or embarrassed.\u00a0 Reach out to God.\u00a0 Tell him about your struggles– after all, HE already know!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Read this from Mathew 4:1-11<\/strong> \u201c\u2018He will command his angels concerning you, <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u200b <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trust in the Lord!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Trials and Temptations 2\u00a0Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything James 1:2-4 The eating disorder (ED) voice is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,18,38,42],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-coping","tag-faith","tag-temptation","tag-triggers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopeinthemess.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJesus Is Tested in the Wilderness
\n4\u00a0Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. 2\u00a0After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3\u00a0The tempter came to him and said, \u201cIf you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.\u201d
\n4\u00a0Jesus answered, \u201cIt is written: \u2018Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.\u2019[b]\u201d
\n5\u00a0Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6\u00a0\u201cIf you are the Son of God,\u201d he said, \u201cthrow yourself down. For it is written:<\/p>\n
\nand they will lift you up in their hands,
\nso that you will not strike your foot against a stone.\u2019[c]\u201d
\n7\u00a0Jesus answered him, \u201cIt is also written: \u2018Do not put the Lord your God to the test.\u2019[d]\u201d
\n8\u00a0Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9\u00a0\u201cAll this I will give you,\u201d he said, \u201cif you will bow down and worship me.\u201d
\n10\u00a0Jesus said to him, \u201cAway from me, Satan! For it is written: \u2018Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.\u2019[e]\u201d\n<\/p>\n
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