3. Today we’re going to unmask & explore
some common “battles” that women (and more than a few men) face.
If some of these temptations don’t afflict you…that’s great, but chances are they
do impact someone you care about.
Acceptance is always the 1st step.

4. James 1: 14-15
14 “Each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived,
it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.”

5. “Once you discover nothing tastes
as good as peace feels, the journey becomes less and less about food and more and more about God.”
Lysa TerKeurst
in “Made to Crave”

6. Proverbs 31:30 The Desire for Beauty
“Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.”
The Desire for Beauty

7. *** See Isaiah 3: 16-24 for Context ***
1 Peter 3: 3-4
3 “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes.
4 Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.”
*** See Isaiah 3: for Context ***

8. Luke 12:15 [Jesus] said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against
The Desires
of Greed
& Materialism
Luke 12:15
[Jesus] said to them,
“Watch out! Be on your guard against
all kinds of greed;
life does not consist in an abundance
of possessions.”

9. The Desire for Approval
& Security

10. to trust in humans. 9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
Psalm 118: 8-9
8 “It is better
to take refuge
in the Lord than
to trust in humans. 9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust
in princes.”

11. for you affectionately
1 Peter 5:7 (Amplified)
“Cast the whole
of your care
[all your anxieties,
all your worries,
all your concerns,
once and for all ]
on Him, for He cares
for you affectionately
and cares about
you watchfully.”
The Desire
to Control

12. F EA R
Anger

13. Christian Counselor, Teacher & Mother
Addressing
Common Issues of:
* Control
* Insecurity
* Comparisons
* Fear
* Anger
* Unforgiveness

14. we react to the daily frustrations of life.”
“The true test
of walking
in the Spirit
will not be
the way we act,
but the way
we react to the daily frustrations of life.”
- Beverly LaHaye
“Walking in
the Spirit”
* Galatians
5: 24-26

15. “I held the empty cup of my soul
to my husband and begged him to fill it.
I held out my cup to a bigger house and
a minivan. But only Jesus could fill my soul. I tried my children and my girlfriends,
but again, they could not fill the place designed by God for Himself. Then…after
I had failed at filling my own emptiness, the Lord adjusted the gaze of my heart.”
Angela Thomas Guffey in her book,
“Tender Mercy for a Mother’s Soul”