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The Disciples Journal

The Deadly Simple Approach to Defeating Lust (And Overcoming Temptation)

The Disciples Journal

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Personal Journals, Education, Society & Culture, How To, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

51.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Do you struggle to resist temptation and maintain your faith in daily life? In this episode of The Disciples Journal, host Darren Starks sits down with author and spiritual leader, Eric Diggs, to discuss practical, scripture-based strategies for overcoming temptation and growing in your relationship with Jesus Christ. They delve into Eric's book, 'Living for Christ: Resisting Temptation Using the Word of God,' and share personal experiences, the importance of community, prayer, and the transformative power of God's word. Discover how to break free from cycles of sin and live a life empowered by the Holy Spirit. Buy - Living For Christ: Overcoming Temptation Using the Word of God Here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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So my favorite part about the Bible is the fact that it is a myriad of stories, first-hand

0:07.6

accounts, poetry, prophecies, and that much more.

0:12.0

Yet it all points to one man, and that is Jesus Christ.

0:17.4

And growing up in the church, that was something that I would hear periodically that the story of the Bible, no matter the book or what's being referenced, it all can point back to Jesus himself.

0:27.5

But I never really understood what that meant.

0:30.5

But as I began to study myself, I really began to see this unfold in every part of the Bible as people would tell me and that's exactly

0:40.5

what the Jesus Bible helps you to do it is a Bible that has over 1,000 articles and essays that

0:47.5

revealed Jesus throughout all of scripture it has 66 books that are included in the Bible

0:53.6

that introduces and highlights the story of Jesus in every single book, along with room for journaling throughout the study Bible.

1:01.8

And this honestly gives more structure, aim, and focus to what you're reading and understanding that it all reveals one man that we are all meant to be

1:11.0

following and conforming to. So you can buy this Bible now at amazon.com slash jesus bible. That's

1:17.3

amazon.com slash jesus bible and that'll be linked in the description below. Welcome to the

1:25.3

Disciples Journal. I'm your host Darren Starks and this is where you learn to walk with Jesus every day.

1:31.0

The purpose of the show is to just help you grow as a disciple and build your own personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

1:36.0

And today I am joined by Eric Diggs, who is an author, entrepreneur, speaker, spiritual leader, amongst so many other things. But to me is my best friend,

1:47.8

accountability partner, just a person that's really been walking through life with me on this

1:52.2

journey. He also has a book out, which is Living for Christ, Resistant Temptation, using the

1:59.6

word of God that we're going to speak about. It's really the

2:02.6

topic of conversation for this particular episode. This is an amazing resource and book that

2:08.1

just gives you practical application on how to walk this out in your everyday life, which is the

2:12.3

aim of really a lot of what I want to do. And so that's what we're going to get into really

2:16.5

just a lot of what God's been teaching us, showing us in this season and different lessons. so that's where we're going to get into really just a lot of what

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