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You Can Break Free from Temptation by Trusting in Gods Deliverance

Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship • Mar 23, 2025 • 28 min

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Summary

In this message on the Lord's Prayer, Dr. Tony Evans teaches how believers can stand strong and break free when facing spiritual temptation and trial. While God uses difficult life circumstances as trials to mature our faith, Satan attempts to piggyback on those same situations to turn them into temptations that defeat us. By shifting our focus away from changing circumstances and anchoring ourselves in God's goodness, faithfulness, Word, and divine perspective, we can experience God's promised deliverance and victory.

Themes

Spiritual WarfareTemptation vs. TrialsFaithfulness of GodPower of ScriptureSpiritual Identity

Pastor's Points

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Focus on the goodness of God

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Focus on the faithfulness of God

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Focus on His Word

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Focus on His perspective

Key Points

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Praying "lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" is a direct request for divine protection against Satan and his global influences.
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God uses trials—adverse circumstances—to call our faith to the witness stand and mature us spiritually.
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Satan routinely piggybacks on legitimate, God-allowed trials to turn them into illicit temptations designed to bring defeat.
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Demonic forces are assigned to individuals to study their tendencies ("game film") and introduce precise temptations at vulnerable moments.
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Temptation begins with desire, but spiritual death and separation from God occur when a believer makes the choice to act on that desire.
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Overcoming temptation requires a fourfold shift in focus: onto God's goodness, God's faithfulness, God's Word, and God's perspective.
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In His faithfulness, God limits every trial's severity and provides a simultaneous way of escape so believers can endure and pass the test.
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Sermon Moments

“Focus on the God who does not move, not the circumstances that are always moving.”

“In a trial, God is calling your faith to the witness stand.”

“Satan piggybacks on a trial to try to turn it into a temptation.”

“Demonic forces assigned to you have game film on you; they know how you move and what you like.”

“God has a solution waiting on the other side of the hill, but He won't let you see it until you pass the test.”

“The devil is allergic to Scripture—when he hears Scripture, he cannot handle it.”

“Don't let the devil dial back your dignity; you are God's cherished firstfruits.”

This Week

Pray daily for divine protection, asking God to keep you from entering situations beyond your spiritual capacity to handle.

Reframe current adverse circumstances as God-allowed trials designed to mature your faith rather than merely human problems.

Enter into a distinct season of praise and thanksgiving, focusing on God's past goodness whenever temptation approaches.

Memorize 1 Corinthians 10:13 to remind yourself that God is faithful and has already placed an exit route next to your trial.

Identify your personal triggers or demonic "game film" areas and prepare specific Bible verses to quote out loud when tempted.

Refuse to downplay sin or call disobedient decisions "mistakes," choosing instead to acknowledge wrong choices immediately before God.

Remind yourself of your true worth as God's cherished "firstfruits" to maintain your spiritual dignity in moments of pressure.

Remember This

Believers can overcome temptation and break free from evil by shifting their focus off moving circumstances and onto God's unchanging goodness, faithfulness, Word, and perspective.

A Challenge for You

He can deliver you from circumstances, situations, people, and the devil.

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