To overcome temptations that I dealt with daily, I had to try Jesus for myself. By that I mean, I began to practice the things I had been taught. Yes, I had many worldly friends. Those friends kept me from being the person I needed to be. I will say I allowed them to do that. At one point in my life I did listen to hip hop music. I fell into the urban life and night culture. At that time I didn't have anything to keep me from saying no to those friends and family I was involved with. The old folks call it midnight rambling. I fell victim to that. Yes, I allowed TV, radio and other outlets in the media to control my living. I wanted to be with the popular crowd, the ballers. I did that. I tried many times to stop but returned every time. I didn't have the power to stop. I didn't understand how temptation worked. Before I knew anything, I was allowing all types of wrong to go on in my life. You would have thought I hadn't been taught anything. Sad part is, I knew I was wrong all along. I had been taught well. The pressure to participate with those worldly friends was so great that I just gave in. Finally, when I decided I had to change, the peer pressure seemed to get worse. Almost unbearable you could say. I knew I was in for a fight. It became very easy for me to get what I wanted, to do what I wanted. I didn't fall to all the temptations, but some I did. I knew I was wrong and that I had to make a change. I had to find Jesus FOR REAL! I really thought at one time that I had sinned too much to be saved. I guess this was because I knew the truth. I felt hopeless and helpless. Oh what a world of darkness I was in. I thank God for allowing me to come to my senses.

 

Today I can say that I am truly Blessed! I thank him for the blood of Jesus and the testimonies of the saints. The testimonies of those I grew up around in the True Church. Ones I believed were saved. I overcame temptations and peer pressure by basically coming home to the True Church. All the fellas, ladies, rap music, pride and just sin period I began to lay it down. I often tell people the first thing I had to do was come out from among them. All and anyone I hung out with I started to get away from. This was not so easy at first because I started feeling like I was losing something. I was alone, no friends, no phone calls, no nothing. Those same peers and temptations I fell for had alienated me from being around my parents and church members, because they were all I had. These people understand what the world can't, the war that is within an individual. I truly thank God for the saints and their testimonies. This was a great part of me overcoming temptations and peer pressure. Since I began to follow and apply God’s word, I now have something to fight with. I have a better understanding of me through the word. I know about temptation and how to fight it or how to stay away from evil. Through the word I now have a better way of living. God has given me the power to overcome sin.

 

 

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