{"id":10373,"date":"2019-09-20T15:20:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T19:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mdkumc.org\/ministry\/?p=10373"},"modified":"2019-09-23T11:04:21","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T15:04:21","slug":"%e2%9c%8d%ef%b8%8f9-21-2019-turn-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdkumc.org\/ministry\/?p=10373","title":{"rendered":"\u270d\ufe0f Sep 21th 2019. Turn and Run"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Turn and Run<\/h1>\n
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Bible in a Year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Resist [the devil], standing firm in the faith.<\/p>\n

1 Peter 5:9<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Today’s Scripture & Insight:<\/span><\/p>\n

1 Peter 5:8\u201310<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ali was a beautiful, smart, and talented teenager with loving parents. But after high school something prompted her to try heroin. Her parents noticed changes in her and sent her to a rehabilitation facility after Ali eventually admitted the impact it was having on her. After treatment, they asked what she would tell her friends about trying drugs. Her advice: \u201cJust turn and run.\u201d She urged that \u201cjust saying no\u201d wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

Tragically, Ali relapsed and died at age twenty-two of an overdose. In an attempt to keep others from the same fate, her heartbroken parents appeared on a local news program encouraging\u00a0listeners to \u201crun for Ali\u201d by staying far from situations where they could be exposed to drugs and other dangers.<\/p>\n

The apostle Paul urged his spiritual son Timothy (and us) to run from evil (2 Timothy 2:22), and the apostle Peter likewise warned, \u201cYour enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith\u201d (1 Peter 5:8\u20139).<\/p>\n

None of us is\u00a0immune to temptation. And often the best thing to do is to steer clear of situations where we\u2019ll be tempted\u2014though they can\u2019t always be avoided. But we can be better prepared by having a strong faith in God based in the Bible and strengthened through prayer. When we \u201c[stand] firm in the faith\u201d we\u2019ll know when to turn and run to Him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

By: \u00a0Alyson Kieda<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n

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Reflect & Pray<\/h4>\n
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In what area(s) are you particularly\u00a0susceptible to temptation? What has helped you to resist?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dear God, there are so many temptations out there. Help us to watch and pray so that we won\u2019t fall. And thank You for welcoming us back when we do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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