He could've let his guard down, taken the easy way out, but he didn't do it. What's it going to matter if I compromise? Besides, it's her idea anyway. He could've thought, 'God's forgotten about me. He'd been betrayed by his brothers, thrown into a pit. One day, he was walking through the house, minding his own business, when Potiphar's wife came up and tried to seduce him. Well, Joseph was a good-looking young man, tall, dark, and handsome. Eventually, Potiphar put him in charge of his whole household. He was working as a slave at the house of a man named Potiphar. If you allow it to stay, it'll draw you in and can lead you to compromise. When those tempting thoughts come, don't dwell on it. This is where the real battle is taking place. Whatever area that you struggle in, before you leave the house, you need to pray, 'God, help me to keep my cool today,' or 'God, help me to keep my eyes on the right things,' 'God, help me to resist the addiction', then all through the day, you have to guard your mind.Įvery temptation starts with a thought.

It's going to impact Jesus said, 'Pray that you don't enter into temptation'. The pain lasts much longer.īut in the heat of the moment, every voice will tell you it doesn't matter. Giving into what we feel, what we want, taking the easy way out, that pleasure is only temporary. It's better to be uncomfortable for a little while than to make a poor choice and be uncomfortable for a long time.

See, the pain of discipline is much less than the pain of regret. It's going to impact my destiny, so I'm going to dig my heels in and do the right thing even though it's difficult'. The decisions you make in these tough times, when you feel like doing the easy thing, you feel like telling somebody off, you feel like being offended, you have to remind yourself, 'This is a defining moment. That's not just another routine choice, that's a defining moment. When you're in a situation where you're tempted to compromise, to get upset, to be bitter, you know to make the right choice, you have to dig your heels in, be disciplined, not go by what you feel. Sometimes what we think is an ordinary decision, no big deal, it's really a defining moment. Affect our children and future generations. We don't think much about them, but there are certain decisions that carry much more weight. We all make hundreds of decisions each day, and most of them are routine. I want to talk to you today about 'Defining moments'.