Practical Strategies for Resisting Temptation: How Do We Fight Sin? - John Stevens

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"Every Christian, but especially Christian leaders, must fight a constant battle against temptation. This talk encourages leaders that through Jesus they can live a victorious Christian life and provides biblical strategies for resisting sin through the power of the Holy Spirit. It considers three crucial questions: 

(3) Practical Strategies for Resisting Temptation: How Do We Fight Sin?
Resisting temptation requires intentional action and dependence on God. This session provides practical, biblical strategies for overcoming sin, including the importance of prayer, fleeing from temptation, applying God’s Word, and trusting in Christ’s finished work. It will also offer encouragement for those who struggle, emphasizing God’s grace, forgiveness, and restoration when we fall."

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John Stevens is the National Director of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, a family of over 665 Bible-centred churches in the UK, a position that he has held since 2010. Prior to this he was one of the founding pastors of City Evangelical Church Birmingham, which was planted in the centre of the UK’s 2nd largest city in 1999. He was instrumental in starting the Midlands Gospel Partnership, was the course Director of the Midlands Ministry Training Course and is a visiting lecturer at Oak Hill Theological College. John is also one of the pastors of Christchurch Market Harborough, a church he helped to plant when he took up his current role. He was converted whilst studying law at Cambridge University, and after taking a post-graduate degree at the University of Oxford worked for 16 years as a University Lecturer, ending his career as Deputy Head of the Law School at the University of Birmingham. John is married to Ursula and they have four children aged between 23 and 18.. He blogs at www.john-stevens.com on theology, church life and ministry, culture and politics.

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