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3 Bible Tips: Avoiding Strife
Fighting, arguing, quarreling, heatedly disagreeing—whatever you call it, strife is destructive to relationships. What tips does the Bible have for avoiding strife? Here are three:
1. Love is an antidote to strife.
"Hatred stirs up quarrels, but love covers all offenses" (Proverbs 10:12, New Living Translation throughout).
2. Humbly taking advice can help usavoid strife.
"Pride leads to arguments; those who take advice are wise" (Proverbs 13:10).
3. Being slow to anger is another antidote to strife.
"A hothead starts fights; a cool-tempered person tries to stop them" (Proverbs 15:18).
For further study about avoiding strife and building friendships, see Why Can't We Just Get Along?

3 Bible Tips: When Resistance (Seems) Futile
Following up onDealing With Temptation, what do we do when it seems "resistance is futile"?
1. Claim this promise of a way of escape so you can resist temptation:
"No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it" (1Corinthians 10:13).
2. Recognize Jesus Christ is the source of the strength we need.
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4:13).
3. Remember that someday God's enemies will realize resisting Him is futile!
"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?... Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us"(Romans 8:31, 37).
For more on this subject, see How can I resist the evil influences of Satan the devil?

 3 Bible Tips: Dealing With Temptation
1. Pray!
"…And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one" (Luke 11:4).
2. Avoid!
"A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished" (Proverbs 22:3).
3. Flee!
"Flee sexual immorality" (1Corinthians 6:18). (For an even more powerful statement on the importance of ridding ourselves of all sin, see Matthew 18:8-9).
For more on this subject, see Why Do We Sin?

Why Do We Sin?
All of us have to deal with sin and its tragic consequences in our lives. Understanding why we sin is a first step in overcoming and avoiding sin.
by Roger Foster
Sin is a universal human problem. It'ssomething we all do. But have you ever stopped to ask why? Why can't we make a studied decision not to sin and then never again disobey God?
The apostle Paul eloquently expressed our frustration with sin: "For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do" (Romans 7:15).
Not everyone wants to sin. But everyone does. Again, why? Why dowe so often fall short of God's standards and our own expectations?
Here's the reason
The Greek word most commonly translated "sin" simply means "to miss the mark"-to fail to adhere to the righteous standards God has set for us. Paul expressed the same concept, lamenting that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23, emphasis added throughout). Through His Word, Godreveals the proper standards for our behavior. When we miss the mark, or fall short of those standards, we sin.
Because he was a physical being just like us, Paul knew that sin "dwells in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find" (Romans 7:16-18). We have limited natural ability to properlylive up to right standards and values. We repeatedly fall short of the honorable conduct God expects of us.
Paul explained why. We sin, or miss the mark, because of something that dwells in us, in our flesh. Jesus identifies the most significant characteristic of the "flesh," or our nature, that causes sin. "Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the...