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Bob Lewis 9 · NOVEMBER 14 AUDIO 2026

     Daily Devotional 

    November 14

The Three Pathways of Temptation:

Lust of the Flesh, Lust of the Eyes, and the Pride of Life!


The Apostle John, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, compresses every temptation the devil ever uses into three precise channels:


“For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world” (1 John 2:16, TLB).


These are not random suggestions; they are the enemy’s complete strategy, first deployed in the Garden and still active today.


The lust of the flesh is the craving to satisfy natural desires outside God’s boundaries. It is the appetite for food, comfort, sex, or ease that refuses the Father’s timing and limits.


Eve saw the fruit was “good for food” and took it.


Esau sold his birthright for a single meal.


David’s downfall began when he chose to remain on the rooftop rather than go to battle.


The flesh is not evil in itself—God created it—but when it becomes the ruling voice, it dethrones the Spirit. Victory comes only as we walk by the Spirit and refuse to make provision for the flesh (Romans 13:14).


The lust of the eyes is the restless desire to possess what we see. It is covetousness dressed as opportunity:


Achan saw the beautiful Babylonian garment and the silver, and Israel was defeated.


The rich young ruler looked at his great possessions and walked away from eternal life.


In our age the eyes are bombarded by screens, advertisements, and curated lives that whisper, “You need this to be complete.”


The antidote is contentment with godliness and the settled conviction that God supplies all we truly need (1 Timothy 6:6–8).


The pride of life is the subtle arrogance that says, “I am self-made, self-sufficient, and deserving.” It is the boast of wealth, position, intellect, or even spiritual attainment.


Nebuchadnezzar’s “Is not this great Babylon that I have built?” was answered by seven years of humiliation.


The Pharisee who thanked God he was not like other men went home unjustified.


Pride refuses to admit need, and therefore refuses grace.


Only those who humble themselves under the mighty hand of God receive the grace that resists the devil (1 Peter 5:5–6).


These three pathways never operate in isolation; they reinforce one another. The eyes see, the flesh craves, and pride justifies the taking. Yet the same verse that diagnoses the problem also points to the cure: These things are not of the Father!


Our defense is not willpower but abiding in the Father’s love, filling the mind with His Word, and walking in the light of fellowship with Christ and His people.


When the Son of God was tempted in these exact three areas, He answered each time with Scripture and remained victorious.


The same Word, the same Spirit, and the same Father who sustained Him now live in every believer.


Therefore we do not fight FOR victory; We fight FROM the victory already secured at the cross!

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Let us Praise Him Daily!

A good way to learn to Praise God is to memorize the first 6 Verses of Psalms 148:

1 Praise the Lord, O heavens! Praise Him from the skies!

2 Praise Him, all His angels, all the armies of heaven.

3 Praise Him, sun and moon and all you twinkling stars.

4 Praise Him, skies above. Praise Him, vapors high above the clouds.

5 Let everything He has made give praise to Him. For He issued His command, and they came into being;

6 He established them forever and forever. His orders will never be revoked.

 

PLEASE read the last 6 Chapters of Psalms: 145-150 so that you will learn how to Praise God like David did!

If you don’t want to get your Bible, Here they all are, just click on each Chapter and I will read them to you:

PSALMS 145 PSALMS 146 PSALMS 147 PSALMS148 PSALMS 149 PSALMS 150

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JESUS IS:

THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH,

THE LEADER,

THE ORIGINATOR,

THE LORD & MASTER,

THE SUPREME LEADER,

OUR HOPE,

1ST BORN FROM THE DEAD WITH AN IMMORTAL BODY TO NEVER DIE AGAIN,

THE 1ST FRUITS OF THE RESURRECTION,

HE IS OUR FESTIVAL OF HOPE,

OUR PARDON,

GIVEN 1ST PLACE IN EVERYTHING,

HAS BEEN EXALTED AS SUPREME OVER EVERYTHING,

IS ENOUGH,

THE FULLNESS OF GOD DWELLS IN US THROUGH JESUS,

JESUS HAS BROUGHT US INTO HARMONY WITH GOD,

HE HAS BROKERED A PEACE TREATY BETWEEN GOD & MAN,

YOU WERE BORN ON THE WRONG SIDE, BUT BY ACCEPTING JESUS

YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE NOW,

YOU ARE BEYOND REPROACH,

JESUS WAS THE SOLUTION BEFORE YOU HAD A SIN PROBLEM,

NEVER GET OVER WHAT JESUS HAS DONE FOR YOU!

NOW:

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH:

TO TEACH US TO LEAD OTHERS TO CHRIST!

AMEN!

(You might want to copy those down and memorize them!)

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DAILY BIBLE READING:

>1. Chapter for the DAY in Proverbs;

>2. PLUS: 1 NEW Chapter from the Old Testament AND

>3. PLUS: 1 NEW Chapter from the New Testament Daily:

Chapter 13 in Proverbs for today: (NOVEMBER 13 (MT) (ESV)

  1. 13 A wise son hears his father’s instruction,
        but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
    2 From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good,
        but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
    3 Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
        he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
    4 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
        while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
    5 The righteous hates falsehood,
        but the wicked brings shame[a] and disgrace.
    6 Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless,
        but sin overthrows the wicked.
    7 One pretends to be rich,[b] yet has nothing;
        another pretends to be poor,[c] yet has great wealth.
    8 The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
        but a poor man hears no threat.
    9 The light of the righteous rejoices,
        but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
    10 By insolence comes nothing but strife,
        but with those who take advice is wisdom.
    11 Wealth gained hastily[d] will dwindle,
        but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
    12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
        but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
    13 Whoever despises the word[e] brings destruction on himself,
        but he who reveres the commandment[f] will be rewarded.
    14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
        that one may turn away from the snares of death.
    15 Good sense wins favor,
        but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.[g]
    16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
        but a fool flaunts his folly.
    17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
        but a faithful envoy brings healing.
    18 Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction,
        but whoever heeds reproof is honored.
    19 A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul,
        but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
    20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
        but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
    21 Disaster[h] pursues sinners,
        but the righteous are rewarded with good.
    22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
        but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous.
    23 The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,
        but it is swept away through injustice.
    24 Whoever spares the rod hates his son,
        but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.[i]
    25 The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite,
        but the belly of the wicked suffers want.

    1. Proverbs 13:5 Or stench
    2. Proverbs 13:7 Or One makes himself rich
    3. Proverbs 13:7 Or another makes himself poor
    4. Proverbs 13:11 Or by fraud
    5. Proverbs 13:13 Or a word
    6. Proverbs 13:13 Or a commandment
    7. Proverbs 13:15 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew is rugged, or is an enduring rut
    8. Proverbs 13:21 Or Evil
    9. Proverbs 13:24 Or who loves him disciplines him early

CHAPTER 39 ISAIAH for today:

(NOVEMBER 13 (RF) ESV)

   

  1. 39 At that time Merodach-baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys with letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered. 2 And Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. And he showed them his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his whole armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them. 3 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, “What did these men say? And from where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon.” 4 He said, “What have they seen in your house?” Hezekiah answered, “They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them.”

    5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: 6 Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the Lord. 7 And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” 8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my days.”

Revelation 9

for today: (NOVEMBER 13 (NN) ESV)

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9 And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.[a] 2 He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 3 Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth. 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5 They were allowed to torment them for five months, but not to kill them, and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings someone. 6 And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.

7 In appearance the locusts were like horses prepared for battle: on their heads were what looked like crowns of gold; their faces were like human faces, 8 their hair like women’s hair, and their teeth like lions’ teeth; 9 they had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. 10 They have tails and stings like scorpions, and their power to hurt people for five months is in their tails. 11 They have as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit. His name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he is called Apollyon.[b]

12 The first woe has passed; behold, two woes are still to come.

13 Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.” 15 So the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, were released to kill a third of mankind. 16 The number of mounted troops was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. 17 And this is how I saw the horses in my vision and those who rode them: they wore breastplates the color of fire and of sapphire[c] and of sulfur, and the heads of the horses were like lions’ heads, and fire and smoke and sulfur came out of their mouths. 18 By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and sulfur coming out of their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails, for their tails are like serpents with heads, and by means of them they wound.

20 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, 21 nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

  1. Revelation 9:1 Greek the abyss; also verses 2, 11
  2. Revelation 9:11 Abaddon means destruction; Apollyon means destroyer
  3. Revelation 9:17 Greek hyacinth

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Please Remember:

“CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS

AND ROSE FROM THE DEAD!”

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The Steps to Salvation:

> Repent: Repentance means that you are turning away from sin to turn to Christ. It does NOT mean that you will be perfect.

> Believe/Receive: Salvation is through Faith in Jesus and by the Grace of God. Believing means putting your Faith in Jesus and receiving forgiveness of sin.

>Walk in the Newness of Life: Jesus died so that we might live. We walk in the Newness of Life being Born Again by His Blood.

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GOD THE FATHER IS THE SOVEREIGN KING
AND CREATOR OF THE ENTIRE
UNIVERSE AND BEYOND!

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