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But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge.” --Genesis 39:8 We live in a sexually saturated culture and society, and temptations are in our faces every single day. So how can you and I prepare to resist sexual temptation?  Let’s consider Joseph. You see, Joseph was being pursued by the wife of his boss, Potiphar. The Scripture says she tried to seduce him day after day. But each time she tried, Joseph resisted. What was it that made Joseph so resolute? Well, for one thing, Joseph valued the explicit and complete trust that had been placed in him by Potiphar. That trust played a major role in Joseph’s ability to resist temptation. And when he resisted the woman’s advances, Joseph not only honored God, but he honored his master, their relationship, and the trust that had been given to him. So let me ask you, “Who has put their trust in you?” If you are a follower of Christ, God has entrusted you with salvation. If you’re married, your spouse has placed trust in you. If you’re a parent, your children trust you. And most likely your friends and the people in your church trust you.   So here’s the big question: Are you trustworthy like Joseph was trustworthy? Right now, let God begin to strengthen your spirit and resolve that you might not sin—sexually or otherwise—and break the trust that God and others have put in you.  ARE YOU A TRUSTWORTHY PERSON? Exposing Sin Tuesday, August 13, 2019 by Dr. Paul Chappell “What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.” Romans 7:7–10 If you’ve ever done a home improvement project that involved painting, you know how important light is to getting the job done right. In a dim light, your paint job looks quite different than it does in the bright sunshine. It is easy to miss spots and think you have done a good job until the light shines on it. The same thing is true for cleaning. Dust hides in darkness, but the light reveals. The light does not make the dirt; it simply exposes it. And that is why people respond so negatively to having the truth of God’s Word brought to bear on their sin. “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil” (John 3:19). What is true of the lost can be true of Christians as well. If we are drawing away from close fellowship with other believers and spending less time in the Bible, it is an indication that something is wrong in our hearts. If we are trying to avoid the light, there is likely some darkness in our lives that we are hoping to conceal. God does not want our sin to remain hidden, and He will send lights—whether from His Word, from other Christians or from circumstances—to expose what we are attempting to conceal from Him and from others. Today's Growth Principle:  The only cure for sinful living is for exposure to the light leading us to repentance.