To condemn oneself and to be ready to meet

every temptation to the last breath.

Temptations from the devil are of two kinds.

The bait of sweetness is the first bait that he puts before his thought; and the other is irritation at Archpriest Valentin Mordasov 74 ON TEMPTATIONS 75

by which he compels the soul to lust

sweets and inclines it to his will.

When your soul is tempted by sorrow, I advise you

to say to yourself more often: "Thou art sorrowful, O soul

Trust in God, that we may worship Him, the salvation of my countenance and my God.

Temptations of the devil against the reading of divine books. When I came to borrow a book, I was in such a

like a man going to touch the

Beast. When I forced myself, God helped me

And I'm used to it.

Attachment to anything in the world gives

a reason for the tempter to occupy the thought of the ascetic of piety not with the afterlife, but with the present life (St. Theophan For the Creator).

In order to hate sin, think more often, and especially when you are tempted, about the harmful consequences of sin – about the harm that can

come from it for you for all eternity, if not

repent.

You should always move away from the causes that excite

enemy warfare, and not to approach things that can harm the soul. And I'm not talking about baits

but also about everything desirable with which it can

to be tempted by the freedom of good will.

When a person tempts God. There is false hope

a reckless, daring hope in God. For example, they subject their bodily or mental life to

great danger in the hope that God will miraculously save her; confidently await a miracle from God

to prove someone's innocence; in need

and the poor are idle in anticipation of God's help; in illness they do not want to go to the doctor, leaving the whole matter to God. Then man tempts God. More

False hope is expressed in too much confidence in one's own eternal salvation.