Avoid harmful enticements

October 12, 2026 | 12 comments

My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

~ Proverbs, 1:10, RSV

If a poor decision by another person entices you to get angry, consent not!  Love instead.

If a selfish desire remains unfulfilled, and you start to blame another person for not fulfilling it, consent not!  Love instead.

If gluttony tempts you to overeat, consent not!  Fill up on truth and love.

If laziness tempts you to fritter away your time with nothing to show, consent not!  Use your time wisely.  Do something productive.

If material mindedness entices you to sit in a daze, feeling sorry for yourself and wallowing in darkness, consent not!  Seek out spiritual mindedness.  Seek the Light of God and mentally stand in a consciousness of Truth and Love that is full of joy and purpose.

Sin is wrong thinking, the opposite of right thinking.  It’s not your friend!  Stay away from it.  Don’t be enticed by its deceits.

Pursue Truth and Love.  They are your best friends, and keep you healthy and happy.

12 thoughts on “Avoid harmful enticements”

  1. What a wonderful concept ! A real daily structure to build on . We can know that which is of God – good and it is not difficult to say (immediately ) – “ I do not consent “ – we can all do that . So much easier than spending time “ analysing “ the seeming problem .
    Thank you for this one , Evan – a real good daily game changer .

  2. Suggestions away from God,
    immediately tell us they
    are con sent, not God
    sent.
    Love this built in love lesson.
    Happy God sent love day,
    every day, everyone.
    Thanks Evan

  3. Daily Thought, JSH-online
    If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
    King James Version

    Love how this fits in with today’s SpiritView

  4. I love Christian Science exactly because it looks away from matter to the divine for it’s solutions. MBE caught and described what Christ and the scriptures were bringing to mankind. Thank you, Evan for this guiding post.

  5. Thank you so much Evan and others, for (as the Daily Lift today
    mentions) planting seeds of smiles… of spiritual Love. If we plant
    seeds of Love, we get what we plant. Love reflected in Love. It IS
    so important not to be enticed with deceits of matter temptations.
    The graphic today is beautiful and like a simple acorn can produce
    a whole tree of goodness, if planted in the soil of Spirit.

  6. A wonderful experience today. I had to go to court as one half of a road traffic accident over 2 years ago. I felt she ran into me. She claimed I reversed into her. I was dreading it. All the time the barristers were negotiating as we were in the waiting area, I was holding to the truth that we are all children of God, without dissent, and that God is king, judge and lawmaker. A long story here cut short, but the situation was resolved in the most unexpected way to the satisfaction of both parties. I am so grateful for Christian Science. Linda x

  7. Thank you for this message. I really needed it today. I have been praying to see God’s will is done, His
    kingdom is come — right now! We must aggressively resist suggestions that anything else is happening.

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