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    Confronting the Enemies Within: The Journey Study Series
    Confronting the Enemies Within: The Journey Study Series
    Confronting the Enemies Within: The Journey Study Series
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    Confronting the Enemies Within: The Journey Study Series

    By Billy Graham

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    There was once a time when the world was perfect. Then sin happened in Paradise, and life has never been the same.  We all are affected by sin.  Because of sin, we are our own worst enemies.

     Confronting the Enemies Within teaches us to trust God in everything.  If we cultivate God's character in our lives, we can develop a strong relationship with Him that gives us the power to wage war against sin and temptation. The Journey Study Series is based on Billy Graham's best-selling book The Journey, the culmination of a lifetime of spiritual insight and ministry experience.  Each chapter explores the joys, triumphs, and conflicts we all encounter on our journey through life.
    • Use for self-study or shared experiences in small groups
    • six weeks of lessons
    • sidebars offer a scriptural journey through God's word
    • Questions for starting group discussions
    • Insight-filled Scripture passages to study
    Each chapter includes thought-provoking questions, commentary, Scriptures, and insights to help you on life's journey.  Each lesson teaches the secret of walking with God on life's path.  Understanding God's truths will make life's journey easier and let Him fulfill His promise to lead you home.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateJul 15, 2007
    ISBN9781418584597
    Confronting the Enemies Within: The Journey Study Series
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    Billy Graham

    Billy Graham (1918—2018) was known as America’s pastor and was a spiritual advisor to many US presidents, from Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama. Graham preached to live audiences of nearly 215 million people in more than 185 countries and territories. He also reached hundreds of millions more through TV, video, film, and webcasts.

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      Book preview

      Confronting the Enemies Within - Billy Graham

      Confronting

      the

      Enemies Within

      The Journey Study Series

      Searching for Hope

      Living as a Christian

      Leaving a Legacy

      Dealing with Doubt

      Confronting the Enemies Within

      Embracing the Good News

      Building a Christ-Centered Home

      Learning to Pray

      The Facilitator’s Guide

      Confronting

      the

      Enemies Within

      A Thomas Nelson Study Series

      Based on The Journey

      by

      BILLY GRAHAM

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      © 2007 by Billy Graham Literary Trust

      Additional material written by Terry Hadaway

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Published in Nashville, Tennessee. Thomas Nelson is a trademark of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

      Thomas Nelson, Inc., titles may be purchased in bulk for educational, business, fund-raising, or sales promotional use. For information, please e-mail SpecialMarkets@ThomasNelson.com.

      Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from The Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

      Confronting the Enemies Within: A Thomas Nelson Study Series Based on The Journey by Billy Graham

      ISBN-13: 978-1-4185-1772-4

      ISBN-10: 1-4185-1772-0

      Printed in the United States of America

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      Contents

      1. What Went Wrong?

      2. Sin’s Devastation

      3. Prone to Wander

      4. The Way of Escape

      5. Why Did It Happen?

      6. The Enemies Within

      Notes

      1

      What

      Went

      Wrong?

      TO GET THE MOST FROM THIS STUDY GUIDE, READ pages 32–38 of The Journey.

      God is real—but so are evil and suffering, and we see them everywhere we look. But you need to remember: This is not the way God meant it to be.

      BILLY GRAHAM

      The Journey

      THINK ABOUT IT

      If things go wrong, don’t go with them.

      —ROGER BABSON¹

      I do not understand what I do. . . . For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.

      —ROMANS 7:15, 19

      Raising children is full of life lessons. One of the most profound lessons happens when a child is asked, Why did you do that? The reply, I don’t know, is an honest and telling statement of the human condition. By nature, we are prone to do wrong. Therefore, if left unchecked, our natures will lead us into actions that are inconsistent with a thriving relationship with God.

      Why is it this way? The world is not the way God intended it to be. All we have to do is look around and we see the evidence of sin—disease, destruction, perversion, and pain. There was a time when the world was perfect, without sin, and peaceful. But something happened in paradise, and things have never been the same.

      REWIND

      What are the biggest problems facing you and your family?

      ________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________

      What is God’s role in solving these problems?

      ________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________

      People have long wondered why a loving God allows evil to exist. The Bible itself offers no complete explanation, but that doesn’t seem to satisfy many curious souls. Therefore, people attempt to apply human rationale to godly actions, and the results are never clear-cut. Is God’s plan for us to understand His reasoning?

      Read 2 Thessalonians 2:7. How is evil characterized?

      ____ A rational process

      ____ An acceptable event

      ____ A mystery

      ____ Other: __________________________________

      What does this say about our ability to understand evil?

      ________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________

      ________________________________________________

      God and evil are both real. No amount of positive thinking will make evil disappear. No self-help book will make us immune to its effects. The headlines announce evil’s power every day.

      JOURNEY THROUGH GOD’S WORD

      It bothers some people that God’s ways often don’t conform to human reasoning. This is the mystery that is woven throughout the entire revelation of God. The idea of mystery is best analyzed by studying

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