Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

^13 [a]While experiencing temptation, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. ¹⁴ Rather, temptation occurs when someone is attracted and seduced by his own desire. ¹⁵ Then the desire conceives and gives birth to sin, and that sin, when it reaches full growth, gives birth to death.

¹⁶ Light and Life.^[b] Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. ¹⁷ Every good act of giving and every perfect gift are from above, coming down from the Father of all light. With him there is no alteration or shadow caused by change. ¹⁸ By his own choice he gave us birth through the way of truth so that we may be a kind of firstfruits of all his creation.