And so I found myself in the sun, oh, yeah
A place to end a run, oh, yeah

California, I’m fine
Somebody check my brain
California’s all right
Somebody check my brain
Check my brain

I walk these streets, a creep in the fog, oh, yeah
When she sang I answered the call, oh, yeah

California, I’m fine
Somebody check my brain
California’s all right
Somebody check my brain

Ah, tears that filled my bong
Ah, years expended gone

I hung my guns and put ’em away, oh, yeah
The trick of the trade and by the way, oh, yeah

California, I’m fine
Somebody check my brain
California’s all right
Somebody check my brain

Ah, tears that filled my bong
Ah, years expended gone

Ah, tears that filled my bong
Ah, years expended gone
Ah, tears that filled my bong
Ah, years expended gone
Check my brain
Check my brain
Check my brain

–Alice in Chains, “Check My Brain”–

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Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
“Who is this that obscures my plans
with words without knowledge?
Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you, and
you shall answer me.”
–Job 38:1-3 (NIV)–

It seems that there are two main types of temptations: the positive kind will seduce you into a sinful pleasure like sexual immorality (Heb. 11:25); and the negative kind will provoke you into a fight so that you will act out with a short temper (Prov. 15:18). By practicing a mental and spiritual detachment from our surroundings; and focusing on Jesus, the Bible, and walking in the Spirit: “those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires” (Romans 8:5), we can overcome these petty distractions from the world, the flesh, and the devil. –J.B.

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A. W. Tozer, I Talk Back to the Devil (Christian Publications, 1972).