The question isn’t how close you can get to the fire—it’s how far you should stay from it. In this article, Costi Hinn walks through four practical, biblical safeguards that help protect your marriage before temptation ever takes root.

Temptation to sin doesn’t fall out of the sky without warning, it follows a pattern and unfolds through a very specific process. James 1:13–15 exposes that process in stunning detail. Understanding how temptation develops is one of the most powerful ways to defeat it. What you can diagnose, you can prevent. In this article, Costi Hinn helps you identify the cycle of temptation and sin, and gives you 5 ways to shut it down.