How Did Jesus Defeat Temptation?

One of our key values as a church is that "everyone has a past and a next step". This means none of us has arrived, we all have part of our past that we regret or feel guilt over, and yet each of us has a next step in growing closer to Jesus. But, part of the challenge with our pasts is that they don’t always stay in the past. Our struggles from the past always seem to crop back up creating temptations to sin that lead us in the wrong direction today as well! We’re all tempted to do things in a direction we don’t like, saying things we wished we hadn’t, and living in ways that hurt us and the people we love. The temptations we experience can control us, and none of us want to feel like we’re out of control in an area of our lives. SO, what do we do? And how did Jesus defeat temptation? Because, if we can learn from Him, it could spare us a lot of pain, and bring us the freedom we’re really looking for!