In The Lord's Prayer Jesus taught us to ask God to deliver
us from evil. This request fills much of my prayers. Whether I have just seen a
pretty girl at the Y, at the gas station, or at church, or I was just cut
off in traffic. I find I need to cry out to the Lord, "Father, sin is at
my door. Keep me from falling into it." It seems I am often in situations
where I cannot keep from brooding on some wrong done to me. I have to pray something like, "Father, if you do not deliver
me, I will say or do something sinful." In those times the enemy tells me
I will not be able to resist temptation. But I am often surprised that God
does indeed deliver me.
Sometimes I need to ask God to help me see the seriousness
of sin so I will not cancel out His leadership when he warns me to avoid an
entertaining TV show or some other tempting situation. I regularly need to ask God to
deliver me from desiring to please people because of the multiplicity of
temptations that leads me into.
“Lord, remind me to pray. You are the only protection I have
from turning off into the path of temptation.”
”O Lord, deliver me
from evil.”
Amen! Sin is always at the door. In fact, I heard once that "opportunity knocks, but trouble leans on the doorbell." We are inundated with temptations in this world - praise God for His grace and strength to see us through.
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