LEAD ME NOT INTO TEMPTATION, DELIVER ME FROM EVIL

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen – Matthew 6:13

Temptation comes in many different guises. It’s not just sexual perversion but also prayerlessness, bad friends, drinking, smoking, clubbing, consuming sinful media content, overspending, arguing, laziness, even renouncing the Lord Jesus Christ. Temptation is anything that gets one to rebel against God.

The Lord Jesus Christ teaches us that we can pray for the Father to lead us away from temptation and to deliver us from evil. We’re all aware of our weaknesses; we know the things that cause us to fall; we know when it comes to this particular area of our lives, we have little to no resistance, we always get caught in satan’s trap.

That’s why we need to pray for God to lead us away from such temptations. Satan’s traps always have a who, a what, a when, a how and a why. When we pray, God can lead us away from such and deliver us from all evil planned against us. When we pray, God can cause us to take a different route, to be busy with something else that day, to oversleep, to have no interest in going, to look the other way, or to submit to God, resist the devil and see him flee from us. Glory to God!

PRAYER

Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, you know all the areas where I’m prone to temptation. I pray that you lead me away from all that tempts me and deliver me from every evil situation that may cause me to sin against you. Amen.