As Pastor Evans worked through the Lord's prayer (aka the disciple's prayer) on Wednesday nights, he came to this phrase:
"lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil"
He read a quote, by an apparently famous person that I should have recognized, but did not, about temptation:
"Temptation excites, gets the blood [and adrenaline] flowing, and enflames the imagination [and passions]."
Wow! No wonder we can't get anyone to resist it. It sounds great! But what is righteous living like? Is it not quite as good as temptation or sin? Is righteous living a drag? If it is then it's no wonder we can't get more people to buy into it!
Pastor Evans suggested that the prayer was a prayer for help; do not allow us to succumb to the temptations; do not allow us to play with sin; lead us away from temptation and its power. I need that kind of prayer. I need to pray the Lord's prayer every day -- maybe not as a rote quote, but in its principle. Will you pray it too?
Deliver me from evil's power,
Mike
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