Temptation and Monday's Prayer

 "In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.  Proverbs 3:6

 "I have found that the more obedient I am, the easier it is to be obedient again.  And the more disobedient I am, the easier it is to be disobedient.. . .

But every time we obey our conscience, we widen the window that God can use to lead us by His Spirit."
                                                

Every time we follow the leading of our conscience, it lets in more light the next time."  Joyce Meyers

Lord,

When I am tempted, show me what it is that is drawing me away from you.

I praise You in the midst of any temptation I am facing,

knowing You have the power to break its hold on me.

Help me to walk in the Spirit

so that I will not fulfill the lust of the flesh (Galatians 5 :16)

Thank you that You give me strength

to resist anything that would entice me away

from a close walk with You.

Amen.

For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weakness,

but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 4:15

Lord,

I thank You that You are able to lift me out of the realm of the flesh

 and into the realm of the Spirit,

out of a condition of emptiness and into one of fulfillment,

out of what is worthless and into what is worthwhile.

I reach up to You right now

 and ask You to set me free

 from anything that tempts me to walk in the flesh

and not in the Spirit.

Amen.

So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

  But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit,

if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you.

Romans 8:8-9

from one of  Stormie Omartian's prayer books.'s

A double whammy of prayer this week. 

I'm not sure why, just felt the 'nudge' from God to write both prayers.

Blessings to you all as you begin another week.