Prayer 10 And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one

A series of meditations on prayer

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The 1st Medetation Prayer 01 - Why should a believer pray?

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Prayer 10

And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one

1 Pet. 5 v 8

Be serious! Be alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.

 With our prayer, we prayed to our Heavenly Father in our inner room. We have come to lay our life's need and guilt of sin before his feet, but now we must continue on the dangerous path of life and for that we also pray.

 We pray this prayer because we are so weak. The danger of temptation awaits us like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour and in ourselves we are so weak that we cannot remain unconquered for one moment.

 That is why we pray to our Father that He will guide us in His wise disposition and strengthen us through the Holy Spirit so that we can miss sin, because we trust in everything in His protection and guidance.

 We pray this prayer because our enemies are so dangerous and strong. They are in fact mortal enemies, namely the devil, the world and our own sinful nature.

 The devil is a liar and murderer. The Bible describes him in Revelation. 12 v 3 and 20 v 2 as a cunning ancient serpent of seduction and a fiery dragon of destruction.

 The world outside denies that God exists and that includes all the sinful practices that are in rebellion against God's authority.

 Our own sinful nature is our own enmity against God that stems from the devastating rebellion against God by our first ancestors, Adam and Eve. The characteristics of it that we also find in our own lives are immorality, impurity, debauchery, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, hatred, jealousy, anger, quarrels, division, division, envy, drunkenness, extravagance and all such things.

 These mortal enemies team up to work our doom and they do not stop attacking us.

 Therefore, pray in faith for the guidance and protection of our Heavenly Father to strengthen you in this battle (since we ourselves are so weak and our enemies so strong) until we finally achieve victory.

Amen