HOW TO DEAL WITH TEMPTATION

(Condition Your Spirit Through Prayer)
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Wednesday, October 16th 2024
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome PhD

TO THE BIBLE:
Luke 22:40-42 AMPC
“And when He came to the place, He said to them, Pray that you may not [at all] enter into temptation. And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw and knelt down and prayed, Saying, Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done.”

LET’S TALK
No one exemplified the power of prayer in overcoming temptation better than our Lord Jesus. Hebrews 5:7 gives us an idea why He prayed to the Father the way He did in our opening scripture: He (Jesus) “…shrank from the horrors of separation from the bright presence of the Father” (AMPC). That separation from the Father was what He never wanted to experience, even for a moment. As a result, He knelt and prayed, and as He did, something remarkable happened: “Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him” (Luke 22:43).

The 44th verse says, “And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly….” Jesus, being in agony, prayed more earnestly. His prayer was so intense that the Bible says, “…His sweat became like great clots of blood dropping down upon the ground” (Luke 22:44 AMPC). Thank God; His prayer was answered. He submitted Himself to the will of the Father by becoming sin for us so we would become the righteousness of God in Him. Hallelujah!

When He was done praying, He said something instructive to His disciples, as seen in Luke 22:45–46: “When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. ‘Why are you sleeping?’ he asked them. ‘Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation’” (NIV).

The problem isn’t being tempted but falling into the temptation. Jesus here shows us we must pray to avoid falling into temptation. Remember, He was about to experience the horror of being separated from the Father and had to wrestle with the temptation to say, “No, I’m not doing this!” He knew He had to pray because He had Himself taught that “…men always ought to pray and not lose heart” (Luke 18:1).

Like the Master, give yourself to prayer. In the place of prayer, your spirit is conditioned to discern and walk in God’s perfect will, and your faith is strengthened to overcome temptations and rule over circumstances. You’re invigorated with the might of the Spirit to live victoriously every day. Hallelujah!

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GO DEEPER
1 Corinthians 10:13
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Hebrews 5:5-7 AMPC
So too Christ (the Messiah) did not exalt Himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed and exalted by Him Who said to Him, You are My Son; today I have begotten You; 6 As He says also in another place, You are a Priest [appointed] forever after the order (with [a]the rank) of Melchizedek. 7 In the days of His flesh [Jesus] offered up definite, special petitions [for that which He not only wanted [b]but needed] and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him Who was [always] able to save Him [out] from death, and He was heard because of His reverence toward God [His godly fear, His piety, [c] in that He shrank from the horrors of separation from the bright presence of the Father].

Matthew 26:41
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

SPEAK
Dear Lord, thank you for the privilege and blessing of prayer— a place where my spirit is conditioned to discern and walk in your perfect will always and my faith is strengthened to overcome temptations and rule over circumstances. I’m fully equipped and fortified, strong in the Lord and in the power of His might to triumph gloriously today, and always. Amen.

DAILY BIBLE READING
ONE YEAR
2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, Isaiah 44-45

TWO YEAR
John 6:15-21, 2 Kings 1-2

ACT
Visit the Pastor Chris Digital Library and listen to the message, “The Importance Of Prayer.“

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