I pray that I don't give into lust today
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We join with you in this prayer and we thank you for coming before the Father in the name of Jesus, for it is only through Him that we have access to God and it is in His name that we are saved. We rejoice that you are interceding not only for your own purity but for Africa, for France, for fellow Christians, for churches, and for the salvation of all people including yourself, which is pleasing to God who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth as we read in 1 Timothy 2:3-4.
We commend your honest desire to not give into lust today, for this is a battle every believer faces and God calls us to pursue holiness. The Lord tells us to flee sexual immorality in 1 Corinthians 6:18 and to flee youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace in 2 Timothy 2:22. Lust often begins in the heart and mind, as Jesus taught in Matthew 5:28, and James 1:14-15 warns us that each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed, then lust when it has conceived bears sin. We encourage you to walk by the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh as Galatians 5:16 teaches, which means keeping your mind renewed, guarding your eyes and heart, avoiding places and images and media that stir temptation, and filling your mind with the Word, for Psalm 119:11 says I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Remember the promise in 1 Corinthians 10:13 that no temptation has taken you except what is common to man and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. If you do stumble, do not remain in condemnation but confess quickly, for 1 John 1:9 promises if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
We also stand with you in praying for Africa and France, for the many nations and peoples there, and for Christians and churches everywhere to stand strong, to preach the gospel boldly and to be kept from compromise. We are instructed in 1 Timothy 2:1 to make petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks for all men, and we pray that the Lord would strengthen His church to be pure and faithful and that many souls would be saved.
We pray together now, Father in heaven, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ and we thank You for this heart that desires purity and intercession for others. We ask You to create in us a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us according to Psalm 51:10. Lord, give our brother or sister strength today to flee every form of lust, to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, and to walk in the Spirit. Provide the way of escape in every moment of temptation and fill this mind with Your Word and Your peace. We lift up Africa and France to You, that You would pour out Your Spirit, bring revival, protect and encourage the Christians and the churches there, and raise up faithful shepherds who preach Your truth without compromise. We pray for the salvation of many, for those who have not yet believed, that You would open their eyes and draw them to Jesus, for there is salvation in no one else. Keep us all in Your grace, help us to endure to the end, and let our lives honor You in holiness and love. We ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.
We commend your honest desire to not give into lust today, for this is a battle every believer faces and God calls us to pursue holiness. The Lord tells us to flee sexual immorality in 1 Corinthians 6:18 and to flee youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace in 2 Timothy 2:22. Lust often begins in the heart and mind, as Jesus taught in Matthew 5:28, and James 1:14-15 warns us that each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed, then lust when it has conceived bears sin. We encourage you to walk by the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh as Galatians 5:16 teaches, which means keeping your mind renewed, guarding your eyes and heart, avoiding places and images and media that stir temptation, and filling your mind with the Word, for Psalm 119:11 says I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Remember the promise in 1 Corinthians 10:13 that no temptation has taken you except what is common to man and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. If you do stumble, do not remain in condemnation but confess quickly, for 1 John 1:9 promises if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
We also stand with you in praying for Africa and France, for the many nations and peoples there, and for Christians and churches everywhere to stand strong, to preach the gospel boldly and to be kept from compromise. We are instructed in 1 Timothy 2:1 to make petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks for all men, and we pray that the Lord would strengthen His church to be pure and faithful and that many souls would be saved.
We pray together now, Father in heaven, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ and we thank You for this heart that desires purity and intercession for others. We ask You to create in us a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us according to Psalm 51:10. Lord, give our brother or sister strength today to flee every form of lust, to take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, and to walk in the Spirit. Provide the way of escape in every moment of temptation and fill this mind with Your Word and Your peace. We lift up Africa and France to You, that You would pour out Your Spirit, bring revival, protect and encourage the Christians and the churches there, and raise up faithful shepherds who preach Your truth without compromise. We pray for the salvation of many, for those who have not yet believed, that You would open their eyes and draw them to Jesus, for there is salvation in no one else. Keep us all in Your grace, help us to endure to the end, and let our lives honor You in holiness and love. We ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, amen.
We appreciate your honesty in bringing this before the Lord today, both your own struggle and your heart for others.
It means a lot that while you are asking God for help to stand firm against lust today, you are also lifting up Africa, France, Christians and churches everywhere, and praying for salvation for so many including yourself. That outward love even in the middle of a personal battle is a beautiful reflection of Christ at work in you.
Wanting to honor God in this area is a daily choice, and it is much harder to walk alone. One thing that has helped many believers is to not try to stand alone but to invite one or two trusted, same-sex friends or a pastor into that daily struggle for honest check-ins. Isolation makes temptation heavier, while having someone who can ask how you are really doing and pray with you makes it lighter.
It can also help to prepare while you are feeling strong for the moments you know are more vulnerable later in the day, deciding ahead of time what you will do instead and clearing away anything that tends to pull you back.
We are praying with you and for you.
Father, thank You for this brother's hunger to walk in purity and for his love for people far and near. Give him strength today to choose what honors You, surround him with faithful encouragement, and draw many more to salvation through Jesus. Keep him close to You today, in Jesus' name, amen.
It means a lot that while you are asking God for help to stand firm against lust today, you are also lifting up Africa, France, Christians and churches everywhere, and praying for salvation for so many including yourself. That outward love even in the middle of a personal battle is a beautiful reflection of Christ at work in you.
Wanting to honor God in this area is a daily choice, and it is much harder to walk alone. One thing that has helped many believers is to not try to stand alone but to invite one or two trusted, same-sex friends or a pastor into that daily struggle for honest check-ins. Isolation makes temptation heavier, while having someone who can ask how you are really doing and pray with you makes it lighter.
It can also help to prepare while you are feeling strong for the moments you know are more vulnerable later in the day, deciding ahead of time what you will do instead and clearing away anything that tends to pull you back.
We are praying with you and for you.
Father, thank You for this brother's hunger to walk in purity and for his love for people far and near. Give him strength today to choose what honors You, surround him with faithful encouragement, and draw many more to salvation through Jesus. Keep him close to You today, in Jesus' name, amen.
Spurgeon
Beloved of All
Your prayer is right and good before the Lord, and we join our hearts with yours in it. You have sought two great garments of the Christian life at once, charity and purity. Charity which remembers the fatherless and the widow, the church and the nations, and purity which keeps the soul unspotted from the world. To pray for Africa and for France, for Christians and for churches, and for the salvation of all men, is a work of love. To pray that you may not give into lust is a work of careful self watching, for it is your very person, your soul, your heart, your very self that must be kept unspotted. What a man is, before long, that he does.
Concerning lust, hear the warning of Scripture that when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin, and sin when it is finished brings forth death. That is the pedigree of sin, it is born of lust and it brings forth death. Any sin whatever it is, if we cling to it and love it, will bring forth death. Rest assured of that. Therefore your prayer, Lead us not into temptation, is most wise. It is the prayer of humble self distrust which shrinks from the conflict, which calmly looks temptation in the face and dreads only the evil which it may work within. The word includes trial, for all temptation even from Satan is trial from God, yet there is more than trial in it, and the prayer owns our weakness.
Take then this counsel. Never go into temptation. The man who prays Lead us not into temptation and then goes into it is a liar before God. Do not bitterly condemn others who have fallen, but remember yourself lest you also be tempted, and pray again and again, Lead us not into temptation. Spare me from too great trials, lest I fall by their overcoming my patience, my faith or my steadfastness. Flee the occasions of sin. Turn the eye away, keep the heart with diligence, and watch over thought and desire in secret. Set apart seasons for self examination, to discover whether things are right between God and your soul, for the Lord searches the heart and tries the reins.
And remember your own strength is nothing. Without Christ you can do nothing, not even the little acts of piety for which in proud self conceit we think ourselves already equipped. Every grain of self strength is a grain of weakness, and every particle of self reliance is poison to the veins. If you have overcome temptation today, hang not up your banner for yourself, but give the glory to Him who made your sword sharp and enabled you to strike home. Look to the Lord Jesus Christ for all things. He is alive, He is our familiar Friend, and His grace is sufficient to keep you. It is a great mercy when we tremble as we go forth, feeling our dependence, for then we are strong in Him.
We join you in praying for Africa and for France, that the Lord would send light and truth into every dark place, that He would revive His churches, strengthen His people, and make them pure and fervent in love. We pray with you for Christians everywhere, that they may be kept unspotted and abounding in visitation to the afflicted, and we pray for the salvation of all, including your own soul, for there is salvation in Jesus Christ alone. He who gave hands and feet to the rough iron and poured out His soul unto death is mighty to save to the uttermost all who come unto God by Him.
May the Lord hear your cry today. May He keep you by His Spirit, lead you not into temptation but deliver you from evil, and keep you unspotted, looking unto Jesus, in whose name we pray, amen.
Concerning lust, hear the warning of Scripture that when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin, and sin when it is finished brings forth death. That is the pedigree of sin, it is born of lust and it brings forth death. Any sin whatever it is, if we cling to it and love it, will bring forth death. Rest assured of that. Therefore your prayer, Lead us not into temptation, is most wise. It is the prayer of humble self distrust which shrinks from the conflict, which calmly looks temptation in the face and dreads only the evil which it may work within. The word includes trial, for all temptation even from Satan is trial from God, yet there is more than trial in it, and the prayer owns our weakness.
Take then this counsel. Never go into temptation. The man who prays Lead us not into temptation and then goes into it is a liar before God. Do not bitterly condemn others who have fallen, but remember yourself lest you also be tempted, and pray again and again, Lead us not into temptation. Spare me from too great trials, lest I fall by their overcoming my patience, my faith or my steadfastness. Flee the occasions of sin. Turn the eye away, keep the heart with diligence, and watch over thought and desire in secret. Set apart seasons for self examination, to discover whether things are right between God and your soul, for the Lord searches the heart and tries the reins.
And remember your own strength is nothing. Without Christ you can do nothing, not even the little acts of piety for which in proud self conceit we think ourselves already equipped. Every grain of self strength is a grain of weakness, and every particle of self reliance is poison to the veins. If you have overcome temptation today, hang not up your banner for yourself, but give the glory to Him who made your sword sharp and enabled you to strike home. Look to the Lord Jesus Christ for all things. He is alive, He is our familiar Friend, and His grace is sufficient to keep you. It is a great mercy when we tremble as we go forth, feeling our dependence, for then we are strong in Him.
We join you in praying for Africa and for France, that the Lord would send light and truth into every dark place, that He would revive His churches, strengthen His people, and make them pure and fervent in love. We pray with you for Christians everywhere, that they may be kept unspotted and abounding in visitation to the afflicted, and we pray for the salvation of all, including your own soul, for there is salvation in Jesus Christ alone. He who gave hands and feet to the rough iron and poured out His soul unto death is mighty to save to the uttermost all who come unto God by Him.
May the Lord hear your cry today. May He keep you by His Spirit, lead you not into temptation but deliver you from evil, and keep you unspotted, looking unto Jesus, in whose name we pray, amen.
