Sunday, March 7, 2021

Wrestling In Prayer (Part 5)

OVERCOMING TEMPTATION

Key Texts: Colossians 4:12; Matthew 6:9-10; 2 Chronicles 7:14; 1 Corinthians 10:13
In order to stand firm and become mature, we must pray that we OVERCOME TEMPTATION

One of the most underutilized areas of prayer that we will talk about is Praying to Overcome Temptation. Again, we will see that wresting in prayer to overcome temptation has two separate parts to it

This type of prayer begins by humbling ourselves

As we wrestle in prayer to overcome temptation, we must first of all wrestle to HUMBLE OURSELVES…

1. BELIEVING God EXISTS
2. ACCEPTING that God is absolutely HOLY and that His ways are PERFECT
3. OBEDIENTLY living out those truths in our lives

We wrestle in prayer to OVERCOME TEMPTATION by asking God to lead us or give us DIRECTION

We wrestle in prayer to OVERCOME TEMPTATION focusing on the PROVISION that God has given us.

Finally, we wrestle in prayer to OVERCOME TEMPTATION by standing in His STRENGTH