Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing but the flesh is weak.
Dear Holy Father,
May I take heed to Your word. As I observe all around me, my fellow sisters and brothers are in the midst of great trials. Their spouse have strayed, their children have rejected Your teaching and are rebellious against You. Others themselves have fell prey to seducing spirits that have enticed them into sexual immorality, while others have succumbed to feeding their material desires, and have compromised their integrity. How easy it is to become a participant in transgression against You. One only needs to take off the belt of truth for an instant and the breastplate of righteousness falls to the ground. It grieves me Lord, for the ones who removed truth from their lives causes a chain reaction in others. Father, I pray for those who are delighting in their sin, taking advantage of Your grace, to understand how they pushed, shoved and tripped their loved ones to fall into bitterness, anger, fear and un-forgiveness by their selfish acts. Father, by Your Spirit break them and call them to repentance so that the generations to come will not have the impact of consequences of their decisions. May marriage be restore, financial accounting be rectified and businesses returned to steadfast adherence to that which is right. Father, I pray the Gospel of Jesus would continue to spread across the globe, but especially here in this nation, for we have slumbered and many have fallen into temptation. Forgive us Lord for we are weak, and need Your Spirit to strengthen us. Your mercy Lord is from everlasting to everlasting, and Your righteousness to our children's children. We must remember this truth, Your mercy is for those who fear, love and revere You as King of kings and Lord of lords. For there is therefore now no commendation to those who are in You Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Father quicken in our minds and hearts to see clearly how we are living, realizing the works of the flesh are evident in the forms of adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outburst of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresy, envy, murder, drunkenness, revelries and the like; which You have told us beforehand, those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom. May we not take lightly these words of warning, but come to You in all humility asking forgiveness and being wash cleaned by the blood of the Lamb. Father, we need You to protect us from the wolves in sheep's clothing that are teaching doctrines of demons and come from a different spirit. Quicken in Your children discernment that we may be watchful, ready in season and out to do the work of evangelist fulfilling the ministry call to spread the good news. In Your name Jesus I pray. Amen.
Psalm 103:17, Romans 8:1, Galatians 5:19-21 and 2 Timothy 4:2-5
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