Prayers for temptation and struggle

Tempted in a weak moment

Strength for the fight against sin and habits.

Also for temptation · weak moment · about to give in · tempted right now · struggling with temptation · in the moment of temptation · fighting an urge · about to slip up · fighting temptation right now

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. 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.
1 Corinthians 10:13, World English Bible
Watch and pray, that you don’t enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Matthew 26:41, World English Bible
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him. Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
James 1:12-14, World English Bible
For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
Hebrews 2:18, World English Bible
the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
2 Peter 2:9, World English Bible
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians 6:11, World English Bible

A prayer

Original writing, not a quotation of Scripture.

Lord, right now, in this exact moment, I feel the pull toward something I know isn’t good for me. You know what it is even though I haven’t said it out loud. Give me strength for the next five minutes, I don’t need to win the whole battle today, just this moment.

Remind me of who I actually want to be when this feeling has passed. Make the way of escape you promised visible to me right now. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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