A tried-and-true method against temptation

 

Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Mark 14:38

Our enemy knows very well when we are sleeping, when we are not praying, in order to attack. We also need to know some things: we need to know the crafty schemes  of the enemy, our besetting sin, our inherent weaknesses, the suddenness of temptation, and a tried-and-true method for overcoming all of these: the prayer. But it is not enough to know the importance of prayer, it is necessary to practice it. Then the enemy will leave without succeeding in his mission. We have a reliable, effective, strong way  to overcome temptation.  We'd be fools not to apply it.

From my diary,

June 4, 2023