Saturday, February 20, 2010
Week 1: Jesus Faced Temptation
This reminds me of growing up hearing my grandma in the kitchen screaming "Satan get out of my kitchen! I don't have time for you today." As a kid, I thought she was crazy, but as I grew older I realized how important it is to tell Satan to get lost daily. When we try to do God's will, Satan will try to interfere. He enters our weak points, but just like the prayer says through God's love we are able to be strong. I pray that during this Lenten Season I can recognize where Satan is interfering with God's plan for my life and resist the temptation to listen to his lies and turn away from God. I pray that instead I would be able to "put on the armor of God and stand strong against the tactics of the devil" recognizing my weaknesses and places where I face temptations and resisting sin by drawing my strength from His perfect love.
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I find it really hard to stay away from the tempations caused by some of my friends. A lot of my friends at school aren't that into their faith. I realized recently how much they gossip about others. I find is so hard to muster the courage to stop them, but I dn't know what to say, and I don't want them to think that I'm being wierd or something. I guess, that I need to draw myself away from them and hang out with people who are more into their faith. Also I guess God gave me the ability to realize my friends' gossiping so that I can turn away from it, or try to stop it, instead of mindlessly going along with them. I pray that God gives me the courage to step away from the things tempting me especially during this Lenten Season.
ReplyDeleteI think that the best thing I can learn from today's reading (well yesterdays, I'm a day late) is that Jesus does NOT take the easy way out! I think sometimes my temptation to sin is just because doing the wrong thing can be so much easier. It's a lot harder to go against the flow. I pray that I will be able to go against the flow this Lenten season!
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