STRONG PRAYER LIFE IS PRIMARILY ABOUT INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP

WITH GOD.

Luke 22:39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.Luke 22:40 On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."

Luke 22:41 He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,Luke 22:42 "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."

Luke 22:43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.Luke 22:44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.[3]

Luke 22:45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.Luke 22:46 "Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation "

WHAT IS TEMPTATIO

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Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil

one.'

1corinthians 10:12-1312So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

(NLT) But remember that the temptations that come into your life are no different from what others experience. And God is

faithful. He will keep the temptation from becoming so strong that you can't stand up

against it. When you are tempted, he will show you a

way out so that you will not give in to it.

Hebrews 4:15 (NIV)

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to

sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have

one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was

without sin.

(CEV) Jesus understands every weakness of ours, because he was tempted in

every way that we are. But he did not

sin!

Matthew 4:1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil.

Psalms 51:11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

Psalms 51:12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Psalms 66:18 If I had

cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;

2Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

2Chronicles 7:15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

2Timothy 2:22 Flee the evil desires of

youth, and pursue righteousness,

faith,love and peace, along with those

who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Genesis 39:11-12 11 One day he went into the

house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was

inside. 12 She caught him by his cloak and said,

"Come to bed with me!" But he left his cloak in her

hand and ran out of the house..

1John 2:1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

1John 2:2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for[1] the sins of the whole world.

THE LORD JESUS DEFENDS US THROUGH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD HE SHED

1John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[2] sin.

1John 1:8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

James 5:16 Therefore confess

your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.

The prayer of a righteous man is

powerful and effective.

HOW TO PRAY TO OVERCOME

IN TEMPTATION

1.) SURRENDER THE HUMAN WILL TO GOD AND COMMIT TO DO THE WILL OF GOD

Luke 22:42 "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."

2.) REBUKE SATAN AND THE SPIRITS BRINGING THE OPPRESSION OF

TEMPTATIONS WHILE RENOUNCING

THE SPIRITS OF DECEPTIONS, LIES AND

BLINDNESS.

Mark 16:17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;Matthew 18:18 "I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

LUKE 10:19 I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harmEZEKIEL 14:66 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!

3. INVOKE THE BLOOD OF THE LORD JESUS

REVELATION 12:11They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

4. PRAISE THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS

AUDIBLY

2 CHRONICLES 20:22As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against

the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

5. SEEK THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SPEAK IN TONGUES.

ROMANS 8:26In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

(AMP) So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.

6. PRAY HARDER UNTIL TEMPTATION WEAKENS

AND CEASES

LUKE 22:44And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.[3]

1Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

(NLT) But remember that the temptations that come into

your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will keep

the temptation from becoming so strong that you

can't stand up against it. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so

that you will not give in to it.