A Prayer about Hope for Temptation
A Prayer about Hope for Temptation
For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Hebrews 2:18
Lord Jesus,
We’re only five days into 2024,
and most of us have already broken
at least one New Year’s resolution,
if we even made them.
Worse still, we’ve all already succumbed to temptation—
to speak ill of a friend or an enemy,
to eat or drink more than is good
for the bodies you gave us,
to say “yes” when we should have said “no,”
or to say “no” when we should have said “yes.”
And yet, on this twelfth day of Christmas,
we take comfort in this passage (Hebrews 2:14-18).
You knew that in our humanity
we would struggle with temptation and sin,
so you took on our humanity—
everything except the sin.
You gave your human body,
sinless and righteous,
as the perfect sacrifice for our sins.
Because you did,
we who are in you,
are forever freed from the fear of death.
Not only that, we are freed from slavery
to the devil,
that we might become obedient like you.
And when we do struggle with temptation,
we have a Savior who can really help,
because you endured the pain and struggle
of temptation for us.
Encourage us today
to walk in your new morning mercy.
In your suffering name, Amen.
Read Hebrews 2:14-18.
![Have you ever felt forsaken?
He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:8
Faithful Father,
In times that we feel forsaken,
whether because of betrayal or abandonment or loss,
may we remember,
“It is the Lord who goes before [us],”
and you will never leave us or forsake us.
You are a God who made a covenant,
a promise of love to your people
that you alone upheld.
Even after Adam and Eve disobeyed you in the garden,
you promised to send your Son to destroy Satan (Gen. 3:15).
You promised Abraham to make him a great nation (Gen. 12:2),
and you continued to love your people, the Israelites,
even though they continued to rebel against you:
“For the mountains may depart,
and the hills may be removed,
but my steadfast love will not depart from you” (Isaiah 54:10).
In your most stunning proof of your commitment
to bring your people back to you,
you allowed your Son to be forsaken on the cross,
to die for our sins,
that we might become your children.
Because you will never leave nor forsake
your children in Christ,
when we feel lonely
or exiled
or forgotten,
we need not “fear or be dismayed” (Deuteronomy 31:8).
In Jesus’ faith-full name we pray. Amen.
Read Deuteronomy 31:8; Isaiah 54.
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