WATCH AND PRAY
"Watch and pray that you don't enter into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing,but the flesh is weak."
      How many times have we fallen back into the same sin,even though we have resolved not to! It has happened to all of us.Even Peter swore that he would never deny Jesus...but he did,3 times in fact.Yet there is something we can do so as not to yield to temptation.We can" watch and pray." That is what Jesus told the disciples to do in the garden.Jesus knows when we are about to be tempted,and the weakness of our flesh.If we don't strengthen our spirit through prayer and the reading of the word,we fall prey to temptation. In Jude verses 20-21 Jesus tells us to build our selves up in our most Holy Faith by praying in the Holy Spirit. Guard and keep ourselves in the love of God. Even though our untrained flesh will have the tendency to fall into sin. Ps.145:18 says " The Lord is near to all who call to Him in truth."Ps.46:1 says " God is our refuge and our strength, A very present help in trouble. Paul cried out what a wretched man I am!Who will deliver me from this body of death? So Rom.7:25 says " Thanks be to God through our Lord Jesus Christ! So then ,I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh the law of sin. As long as we remain in the world our sinful nature and fleshly desires will remain with us. This is what leads to the struggle we face each day.
However we have a new nature in Christ, and this leads us  between what we actually do as sin continues to assault us. Though our efforts to do right seem desperate at times, We have hope "Through our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom.7:25) and He in fact is the key to our success in overcoming sin. So keep our focus on the word(JESUS) He will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can endure,He will provide the way of escape.......Amen
HE WHO CAN HEAR.......in His love.......tom