Leads us not into temptations.

Here is a poem to God, a meditation on the profound plea from the Lord's Prayer: "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."

Deliver Us

Our Father, in the heavens high, Who hears the smallest,weakest sigh, We pray the prayer Your Son bestowed, To help us bear temptation’s load.

“Lead us not into temptation,” Lord, This fragile,fervent, desperate word. We know You test not with sin’s lure, But prove our faith to make it pure.* Yet in this world,the snare is set, A battle we cannot forget. So guard our steps,direct our way, Through all the perils of the day.

Our spirits willing, strong, and brave, Our flesh so apt to be sin’s slave. The path seems bright,but hides the fall, We need Your voice to sound the call. “Watch and pray,”You told us, meek, “Lest you enter temptation weak.”* We cannot stand on our own might, But only in Your strength and light.

“But deliver us from evil,” free From all the harm that we can’t see. From evil’s hand and its design, And from the evil that is mine. Deliver from the accuser’s power, In our most vulnerable hour. “Resist the devil,”and he will flee;* This is the promise You decree.

So be our shield, our fortress strong, The subject of our triumph song. When evil seems to hold its ground, Let Your deliverance be found. For Yours the kingdom,power, and glory, The ending of this sacred story. You are the one who sees us through— Our hope,our life, our way, our truth.

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*Scripture References woven into the poem:

· "Lead us not into temptation..." - Matthew 6:13 (The Lord's Prayer)

· "Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am being tempted by God,' for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one." - James 1:13 (This clarifies that God does not tempt us to sin, but may allow testing for refinement).

· “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” - Matthew 26:41

· “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” - James 4:7

· “But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.” - 2 Thessalonians 3:3