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The Power of a Praying Woman
Temptation happened to Jesus, too. But He did the right thing and David did not. David went with the lust of his ?esh and Jesus didn’t. Jesus stood strong in the Word of God and David forgot about it. I have lived long enough, and I’m sure you have too, to have seen far too many people—men and women both— sacri?ce their lives by giving in to temptation. There are many kinds of temptation, just as there are many kinds of sin. The one that seems to trip people up most often is sexual temptation. I have seen talented people succumb to sexual temptation and forfeit the promising life God had for them. They fell like meteors and burned themselves out when they could have been a shining star today. Even though they have been redeemed and restored, I have never seen them regain the anointing and glory of God that was once upon them. When people fall into adultery, the life they would have had is forever sacri?ced. Of course, when they repent they can receive forgiveness and be restored, but they have lost what would have been had this sin never happened. David was forgiven and restored, but he lost the thing he loved most—his son—and his reign was marred from that point on with one disaster after another, including the destruction of many of his beloved family members. God still loved him, but his sin still had consequences. People don’t realize how much they lose when they give in to sexual temptation. Their light never shines as brightly as it would have if they had not given in to the lust of their ?esh. From the volumes of mail I receive I know that improper attraction to a person of the opposite sex is the biggest temptation for many men and women. Often it is not acted upon, but it is still entertained in the mind. And sins of the mind have serious consequences too. Sexual sin