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Genesis chapter 4, verses 6 and 7.

The Lord said to Cain, why are you angry?

And why has your face fallen?

If you do well, will you not be accepted?

And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door.

Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it. I want a picture of the reality of sin and temptation that we are all familiar with, right?

You and I will be tempted to sin today all day long in different ways from different angles.

Just remember, like, there is an adversary who daily wants to distract you, deceive you, discourage you, an adversary who daily wants to destroy

you. I think we forget this. I think we forget that we are engaged in a cosmic struggle

in our lives, in a battle, not against flesh and blood,

but against rulers and powers and spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms to use

language from Ephesians chapter 6. This is why Jesus taught us to pray. What was the last

thing he said in the Lord's prayer? And lead

us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. This should be constant on our lips, just

as constant as praying to God or Father for the hallowing of His name for His protection,

to pray for His protection in the middle of temptation for his

deliverance from evil knowing that sin is always crouching at our door so

Genesis chapter 4 verse 7 says it's desire sin's desire is contrary to you but

you must rule over it.

And this is where we realize none of us is able to do that.

We have all shown that we are susceptible to sin, we are weak before sin, we are prone to sin, we are

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