Nancy DeMoss-Waglmuth suggests we pray this way.

Lord, we don't want to sin against you.

So protect us from situations in which we would be likely to be tempted.

Defend us, deliver us from the assaults of temptation, which come from our own flesh,

from this world, from other people, and from Satan.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Tuesday, September 13, 2016.

Does God ever tempt you?

If he doesn't, why does the Lord's Prayer include the petition, lead us not into temptation?

Nancy addresses this important question continuing in an in-depth series called The Lord's Prayer.

Well, we've been taking our time on this journey through the Lord's Prayer.

And sometimes I like to look at the scripture, you know, at the big picture.

And sometimes I like to take it apart and put a microscope on it and look at it just word for word.

And that's the approach we've been taking with the Lord's Prayer. Problem when you put a microscope on it and look at it just word for word. And that's the approach we've been taking

with the Lord's Prayer. The problem when you put a microscope on it is sometimes you forget

what the big picture is. And so let me just remind you that weeks ago, when we started into

the Lord's Prayer, we talked about the first part, which is praise, our Father in Heaven.

And the first several petitions had to do with God.

They were directed toward him, his name, his glory, his kingdom, his will. And then we came

to that part that has the petitions that relate to us. And those petitions fall into three categories.

First of all, Jesus taught us to pray for provision.

Give us this day our daily bread. And then in the section we were looking at most recently,

he taught us to pray for pardon. Forgive us our sins, forgive us our debts, as we forgive our

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