Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, in holy fear:

“If sinners entice you, do not give in to them.”
(Proverbs 1:10)

This one’s tricky, Jesus.

When I see the word, “sinners” I tend to think of murderers, rapists, drug dealers and thieves.

But the truth is, everybody’s a sinner.

Including me.

Which means Satan attempts to use every person with whom I come into contact to entice me to sin.

Even if I don’t think of them as “sinners” –

my family
my friends
my leaders
my neighbors
my coworkers
my trusted authors
my favorite singers
my television shows
my fellow worshippers

Most of them wouldn’t dream of enticing me to sin

except in that one area of weakness
where they’d like someone to join them
so they don’t feel so bad.

They may not call it sin.

But if it is…

help me see it clearly.

And kindly, humbly, but firmly

say no.

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Romans 3:23; Deuteronomy 11:6; Deuteronomy 13:6-8; 2 Kings 17:21; Proverbs 16:28-30; 2 Corinthians 11:3-4; James 1:13-16; 2 Peter 2:17-22; Revelation 2:14-16; James 4:7-10

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