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What, you may be wondering; does public worship have to do with overcoming temptation? More than you might suppose. Remember there is really only one temptation—the temptation to choose my will over God’s will. Therefore any discipline that requires me to choose God over self, or others over self—as public worship does—prepares me for the moment of temptation. Having learned to choose God and others over self in the spiritual environment of worship, I am better prepared to make that same choose in the hour of temptation.
“I love the house where you live, O lord, the place where your glory dwells.”
— Psalm 26:8 (NIV 1984)
Lord Jesus, anoint us to worship in spirit and truth that we may be equipped to overcome temptation. In Your holy name we pray. Amen.