262. What is the specific focus of this petition?
We ask that God, in keeping with His will, would never allow Satan, the world, and our sinful flesh to take God's name and faith from us.
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
Romans 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
Read Genesis 3:1-7 and see how the devil tempted humanity to sin; Luke 22:54-62, how Peter's fear of Jesus' enemies brought about Peter's fall; and Joshua 7:18-22, how Achan's sinful nature led him to steal.
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