Fervent by Priscilla Shirer
Week 6: Strategy 5 — Your Temptations
Read Strategy 5 of Fervent by Priscilla Shirer. Key Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 10:13; James 1:14-15
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Temptation is not a sign of weak faith — it is proof that you are a target. Priscilla calls us to pray proactively and specifically against our particular patterns of temptation before we are in the heat of the moment.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Priscilla argues that the time to pray against temptation is *before* it arrives — not in the middle of it. How does that proactive posture differ from how most of us actually respond to temptation?
2.James 1:14-15 traces temptation from desire to sin to death. Priscilla asks the reader to identify the specific desire — the legitimate longing — that the enemy is exploiting in her most persistent temptations. What legitimate longing is at the root of your most recurring struggle?
3.1 Corinthians 10:13 promises that God will provide "a way of escape" with every temptation. Looking back at a recent moment of temptation, can you identify what that way of escape actually was? Did you take it — and if not, what got in the way?
a.What conditions (emotional, relational, physical, spiritual) make you most vulnerable to your particular temptation?
b.What specific prayer strategy can you build around those conditions?