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.

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

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1.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?

4.Priscilla is honest that temptation is often not dramatic — it is subtle, gradual, and disguised. What does the enemy's "packaging" of your specific temptation look like? How does he make it appear reasonable or even good?

5.She encourages readers to pray for the people or situations that serve as triggers for certain temptations. How does praying *for* a trigger rather than just trying to avoid it change your posture toward it?

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Closing Prayer

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Jesus, You were tempted just as we are, and You did not sin — not because temptation was easy for You, but because You stayed connected to the Father. Forgive us for the battles we have fought alone, in secret, or after it was already too late. We confess the specific temptations we keep losing to, the desires we have not surrendered, the triggers we have not brought before You. Teach us to pray *before* the moment of testing. Provide the way of escape we need, and give us the wisdom to take it. In Your strong name, Amen.

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