How Can We Be Holy?

“Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Matthew 6:13

God wants us to be personally holy. What does this mean? The Bible says God is holy. Holy means to be set apart and to be without sin.

How can we be holy? Without God, it is impossible. We live in a sinful world, so there are temptations around us and we are liable to sin. Some people have decided to live as hermits, away from society, but even this does not protect us from sin because we all have the ability to sin in our hearts even if there is no one else around us.

So what is the answer? It is to be filled with God’s Holy Spirit to confess our sins and to be resolute and ask God to help us flee from sin. Are you weak in an area? Then stay away from it. If you have a weakness of eating too many sweets, then don’t spend your time in a bakery. But realize that you can’t do this in your own strength, because you need to ask God for His strength through the power of the Holy Spirit. The good news is that God will help you when you ask Him. God can help us have victory over sin and temptation!

So, this week, let us pray that

• God will help you and me stay strong and have victory over temptation and sin
• God will raise up many people to pray that everyone on earth will have the opportunity to accept Christ
• God will protect our staff and volunteers at Global Media Outreach

THANK YOU so much for your prayers. God loves you very much and we are so glad that you are part of our family worldwide. Many hundreds of thousands of people get this prayer letter each week so you are joined together with many brothers and sisters in Christ around the world.

May God bless you,