This, then, is what “lead us not into temptation” means. It refers to times when God gives us power and strength to resist the temptation. However, the temptation is not taken away or removed. LC III:106
To feel temptation is, therefore, a far different thing from consenting or yielding to it. We must all feel it, although not all in the same way. LC III:107
So there is no other help or comfort except to run here, take hold of the Lord’s Prayer, and speak to God from the heart like this: Dear Father, You have asked me to pray. Don’t let me fall because of temptations. Then you will see that the temptations must stop and finally confess themselves conquered. If you try to help yourself by your own thoughts or counsel, you will only make matters worse. LC III:110, 111
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