How do we prepare ourselves...
How do we prepare ourselves and others to withstand temptation? There's no one "cure-
all." It helps to avoid certain conditions and places where we know allure will be strong.
In other words we foresee fascination of situations and avoid them -- we don't go there.
Still, the circumstances of life bring unexpected temptations. How do we keep from being
overcome by them?
Jesus faced powerful enticements that the devil presented. He readied himself in two
ways. First, he fasted and prayed. Some see the forty days without food as a process of
