A Prayer For Reducing Gear

Father, there are many sins and vices that weigh us down, slow our spiritual maturity, throw us off stride, cause us to stumble and to be a stumbling block to others. And yet the enemy of our soul makes them so appealing, seemingly irresistible. But You call us to lay aside the deeds of darkness that were part of our old self, to put off falsehood, anger, wrath, malice, slander or abusive speech, anything of wicked origin that would make us who claim to be children of the light to be caught up in the evil deeds of darkness from which we were delivered. We pray for those struggling in this choice between light and darkness, that You will show them the way to victory as You undergird them with Your strength. May their resolve be the same as that of Paul who declared, “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” Through the power of the Holy Spirit and in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.