Fasting and Temptation

Last week Mrs Ferris our Lay Chaplain led the assemblies on the schools weekly prayer theme of ‘Fasting and Temptation’.

The main questions where how were our Lenten promises going, how can we resist temptation, why is temptation difficult to resist? When we are tempted, do we have a choice?

A common reason we fall into temptation is the reasoning “Everybody is doing it, so it must be ok?” Is it? Temptation often happens during our weakest moments, when we are at the limits of our strength, patience, love and health. What can we do? Walk away, ask for help, and do not put yourself in that situation. Pray, ask the Lord for help. Do not follow the crowd.

We looked at the story of ‘Adam and Eve’ and talked about Jesus’s 40 days in the desert, without food- that is real fasting.

We finished with the prayer

Dear God,

Please help us to say ‘no’ when we are tempted to do wrong.

Please help us to stand up for other people when we see wrong things happening to them.

Thank you that you are always with us and will give us the strength to say ‘no’.

Amen