LITANY 10 - IN TIMES OF TEMPTATION.

O Lord, have mercy upon us.
O Christ, have mercy upon us.
O Lord, have mercy upon us. 

Lord God, Limiter of temptations beyond our abilities,
Lord God, Provider of a way out of temptations, 
For the sake of Jesus Christ, hear our prayer. 

From all thoughts and thinking that would lead to temptation; 
From all desires that lead into temptation;
From all wants that give rise to any temptation; 
From all temptation to please and pleasure our sinful nature;
From our weakness of flesh before all temptation; 
From all bondage that sin and its temptation have on us; and
From all justifications to give into any temptation,
Lord have mercy, deliver, defend and protect us. 

From all images that would tempt us;
From all words that would tempt us;
From all places where we would be most tempted, and 
From all persons would tempt us, 
Lord have mercy, deliver, defend and protect us. 

Blessed Lord Jesus Christ,
Sympathetic Savior and Champion over all temptation,
For the sake of Your victory over all temptation, hear our prayer. 

By Your suffering temptation from Satan;
By Your suffering temptation from those You love;
By Your suffering temptation in all the walks and ways of Your life;
By Your suffering temptation in the hour of death; and 
By Your suffering temptation in every way we are tempted,
Lord have mercy upon us in all times of temptation.

By Your victory over every temptation with which we are tempted;
By Your faithfulness to God and to us over every temptation;
By Your suffering and death for all our succumbing to temptation; and
By Your sympathizing with us in all temptation, 
Lord have mercy upon us and gracious to us.

Gracious God our heavenly Father, 
Sender of Your Son into all temptations with which we are tempted, 
Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer.

In all forms of our temptation;
In all conditions of our temptation;
In all degrees of our temptation; 
In all times of our doubts that give rise to temptation;
In all times of our fear in the face of temptation;
In all times of our want to give into temptation; 
In all times of our apathy in the face of temptation; 
In all times of our frustration because of constant temptation; 
In all times of our selfishness that leads us into temptation; and 
In all times of our trouble because we have given into temptation,
Have mercy upon us, grant us Your aid and lead us not into temptation.

Gracious God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
Knower of all our temptations and Limiter of them, 
Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer. 

For ears to hear Your Word in the face of all temptation;
For a heart to believe Your Word in face of all temptation;
For the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit to move us into Your will in every temptation, 
For the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to what is godly in all our thoughts, words, desires and deeds;
For the Holy Spirit’s intercession in all our feeble prayers in the face of every temptation;
For the Holy Spirit to renew our strength that we may not grow weary in the face of constant temptation; 
For the Holy Spirit to enlighten us that the victory over every temptation is found in Jesus Christ alone; 
And that we may be forgiven for all our times of entertaining temptations and our surrendering to them into sin,
We implore You to have mercy and help us.

O God the Father, Blessed Creator, 
Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer.
O God the Son, Jesus Christ, Blessed Redeemer,
Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer.
O God the Holy Spirit, blessed Sanctifier,
Have mercy upon us and hear our prayer. 
Amen. 
- pmwl