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Lent     Lent 1     Mark 1:9-15, particularly verses 12-13

Jesus' Temptation (YB No 102) 

The gospels tell a tale

Of his humanity –

How Jesus struggled with himself

Sometimes in agony.

Temptation came to him,

Just like to you and me;

Each day he had to choose again

To live love constantly.

Sometimes he was alone

When tempted to succumb;

But calling on God’s strength within

He then could overcome.

To struggle for the right,

But fail and do the wrong -

Is like, when singing out of tune,

We can destroy the song.

But victory can be ours;

The battle can be won;

With our companion God within

Our triumph has begun. 

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