Jesus replied, "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."
Matthew 26:41

Though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again.
Proverbs 24:16

When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O Lord, supported me.
Psalm 94:18

Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
Micah 7:8

Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:21-23

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
Isaiah 43:18

If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.
Psalm 40:1

Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I [Paul] press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:13-14

Seizing Jesus, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. But when they had rekindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, "This man was with him." But he denied it. "Woman, I don't know him," he said. A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them." "Man, I am not!" Peter replied. About an hour later another asserted, "Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean." Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.
Luke 22:54-62

When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?" "Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my lambs." Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me?" He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep." The third time he said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my sheep."
John 21:15-17

The very best proof of the Christian faith is a believer with a changed life. Paul calls Christians to "count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus" (Romans 6:11), and he wrote as if this were really possible!

Conflict won't disappear completely yet, says Paul, for we are part of a "groaning," imperfect creation (Romans 8:18-25). But with God working for us, we can be more than conquerors, and one day God will make all of creation perfect again. That promise should assure us that nothing can separate us from God's love (Romans 8:38-39).

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