Prayer sharpens perception. It tunes the heart so you sense danger before it speaks.
John Bunyan once wrote, “Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.”
Both can’t thrive in the same heart.
Early African believers understood this. Each had a path through the tall grass to a private prayer spot. When someone stopped using theirs, the grass grew back.
A friend would gently remind him, “Brother, the grass grows on your path.”
How tall is the grass on yours?
Neglect prayer long enough, and temptation will seem stronger—not because it grew, but because you shrank.
Prayer doesn’t just get you out of temptation; it often keeps you from entering it.