Praying from Colossians 2:21 relating to Legalism, Asceticism, Human Tradition

Dear Lord, help me to resist the temptation to handle, taste, or touch things that are not pleasing to you. Give me the strength to stay away from anything that could lead me down the wrong path. Help me to focus on the things that are good and pure, and to always seek your will in all that I do. Amen.

Verse: “Don’t handle, nor taste, nor touch”
Colossians 2:21

This is a Command. The verse is instructing the reader not to handle, taste, or touch something.

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