CONCISE DIRECTIONS

 

 

James 4:7

 

"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you." ESV

 

God will never force us to obey or serve Him. We are free to choose willingly to make ourselves subject to God's authority. Likewise, the devil will continually make attempts to taunt and tempt us, but we are free to resist him by faith in God and he (Satan) has to leave us alone.

 

Heavenly Father, we thank You for the free gift of salvation through Jesus Christ. We give You all we have and ask that You use it all for Your glory. We rejoice that Satan has no hold on us and we are free to resist him. In Jesus' precious name we pray, Amen.

 

 

          

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EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT

1 Peter 5:9   "Resist him (the devil), firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world." ESV   There are times when very difficult things come to us. Some people have extreme tragedy. But these attacks in life come to everyone in some way or another. Yet, we groan and complain, we ask God why He is doing this to us. After all didn't He allow it? Jesus Himself told us that we would have tribulation in this world. The Word tells us it is the devil that just prowls around looking for someone to attack. His hope is that we will get mad at God, continue on in our misery, and be ineffective witnesses. As Christians, it is not our duty to pray for escape from Satan's attacks. It is our responsibility to resist the devil's scheme to get us to give up our faith. We are all in this battle and we may get wounded, but the battle is the Lord's. He will take care of us and all those Christians around the world who are going through the same things.   Heavenly Father, the consequences of sin and living in a cursed world is such that we allow ourselves to forget that we are not of this world, and we will incur wounds and scars here. Forgive us for self pity and groaning. Help us remember that all our Christian brothers and sisters are going through the same things. We know what lies ahead for us, help us to think about that. We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.           ©2008-2013 Daily Grace Bobbi Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC http://insidetheshrink-dailygrace.blogspot.com/ No Copyright Infringement Intended Personal Use Only

RESISTING EVIL

 

1 Peter 5:9

"Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothersthroughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings." NIV

 

 

"Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world." KJV

To be able to stand firm against the deceitful enemy and his attacks, we are to hold fast to our faith, which comes from hearing the Word and hiding it in our hearts. We are not alone in resisting evil. All Christians everywhere are experiencing the same struggles.

Heavenly Father, we cannot stand against suffering and trials on our own. We ask for Your power to resist evil in this world and use the faith You have given us to stand strong. We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

       

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