Devotion 11/8, Stand Firm in Your Faith!
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
1 Peter 5:8-9
Peter is reminding us to be alert to the tricks and schemes of satan. While we are not to live in fear of him, or with a worrisome heart, we should not be blasé about him either. We are to be mindful of his purpose and that is to trip us up and destroy our lives and testimony for Christ.
We must constantly remind ourselves, just like the gazelle who is devoured by a big cat because he is grazing away from his herd and unaware of the present danger, so are we when we stray from God and spend time immersed in ungodly things and with ungodly people. Satan is a predator! When we get caught up in this world, ungodly things and ungodly people, we lose our focus on Jesus. We are not standing firm in our faith. Our indwelling Holy Spirit gets ignored. As a result we are easy pickens for satan. Satan then devours our life for Christ, and brings havoc to our lives.
When we stand firm in Christ by reading and obeying His Word, by staying in constant communication with Him through prayer, and by surrounding ourselves with a network of godly Christians, satan is stopped cold in his tracks!
Remember, God never leaves us, we leave Him.
Draw courage from Christ who is more than capable of taking care of us. Trust in God who has promised to never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). And stand firm in the knowledge that all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28)!
Thank You Lord Jesus for dying for my sin. Thank You for defeating satan with Your precious blood that flowed down that cross for my forgiveness. I give you all praise and glory and thank you for your neverending love, grace and mercies my Savior, my Sustainer, the Author and Finisher of my faith! In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Lord, thank you for your presence in my life. Give me strength through your Word and the Holy Spirit for the battles satan will put in my path. I give thanks for my family of faith that surrounds me, your Word, and the Holy Spirit to guide me each and every day. I seek to be firm in my faith, always. In Christ’s name I pray, Amen.
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11/8, Stand Firm in Your Faith!
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
1 Peter 5:8-9
Peter is reminding us to be alert to the tricks and schemes of satan. While we are not to live in fear of him, or with a worrisome heart, we should not be blasé about him either. We are to be mindful of his purpose and that is to trip us up and destroy our lives and testimony for Christ.
We must constantly remind ourselves, just like the gazelle who is devoured by a big cat because he is grazing away from his herd and unaware of the present danger, so are we when we stray from God and spend time immersed in ungodly things and with ungodly people. Satan is a predator! When we get caught up in this world, ungodly things and ungodly people, we lose our focus on Jesus. We are not standing firm in our faith. Our indwelling Holy Spirit gets ignored. As a result we are easy pickens for satan. Satan then devours our life for Christ, and brings havoc to our lives.
When we stand firm in Christ by reading and obeying His Word, by staying in constant communication with Him through prayer, and by surrounding ourselves with a network of godly Christians, satan is stopped cold in his tracks!
Remember, God never leaves us, we leave Him.
Draw courage from Christ who is more than capable of taking care of us. Trust in God who has promised to never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). And stand firm in the knowledge that all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28)!
Thank You Lord Jesus for dying for my sin. Thank You for defeating satan with Your precious blood that flowed down that cross for my forgiveness. I give you all praise and glory and thank you for your neverending love, grace and mercies my Savior, my Sustainer, the Author and Finisher of my faith! In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Lord, thank you for your presence in my life. Give me strength through your Word and the Holy Spirit for the battles satan will put in my path. I give thanks for my family of faith that surrounds me, your Word, and the Holy Spirit to guide me each and every day. I seek to be firm in my faith, always. In Christ’s name I pray, Amen.
https://youtu.be/eC66Rph-UOQ
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