Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics from Mia Fieldes singing her song Fearless ... poignantly singing of how we Christians can deal with the fearful challenges of life, … by standing in the knowledge that our Lord gives us His strength in our times of fear/weakness.
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Highlight Verse[s]: 1Peter 5:9 [NKJV] ... 9 Resist him [Satan], steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.
... Paul declares God’s truth that we can stand for Christ no matter what the enemy may bring against us.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 1Peter 5:8-10 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
... Peter declares how we Christians can - and should - be vigilant and know how do deal with the wiles and strategies of Satan.
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Reference Passage : ... 1Corinthians 10:13 [NKJV] ... 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
... Paul reminds us that God is ALWAYS faithful to help us deal with life’s temptations and trials.
Reference Passage : ... Ephesians 6:10-13 [NKJV] ... USE THIS LINK …
... Many times our battles are way beyond us; but we can put on God’s armor and stand in the gap for His glory.
Reference Passage : ... 2Timothy 2:22 [NKJV] ... Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
... Sometimes the best battle strategy is to just turn and run … away from Satan and toward the path where God is leading us.
Reference Passage : ... 1John 4:4 [NKJV] ... 4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
... We need to learn to realize and act from the faith that the power in us is ALWAYS greater than the powers which come against us from the world.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Alyson Kieda, uses a personal remembrance to illustrate how difficult it is to stand strong against our spiritual enemies. … The ODB author wrote: Ali was a beautiful, smart, and talented teenager with loving parents. But after high school something prompted her to try heroin. Her parents noticed changes in her and sent her to a rehabilitation facility after Ali eventually admitted the impact it was having on her. After treatment, they asked what she would tell her friends about trying drugs. Her advice: “Just turn and run.” She urged that “just saying no” wasn’t enough.
Tragically, Ali relapsed and died at age twenty-two of an overdose. In an attempt to keep others from the same fate, her heartbroken parents appeared on a local news program encouraging listeners to “run for Ali” by staying far from situations where they could be exposed to drugs and other dangers.
Many reading here know that God has called yours truly to lead a ministry [USE THIS LINK] that shows men who have past struggles with habitual sexual sin to learn how to walk free and stand strong against Satan in this “hypersexual" and “pornified” world. And those who’re serious to walk free learn the truth of the Scriptures above … that we need to be vigilant to identify the ploys of Satan in this world [see highlight passages], who is like a roaring lion [see photo] seeking to devour those of us who can’t learn to stand strong (see Eph. 6:10-18) or those who simply don’t know when to turn and run toward Christ (see 2Tim. 2:22).
The men who learn to be warriors are those who learn to believe and act on the faith that we, who are in Christ, have His power to do battle (see 1John 4:4) and that God is always faithful to show us how to deal with the temptations and trials of life [1Cor. 10:13], … IF … we’re simply willing to follow Him in battle each day.
I pray we do so today, … FEARLESSLY … as Mia Fieldes sings in the linked song.
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, ... for showing us the way to do battle against our enemies.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will follow You as You gives us Your strength and leads us in battle today. … Amen
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