NIGHT DEVOTION

 


 NIGHT PRAYER:

Submit yourselves therefore to

God. Resist the devil, and he will

flee from you.

From: James 4:7


INSPIRATION:

It's the classic bully scene. Opie

Taylor (The Andy Griffith Show)

faces the bully who has been

extorting his milk money. Opie

faces his fear, and braces for the

punch. Then...he laughs. He

realizes that his worst fear has

come to pass and it was not a big

deal. In fact, he takes matters into

his own hands and "tears into" the

bully. In the end he gets his nickels

back. He has conquered. Any bully

works the same way. Satan is no

different. When we stand up to

him, prepared to battle him, he has

to "flee." When we resist him, we

prove that we aren't afraid of him.

He realizes that he has no chance

with us, so he just leaves us alone.

We emerge as

Conquerors...no...more than

Conquerors.


PRAYER:

Lord, I thank You for giving me the

courage to stand up to the enemy,

and I thank You for being there to

back me up. When I am strong in

You, I have the power to resist

Satan and I know he has to flee.

Amen.

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