Daily Devotional

THE DISTRACTIONS OF EVIL VANQUISHED

August 19

eloved of God, one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of the Evil One is his cunning ability to distract your attention away from the glorious love and safety that you have in your Father. The Devil knows that if he can cause you to fear him and accept as fact that he is great and powerful and that you are helpless against his onslaught of evil, he has won a major psychological battle with you. He knows that he can follow up his threats and schemes with a "knockout punch" and paralyze you with so much fear that you will be overwhelmed by his evil and grip of death on your mind and soul. You ask, "What can I do to stop this sick and evil scheme against me?" You can consciously focus your mind on the majesty and All- powerful person of your Father. You can call upon the Lord and acknowledge Him in His love and greatness. You can tell Him that you will not listen to the threats of the Evil One against you, but that instead, you will trust and believe that at any time that the Devil has schemed anything against you, your Father has planned a mighty and effective way of escape for you! Tell Him that again, beloved! Confess that "He that is in you (me) is greater, than he (the devil) that is in the world." (I John 4:4) What does that passage of scripture really mean to you? It means that the Evil One is seeking to deceive you and make you think that your battle is hopeless, and that God really does not care enough to come to your rescue in the face of the attack of his evil. This is a lie! God will never forsake you to your enemies. If you will seek to keep your heart clean before Him, and if you will bow in reverence to Him, the Lord himself will set in motion His Army of Heaven of both His Holy Spirit, and untold millions of angels to do the work of delivering you and setting you free from all the powers of hell thrown against you. Beloved, you are greatly blessed in your service to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords! Do you believe this? Do you accept this for your life? Good! Go forth and conquer in Jesus' name.

Prayer

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Father, I know that you are "never very far away from any one of us." (Acts 17:27) I know that you will send a legion of angels to war against Satan at a moment's notice on my behalf. I am safe and truly blessed to be called a Child of the King! I give you thanks and praise in Jesus' name, amen!