So
often, Lord, we get preoccupied with ourselves. Our words say that You
are more important than anyone else. Often, our lives tell a very
different story - 'It's all about us. It's all about what pleases us.'
How can we be changed? Lead us to the Cross of Your Son, Jesus. Show us
Jesus - dying for us. Teach us to live for Him. Lift us out of our
weakness and failure into Your strength and victory - and help us to
praise You with hearts that are becoming more God-centred and less
self-centred.
We thank You, Lord, that our determined enemy - Satan - is Your defeated enemy. To us, the devil seems so powerful. In Your eyes, He is defeated - defeated by Jesus, our crucified Saviour and risen Lord. Jesus has triumphed over Satan. He has won the victory for us (1 John 3:8; Hebrews 2:14-15). Lord, Your Word says, "Resist the devil and he will flee from you" (James 5:7). Will he really flee from us? He flees from Jesus - but, surely, not from us? Have we not forgotten something? - Jesus won the victory for us. He gives His victory to us. Help us to resist the devil - in the victorious Name of Jesus. He will flee from us. Why? Because Jesus is Lord over Satan. It's not us he's fleeing from. It's Jesus. When the devil comes 'knocking on our door', help us to send Jesus to the door - and send him packing!
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