Lord, You are the God of perfect holiness. You are the God of perfect
love. You call us to a life of holiness. You call us to a life of love.
How are to live this life of holiness and love? We need the Holy Spirit –
the Spirit of love. Without Him, we cannot even begin to live this new
life – the life of holiness and love. We thank You, Lord, that You have
not left us to live this life in our own strength – “the Holy Spirit …
lives in us” (2 Timothy 1:14).
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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