We look, Lord, for happiness, but we cannot find it. Why do we keep
missing happiness? We’re looking in the wrong place. We try to find
happiness in ourselves. You’re saying to us, “You’ll only find happiness
when you come to Jesus. Only Jesus can fill the God-shaped blank in
your heart.” Teach us, Lord, to listen to Your voice, speaking to us of
Jesus, calling us to come to Him and receive from Him Your gift of
salvation. Help us to rejoice in Jesus, to be glad that He is our great
Saviour.
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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