‘Awake,
awake!... O arm of the Lord; awake, as in days gone by... The ransomed
of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting
joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them... I am
the Lord your God... I have put My words in your mouth...’ (Isaiah 51:9,11,15-16).
Teach us, Lord, to pray for revival in this generation. Help us to pray for a revival of
joyful worship and a revival of powerful preaching. Where will
revival come from? It comes from You, Lord. You hear the prayers of His
people - ‘Awake, awake!... O arm of the Lord; awake, as in days gone
by’. You answer the prayers of His people - ‘The ransomed of the Lord
will return... Gladness and joy will overtake them’. Revival comes when
You send Your Word of power - ‘I am the Lord your God... I have put My
words in your mouth.’
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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