Stand Up to Satan!
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Scripture
But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? ~ Matthew 16:23-26
Prayer
Holy Father in heaven, let our eyes be fixed each day on the goal set before us by Jesus Christ. Let our hearts be filled with the fullness of contentment at the love poured out by You at Calvary. Let that be our greatest treasure, the pearl of greatest value in our life, and our goal beyond the things of this world. Let us cast Satan behind us today in the power of Your Spirit, along with all his lies and deceptive temptations, that we will make our soul of most value over all else. Amen.
Testimony
Believing in Jesus Christ is more, much more than just proclamation from the mouth (Isaiah 29:13). It is absolutely a commitment of the heart and transformation of the mind (Romans 12:2). Starting today let’s put our actions, our resources, our time and our lives into our profession of faith, that the devil has nowhere to run to and nowhere to hide but under the rock he crawled out from in Eden.
Wisdom
Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil. ~ Proverbs 4:27