Day 9: Overcoming the static
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Ephesians 6:11
“Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”
TAKE IT TO HEART
We’ve been in a powerful sermon series on the armor of God. As we focus on prayer, It's important to recognize that we have an adversary whose goal is to keep you from knowing what I'm about to tell you. He is adamantly opposed to prayer because he knows that it's through a dynamic prayer life that you get to know, experience and trust God's voice.
God is fully aware that Satan works hard to stop us from hearing His voice, and He knows Satan's schemes. He knows that Satan works against us by creating static in the spiritual airwaves. Satan causes interference between us and the Lover of our souls, with the ultimate goal of stopping us from hearing the pure and gentle voice of our Good Shepherd.
God knows that the devil will try to:
And because he’s doing all that, you’re going to have to put some effort into keeping your lines of communication clear. God will meet you when you come, but He will not drag you from where you are to where He is. He's already gone to the ends of the earth to open the doors to His Holy of Holies, now it's up to you to choose whether or not you want to spend any time with Him there. One of my favorite verses is Hebrews 4:16,
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
What a beautiful invitation!
PRAY FOR THESE THINGS TODAY:When you spend time in prayer you are standing firm and winning the war against the devil’s evil schemes.
Ephesians 6:11
“Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”
TAKE IT TO HEART
We’ve been in a powerful sermon series on the armor of God. As we focus on prayer, It's important to recognize that we have an adversary whose goal is to keep you from knowing what I'm about to tell you. He is adamantly opposed to prayer because he knows that it's through a dynamic prayer life that you get to know, experience and trust God's voice.
God is fully aware that Satan works hard to stop us from hearing His voice, and He knows Satan's schemes. He knows that Satan works against us by creating static in the spiritual airwaves. Satan causes interference between us and the Lover of our souls, with the ultimate goal of stopping us from hearing the pure and gentle voice of our Good Shepherd.
God knows that the devil will try to:
- mimic the voice of God,
- drown out the voice of God, and
- shout louder than the voice of God.
And because he’s doing all that, you’re going to have to put some effort into keeping your lines of communication clear. God will meet you when you come, but He will not drag you from where you are to where He is. He's already gone to the ends of the earth to open the doors to His Holy of Holies, now it's up to you to choose whether or not you want to spend any time with Him there. One of my favorite verses is Hebrews 4:16,
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
What a beautiful invitation!
PRAY FOR THESE THINGS TODAY:When you spend time in prayer you are standing firm and winning the war against the devil’s evil schemes.
- Sit for a full 2 minutes simply reflecting on the goodness of God. Spend some time praising Him for Who He is…LORD, I praise you for being all-powerful, all-knowing, … (if you run out of things to pray, simply be still and quiet)
- Pray for the people whose names will be on your ballot on election day. You can find out who they are here: https://www.vote411.org/plan-your-vote
- Lord, how do the leaders of our church need us to be praying for them as they prepare for ATM?