Greetings, this is day 11 out of 24 of reading the Bible with Darren!
Did someone forget to press publish today? Well, I guess I did. So it’s going out together with day 12 :)
The Purpose of Prayer;
Luke 11
As followers of Jesus Christ, we all experience spiritual warfare. However, if we focus only on the attacks against us, we give the - devil too much credit. When spiritual warfare increases in our lives, we need to go to a new level of prayer so we can release God’s power and will.
You must take prayer seriously. You are in a war, and your enemy wants to kill you (John 10:10; Ephesians 6:12). One type of demon that comes against us is called a principality, which is a spirit prince over a geographic region. In the Old Testament, the prophet Daniel battled principalities (Daniel 10:12-13, 20-21). Jesus’ healing of the demon-possessed man in Mark 5 also shows the reality of territorial principalities (Mark 5:9-10). We fight principalities every time souls are saved, every time we plant a new church in a new city, and every time we stand for righteousness in our nation.
Listen and Obey;
- Tom Lane
Luke 11:28
Our society is filled with clutter. We often risk ignoring God because we cannot hear Him over the noise of life.
Every person is responsible for hearing from God for themselves, but we do not live in a vacuum. When God speaks and we believe and obey, our actions ripple outward, joining with the actions of other believers who are also listening to His voice. When I see everything God is doing through His Church around the world, I think, Wow! This is what happens when people live with a passion for His presence and voice!
When you listen to God, you can act on what He says and join the multitude of voices proclaiming His name in every nation. Together, we are the symphony of God’s Kingdom on the earth. Let us link arms and pursue Him. One day we’ll look back together and say, “Can you believe what God has done?! It’s incredible!”
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Excerpt from Fresh Start Bible, copyright © Gateway Press;
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
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