Have you ever felt like giving up? Have you made some progress and then watched it disappear as old habits slowly crept back in? Maybe you lost some weight and kept it off for a while then, it seemed like over night, the weight was back plus a few pounds. Maybe you were going strong with walking or exercise and experienced a health issue that set you back and now you can’t seem to get motivated again. Maybe you went a year without drinking soda and then one day the desire overtook you and you found yourself back in front of the fountain machine filling a styrofoam cup.
Our enemy knows our every weakness and looks for the opportune moment to place temptation in front of us. When temptation appears try shifting your thoughts to the power of God residing in you. Turn to the Spirit for help.
Resisting temptation isn’t easy but it is possible. And when you persist in resisting the enemy will flee. Remember, as a Believer and follower of Christ, you have been given authority over all the power of the enemy. Not over some of the power, but over ALL of the power of the enemy.
Stand firm on your path. Use your authority.
E.A. Fussell
11.19.2023
Lord, You are our strength, our comfort, our authority. I thank you for the person reading this, I pray Your Word over them. Be with us in the temptations we face. Show us the power of Your strength in us. Show us the reach of Your authority through us. Help us overcome the flesh and be victorious in Your name. The enemy wants us to feel defeated, ashamed, unworthy. But You say there is no condemnation in Christ. We believe Your promise to help us. Today, right now, we ask for Your help, we seek Your guidance, we open the door to You, we accept the authority you have placed in is. Thank You Lord for Your help and Your love. Amen.
James 4:7
Luke 10:19
Romans 8:1
E. A. Fussell 