Verse of the Week
“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil
prowls around like
a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” (1 Peter 5:8 NIV)
October 8th – 14th
Scripture Reading: 1 Peter 5:8; 2 Corinthians 11:14-15
Prepare for the Next Battle
It's loads of fun to win ballgames and feels great, but then a time comes when you lose. I know how that feels, because it happened to us in coaching baseball in playing for a championship. What happened to the victory?
The victory was overtaken by letting down our guard thinking the battle was already won. We failed to put our best effort into what was to come, by thinking we could repeat the same strategies with a different team. The same thinking happens in life. We forget that it's a battlefield and not a playground like when we were kids.
Being overly-confident in our own abilities opens the door for satan to attack during our unpreparedness. The Bible tells us to always be on alert and in self-control so the enemy cannot deceive us. (1 Peter 5:8 NIV 1984),
“And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as
an angel of light.
It is not surprising then, if his servants also
masquerade as servants
of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.”
(2 Corinthians 11:14-15
NIV)
Don't be persuaded by the devil. Stand strong in the Word being fully equipped for and prepared for battle. Put on the full armor of God and watch Him deliver you by faith into victory. Faith to faith, victory to victory, glory to glory. Stay alert after the victory and you will always be prepared for another win. (cw)
“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil
prowls around like
a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” (1 Peter 5:8 NIV)
October 8th – 14th Daily Bible Reading
10. Isaiah 43; Lamentations 5
11. Isaiah 44; Jeremiah 1-2
12. Isaiah 45; Jeremiah 3-4
13. Isaiah 46; Jeremiah 5-6
14. Isaiah 47; Jeremiah 7-8
*Also be sure to read a Proverb a day.
Daily Readings are designed to read through the entire Bible in
one year.
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