Luke 4:36 Spiritual Warfare

* Welcome God every morning before work by taking ~5 min to read this Living In Faith Exchange (LIFE) Group devotion (life-devotions.blogspot.com), which has snippets from Living Faith (livingfaith.com). All whatsoever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Col. 3:17

What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out. Luke 4:36

Living Faith snippets: "Fighting evil of any kind is one of the hardest challenges we face in life. But facing it alone is desperate and impossible. Thankfully, as Christians we are never alone, for we are people of the Word. It alone commands all else and frees our hearts and minds from evil." by Steve Givens

Rich's comments: It is difficult for many to realize that even today we live amongst a spiritual battlefield filled with good and evil spirits. Scripture states that Satan and his evil spirits want to destroy us by weakening our body, soul, and spirit. We need to protect ourselves by putting on all of God's armor and use "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." (Ephesians 6:17) C.S. Lewis' book, The Screwtape Letters, provides a series of lessons in the importance of taking a deliberate role in living out Christian faith by portraying a typical human life, with all its temptations and failings, as seen from the demon/devil's viewpoint. Despite the fictional storyline, this book will provide you with an eye-opening awareness that demons do exist and do interfere with our lives. One of the evil strategies of the devil is to make us not believe in evil so that we become complacent and not prepared for battle. Take arms Christian soldiers, use the Word of God!

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Our Prayers: Abortion, chastity, our enemies/our troops, natural disasters, depression/ despair, dementia, cancer, prisoners, integrity of our leaders, Robert Cox (discerning his career path)

Faith Quote: “The Devil fears the word of God, He can't bite it; it breaks his teeth.” by Martin Luther

Through Christ Our Lord,

Rich

Romans 12:12

* Today's Bible readings at www.usccb.org/nab/today.shtml. Reflection on readings at http://www.daily-meditations.org/index2.html

* Prayer: Prayer connects us with God's will & His miracles, thereby changing us & helping others. Wayne Watson lyrics, “When God's people pray, there is hope reborn, there is sin forgiven, and miracles you can't explain await!” "If you pray that God will move a mountain and He doesn’t, assume Christ wants you to climb it instead & see Him."

* Defend the unborn: 'Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don’t stand back and let them die' (Prov 24:11). 'Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you' (Jer 1:5). 'It is a great poverty that a child must die that you might live as you wish' Blessed Mother Teresa. Prayer to End Abortion. Ask Blessed Margaret of Castello for her prayers to end abortion.

* Evangelization: Let's make room for non-believers (be a friend, make a friend, lead friend to Christ) and perpetual re-evangelization of self and those near us, by way of daily prayer (relationship) and following Christ's example of selfless love, mercy, and service.

Let's joyfully live out the Good News and gladly tell others about it (Mark 16:15)!