Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 4:7,8
In the daily life you will meet with sudden surprises, disappointments, and temptations. What saith the word? “Resist the devil,” by firm reliance upon God, “and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.” “Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me.” Look unto Jesus at all times and in all places, offering a silent prayer from a sincere heart that you may know how to do His will. Then when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard for you against the enemy.
When you are almost ready to yield, to lose patience and self-control, to be hard and denunciatory, to find fault and accuse—this is the time for you to send to heaven the prayer, “Help me, O God, to resist temptation, to put all bitterness and wrath and evil speaking out of my heart. Give me Thy meekness, Thy lowliness, Thy long-suffering, and Thy love. Leave me not to dishonor my Redeemer, to misinterpret the words and motives of my wife, my children, and my brethren and sisters in the faith. Help me that I may be kind, pitiful, tenderhearted, forgiving. Help me to be a real house-band in my home and to represent the character of Christ to others.
{AH 214.2}
Heart Question: Despite our daily sudden surprises, disappointments, anxiety, and temptation are we still submitting our will to God? Are we resisting the devil by depending upon God sincerely? Are we thankfully that God is purifying our hearts and taking any of our doubled-mind? Ask God to give you a greater desire to spend time with Him.
- Pray for our church members to submit themselves to God especially with regionally Evangelistic Campaigns in the five Central America, and Dominican Republic Union
- Pray for church members would purify their hearts and submit to God
- Pray that the attendees to the Evangelistic Campaigns would resist the devil and focus on God
- Thank God for each opportunity He gives us to rely on Him, for the strength He gives us to resist the devil. For the victory each day in overcoming sin and temptation
- Pray for the 1480 Lay Evangelistic Efforts in the Republic of Dominica
- Pray for the Evangelistic Efforts in Trinidad and Tobago