I'm thinking today of a verse in Mark chapter
1, verse 25, where Jesus says, Be quiet, said
Jesus sternly. Come out of him. And then, of
course, the evil spirit shakes violently in verse
26, and came out of him with a shriek. Bottom
line is, he that is in us is greater than he
that is in the world. The next time the enemy
is messing with your head, trying to get you
to think a thing that you shouldn't think, or
do a thing that you shouldn't do, or give in
to a temptation, Just tell him to shut up. Tell
him in the name of Jesus. Tell him because you're
a servant of God. Tell him because you're a child
of God. Be found faithful, of course. Be found
faithful doing the things that Jesus would have
you to do. I submit that that would include serving
in your local church, giving, sacrificing yourself
for the kingdom of God, praying, reading your
Bible, spending time, quality time with the Lord,
discovering who you are in Christ, and activating.
Those traits on behalf of the kingdom effort.
Live for Jesus. And then whenever the enemy comes
against you, tell him to shut up. Tell him to
be quiet and leave you alone. Deny him and he
will flee. I guarantee it. I wanted to encourage
you with just a couple of additional resources
while I have you today. The first one is the
Life 4 Toledo app. Life, the number 4 Toledo.
It's in the App Store. You can download it for
free. All kinds of Life Station resources and
New Heights resources in there for free. You
can also download for free the Serpent and Seed
app. It's Serpent and Seed. It's a game, really.
Really appeals to kids, but I kind of enjoy playing
the whole thing. Doesn't cost you anything. Doesn't
have any ads. Totally free to learn the Bible.
And pretty cool.