Daily Devotional
Be prepared for battle
November 26, 2019
BIBLE MEDITATION:
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. Having your conversation [behavior] honest among the Gentiles [unsaved]: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. 1 Peter 2:11-12
DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
The unsaved love to bad-mouth the church, and if you're a Bible believer, they especially love to lampoon and ridicule you. You must live a righteous, godly life—nothing in your heart and life of what the Bible calls here “fleshly lust.” Renounce that. Abstain from everything that’s wrong. Then embrace everything that’s right.
Since the fall of man, certain things war against our souls. The word “war” here isn’t the idea of hand-to-hand combat, but of a strategy, a conspiracy born in hell, my dear friend, that wars against your soul, the soul of your family, the soul of your church, and the soul of this nation.
We are at war with unseen forces from the very pit of hell. Peter warned the church, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). Be prepared for the battle. You must be absolutely and totally clean. I’m not talking sinless. None of us are. But to the best of your knowledge, there’s no unconfessed, unrepented of, willful sin in your life. A child of God ought to be as clean as the driven snow.
ACTION POINT:
Be mindful every day to live such a godly, clean, righteous, honest, forthright life, that even those who hate you will have to grudgingly admit there’s a difference about you.
FOR YOUR GIFT TO THE MINISTRY
Front Porch Moments by Gayle Foster
WITH KEY INSIGHTS FROM HER FATHER, ADRIAN ROGERS
I try to unplug each morning with Jesus with just my rocking chair, my Bible, and a pen.
Having a secret place is very important because I know that Jesus is always there waiting for me. I know where I can find Him! His presence is everywhere, but there are places where it is so thick you can cut it with a knife. You may not even have a front porch, but there is a secret place for you as well. God’s invitations are for anyone who will respond. There is no more important request than the one found in Psalm 27:8: “My heart has heard You say, ‘Come and talk with Me.’ And my heart responds, ‘Lord, I am coming.’”
