In the sentence of life the Devil may be a comma, but DO NOT let him be the PERIOD!

1 Cor 10:13, “there has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able, but will with the temptation also make a way of escape, that you are able to bear it”

1 Cor 10:20-21, “you cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils, you cannot be a partaker of the Lord’s Table and the table of demons”

Eph 4:27, “neither give place to the devil”

2 Tim 2:25-26, “and the servant of the Lord must not strive but be gentile unto all men able to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves if God perhaps would give them repentance unto the acknowledging of the truth and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil who are taken captive by him at his will”

James 4:7, “submit yourselves therefore unto God resist the devil and he will flee from you”

1 Pet 5:8, “be sober be vigilant because you adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour”

How many of us are fallen into a trial or temptation and are snared by the devil? We know that God does not tempt us and that we are drawn away by our own lust, however look at the promise in 1 Cor 10:13, there has no temptation taken you… notice the temptation has taken hold…; but God is faithful who will not let the “snare” be more than you can handle, but will make a way of escape. We often get ourselves into snares because of following our will but whatever snare you find yourself in, God is not allowing that snare to overpower you and will provide a way out. We are not to give place to the devil, but we have we have to trust In Jesus to not let our snare be more than we can handle and to provide a way of escape. Notice in 2 Tim 2:26, we have to recover ourselves from the snare of satan. God makes it bearable and will provide a way out but we have to be the one that works out our own salvation. Jesus will do the heavy lifting and will help us but we have to walk in the narrow way and find the way of escape. As we begin to renew our mind and submit back to Christ and His will the devil will flee. After recovering ourselves from the snare of satan then we have to keep watch and walk in the spirit because the devil is looking for an opportunity to eat us for lunch.

May the Lord Jesus ease our burdens of sin, and make clear the way of escape, and remove every form of hindrance to recovering ourselves from the snare of satan and deliver us from evil ones and temptations and help us to submit to His will and resist the devil by doing so, may it be so in Christ name.

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back.

Eph 6:8, “knowing that whatsoever good thing any man does, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free”

Luke 14:13-14, “but when you make a feast call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind and you will be blessed for they cannot repay you for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just”

Acts 20:35, “I have showed you all things how so laboring you ought to support the weak, and to remember to words of the Lord Jesus, how He said, “it is more blessed to give than to receive””

Proverbs 19:22, “the desire of a man is his kindness and a poor man is better than a liar”

Joel 2:12-13, “therefore also now says the Lord, turn you even to me with all of your heart and with fasting and with weeping and with mourning and rend your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness and repents of the evil”

Psalms 117:2, “for His merciful kindness is great toward us and the truth of the Lord endures forever, Praise you the Lord.”

We must be kind one to another, after all our Father and our Lord Jesus are kind to the just and the unjust. Kindness is one of the things we are told to put on (Col 3:12). Kindness usually does not cost us a thing. There is a scripture that tells us if we do good to others then we will receive the same from the Lord that we have done to others. What a promise! You cannot out give God. When you sow a kind word, or an action then it comes back to you. There is another promise, when you have a feast call those that will not be able to repay you and Jesus said you will have a reward in Heaven! What a promise. Let us be like our Father in Heaven and show mercy and kindness as opportunity allows.

We pray Father for your rich kindness and thank you for your promise that you will return the good we do to others on our heads, we ask that we will forgive all those that have sinned against us because you forgave us and that we will show kindness because of your kindness through our Lord Jesus Christ, may it be so in Christ name.

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Rom 10:3, for they being ignorant of God’s righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God

Rom 12:2, and be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may be able to prove what is good and acceptable and perfect will of God

Hosea 4:6, my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge because you have rejected knowledge I will also reject you that you shall be no priest to me seeing you have forgotten the law of your God I will also forget your children.

Psalm 14:4, have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? Who eat up my people as bread and call not upon the Lord.

Prov 2:3-6, yes if you cry after knowledge and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver and search for her as hid treasures then shall you understand the fear of the Lord and find knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding

Isa 47:10, for you have trusted in your wickedness, you have said None sees me, your wisdom and knowledge it has perverted you and you have said in your heart I and none else beside me

Jesus of Nazareth has got to be your only source of truth. Jesus is the truth the life and the way no man comes to the Father but through Him, John 14:6, we must as James says, submit to God, resist the devil, and he will flee James 4:6, We have got to not want from any other source, if you submit to God, then Jesus is your only source, the devil has nothing to offer you. Let us read the word of God which produces faith (Rom 10:17) or study more in-depth the teachings of Jesus Christ. Let us be renewed inwardly by the power of God, for it is written greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.

Father we pray you would help us to know your word and open our understanding so we can understand your ways and give us a hunger and thirst for righteousness like You and Jesus your only Son, In Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.