PREVENTATIVE MAINTAINANCE

HI GUYS,
FROM MY FRIENDS AT LIVE PRAYER.COM

Let me ask you a question today, are you sleeping when you should bepraying? Instead of building yourself up, making yourself strong throughprayer, are you sleeping instead?

Are you fighting life's problems without the supernatural power of God because you won't take the time to pray?You see my friend, we have a very real enemy that is out to kill, steal, and destroy! That means YOU! Satan knows where you are weak. Now he is notomniscient, but he is a master at trial and error. He will tempt you withsex. If that is not your weak point, he will tempt you with money. If thatis not your weak point, he will tempt you with alcohol. Satan will keeptrying until he finds that weakness in your life, and when he does, he willcome after you in that area.

Of course, God also knows we are weak. That is why He has commanded us toresist the devil. Proverbs 1:10 says "my son, if sinners entice you, do notgive in to them." Paul told the church at Ephesus to "put on the full armorof God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand yourground." We have great examples in the Word like Joseph literally runningfrom Potiphar's wife, Job praising God instead of cursing Him, and Danielrefusing the king's food and wine. James says to "resist the devil and hewill flee."Satan is a defeated foe, do not give him any victories he does not deserve.Stand up to him! Tell him he is a liar! Tell him that "greater is He thatis in me, than he that is in the world." YOU ARE COVERED BY THE BLOODOF THE LAMB!I love you and care about you so much. Actually we should be encouragedwhen we are tempted. The Bible says we are to consider it pure joy wheneverwe face trials of many kind. Why? Because the testing of our faithdevelops perseverance.

If you want a good test of spiritual growth here itis. How do you handle temptation in your life? Do you give in to it, or doyou resist it? I tell you this today, you can't resist temptation withoutthe strength of God, and to have the strength of God, you have to be closeto God. Each time you stand up to temptation and resist it, you getstronger in your faith.Here is your new prayer to start praying today, "Father, I pray this daythat I will not fall into temptation." I want you to start praying thatprayer every day so that when you are faced with temptation, you will beable to stand up to it and resist the devil. Your homework assignment is toread 1 Corinthians 10:13, it is YOUR PROMISE today.
GBY ALL
JIM.