Dear Ones,
Happy weekend to you! Today is party day here so we will be going to Costco early this morning for the cake and then set up for the Birthday party. Always a fun time to be together and celebrate.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
Lies, lies, lies! The enemy is the father of lies and tries his hardest to get us to believe his falsehood. It often starts in our thoughts with a seed of untruth, and if we dwell on it and feed it, soon we start believing it. It is far better to check it out first with the Word to see if it aligns with it. Maybe the enemy tells us we are a loser, we are not loved and all sorts of condemning thoughts. But immediately we should recognize this is not from the Lord as it violates scriptures of our loving Father that loved us so much, He gave his very life for us. We don’t need to go down that dead end alley of the enemy’s lies but catch it quickly. The more we read scripture and lay it up in our hearts, the more ammunition we have to fight the enemy.

The Lord has given us armor to put on each day and each part is important. I pray for myself and family early each morning and visualize putting each part of the armor on. All pieces of the armor are important and especially the belt of truth. In Eph. 6:14 Paul said, “Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth”, in order that we can stand firm. Writer, Alisha Headley wrote a prayer to help us uproot the lies of Satan and I want to share with you.

Dear God,
Thank you for providing us with your Word, the Bible, so that we can access truth in a world full of lies. Thank you for the wisdom your Word provides us. Holy Spirit, please remind us to read and give us the passion to seek out Your Word daily. Forgive us when we lean on truth from other things or people rather than relying on your truth, which is the only truth. Please allow your truth to sink deep into our hearts so that we can discern a lie the moment it enters our minds. Help us to tighten our belts of truth each day as we study your Word. We know that we have an enemy and that there will be daily battles, but we praise you and thank you because you have already won the war. Thank you for the wisdom in your Word and for the promise of life that we can cling to this side of eternity. We praise you for loving us and equipping us each day.
In Jesus’ name, we pray, Amen

Challenge for today: Pray this prayer the next time you feel attacked by the enemy.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy