Dear Ones,
Hope you wake today to realize the power of prayer. Al will be going to meet with men this morning and I will have donuts waiting when he gets home. We have Bible study here this afternoon and maybe time to vote too.
Devotions from Judy’s heart
I don’t like to give attention to the enemy but on the other hand we are not to be ignorant of his schemes for he is always trying to trip us up. It says in II Cor. 2:11, “So that we would not be outwitted by Satan for we are not ignorant of his designs.” In the Greek the word for ignorant means without knowledge or understanding of. We need to be aware of the way Satan thinks and plots, so he doesn’t take advantage of us. I am reading Pastor Dutch Sheets’ book, “Watchman Prayer” on how to stand guard and protect our family, home and community, and nation. We only have to see how the enemy has attacked our families and nation and the need to pray and intercede today. Since it says in the Word we are not to be ignorant of Satan, then the Lord must want to reveal his schemes to us.

Dutch writes we must learn the power of prayer and take back what Satan has seized of our nation and world. We need to expose our enemy and have our eyes opened and realize the power of our prayers. If you remember the Columbine High tragedy, the deaths of those martyrs resulted in youth picking up the torch and many responding with total commitment to the Lord. They had Torch Grab rallies and many accepted the call to reach their generation for Christ.

A friend wrote that her church had a conference on a Friday night and Saturday where there were about 100 young people in the ages of 20’s – 40’s who were present worshiping, listening and taking notes. There were topics presented about being in the presence of the Lord, spiritual attacks, attending to the needs of others, being Spirit led, consistency in time spent with the Lord through prayer, and Bible reading, worship etc. They want to make a difference in our world and it made me think of the song, “All to Jesus, I surrender, all to Him I freely give: I will ever love and trust Him, in His presence daily live.” The chorus goes, “I surrender all, I surrender all. All to Thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all.”  It goes on to ask to be filled with love and power and it is a need we all have if we are going to stand in His power against the enemy!

Challenge for today: Ask for Holy Spirit power to stand for the Lord and not to give in to Satan’s tactics.
Blessings on your day and prayers and love, Judy