THE STORY OF JESUS: Mark 9:25-29
“This kind can come out only by prayer.” (Mark 9:29)
When I think of spirits, I think of the negative voices in my head.
Some are weak, some are strong, some are impossible to resist.
Everyday these deceiving voices try to disrupt, distract or discourage us.
Usually I am able to dismiss them, they’re so obviously wrong.
But some voices become so strong, they take over my mind.
Some people become so possessed by lies, they become unmanageable.
Just telling the truth to someone who is deceived won’t help them.
Only God can break into their hearts and minds to set them free.
When we face these powerful, destructive lies, God is our only help and hope.
Is there someone you love who is trapped in deceptive thinking?
You can try to talk them into the truth, and they might listen.
But often they won’t – they can’t – they need God’s help.
This is where prayer comes in, praying for God to speak into their mind.
Pray that God will set their minds and lives free from Satan’s lies.
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
Lord, someone I know and love is caught in a lie. Speak Your command into their heart and mind, and set them free!
Jesus is the answer.
Where do I go in the times of need? When sick or troubled, in doubt or temptation?
Jesus is the answer.
I need to good to Him in prayer for He is the only one Who can truly heal and forgive by His grace and mercy giving joy and eternal Life.
I need to prayerfully walk this new day with Him.
Today God needs to be First in all things.
I need Him every hour.
What a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!
2
Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
3
Are we weak and heavy-laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge—
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.