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Personal Evangelism: Are We Praying For Our Greatest Expectations of God to be Successfully Met? Genesis 24:10-14

This is my Servants Prayer,

1. Guide me, O thou great Jehovah,
pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
hold me with thy powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
feed me till I want no more;
feed me till I want no more.

Genesis 24:10-14The Message

10-14 The servant took ten of his master’s camels and, loaded with gifts from his master, traveled to Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor. Outside the city, he made the camels kneel at a well. It was evening, the time when the women came to draw water. He prayed, “O God, God of my master Abraham, make things go smoothly this day; treat my master Abraham well! As I stand here by the spring while the young women of the town come out to get water, let the girl to whom I say, ‘Lower your jug and give me a drink,’ and who answers, ‘Drink, and let me also water your camels’—let her be the woman you have picked out for your servant Isaac. Then I’ll know that you’re working graciously behind the scenes for my master.”

The Word of God for the Children of God.

Adeste Fideles! Laeti Triumphantes! Venite Adoremus! Dominum.

Gloria! In Excelsis Deo! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Amen.

A Servant’s Prayer

Genesis 24:12 New American Standard Bible

12 And he said, “Lord, God of my master Abraham, please [a]grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

Our reading for today opens with Abraham calling his most trusted servant to a special task – to swear an oath to go forth into his homeland and find a wife for his son, Isaac – from those who authentically worship Jehovah God not idols.

The servant makes a vow, gathers his master Abraham’s gifts on his camels and sets out on a journey to find a wife for Isaac from among Abraham’s relatives.

We do not know much about this “senior and most trusted” servant, but we can tell he has truly seen God at work in the lives of Abraham, Sarah, and now Isaac.

Mother Sarah is dead and Father Abraham is old, and he wants Isaac to marry.

Abraham is trying to arrange for a bride for Isaac, but only Jehovah God is the one who will really provide “our success” so that God’s promises are fulfilled.

Before the servant starts any conversations with the young women of the area, he prays to the God of his master and asks God to show kindness to his master.

Success for the servant will come by God’s taking the next step in this mission.

Why is the name of the servant not shared in this story?

Maybe it helps us focus on God as the primary actor in this drama – a servant who prays for success turns not to his own abilities but to the kindness of God.

Not knowing the name of the servant helps us put ourselves in his sandals.

How do we define “success”?

In this case, the servant’s success is the completion of Jehovah God’s mission by the most senior, most trusted servant for his master the Patriarch Abraham.

The master’s success is the ultimate goal of the servant.

Have we prayed the servant’s prayer lately?

Praying Our Great Expectations of God Will Be Met

The major emphasis of this passage is centered on what we might call the cooperation of the Spirit. 

This is the missing note in much personal evangelism.

Many men and women have heard the command of God, Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation (Mark 16:15).

Mark 16:14-16 The Message

14-16 Still later, as the Eleven were eating supper, he appeared and took them to task most severely for their stubborn unbelief, refusing to believe those who had seen him raised up. Then he said, “Go into the world. Go everywhere and announce the Message of God’s good news to one and all. Whoever believes and is baptized is saved; whoever refuses to believe is damned.

They have recognized this is a command, but then, in their uncertainty, in their “stubborn unbelief” they go out, acting as if all success all depends upon them.

This is where the grim-faced, fever-eyed fanatic comes from, on the one hand and, on the other, the fanatically shy, timid, blushing, flustered Christian who hardly dares to utter a word believing success is that thing they all desire least.

There is a failure to recognize that not only has God commanded us to do this, but he has also provided the Holy Spirit by which we will overcome, to go do it.

This is what we see as the story progresses.

Here is a man, a loyal servant, greatly expecting God to work for our success.

He does not go into this land and say to himself, 

“Well now, I guess the success or failure of this whole job is up to me and me alone. I have to find this girl, and how in the world am I going to find “the right one”? And after that, I must somehow persuade her to come. How am I going to do that?” 

For this loyal servant of Father Abraham, it is very simple for this man, because he knows within the deepest parts of his soul he is not left alone to do this task.

Hebrews 11:1-2 The Message

Faith in What We Don’t See

11 1-2 The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd.

An invisible partner is at work, going ahead of him, preparing the way for him.

I wish we would pray to successfully learn this lesson about our own witness.

Jehovah God has not left it to us to do alone.

John 3:16-18 The Message

16-18 “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

The work of going forth into our own homelands, to pagan lands reaching men and women for Christ is not a matter of human persuasion, but it is a divine call.

Luke 10:1-9 GOD’S WORD Translation

Jesus Sends Disciples to Do Mission Work

10 After this, the Lord appointed 70 [a] other disciples to go ahead of him to every city and place that he intended to go. They were to travel in pairs.

2 He told them, “The harvest is large, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord who gives this harvest to send workers to harvest his crops. 3 Go! I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Don’t carry a wallet, a traveling bag, or sandals, and don’t stop to greet anyone on the way. 5 Whenever you go into a house, greet the family right away with the words, ‘May there be peace in this house.’ 6 If a peaceful person lives there, your greeting will be accepted. But if that’s not the case, your greeting will be rejected. 7 Stay with the family that accepts you. Eat and drink whatever they offer you. After all, the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from one house to another. 8 Whenever you go into a city and the people welcome you, eat whatever they serve you.  9 Heal the sick that are there, and tell the people, ‘God’s kingdom is near you!’

We are called and sent – not just into all of the easiest places as Abraham sent his servant into – with that highest expectation of our own personal success.

As the stark reality of Luke’s narrative plainly puts before us in Luke 10:1-9 we are also summoned and called by God to try and to evangelize even the wolves.

We are also called by God to try and evangelize those who would not even give us the time of day or would offer to sell us us drugs at the point of a revolver.

We are also called by God to go and move and evangelize among those who are marginalized, untouchable, viewed by us as being too far gone even for our God to make even .01% difference, are too deeply inside our own “abhorrence zone.”

Overcoming our “abhorrence zones” thru the intercessory work of Holy Spirit.

Recalling first and foremost John 16:31-33 The Message

31-33 Jesus answered them, “Do you finally believe? In fact, you’re about to make a run for it—saving your own skins and abandoning me. But I’m not abandoned. The Father is with me. I’ve told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conquered the world.”

Jehovah God is the One who is continuously and miraculously at work to move, to overcome hate, to shape, to develop, to transform the lives and hearts of all.

Do you notice how Abraham’s servant does it?

Genesis 24:11-14 Names of God Bible

Abraham’s Servant Finds a Wife for Isaac

11 The servant had the camels kneel down outside the city by the well. It was evening, when the women would go out to draw water. 12 Then he prayed, “Yahweh, Elohim of my master Abraham, make me successful today. Show your kindness to Abraham.  13 Here I am standing by the spring, and the girls of the city are coming out to draw water. 14 I will ask a girl, ‘May I please have a drink from your jar?’ If she answers, ‘Have a drink, and I’ll also water your camels,’ let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. This way I’ll know that you’ve shown your kindness to my master.”

First, he prays, revealing his expectation that God is at work.

In his simple prayer he asks God to make the way clear, to indicate the one to whom God would have him speak.

As he prays about his problem, he confidently, greatly, expects God to answer.

This is a wonderful concept to remember when we’re testifying and witnessing.

When I get behind the wheel of my personal vehicle, or go on a cruise ship or go someplace where I may be in contact with someone who doesn’t know the Lord, I try hard to recall to ask God to indicate who is the one He wants me to talk too.

Maybe there is no one; maybe the Lord wants me to spend my time reading or studying and praying and observing all of those neighbors placed into my path.

But very likely He does have someone He wants me to encounter and to engage with at some point in my future – I don’t know with whom God is working, but I know He will certainly direct me through ways of which I am hardly conscious.

“Jehovah, Lead, Guide, Direct my Steps. Break My Heart for What Breaks Yours.”

In the name of God, the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit,

Let us Pray,

Psalm 37:23-34 The Message

23-24 Stalwart walks in step with God;
    his path blazed by God, he’s happy.
If he stumbles, he’s not down for long;
    God has a grip on his hand.

25-26 I once was young, now I’m a graybeard—
    not once have I seen an abandoned believer,
    or his kids out roaming the streets.
Every day he’s out giving and lending,
    his children making him proud.

27-28 Turn your back on evil,
    work for the good and don’t quit.
God loves this kind of thing,
    never turns away from his friends.

28-29 Live this way and you’ve got it made,
    but bad eggs will be tossed out.
The good get planted on good land
    and put down healthy roots.

30-31 Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone,
    rolls virtue around on his tongue.
His heart pumps God’s Word like blood through his veins;
    his feet are as sure as a cat’s.

32-33 Wicked sets a watch for Righteous,
    he’s out for the kill.
God, alert, is also on watch—
    Wicked won’t hurt a hair of his head.

34 Wait passionately for God,
    don’t leave the path.
He’ll give you your place in the sun
    while you watch the wicked lose it.

Master, Creator, make me a servant of your peace. Help me continue to pray and seek for your will to be done on earth, in me, as it is in heaven. In your name, O Jehovah.

Adeste Fideles! Laeti Triumphantes! Venite Adoremus! Dominum.

Gloria! In Excelsis Deo! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Amen.

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Do You and I Truly Know The One Thing Satan Really Desires to Take from Us? Job 1:6-12

God recognizes Job’s faithfulness. He remarks to his Satan (a Hebrew word meaning simply “accuser”, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil” (Job 1:8).

The accuser spots an opening for mischief and replies, “Does Job fear God for nothing?” (Job 1:9). That is, does Job love God only because God has blessed him so richly?

Is Job’s praise and his burnt offerings “according to the number of them all” just a calculated scheme to keep the goods flowing?

Or to use a modern image, is Job’s faithfulness nothing more than a coin fed into the vending machine of God’s blessing?

Job 1:6-12 Amplified Bible

6 Now there was a day when the sons of God (angels) came to present themselves before the [a]Lord, and Satan (adversary, accuser) also came among them. 7 The Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Then Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming around on the earth and from walking around on it.” 8 The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God].” 9 Then Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing? 10 Have You not put a hedge [of protection] around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands [and conferred prosperity and happiness upon him], and his possessions have increased in the land. 11 But put forth Your hand now and touch (destroy) all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.” 12 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that Job has is in your power, only do not put your hand on the man himself.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

The Word of God for the Children of God.

Adeste Fideles! Laeti Triumphantes! Venite Adoremus! Dominum.

Gloria! In Excelsis Deo! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Amen.

Job’s Prosperity Acknowledged as God’s Blessing

At the beginning of the Book of Job we are introduced to an exceptionally prosperous farmer/rancher named Job.

He is described as “the greatest man among all the people of the East” (Job 1:3).

Like the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, his wealth was measured by his many thousand head of livestock, numerous servants and large family.

His seven sons and three daughters (Job 1:2) are both a personal joy to him and an important foundation of his wealth.

In agricultural societies, children supply the most reliable part of the labor needed in a household.

They are the best hope for a comfortable retirement, the only pension plan available in the Ancient Near East, as is in many parts of the world today.

Job regards his success to be the result of God’s blessing.

We are told that God has “blessed the work of Job’s hands, and his possessions have increased in the land” (Job 1:10).

Job’s recognition that he owes everything to God’s blessing is highlighted by an unusual detail.

He worries that his children might inadvertently offend God.

Although Job takes care to remain “blameless and upright” (Job 1:1), he worries that his children may not be so fastidious.

What if one of them, addled by too much drink during their frequent days-long feasts, should sin by cursing God (Job 1:4)?

Therefore, after every feast, to forestall any offense to God, “Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all” (Job 1:5).

God recognizes Job’s faithfulness.

He remarks to his Satan (a Hebrew word meaning simply “accuser”,

“Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil” (Job 1:8).

The accuser spots an opening for mischief and replies, “Does Job fear God for nothing?” (Job 1:9).

That is, does Job love God only because God has blessed him so richly?

Is Job’s praise and his burnt offerings “according to the number of them all” just a calculated scheme to keep the goods flowing?

Or to use a modern image, is Job’s faithfulness nothing more than a coin fed into the vending machine of God’s blessing?

We could apply this question to ourselves.

Do we relate to God primarily so that He will bless us with the stuff we want?

Or worse yet, so that God won’t “jinx” the success we seem to be achieving on our own?

In good times, this may not be a burning issue.

We believe in God.

We have faith in God.

We acknowledge him — at least theoretically — as the source of all good things.

At the same time, we work diligently, we work and we labor faithfully in God’s Kingdom so God’s goodness, our work go hand in hand like “peas and carrots.”

When times are good, blessings abound and we do in fact have a season or two and prosper, it is natural to thank God and praise him highly and mightily for it.

We all know and recognize that things can go wrong in a big hurry and we have a clever adversary, yet there are things about him we sometimes get wrong.

I cannot tell you how many times I have heard people mention how Satan is attacking them and he is after their stuff.

They talk as if Satan is primarily interested in robbing them of their health and their finances and all manner of earthly possessions and resources.

I’ve a heard a number of sermons that center around this, listened to music that echoes the same sentiment, and witnessed many falling into the belief Satan is ceaselessly, relentlessly, skulking around every street corner, after their things.

But let me offer you a gentle awakening.

Satan does not have an insatiable desire for your belongings.

He is not fixated on your house, your car, your bank account, or your job.

In fact,

I believe our material possessions hardly register to him, unless he can somehow subtly exploit them to undermine our faith and hinder our relationship with God.

The One Thing Satan Is After?

Hebrews 11:5-6 The Message

5-6 By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. “They looked all over and couldn’t find him because God had taken him.” We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken “he pleased God.” It’s impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.

However, there is one thing in your life that Satan relentlessly pursues.

He knows that without it, the reality of you leading a victorious Christian life becomes utterly unattainable.

What indescribably valuable resource is our Adversary after?

Your Faith.

My Faith.

My Wife’s Faith.

The Faith of Parents

Our Children’s Faith.

Our Neighbor’s Faith.

The Faith of our Teachers, our Educators

The Homeless person’s Faith.

The Addicts and Alcoholics persons Faith

The Mentally Ill person’s Faith.

The people just diagnosed with Cancer’s Faith.

The Faith of our Clergy.

The Faith of our Laity.

The Faith of our Neighborhoods and our Communities.

Our Churches Faith, regardless of denominations.

In short and in hardcore truth – everyone’s Faith.

From the very beginning, Satan has attempted to instill doubt within the hearts of all humanity (Genesis 3).

He tries to provoke you to question the very words of God, his character, and even his existence.

The reason is that he understands the important role faith plays in all our lives.

Satan is fully aware of bible verses which highlight the significance of our faith.

Faith is essential in our Christian journey.

It is the foundation upon which we build our relationship with God.

Without faith, our ability to please God diminishes, and our desire to seek him can taper off.

Satan, the enemy of our soul, understands this truth all too well.

He knows that when our faith diminishes, our faith erodes, faith disappears, our spiritual vitality suffers also, and our connection to Savior God weakens.

It is in those moments of wavering faith we may feel most distant from God.

We may notice a lack of motivation to pray.

We may neglect the reading and studying of his Word, and we may isolate ourselves from the Koinonia fellowship of fellow believers.

Think back to times in your own life when you have experienced a lack of faith (I have had plenty).

Perhaps it was during a season of doubt, disappointment, or personal struggle.

In those moments, you may recall that seeking God was not a priority in your life and this was all connected to your faith.

Because of this connection, the enemy knows if he can weaken our faith, it will steadily, subtly, suddenly cascade through every part of your walk with God.

That is why he is so passively and aggressively persistent in attacking our faith.

Your Faith Is Like Your Heart

Matthew 6:19-23 The Message

A Life of God-Worship

19-21 “Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or—worse!—stolen by burglars. Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars. It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being.

22-23 “Your eyes are windows into your body. If you open your eyes wide in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a musty cellar. If you pull the blinds on your windows, what a dark life you will have!

Just as your heart pumps life-giving oxygen rich blood throughout the body, faith fuels your relationship with God.

It enables you to experience his presence, guidance, and power.

Faith is necessary when you begin your walk with God, and it is crucial for you to grow in your walk with God.

You are saved by faith, justified by faith, and empowered to live according to his will by faith.

If you damage or neglect your faith, your walk with God withers, just as your body would die without a functioning heart and a set of healthy lungs.

How Does Satan Attack Your Faith?

Genesis 3:1-8 The Message

3 The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal God had made. He spoke to the Woman: “Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?”

2-3 The Woman said to the serpent, “Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden. It’s only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘Don’t eat from it; don’t even touch it or you’ll die.’”

4-5 The serpent told the Woman, “You won’t die. God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you’ll see what’s really going on. You’ll be just like God, knowing everything, ranging all the way from good to evil.”

6 When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she’d know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.

7 Immediately the two of them did “see what’s really going on”—saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves.

8 When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God.

One of the principal ways Satan attacks your faith is by using life’s realities against you.

Sometimes he will even try to use God’s own word against you.

Remember the question he asked Eve, “Did God really say?” 

In John 16:33, Jesus said in this world, you will have trouble.

I have written on this verse before, calling it the most overlooked promise in Scripture.

However, even though this is a reality of life, when trouble comes, we often end up disappointed or sometimes even feeling deserted by God.

In these vulnerable moments, Satan will use this against you by stirring up a whole range of our emotions, which affect our faith.

He might whisper or shout things like –

If God really loved you, this would have never happened.

You fasted and prayed and God didn’t answer your prayer. That’s because he really doesn’t care.

I thought God said call upon me and I will answer. How’s that going for you?

These types of whispers and darts the enemy throws at you are all designed to attack and weaken your faith.

When you are discouraged, disillusioned, or disappointed, the result is your faith can suffer, your belief in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit can suffer too.

When seeds of doubt or discouragement don’t work, Satan may turn to worldly distractions.

He may tempt you to look at other things and take your eyes off Jesus.

He aims to strip away your confidence in God’s promises and provision.

This can render you ineffective in your pursuit of God and his plans for your life.

Regardless of the method, it all goes back to the one thing he wants to take from you, which is your faith.

How to Guard against These Attacks?

Ephesians 6:10-18 The Message

A Fight to the Finish

10-12 And that about wraps it up. God is strong, and he wants you strong. So take everything the Master has set out for you, well-made weapons of the best materials. And put them to use so you will be able to stand up to everything the Devil throws your way. This is no weekend war that we’ll walk away from and forget about in a couple of hours. This is for keeps, a life-or-death fight to the finish against the Devil and all his angels.

13-18 Be prepared. You’re up against far more than you can handle on your own. Take all the help you can get, every weapon God has issued, so that when it’s all over but the shouting you’ll still be on your feet. Truth, righteousness, peace, faith, and salvation are more than words. Learn how to apply them. You’ll need them throughout your life. God’s Word is an indispensable weapon. In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out.

To counter these attacks, you must guard and nurture your faith.

One reason is because you overcome the enemies’ attacks on your faith by using the same thing he is after, your faith.

The Bible reminds us in Ephesians 6:10-18 that we extinguish the darts of the enemy with the shield of faith.

When the enemy comes to attack your faith, you use that same faith to fight back and defeat his plan.

However, to do this effectively, you must cultivate a vibrant faith.

This requires intentional effort and a steadfast commitment to seeking God and His truth.

You must immerse yourself in his Word and commune with him in prayer.

It also helps to surround yourself with fellow believers who can encourage you and aid you in building your faith. 

One thing to note is faith is not an all-or-nothing proposition.

It is a journey — a process of growth and development.

You will experience seasons of struggle, but that does not mean your faith is irreparably damaged.

God is gracious and compassionate, ready to restore and revive your faith as you surrender yourself to Him.

When you face moments of doubt or spiritual dryness – and they will come – then you must not succumb to the enemy’s ploys.

Hebrews 6:13-20 The Message

God Gave His Word

13-18 When God made his promise to Abraham, he backed it all the way, putting his own reputation on the line. He said, “I promise that I’ll bless you with everything I have—bless and bless and bless!” Abraham stuck it out and got everything that had been promised to him. When people make promises, they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question that they’ll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up. When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee—God can’t break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable.

18-20 We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us, in the order of Melchizedek.

Instead, we can choose to anchor ourselves in the steadfast and immovable and always and forever truths of God’s Word and rely on his unyielding faithfulness.

As we walk closer to Him, we fortify our faith and we prevent the enemy from robbing our spiritual vitality.

This does not mean life won’t hurt, but through it all your faith will stay strong.

Final Thoughts

Hebrews 11:1-6 The Message

Faith in What We Don’t See

11 1-2 The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see. The act of faith is what distinguished our ancestors, set them above the crowd.

3 By faith, we see the world called into existence by God’s word, what we see created by what we don’t see.

4 By an act of faith, Abel brought a better sacrifice to God than Cain. It was what he believed, not what he brought, that made the difference. That’s what God noticed and approved as righteous. After all these centuries, that belief continues to catch our notice.

5-6 By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. “They looked all over and couldn’t find him because God had taken him.” We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken “he pleased God.” It’s impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.

Faith is an indispensable component of your walk with God.

Just as your physical heart and lungs sustains life in your body, faith sustains and nourishes your spiritual life.

Satan recognizes the power of faith and seeks to strip it away from you, hindering your connection with God.

But you have the choice to protect and cultivate your faith.

Let us commit to nurturing our faith through prayer, the study of God’s Word, and fellowship with other believers.

By doing so, we can guard against the enemy’s schemes.

This will also position us to experience the fullness of a vibrant, faith-filled relationship with your loving Heavenly Father.

I pray today, come what may, you would go forth anyway and walk by faith.

In the name of God, the Father, and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit,

Let us Pray,

Lord, God of the Patriarchs and the Prophets, help me to be more like Job. You put a wall of protection around him, his family, and his property, and You were also the source of his prosperity. I pray for that same hedge of protection for my family and my property. By Christ, Help me to use my life, resources, talents, and position to lead others closer to You and bring You glory. Use me — like you did Job — as a source of great encouragement to those in my sphere of influence. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Adeste Fideles! Laeti Triumphantes! Venite Adoremus! Dominum.

Gloria! In Excelsis Deo! Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Amen.

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