Don’t Give The Devil Any Opportunity To Work

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Ecclesiastes 7; Ecclesiastes 8; Ecclesiastes 9; Ephesians 4

Don’t 


Give The Devil

Any Opportunity To Work

Scripture

Ephesians 4

²⁷ Don’t give the devil any opportunity to work. (God’s Word Translation)

²⁷ and do not give the devil a foothold. (NIV)

    Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 (NIV)

Observation

Do you ever get frustrated when you see a new Christian going backwards instead of growing in his or her faith? They go back to the bars. They go back to drinking or drugging or plunge into sexual immorality with their old friends. They begin to miss church. They drop out and completely quit serving the Lord.

The Devil is looking for a foothold. Don’t let him get you!

This just doesn’t happen to new Christians either. Seminary graduates and even pastors of large churches can find themselves involved in something that destroys their families and takes them completely out of the ministry.

The Devil is looking for a foothold.

So how do we keep from falling into the clutches of the enemy the devil that wants to destroy us?

I suggest that you and I set and then maintain boundaries in our lives.

1. Read God’s Word everyday. Everyday!
2. Pray constantly.
3. Don’t rationalize and give in to temptation. All the Devil needs is a foothold: one drink; one click (pornography on your computer); one look, etc.

4. If you are married don’t allow yourself to be alone with someone of the opposite sex that is not your spouse.

• Not in a room,
• Not in your office,
• Not in a car.

5. If you are married never eat a meal alone with someone of the opposite sex that is not your spouse, not in a restaurant or anywhere else!

6. Abstain from all appearance of evil. If it even hints or in anyway could be viewed as something bad stay away from it. 

Application

 I will think about those boundaries today and keep them.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I pray for new believers today who are thinking about going backwards. They are giving the Devil a foothold. I pray that You give them strength to withstand and flee from those temptations. I pray that they will not give in and give the Devil an opportunity to wreck their lives. I pray that You keep me alert. I know that the Devil would love to destroy me and he would love to destroy my entire family. He would love to get a foothold in my life. But “Greater is He that is in me than he that is in this world!”

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