A quick scan of today's newspaper headlines shows so many people who are doing things that seem

contrary to the will of God. And it's easy to become angry with them. It's easy to see their faces

and vilify them and somehow think they are the

enemy. We just need to figure out how to defeat these people and then we win. But scripture says

that's not a real enemy. We have a real enemy. Do we know who he is?

And do you know how to defeat him?

Welcome to the Prayers of Rest podcast.

I'm your host, Asherita Chuchu, and this season we're putting on the armor of God.

Today, specifically, we are praying that we might recognize the real enemy.

So take a deep breath and quiet your heart as we become aware of God's loving presence around us

and within us.

Today's passage comes from Ephesians chapter 6, verse 12.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,

against the powers of this dark world,

and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Let's start by reciting God's goodness.

Lord God of immortality, yours is the power and authority and the kingdom and the domain over all of

heaven and all of earth and everything that is under the earth. God, we praise you today that

Satan has no power except for what you have

sovereignly allowed him to have for a limited period in this history. God, you have a purpose

and you have a season and the day will come when you will trample this enemy under our feet.

Because you, King Jesus, reign sovereign and supreme, there is no enemy who is a threat to

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