A prayer to submit to God and resist the enemy, written by Alicia Hebe and read by Kelly

Givens, submit yourselves to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4, 7. Many times, the things we are dealing with in our daily life are none other than

the enemy having his way with us. In our flesh, we tend to fight another person, fight

our circumstances, or fight with ourselves. Perhaps we focus solely on the problem itself,

attempting to put it all in our own hands as we frantically try to control it with the

hopes of diminishing it all together. But have you ever thought it might not be the person

or the problem you are actually needing to take control of? Perhaps it's the enemy itself,

whom you need to control and put in his place. Remember, we are fighting a spiritual battle daily

as we are taught in Ephesians 6. The enemy wakes up with the same goal each day, and that's to keep

us from walking in the Lord's provision and purpose for our lives. Satan has a great day when he

accomplishes to discourage us in any way he can. This leaves us feeling hopeless, helpless, and

oftentimes we are left feeling defeated. Looking at today's passage, an important part of submitting

ourselves to God means taking everything back from Satan. We do this by resisting him,

to no longer give him footholds and power in our lives. When we begin to remove all influences

of the enemy and take back our power, the issues we face will either disappear or downsize to a

workable level. The enemy no longer has the control. Once we submit to God, then resist the devil,

the result is that the devil will flee from you. So, in order to have this beautiful promise come

to pass for the devil leaves your situation, we must first do our part, submit all our issues to God,

then resist the enemy. Rest assured that we have the power to overcome whatever it is we are facing.

We have the power through submitting all to God to overcome the enemy. God already overcame and

defeated the enemy for eternity when our Savior bore the cross. Satan is already a defeated foe.

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