Every day, we experience fear in some way.

Whether it's fear over the opinion of others, fear of the future, or fear over the ways and plans of evil.

We're in need of comfort and faith.

Today, we're going to spend time focusing on the protection God offers us every day in his goodness and love.

May our hearts be comforted and our hands be filled with strength as we make space for God to fill.

Welcome to the First 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from 2 Thessalonians 3 verse 3.

Scripture says, but the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.

I used to be scared to death any time I heard someone talking about the devil. He always seemed so cunning,

too cunning for me to handle. I saw Christian after Christian, enveloped in temptation, fall away from

what seemed to be God's will for their life. I heard about the ways in which the world was so tricked by his schemes,

and I thought I would never be able to fully defeat this strong and cunning foe.

Do you feel that way?

Does your enemy seem too strong to defeat? Does he seem too cunning to outwit?

Does it feel like he has so grasped you in his clutches that escape is impossible? The most important

fact for you to know about Satan is that he is the father of all lies.

John 844 says, he was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him.

When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father

of lies. Let that truth sink in for a minute. Everything the devil tells you is a lie. He cannot

speak full truth. Everything he tells you is in opposition to God,

who is the author of all truth. All of the devil's whispers about his strength and your

inability to defeat him are in opposition to the word of God.

May we find blissful freedom today in the powerful words of our loving, truthful Heavenly Father.

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