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Second Samuel chapter 8, verse 14,

and the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

Is that not a great verse? Just a simple sentence that states such a significant reality.

The Lord gave victory to David wherever he went. Do you hear the language there? The Lord

gave this to David. Victory comes from the Lord. It's a gift of God's grace, which, when you think

about it, is one of the reasons why we pray, right? Because we are all involved in spiritual

battle. We all have challenges we are facing. I think about where I was reading the other day

in 1 Corinthians chapter 10, take heedless you fall amidst all the temptations that surround

you every single one of us surrounded by temptations today. I think about other spiritual battles.

I think about the battles for souls that are happening all around us, family members and friends

co-workers and neighbors who don't know Jesus. We want to see them come to know Jesus. The

nations who don't know Jesus' people groups have not yet been reached by the gospel. We want them

to be reached and in all of these ways we find ourselves praying every day. God, please give

victory in the battle. So let's pray. God, as we face many different temptations today, every

single one of us in all of our lives, we pray that you would give us victory over temptation.

And even as we pray that, we praise you for the promise of 1 Corinthians 10, 13,

that you are faithful and you will enable us to endure every temptation by your grace as we

trust in you and we live in the power of your spirit. So grant us victory over sin and temptation

today. God, we want to pray that every day. Please give us victory over sin and temptation.

Then God, we think specifically about friends and family members and co-workers and neighbors

and people we will see today who don't know you and there's an adversary who is keeping them

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