Rendering the Enemy Powerless - Encouragement for Today - September 12, 2019

Peace and perspective from God's timeless truths. [View this email in your browser]( Encouragement for Today --------------------------------------------------------------- September 12, 2019 Rendering the Enemy Powerless [LYSA TERKEURST]( [ Listen to this devotion]( “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” [1 Peter 5:8]( (ESV) I’m not a fan of lions. Not. At. All. They aren’t picky with their food choices. Whether you’re a gazelle that got separated from your herd or an uninformed human sleeping in a tent where lions roam, they’ll think you look amazing. I got to experience this terrifying truth firsthand when my family and I decided to go back to the continent where my two sons were born and do mission work. The guides assured us the lions wouldn’t come. Not true. Right when I was flirting with the edges of sleep, a creature brushed the length of my tent and — wait for it — roared! As he brushed the tent again just inches from my head, my mind fired off one imagined scene after another of horrific outcomes. Though I never stepped outside the tent or touched a beast of any sort, I suffered a brutal attack of the mind. I wrestled that lion. And lost. Because I let him get the best of my thoughts. But, please know, you don’t have to go to a foreign land to get stalked by a lion. We see this in today’s passage of Scripture when Peter warns believers, “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” ([1 Peter 5:8](. The enemy isn’t just looking to distract you, or tempt you, or pull you slightly off course. He’s looking to devour you. But we must remember something crucial. The devil is vicious, but he’s not victorious. And you, my friend, have everything you need to defeat him. We don’t have to lie shaking in our beds with a death grip on the covers, feeling powerless and deathly afraid. A closer look at [1 Peter 5:8-9]( shows us how we can actually come out on the other side of these moments with the enemy tested and true. [Continue reading...]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read about Salem Web Network]( | [Subscription Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( --------------------------------------------------------------- © 2019 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 500, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Encouragement for Today. [Link](