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Lord, Deliver Me from Every Evil Work
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know God as my Deliverer. He has set me free from many things, including alcohol, drugs, fear, depression, anxiety, and unforgiveness, to mention just a few. I have seen the Lord set me free in an instant, and I have also been through a process of deliverance that took years. Sometimes I had to fast and pray to get free, sometimes it took other strong believers praying for me, and sometimes it happened just by being in the Lord’s presence. Regardless of how it happened, what matters most is that it did. We all need deliverance at one time or another. That’s because no matter how spiritual we are, we’re still made of ?esh. And no matter how perfectly we live, we still have an enemy who is trying to erect strongholds of evil in our lives. God wants us free from everything that binds, holds, or separates us from Him. Jesus taught us to pray, “Deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:13). He would not have instructed us in that manner if we didn’t need to do it. But so often we don’t pray that way, acting as if He never said it at all. So often we live
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