Power of a Praying Woman 10/17/06 9:02 AM Page 175
Lord, Deliver Me…
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My Prayer to God
Lord, thank You that You have promised to
“deliver me from every evil work and preserve me” for Your heavenly kingdom (2 Timothy 4:18). I know that “we do not wrestle against ?esh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12). Thank You that You have put all these enemies under Your feet (Ephesians 1:22), and “there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known” (Matthew 10:26). Lord, I know that I can’t see all the ways the enemy wants to erect strongholds in my life. I depend on You to reveal them to me. Thank You that You came to “proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed” (Luke 4:18). Without You I am held captive by my desires, I am blind to the truth, and I am oppressed. But with You comes freedom from all that. “My times are in Your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me” (Psalm 31:15). I know that my deliverance comes from You. Thank You that You “drew me out of many waters” and “delivered me from my strong enemy” (Psalm 18:16-17). Help me to stand fast in the liberty by which Christ has made me free, and help me not to become tangled in any yoke of bondage (Galatians 5:1).
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