Verse For 30th January 2020

1. RECEIVE.

Prepare your heart to hear from God. Try a simple prayer like this…
Heavenly Father, please help me understand this Bible verse.
…and then read the Verse For Today :

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:7 NIV

2. Reflect.

Ask yourself what this verse might be trying to say, and think deeply on your answers. Here are just a few examples we might get from today’s verse........

Jesus expects me to share my faith with other people.
When I demonstrate God’s love, that draws others to Him.
I should work to remove things from my life that don’t show God’s love.
It is often through challenges that God grows my capacity to love others.


I have to surrender to God first, then resist the devil.

 What I am doing is trying to resist the devil first. I can't do this by myself thats why I need God's help.

 So when I surrender to God first he gives me the power to be able to stand up to the devil and be able to resist him then he will flee

3. Respond.

Use this verse as the basis for a prayer.

Oh Heavenly Father I thank you for giving me the strength to resist the devil. As it is written "With man things are impossible but with God all things are possible"

I know I can't do this by myself but I pray that I have the discernment to surrender to you first, Amen