Praying for Our Church | Day 31

Praying for our Protection from the Enemy

Lord, I lift up our need for protection. Protect and deliver us from the evil one. Help us be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves as we deal with the wolves around us. Show us how to test every spirit to see if they are from You. Help us recognize the enemy’s disguises and schemes so that he won’t outwit us. (Jn. 17:15; Matt. 6:13; Matt. 10:14; 1 Jn. 4:1; 2 Cor. 11:14; 2:11)

John 17:15

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.[a]

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.[a]

Matthew 10:14

And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 Corinthians 11:14, 2:11

And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs.

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