Our Father...

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Our Father...
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C S Lewis
Our Father.
There are two equal and opposite errors into
which our race can fall about the devils. One is
to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to
believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy
interest in them...
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Sun Wu
Our Father.
Know your enemy
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a powerful enemy
Our Father.
Eph 612 For our struggle is not against flesh
and blood, but against the rulers, against the
authorities, against the powers of this dark
world and against the spiritual forces of evil in
the heavenly realms.
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a malicious enemy
Our Father.
John 844 You belong to your father, the devil,
and you want to carry out your fathers desires.
He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding
to the truth, for there is no truth in him.
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a ruthless enemy
Our Father.
1 Peter 58 Be alert and of sober mind. Your
enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion
looking for someone to devour.
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a intelligent enemy
Our Father.
Matthew 41-3 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2
After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was
hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, If
you are the Son of God, tell these stones to
become bread. .
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a deceitful enemy
Our Father.
John 844 cont.. When he lies, he speaks his
native language, for he is a liar and the father
of lies.
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a crafty enemy
Our Father.
2 Corinthians 1114 And no wonder, for Satan
himself masquerades as an angel of light.
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Our Father.
However..
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a defeated enemy
Our Father.
Phil 29-11 ..Therefore God exalted him to the
highest place and gave him the name that is above
every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the
earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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a limited enemy
Our Father.
1 Corin 1013 God is faithful he will not let
you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when
you are tempted, he will also provide a way out
so that you can endure it.
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a doomed enemy
Our Father.
2 Thess 28 And then the lawless one will be
revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with
the breath of his mouth and destroy by the
splendour of his coming.
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an enemy overcome
Our Father.
1 John 44 You, dear children, are from God and
have overcome them, because the one who is in you
is greater than the one who is in the world.
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an enemy in battle
Our Father.
1 Corin 103-4 For though we live in the world,
we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The
weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the
world. On the contrary, they have divine power to
demolish strongholds.
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an enemy to be resisted
Our Father.
James 47-8 Submit yourselves, then, to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8
Come near to God and he will come near to you.
Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your
hearts, you double-minded.
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an enemy not to be feared
Our Father.
Psalm 91 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the
Most High will rest in the shadow of the
Almighty.2 I will say of the LORD, He is my
refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.
 3 Surely he will save you from the fowlers
snare and from the deadly pestilence...
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an enemy not to be feared
Our Father.
Psalm 91 4 ..He will cover you with his
feathers, and under his wings you will find
refuge his faithfulness will be your shield and
rampart...
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Our Father...
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Celtic Prayer The shield of St Patrick
Our Father.
Living God I bind unto myself today the strong
name of the trinity,by invocation of the
same, the Three in One, the One in Three.
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I bind this day to me forever by power of faith
Christ's incarnation,his baptism in the Jordan
river, his death on the cross for my
salvationhis bursting from the spiced tomb,
his riding up the heavenly way,his coming at
the day of doom I bind unto myself today.
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I bind unto myself today the power of God to hold
and lead,his eye to watch, his might to stay,
his ear to harken to my need,the wisdom of my
God to teach, his hand to guide, his shield to
ward,the Word of God to give me speech, his
heavenly host to be my guard.
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Christ be with me, Christ within me,Christ
behind me, Christ before me,Christ beside me,
Christ to win meChrist to comfort and restore
meChrist beneath me, Christ above me,Christ in
quiet, Christ in danger,Christ in hearts of all
that love me,Christ in mouth of friend and
stranger.
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I bind unto myself the name, the strong name of
the Trinity, by invocation of the same, the
Three in One, and One in Three,of whom all
nature hath creation, eternal Father, Spirit,
WordPraise to the God of my salvation,
salvation is of Christ the Lord! Amen