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TITLE: Keep Me from Evil (4th of 6)
TEXT: Luke 11:2-4
PROPOSITION: We need God's protection against evil.
QUESTION: How?
KEY WORD: Ways
SCRIPTURE READING: Same
INTRODUCTION:
- Previous lesson - Hand of God on us = Help us do right
- This prayer says, when it comes to evil, doing wrong:
- Help me win the battle
- Keep me out of the fight
- Personal illustration - Stewardess - Wine, whisky, beer?
- I am reading my pocket New Testament - Coke or coffee?
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22 - Abstain from every form of evil.
- Text - Lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil.
Play Keep Away
Remember the childhood game - keep away?
The easiest way to win the war is to avoid the fight.
Better than - Keep me from sinning. “Keep me from the temptation.”
Boy saying Lord's Prayer, “Keep us from email.”
Here is how to protect yourself from evil
- Avoid
- 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Read, study, memorize your Bible - Psalm 119:11
Wear the armor - Ephesians 6:10-18
Secret weapons - Sword and prayer
Wisdom - James 1:5
Experience - examples of Moses and Joseph
God has disarmed the enemy! Colossians 2:15
Our fight is against principalities and power. Ephesians 6:12
We are fighting an enemy with no weapons, a lion with no teeth!
We can live in victory not defeat. God has already won.
We do not have to overcome temptation, or defeat.
The victory is in Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:58
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