In Touch Devotional

Topic : Submission leads you to conclude you need God to fight the battles on your behalf. The better you know God, the more you will witness His awesome power, experience His vast love, learn from His immense wisdom, and grow in your faith. In time, this will lead you to realize, “Yes, God can defeat the devil on my …

Topic: Submission is acknowledging you need God’s strength to fight your battles. In 1 Peter 5:8–9 and James 4:7–8, both authors highlight two key words that are at the heart of your ability to resist the devil: submission to God and faith. Submission to God is saying, “I can’t, but You can.”In your battlefield prayer, you might say, “Lord, I …

Topic: Prayer is an active stance against the enemy. On the surface, this type of resistance may seem passive. But in practice, it is anything but. Prayer is an active stance that is both intentional and powerful. What’s different is that you are not relying on your own strength to fight the battle. Rather, you are leaning into the strength …

Topic : Positive Resistance As a Christian, you are part of God’s resistance movement against evil. During the days of World War II, a number of resistance movements sprang up in countries that had been occupied by Nazi Germany. These movements (sometimes referred to as “the Underground”) sought to free the occupied country through acts of non- cooperation, disinformation, hiding …

Topic:When facing trials, know that God is doing something important in you. When you go through trials, you may wonder, Why does it have to be so painful? Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to this question because God’s discipline and instruction are unique to each individual. God will work uniquely in your unique situation—and usually that will require touching …

Topic: Allow God to do the work He needs to do in your life and don’t resist Him.   When you face dark times, keep your focus on God. Remember that He understands what you are going through and that He cares about you. Allow Him to do the work He needs to do in your life and don’t resist …

Topic: God’s purpose is to make you like Christ. Third, God’s ultimate purpose is to conform you into the likeness of Jesus. Through adversity, God develops love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control in you (see Galatians 5:22–23). He uses difficulties to get your attention, reveal weaknesses, remove pride and self-centeredness, increase your aversion to sin, demonstrate …

Topic: Adversity comes in areas you feel most confident. Second, adversity usually comes in the areas where you feel the most confident. God wants to break you of the idea that you are sufficient on yourown. He made you for a loving, intimate relationship with Himself, and at times He will use adversity to remind you of the fact that …

Adversity builds godly character in your life. There are three main principles you can learn when you face adversity. First, adversity is God’s choice tool for building godly, spiritual character into your life. Until you experience heartache, disappointment, and pain, you are not properly equipped for service(see 2 Corinthians 1:3–7). God uses adversity to mold and shape you. He does …

Topic: Adversity and Endurance Adversity will reveal where you stand in your faith. When trouble comes, do you tend to doubt God’s mercy? Or do you thank Him for His faithfulness during the heart-wrenching time? Do you trust that He will never leave or forsake you? Adversity will reveal where you stand in your faith. It will reveal how much …